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Dallas Stars 2021-2022 Season Thread


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He's digging his grave.

Yeah, but I couldn’t,” Bowness shrugged. “When we left here this morning, he was playing. So, I can’t do anything about that. I get here at 4 o’clock, they’re telling me, these guys are in now. Changed everything. This morning, Riley was playing. I can’t do anything about that.”

 

 

This is a clear deflection of blame from Bowness’ part, and it’s not even a good one. This isn’t like the goaltending situation, where he has repeatedly told reporters he tends to defer to goaltending coach Jeff Reese. It’s not as if the team’s trainers told him Tufte was unfit to play or COVID-19 protocols forced him out of the lineup.

At the end of the day, it was Bowness’ decision to take Tufte out of the lineup. It was his choice to rip away a feel-good story from the team’s young rookie at the last minute. He could have spoken with Tufte ahead of time, telling him there was a chance he might not play even though that was the current plan. But he didn’t, and then he refused to own up to it.

 

https://www.defendingbigd.com/2021/11/19/22791423/dallas-stars-opinion-rick-bowness-riley-tufte-healthy-scratch-minnesota-wild-loss-locker-room

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