With the ability to have club practices now, this should allow us to have more structure and understanding of where we should be, and what plays we can develop or react on defence.
I don't think we need to have the most skilled players in order to be a team that can be top ranking competitive and challenge clubs of all skill levels. If we all play as a unit and play smartly, we can be a successful team. It's what make top ranking clubs successful in the first place, because it's easier to play your best when you know what to expect and where your teammates should be, rather than to play free flow and purely react to what your teammates are doing.
With that said, we should discuss play design and player positioning for offense, defense, forecheck, and breakout situations. What type of team play style are we going to be? I've set up some gifs below that you guys can use to make illustrations of your play designs.
Full Rink
Attack Zone
Defence Zone
Neutral Zone
This will help us have a reference point that we can test out in practice. And if we approve of the play, we can enforce it in game. Hopefully this can make us have our best EASHL year yet.