Here's something that has been bothering me, and I guarantee you will see this tonight.
Why are the Dmen slap shotting the puck around the boards from behind their own net instead of using a breakout? We have plenty of skill, so what's the point in doing this? Is it a zone entry thing?
To me it should be a last option, but how many times do the dmen stand there behind our net looking to pass it to a forward on a breakout, only to take a slapper around the boards to a winger at the red line trying to tip it in and avoid the icing? Then we forecheck looking for a turnover, which this team doesn't seem able to do. All we are doing is turning the puck over IMO.
Maybe a "systems guy" can enlighten me here, because with all the skill we have on the back end we should be skating it out or (gasp) maybe making a pass like a skilled team on the breakout would do.
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