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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think part of this actually has more to do with the way we defend than the way we break out of our zone.
Look at the Flames - we don't give up a lot of 2-1s because of how other teams breakout. We give them up because of neutral zone turnovers and giving away the puck at the other team's blue-line.
The problem here isn't the breakout (which has it's own issues) but actually how passively we defend in the neutral zone.
Very little pressure on the puck carrier, our d-men back into their own zone and give the other team easy entry into our zone, and then we are never catching other team's going the wrong way or on a change because they can easily get possession in our zone.
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I think that's the puck management Giordano is talking about.
You have to make a read through the neutral zone as to the likely out come.
Do you have numbers?
Are the D backing up or challenging?
Is there back pressure?
Where are you on your shift?
What's the pulse of the game?
If you have a "I'm beating this guy no matter what" and turn it over you kill a team on the odd man rush.
They call it the grey zone, lose the grey zone and you lose hockey games.