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Originally Posted by thymebalm
I did see a lot of defenders left to their own devices last night as the rest of the squad had fully broken out while they were still at the goal line. Wideman was forced to cough up the puck a couple of times, even Gio/Brodie because of it. Chicago uses the defensive slot to break out. It's a bad place to mess up, but when the opposition clogs up the boards, sometimes the best play is just a short pass to the center of the ice. From there all options are available. Only problem is if you miss your guy, you feed the opposition the puck in a scoring area..
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There's a very good article of the Red Wings using this strategy to assist in getting the puck out of their zone with possession using the slot-pass strategy.
Unique Team Traits: The Red Wings use a dangerous part of the ice to avoid getting hemmed in
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When the walls get shut down, the Wings aren’t content to just smash it into shinpads, they’re looking to make tape-to-tape plays to get them out of their D-zone as quickly as possible, and into the offensive end.
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