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Originally Posted by Vulcan
This I like. I've been a hockey fan for many years and like to follow certain players as a very amateur scout but I'm not too great on the tactics employed. Pointing this out really helps me to enjoy the game and gives me something to watch for.
Now I could see they are making a lot of stretch passes but the reasoning behind it when it seems to on the surface rarely work, I didn't understand.
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What I saw was that Sharks got 1-2-2 Formation and was scared our forward speed. For me itīs some kind of trap and it eliminates the center of the ice. Flames defence canīt pass in the center, only near the boards. First forward is attacking blue line and donīt go deeper. Sharks did it last time after first period and it worked for sharks. That formation got the speed away and thatīs why the game looked very slow. Off Course it changed after flames got the lead, and Sharks had to stop waiting.
I think that is the reason why Johnny was so quiet in the game. He canīt attack trough blue line with speed, and he wonīt try go pass defence near the boards. Flames got some good changes when they stole the puck on red line when Sharks was attacking.
Winnipeg game Jets attacked heavily to our defence and there was lot of speed whole game.
If you have change to look the game again, watch how Sharks play first period time between 9.59 - 9.35 there is two good examples.