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Originally Posted by automaton 3
That is driving me crazy. Having 3-4 of our guys lined up up at the blueline standing still is laughably bad, and the results are predictable. This just can't be how they drew it up...
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It's so irritating to see. the Canes have a pretty bad forward group, yet had a proper zone entry system. They rushed with 3-4 players, passing to the open wing if there was one on the move, pushing it deep if there was none. The whole unit was moving. You have a power play, you have more guys than they have!
Meanwhile, the Flames have 4 guys slowly go up the ice and stop at the blueline, drop the pass to the trailer in Gaudreau or Bennett or whatever, and have him go through a wall that has been clogged up because every single team in the league knows how to defend 1 guy with speed and 4 guys that are pylons. It usually ends up with Gaudreau stick handling through 2-3 guys unsuccessfully and cause a turnover, or be successful and make a bad pass to guys who are not in position yet since they were standing still and cause a turnover.