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My thumb's up to Los Angeles Kings' coach Darryl Sutter...for being Darryl Sutter. Reporters who asked if he was concerned about his Los Angeles Kings' bad start in Detroit on Friday (they fell behind 4-0 in the first period) were probably expecting an obvious answer when they should have been expecting a Darryl Sutter answer. And this was it: "Concerning? What's concerning about it? You'll have leads and you won't have leads. We're playing our third game in four nights and they're here waiting for us. They've got four fast lines and six defencemen who can move the puck." You might be able to accuse Sutter of being obstinate, of doing all he can to avoid agreeing with others who think the loss to the Red Wings should have bothered him more, but whatever made him go in the opposite direction is all good. As is every answer from a coach that is worth writing down when so many of them aren't. 

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My thumb is down to the NHL for its stubborn failure to include some sort of coach's challenge in its video review process. Two things that happened this week made it even harder for the NHL to avoid the inevitable. In Washington on Wednesday, Detroit's Luke Glendening was penalized for goalie interference and a Detroit goal was wiped out. The goal should have counted because Glendening was completely innocent on a play that saw Caps goalie Braden Holtby fall down. It was as simple as that and a second look based on a coach's challenge would have lasted five seconds. The other reminder for the NHL that it's behind the times came from the seventh game of the World Series. Because Bruce Bochy was able to challenge an incorrect "safe" call at first base, the San Francisco Giants were awarded a double play. It was the first-ever successful manager's challenge in World Series history. Maybe it wouldn't have mattered if the Kansas City Royals had had a runner at first base with one out in the third inning, but Madison Bumgarner wasn't on the mound yet and the importance of one runner in a one-run game speaks for itself.

And those in the NHL who know it's time to follow baseball's lead need to speak louder.