They aren't slow, Bingo, but they do play slow. When every break out is pass or skate to the wall, then pass up to the blue line, then pass back to the middle, you've pretty much just surrendered initiative. As a consequence, we don't generate fast break chances very often. And when you take away those two on ones and those situations where you've caught a defender in a panic, you're depriving yourself of some of the best scoring opportunities.
It is honestly amazing that we do generate as many shot attempts as we do given our breakout is metaphorically a mule rather than a thoroughbred, but we have very definitely sacrificed quality in favour of quantity.
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