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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Are we watching a different sport? Mechanical? 1995-2003 was a chess match. Jason Weimer and Steve Begin were part time water skiiers, part time 4th liners.
It is systematic, but far more dynamic. The "new" NHL transitioned from 1 PP specialist and 5 solid D (old system, bonus if you can have a offensive D that could play D) to having 5 puck moving D and maybe 1 stay at home guy. We say in the playoffs, everyone last year was activating their D, not just us. And strategy was all about pressuring and hammering the D to just try to wear them down over the coarse of the playoffs. A Before 2004, you would occationally see Sergei Gonchar or Sandis Ozonlinsh jump into the rush but that was kind of it.
NHL is all about skating. I will agree that the open ice hits and scrums left with the obstruction, but I guess it is what it is. It was going to go with all those concussion problems anyways.
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I don't disagree that the 90s-03 was garbage. You're arguing with a point I didn't make. That NHL sucked.... I just prefer 06-09 to the last 5 years. There were more elite players in their prime in that era. Datsyuk Zetterberg, the heydays of Crosby and Ovechkin, Thornton, even Iginla. It was a good time for hockey.