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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Jeff Ward knows more about hockey than all of us here. I don't think anyone denies that. Compared to his peers he was outmatched and quite frankly some his player deployment was pretty amateur at times. The times where he would deploy 4th line players or bottom pairing defensemen at critical junctures in games were almost fireable offenses on their own.
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Half the time he was criticized for using 4th liners whenever he sent them out, no matter if he had last change, and no matter how well they had played, and no matter what the result was. IIRC people complained about 4th liners being out after a goal for, a goal against, a PP, a PK, after a good shift and after a bad shift.
And even if one disagreed, if Ward had a rationale for it, it's not moronic or idiotic, it's a difference of opinion.
Who did Sutter put out last night with the net empty?