Why are NHL teams so secretive in the playoffs: Gamesmanship or foolishness?

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Why are NHL teams so secretive in the playoffs: Gamesmanship or foolishness?
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No league gives coaches more latitude to withhold injury or lineup information.

In the long quest for a Stanley Cup, there can be a lot of overreaction. Take a playoff series between the and in the late 1990s. The Stars went out for their pregame skate in Edmonton, only to find the nets were gone. “No one could find them, so we thought they were hiding the nets on purpose,” said Hall of Fame Ken Hitchcock, who coached 168 playoff games and won a Stanley Cup. Advertisement “It was ridiculous because it was during shift change.

“The coaches who eliminate it and deal with it and then don’t have it as a distraction are doing a better job.” Another problem for Hitchcock — not necessarily as it relates to Nylander — is that being overly cagey about one player creates drama for the rest of the roster. “Players don’t care,” he said. “It’s a game that gets played with the coaches, and it gets to be overkill. You don’t respect the 20 guys that are playing.

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