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Originally Posted by JJ1532
I disagree there slightly. I get that face-offs are important, but I can't imagine many teams have started 3-on-3 OT, won the face off and scored without giving up possession.
Besides, we could switch it up and start a centre alongside Gaudreau to take the face off. We don't have to start 2 D and 1 forward.
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But would you want to waste a shift defending if you don't win that first face-off?
I think the point of having Mony - Gio - Brodie to start is if we don't win that draw (which is a better than 50% chance), they can defend quite well AND still have a good chance of going the other way with those 3. Then if after 30 secs we have possession you throw Johnny over the board and switch up Hamilton and Wideman for all out offense. If no possession, throw out Backs.
There's quite a lot of strategy in terms of line changes in 3-on-3 depending which way the puck is going. You don't really want Johnny to spend too much time in his own zone.