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Originally Posted by GioforPM
They’re not commonly used at all, especially at certain times when posters are hollering for them (a tie game, a goal after their first shot, etc.). It’s most commonly used to rest players after an icing at the end of the game, when ahead by one.
Last game, when the Knights scored, they had their best players on the ice. Calgary didn’t have its top line on (at least not the one most people would throw out for an extra man goal). So a timeout would have rested the Vegas players whereas the Calgary guys were already rested.
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Then why no timeout in the Tampa game to rest the top 6 unit with less than a minute left when down by a goal? Instead Ward sent out the second unit.
The guy was a powerplay specialist before this. It's not unreasonable to be skeptical of his game management.