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Originally Posted by dobbles
thats actually why i don't worry if i give up 5 goals. because once we give up 1, we are pretty much doomed to lose. though i have seen some improvements in offensive zone play, we just haven't quite figured out the trick to getting the goals.
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Ha! That pretty much does cover it. Once the second goal went in I thought "well, there goes our chance at a shootout".
I agree with czure. How many games have you guys played where they score a huge goal that is nothing more than a wrister from the point that bounces around or goes through a screen? I know I've seen a bunch. I think we need a way to gain the zone, get our dmen to stick at the points and find ways to get it back to them.
Whenever I'm playing wing I'm brutally guilty of doing the same thing over and over again. Basically I rush into the zone and just before I get stapled into the boards, i let off a low percentage shot. Many of us seem to do this or something similar and it (apparently) isn't terribly effective (edit: pretty much what dobbles says above). I think we might need to designate somebody a quarter back for a game or two and let him just try and direct traffic. Doesn't have to be overly complicated, just something like "when I gain the zone, skate like hell to the corner, I'll throw it around the boards to you, then you toss it back to the dman who takes the shot while the three forwards crash the net like the goalie owes us money".