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Originally Posted by Gaskal
Often the defencemen get no help in the neutral zone because the forwards pressure early at the opposing blueline to hold the zone (as Milano and Schroeder successfully did here). But if the Flames can beat that forecheck, then they should be able to make zone entries with ease using their fast skaters.
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This one is a bit worrisome as our defence/breakout strategy doesn't do very good under a high pressure forecheck. All too often they just default to ripping it up the boards which generally leads to an icing, a giveaway, or a sloppy (at best) break out that we can't build speed off of.