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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
It's those simple plays out of the zone that a good team like the Canucks do with ease....Flames really struggling in transition.
They had improved in earlier games but they are back to bad habits today.
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Primary byproduct of an 'uptempo' brand of hockey is getting hemmed in your own zone because of too much separation between forwards and defense.
Teams like the rags who really try to Stretch opposition defense compensate for the one guy very high with his two line mates playing exceptionally deep and hard.
Breakdowns for the rangers happen when the high forwards don't pick up the right guy or when they don't hustle to cover them hard enough which is when torts will limit their ice time.
Breakdowns for the flames happen between the bottomof the defensive zone face off circle and the top of the faceoff circle.