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Originally Posted by Royle9
Rhett nailed it 2 days ago, he said Sutter refuses to play rookies because the “AHL is where you learn to be an NHL’r” in his mind and that won’t change.
Said that after the 2004 run and then the lockout Daryl changed his entire tune and thought the team needed to get “veterans who’ve been there before and won” to push the team over the edge and so they got old grizzled vets.
Then went on to say the game has just passed Darryl by, great coach, a winner etc etc but you have to coach to your rosters strengths, and you need to utilize your youth and let your rookies play because the game has changed.
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Rhett is my favorite part of Barn Burner. He always has me giggling and he drops gems that I agree with