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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
All I needed to hear was the part about playing connected and as 5-man units.
Hated our breakout and team defensive structure last year.
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Yeah, that really heartened me. I imagined a much tighter-knit breakout pattern, similar to the kind of system that the Kings deployed. Everyone's in on the play to an extent.
Unique Team Traits: The LA Kings provided each other with support while smashing everything else
Good illustrations on how they utilize the far-side winger to drive all the way across the ice to provide support rather than stay on the weak side hoping for the pass.
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Originally Posted by heep223
Like that he didn't mention size (from what I can tell).
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He mentioned that he wanted the big players to play big and the fast players to play fast. So that makes me think of Colborne and Dougie, who could use a boost in physical play - although Dougie has improved quite a bit in that regard over the past season.