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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
we a great year and last season and all of a sudden it's Sutters fault?
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I'm not calling for Sutter's head but let's call a spade a spade - here were issues last year too, masked by our top line.
- Jankrok playing centre when Ruzicka had been showing well in the 3C role and what we needed from Jankrok was a 4RW to take the Ritchie types out of the lineup. Ruzicka and Toffoli had immediate chemistry so Ruzicka got scratched the rest of the season after the trade while Toffoli had chemistry with no one else
- Kylington being underutilized relative to Hanifin in particular regardless of either's actual performance. His icetime was disapointing considering his impact.
- Not linematching with the Oilers or adjusting icetime when a guy like Hanifin was crapping the bed.
- Over-30 Markstrom starting over 60 regular season games even though Vladar was showing strongly in nearly every start against some pretty good teams. What exactly did this accomplish going into the postseason?