[CliffFletcher]

Duhatschek joins calls for more scoring

When games are close, teams tend to play a tight conservative style and hope for a break. By contrast, if one team can stretch out a lead, it forces an opponent to counter more aggressively and opens the game up. Once that happens, scoring opportunities arise on the counter attack. Trading rush chances is the best part of hockey, and demonstrates everything these players are capable of doing – making plays one-on-one, shooting bombs. Everything isn’t just a game of pinball any more, where you shoot the puck into a crowd of legs and hope it caroms your way.