They seemed to have the wingers (sometimes centers as well) playing very high and leaving the zone early. Went for the stretch pass a lot which 9 times out of 10 resulted in a turnover and left themselves open for odd man rushes/defensive zone situations all the time. The defensemen left the zone early a lot as well. Not sure I have seen so many 2 on 1, 3 on 2 and guys left wide open in the defensive zone as I did this year with Flames players standing in the neutral zone waiting for a pass that was never going to come.
As for leeway when guys made dumb plays they rarely seemed to sit for it. Sure certain guys seemed to be whipping boys often for what seemed to be little reason (Jones) but Hudler, Cerevenka, Wideman, Tanguay especially seemed to make silly passes/cutesy plays that result in bad, bad turnovers only to be tossed out there right away.
As for the system we should play I don't think any team should play a system that leaves the goalies and defensemen out to dry but on a team with such little talent, especially on the backend it seemed really crazy to play a style that seemed to naturally have forwards leaving the zone and couple that with lazy forwards (defensively) and weak defensemen.
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