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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Exactly how Sutter described what he was doing a year ago when we played EDM.
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Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman, and Huberdeau-Kadri-Coronato were the only lines that did anything. The Hunt-Lindholm-Dube line was caved in at 5v5 as expected, with 9.5% Corsi for.
I still can't get over the parallels between the coaches making unnecessary line changes after a handful of games these past two seasons.
First 5 games: 2-2-1, Got cratered against Winnipeg but won after the Huberdeau-Lindholm-Mangiapane line was put together in the 3rd, Rightfully changed to those lines but looked good and were building chemistry the next 4 games. In the 4 games with 10-28-88 as a line they had 65% high danger and 58% xGF.
Next 4 games: 0-4-0, look absolutley lost at all times and cratered in a couple games. Outscored 11-3 at 5v5, 48% High Danger, 52%xGF
The solution is easy go back to these lines! Maybe just flip Sharangovich, Coronato, and Dube, Dube has been a tire fire defensively all season (and last).
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yup the more I think about it the more I think the loss is on the coaching staff.
The lines up to yesterday at least were controlling play:
Mangiapane-Lindholm-Huberdeau: 73.3% HDCF, 58.2% xGF, 60% GF (3-2), 1.024 PDO
Ruzikca- Kadri - Dube: 66.7% HDCF, 60.3% xGF, 50% GF (2-2), .973 PDO
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato: 70% HDCF, 59.2% xGF, 25% GF (1-3), .886 PDO
Greer - Sharangovich - Duehr: 64.7% HDCF, 61.5% xGF, 33% GF (1-2), .886 PDO
Overall those lines were somewhat working at driving play at least, the top 2 lines had been producing, and all three lines were above 58% xGF. The 3rd and 4th line were both under a .900 PDO which was hurting them, but both looked good otherwise and were just struggling to finish.
Absolutely no reason to overreact and change all the lines yesterday, with no practice time between games before an afternoon game. Terrible decision by the coaches.
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Hopefully Ruzicka is ready to go next game, I'd like to see:
Huberdeau-Lindholm-Mangiapane
Coleman-Backlund-Sharangovich
Ruzicka - Kadri - Coronato
Greer - Dube - Duehr (even better would be Dube-Zary-Duehr)