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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I admit the whole LW/RW thing with Huberdeau is mostly what is annoying me.
There is probably a valid POV that it doesn't matter much. But the bottom line is if your star player, who the organization made it's largest commitment to EVERY, says he's more comfortable playing in a certain place they for god's sake try it.
I think Huberdeau is a "feel" player. Reminds me of Tanguay in that way. And clearly he hasn't been feeling it this season. So it's to everyone's benefit to put him position where he's the most comfortable and his confidence can return.
That's the stuff that has me irritated. The goalie stuff less so because I don't think the team was going to ride Vladar to a playoff spot.
And sh** like rolling 4 lines when you are down late in a game. At that point you have to count shifts left, and when you see Lucic and Lewis hop over the boards, you know that's a shift lost.
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This bothered me the most during the Edmonton series. We had the clear cut advantage behind the bench and in goal.
He didn't game plan at all to shutdown McDavid and Leon just rolled 4 lines and said its too hard to match lines to shadow him. Like WTF you have done this your entire career and you decide all of sudden naw lets just roll 4 lines.
That was the time to strike with that group and he left a lot on the table, yes Markstrom was bad but his strengths as a coach he just didn't go to them.