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killer_carlson · 02-01-2015, 10:21 AM

I put Other.

In games we are behind, I think it's a "nothing to lose" scenario where the blueliners can try to make plays they wouldn't normally make because we're probably going to lose anyways. Higher risk plays that you don't try in a tie game or when up by a goal.

Fortunately they work out on occasion.

In games we are ahead I think it's about increasing the physicality in the 3rd to beat down on an opponent in the third.

02-01-2015, 10:21 AM	#2
killer_carlson Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I put Other. In games we are behind, I think it's a "nothing to lose" scenario where the blueliners can try to make plays they wouldn't normally make because we're probably going to lose anyways. Higher risk plays that you don't try in a tie game or when up by a goal. Fortunately they work out on occasion. In games we are ahead I think it's about increasing the physicality in the 3rd to beat down on an opponent in the third. __________________ "OOOOOOHHHHHHH those Russians" - Boney M