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Originally Posted by Five-hole
There's an argument to be made that simply possessing the puck more will make up for the "lost offence" of not going for the stretch pass constantly.
I think you're being pessimistic about the role that a better defensive game will play in our transition to offence.
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Yeah I'm a little pessimistic. I liked Hartley. Hes was the first to make the playoffs since Keenan, and he had the worst roster since Daryl. Hartley also played entertaining hockey.
Right, but is Bollig going to play possession hockey? Burke wants body checks and fights, not Backlund skating around with the puck all night.
And I've seen data on HF Numbers a few years ago that shows goalies make more saves when there's traffic from the slot, shot blocks are attempted, and shots are from the point. Run and gun leads to shots closer to the net with less defense against. Hence run and guns are "offensive systems".