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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
This is why this team is where it is. Sutter clearly has not been liking the play from the bottom pairing and this is why they sat last night. Zadorov has been hot garbage for way too long and Guddy hasn't exactly been at his best either. Going into the playoffs, that bottom pair needs to be way better and back to the way it was playing in January.
I wouldn't bet against the Flames rolling with the exact same lineup next game before making further tweaks. If it motivates and rests the bottom pair somewhat, or even forces a guy like Mackey into the rotation the rest of the way - great.
Darryl clearly knows what he's doing in terms of pressing this teams buttons so there's no reason to panic. If this team is going to go deep, which should be the goal, they are going to need 8/9 D that can step in and not miss a beat.
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Flames defense pairing results last ten games ...
1. Hanifin Andersson 58.4% xGF%
2. Gudbranson Zadorov 57.6%
3. Tanev Kylington 56.0%
Hot garbage is a reach.
They did have two rough games in LA though, so the most recent two games were poor.
NHL wide last ten games? Gudbranson/Zadorov 8th out of 46 pairings to play together 100 minutes in that time frame.
But lets not make this out to be more than it is.