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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
This cannot be overstated. Hartley changed it and for a few years and we had an up tempo exciting style of play. Now we're going back to grind hockey. Sutter hockey has always had high shot totals but not so sure what the quality of those were. So most games we may have more shots than the other team but low scoring. If I recall this is where dissension between Iggy and Brent started when he was tasked to "simplify" his game. Darryl Sutter is good, no doubt when the roster fits his style. Similar to Ken Hitchcock.
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Hartley's teams didn't have as much talent for sure.
But they were far from fire wagon hockey, and were consistently out played.
GF60
Bill Peters 2.61
Geoff Ward 2.57
Glen Gulutzan 2.21
Bob Hartley 2.20
xGF60
Bill Peters 2.37
Geoff Ward 2.37
Glen Gulutzan 2.24
Bob Hartley 1.98
SCF60
Bill Peters 27.9
Geoff Ward 27.4
Glen Gulutzan 26.1
Bob Hartley 23.0
HDCF60
Bill Peters 10.9
Geoff Ward 10.9
Glen Gulutzan 10.6
Bob Hartley 8.9
He didn't really move the needle offensively.