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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
Not just on the ice. When the Flames were pushing back in the 3rd and starting to get some momentum with a great shift from Bennett, the coach puts out the 4th line and they get stuck in their zone. There were a lot of similiarly odd decisions, including having the Monahan line take a defensive zone faceoff late in the 3rd period. I don't think the coaching staff did any favours in helping the team respond.
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Ward continuing to feed Gaudreau and Monahan defensive starts baffles me. You'd think the whole point of putting Tkachuk and Lindholm together would be to give Gaudreau and Monahan the high ground, which means starting in the offensive zone as much as possible.
