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Originally Posted by GioforPM
“ I don't know why Ritchie was in the shootout. If the team had practiced it then it would be easy to explain, but here I have no idea. That's one of those desicions that if it works out great, but if it doesn't it makes you look really bad.”
The reason given was Ritchie’s shoot-out record. But the problem with that is sample size. If Ritchie got lucky in, say, 2 of his 4 attempts (that’s a made up number) a 59% average looks good on paper. But that’s pretty random. It doesn’t turn him into a go to guy.
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That makes sense. I was too lazy to dig up his shootout numbers.
I find it interesting that Huska gets a free pass on all of those desicions. I understand that the ultimate call was Sutter's, but he could've approached Sutter if/when he disagreed with him. Why didn't he have the player's backs more? Where was the leadership? Why couldn't he motivate the team when it got lazy under Ward. I'm sure Huska is a great hockey mind, but he was a part of the team's failures as much as the head coaches.