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Game 2 between the Minnesota Wild & Dallas Stars a blowout. However, Wild fans are confused as to why coach Dean Evason would start Marc Andre Fleury over Filip Gustavsson. We break down how this decision can change the entire series for both teams & what it can mean for the rest of the NHL playoffs.
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I am so sick of Evason and his decision making, with this coach we will never advance past the first round.
As a stars fan I don’t mind the decision. Both of them were going to get it because of what happened to joe. Plus he has played in 3 different Stanley cups. Oh and a hall of famer. Again I’m a stars fan. They’ve been doing this all season.
If everyone in MN is wondering why Gus wasn't in the net then so are the players. This hurts the morale of a team and saying that didn't have an effect on the way they played is dumb. I'm not saying that Dallas wouldn't have still won that game but I bet it would have been closer. A hot goaltender can steal a series and everyone knows that. Did Dallas take out Oettinger to give him rest? This very well could sink the wild.
When the coaches bet on games.
Yes it changes the series. Obviously it wasn't a guarantee we win game 2 with how the team played… but we would have had a fighting chance.
If this comes down to a game 7… the whole world will look back on this move and beat Dean into the ground.
The only reason there is not fire alarms is that we are 1-1… repeat.. the only reason.
This is what you pick for the dumbest decision? It made absolutely no difference. Nice analysis. This channel is just click bait.
You ride the hot goalie…when you can be up 2-0 going home a no brainer
This might be the dumbest video make in the last 24 hours. Just stop. Had they won 5-4 nobody would have said a word. The ENTIRE team played like dogsh*t. On to the next one!
Stars have wild number. Going to be a beat down.
To be honest I don’t think it has to do with the record, I think it has more to do with the fact that Gustafsson played 90+ minutes and they wanted to rest him
You're not that great of a coach!!!
Personally, I think it was one of the best decisions because now Minnesota has a fully rested up goalie and now Dallas is playing with a tired goalie plus Minnesota’s going through a lot of injuries, so mine as well push it a game
It was not the goalies fault in game two. The whole team played poorly.
The move with Fleury looks less dumb now with 3-1in the series. Gus is pretty fresh while Otty's steam slowly but surely will fade out.
yall saying it wouldnt have made a difference if gus was in the net, watch the goals scored on him hes out of position after one save literally lying face down, Fluery is that kind of goalie with style and acrobatics. It most definitely would have made a difference, GUS Stays in the NET ! but hey i guess we will never know. Fluery save percentage with the wild this season is .90. Gus=.93
You clearly haven’t followed the Wild all year. They alternated most of the year at goalie. These so called experts don’t no shit. Flurey played way more than he should have this season. No doubt. My guess is Bill G. Had some say in the matter.
Russo's tweet does not infer that part of the decision to start flower was his position in all-time playoff wins. It was simply a statistical observation by Russo.
I dont mind the call. The coach probably sensed his team was tired and knew DS had their backs against the wall and would come back with something to prove. Let them take it out on the back-up.
I was upset when I found out they were going to start Fleury. My son said we'll see how it goes. I said I know how it's going to go he's going to give up five goals and we're going to lose the game. Was pretty damn obvious right from the get-go. Gustafson has been the superior goalie all year. I thought it was a totally asinine decision
Normally I'd agree with the "use the hot hand" argument. But from an objective outside view, for what it's worth, he chose to play marc andre fleury, bro… Think about that for the next three minutes. The whole premise for your video actually kinda becomes a really silly one devoid of reason and full of emotion. Especially when it's referring to one of the greatest goalies to play the game – I'm not a fan either just keeping it real ( i get being heated, haha). On a different note, if a team loses 7-3 in a playoff game it's because the D are resting on the ice while playing the game, LOL.
I think Evason made this decision for a few reasons. One reason is that Gustavson needed some rest after playing for almost 5 periods in one game. Another reason is simply because they have the depth at the position, so they wanted to utilize it. Flower is getting old, but he still has some of the most experience out of any goaltender in NHL history when it comes to playoff hockey. Finally, I think Evason didn't want to make the same mistake he made last year in the playoffs. The Wild had Talbot last year and performed very well for them throughout the regular season. But because they aquired Flower late in the season, they decided to give him the start for most of the series until it was too late. Talbot's first playoff start of the year was in an elimination game and he looked rusty because he hadn't played all post-season. I'd rather have Fluery shake the rust off in a game two rather than a game six or seven.
My dumbest decision was watching this nonsense of a video. If Fluery was sat and they lost, then you'd be saying the dumbest decision was not to play Fluery….
To say playing Fluery was the worst decision even after seeing the result is also saying that Gust would've stopped those shots. No way! That's common core thinking.