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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Babcock generally played his D in the Olympics like GG does. GG's refusal to "activate" his D is way overstated. Gio and Hamilton went up ice a lot. Brodie did too - he just got burned a lot. Kulak wasn't shy about moving up ice either.
Good article about Babcock systems both in Detroit and Toronto. It makes the point that Horachek preached the same stuff but didn't have the pedigree or credibility to make it stick with the players that Babcock does. I wonder if that's the case here.
https://www.mapleleafshotstove.com/2...cocks-systems/ |
Good article! That actually does demonstrate how babcock adjusts his system depending on personnel.
I don’t want to go too tangential but we’ve talked many times about teams like Boston, Tampa, Vegas, Winnipeg, Nashville all moving the puck up ice quickly after regaining possession.
This is something that the flames d corps with their speed and offensive instincts would likely be good at but the eye test from the ~75 flames games I watched this season tells me that GG would rather move the puck d to d instead of instantly up ice in most situations.
That was more what I was meaning in activating the D but I guess both points stand.
I think there was a bit too much Brent sutter going on trying to fit square pegs into round holes of the GG system.