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Originally Posted by Savvy27
Why are people buying into this rumour? Even if there is a shred of truth to it, my feeling is it had more to do with Sutter being unimpressed with Tkachuk and cutting his icetime until the end of the season.
Anyone who has played for a coach that doesn't value you at the level you see yourself is going to question if they are on the right team. I'm not worried. Tkachuk is a great player and Sutter will figure out how to use him.
Winning lots of games next season will cure all of these ills.
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Monahan, Gaudreau, and Lindholm also had their ice-time decrease. I don't think Tkachuk should take it personally. Sutter just likes to spread things out more.
For what it's worth, the Flames scored at pretty much the same clip either way (2.42 goals/game vs. 2.39 goals/game), so the top players getting less ice-time didn't really have a negative effect. If anything, they need to look in the mirror and ask why the grinders were used more and were able to make up the production.