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Originally Posted by All In Good Time
Good lord!!!
please lets not talk about Woodcroft any more.
he's oblivious, barely relevant.
He rides coat tails, he thinks he's the savior and talks like everyone is beneath him
the most annoying type of fool
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It's funny that this is the feeling about Woodcroft with McDavid and Draisaitl but not Sutter with Tkachuk and Gaudreau. Honestly that exact statement about "he think's he's the saviour and talks like everyone is beneath him" could easily be made about Sutter, hell might be more true. Woodcroft at least acknowledges how important McDavid and Draisaitl are...Sutter never seems to do the same about his players.
Woodcroft is getting more of the roster beyond McDavid and Draisaitl this year at 5v5 than Sutter got out of the roster beyond Gaudreau and Tkachuk last year at 5v5. And he beat Sutter in a playoff round last year too.
Oilers 22-23:
w/McDavid & Draisaitl: 56.4% GF (31-24)
w/ 1 of McDavid or Draisaitl: 48.6% (68-72)
w/o McDavid or Draisaitl: 54.0% (67-57 - compare this to last year where they were 42% 55 GF - 80 GA when those two weren't on the ice)
Flames 21-22:
w/ Gaudreau & Tkachuk: 72.9% GF (86 - 32)
w/ 1 of Gaudreau or Tkachuk: 62% GF (16-10)
w/o Gaudreau or Tkachuk: 49.2% GF (94-97)
If the Oilers success is all because of McDavid and Draisaitl, then the Flames success was all because of Gaudreau and Tkachuk. And based on the splits from last year, and how things went this year, that seems to be pretty fair. And it appears the coach might have had a hand in why those two aren't here this year too.
I don't like the guy and think he is a smarmy a-hole, but he's actually don't a pretty good job in Edmonton and IMO outcoached Sutter since he's been coach of the Oilers.