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Old 02-20-2013, 10:53 AM   #72
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Originally Posted by zunie75 View Post
If the size reduction causes current goalies to be giving up a lot more goals, then coaches are going to switch from offensive hockey to boring defense styles.
I'm pretty sure that the opposite would happen. If you look at the ease of scoring in sports, I think it's clear that easier it is, the LESS important defensive strategies become.

Soccer is propably the lowest scoring sport, and in soccer a team having 5 players that never take part in attacks and only 1 true forward is by no means rare. Hockey has 2 defenseman out of five, and all players need to play a two-way game to at least some extent. In basketball you'll do just fine by sending out the guys with highest personal point totals.
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