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Originally Posted by bigrangy
I know that the Flames D very, very rarely engages in the offensive zone, but I bet you could count on one hand the number of odd man rushes they've allowed at 5v5 over the last ten games. You watch most other trams play and there's 5 or 6 odd man rushes in a period.
The whole philosophy seems to be to prevent the odd man rush, and it is working, but I don't know if it's actually leading to success. I bet someone in the Flames org did some math, found that 37.3836% of goals against are on odd man rushes or whatever, and so they've changed the aplroach in such a way as to minimize what can be a very dangerous type of chance to allow.
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It's a plan that expects you to have the best forward core in the league (or top ~3) so they can score 3 on 5. Team Canada can execute this plan with Crosby, Bergeron, Thornton, Tavares, Stamkos, Benn, Marchand, etc. We do not have a top forward core in the league. Most nights we are facing teams with a better forward core. Our biggest strength is that guys like Giordano, Brodie, Hamilton, and Stone have some offensive skill. Even the Oilers, with McDavid and Draisaitl, would admit that they have to get guys like Klefbom and Sekera involved offensively.