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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Other teams have beat Edmonton, we just refuse to gameplan around McDavid. It's like GG is too proud to just admit he's a game changer and have someone shadow him the entire game.
Who cares if it means we generate no offense for the 20 mins he's on the ice? Edmonton literally has no one else in their line up who are even remotely a threat. Smother McDavid. Have someone on him like white on rice. Every single second he's on the ice, shadow him. Even in the GD offensive zone.
You shut him down and they have nothing.
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On some of those breakaways, if you know he’s going to beat you, why not just stop, a square for an open ice hit? Sure you might miss most of the time, but that’s not going to change the ultimate outcome - a breakaway. Land one though, and he’s probably playing a little bit slower for the rest of the game.