I think in many cases this specific breakout style is misunderstood as "cherry picking" or floating etc...
All they are trying to do is push the defencemen back and open up the neutral zone. I notice Hudler does it often and it's simply to create space for his line mates. If there's nothing there they will try to bail out and hit the high guy with a one touch dump in.
I've noticed they really only do this with certain personnel on the ice.
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