Stars HC Glen Gulutzan makes harsh admission after loss to Islanders
Glen Gulutzan says the Stars are 'not there yet' to beat elite teams after dropping their fourth game in five.
Stars HC Glen Gulutzan makes harsh admission after loss to Islanders originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Dallas Stars lost again, this time to the New York Islanders , 2-1, on Thursday.
The Texas team’s head coach, Glen Gulutzan, made a harsh admission after the game. Gulutzan acknowledged that his team is far from the level it showed in the previous eight or nine games and admitted it is not yet at the level to beat elite teams. “We’re far away from the game we were playing, you know, eight or nine games ago, but moving in the right direction,” he said on his media duties after the game.
“You’re coming in to play teams like this, as you mentioned. So it’s where you grow, though, when you can rise up and still beat these teams, and we’re not there yet. ” Gulutzan says there's 'natural little dip' after securing playoff berth That said, the Stars coach pointed out positive aspects of his team’s game and highlighted, among other things, the performance of his goalie, Jake Oettinger, and the rival's goalie, Ilya Sorokin.
“I thought there was a good goalie performance by both goalies. I thought their goalie was, you know, Sorokin was really, really good. So you get that, and you’ve got a team fighting for their lives.