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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
What were they discussing?
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Sorry, was listening while in my morning routine, wasn't able to post all the details.
They were also pondering the lineup decisions of last night, Markstrom starting, Giordano playing 25+ minutes, while a guy like valimaki played zero. They considered perhaps hit was bonus money or something (x games played, points, etc) and nothing stood out. Even Warrener was dumb founded.
They went on to ponder whether the entire org was ok with the way yesterday's roster decisions. Pinder appeared to allude to not all in the org would be happy with this, and of course, the GM and leadership value the difference between a 6th overall pick vs a 13th overall pick. It went as far to discuss whether their could be a a more interesting divide between coaching decision vs roster decisions going forward.
They all agreed the lineup decisions are likely 100% Sutter, and he would require full autonomy on who dresses.
Friedman was on the call, and the only word he could really use to describe yesterday's lineup decisions was "weird". He then went onto say that it isn't fully surprising, in particular, in how valimaki is being handled. Sutter is likely challenging valimaki. He realizes this strategy has worked, look at the cup in LA, but unsure off how this resonates in this generation of rookie/young players.