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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Looking at Sutter's comments about the game, he's playing a bigger game here.
He chained up the hounds tonight, and is clearly giving the other side a false sense of security going into the season about playing us.
Unlike the Oilers side who went balls out in a pre-season game for the result, Darryl is obviously highly aware of the stakes and is operating as such.
One coach here has won two cups while the other is a middle of the road scrub who plays his stars 30 minutes a game in the pre-season. One coach is actually using the pre-season as it was designed to be used.
All bets are off in a couple saturdays and I think no one will be more taken aback than McDavid if he found his treatment tonight to be unfair.
That's what I've taken away from tonight from a coaching standpoint.
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Agreed.
Sutter is smart and knows it’s tough to play his system for 82 games.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the team seemed to fall off a little in the third after Gaudreau left. No need to go all out and risk further injuries.