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Gaskal · 11-21-2019, 12:13 PM

Player Stuff

-Johnny had his soul stolen
-Monahan is too worried about two-way play to score
-Gio looks like the opposite of 'young & fresh'
-Backlund and Frolik angered a witch and now can't hit the broad side of a barn
-Jankowski decided to play like a bust
-Rittich wants to play the puck like Smitty

Systems Stuff

-Too much rimming it around the boards when we have the o-zone and team is not built for this style of play. Perhaps a symptomatic effect from not enough players attacking the center of the ice, instead waiting on the opposite half wall for the high D to funnel it back to them. It ends up looking very much like Gulutzan hockey.

-Everyone's shooting like it's junior hockey, which is to say... looking up, picking your spot. That one extra second doesn't seem like much, until after "oops it got knocked off my stick/deflected/blocked and now I have to skate all the way back up ice". Get it off your stick quicker.

-First forward backchecker often seems to be late to the party (see Lucic's postgame comments). No puck support for D means a lot of lost puck battles / more odd man rushes than necessary.

-When defense has control of the puck they are making the outlet pass 100% of the time instead of trying to skate it out themselves. Or, when they have one forechecker standing in front of the net to cut them off as they try to skate it out, have one forward swing behind the net to pick it up with speed. (I don't know why they forgot about this as a breakout option. Too many times I see one of our D with the puck behind the net and a forechecker just waiting there in front of the net, without any forwards coming back for puck support.)

-Not enough activation of the defense to skate it out themselves. This forces opposing backcheckers to cheat a little to accommodate and creates a little more space for the forwards.

11-21-2019, 12:13 PM	#43
Gaskal Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2013 Exp:	Player Stuff -Johnny had his soul stolen -Monahan is too worried about two-way play to score -Gio looks like the opposite of 'young & fresh' -Backlund and Frolik angered a witch and now can't hit the broad side of a barn -Jankowski decided to play like a bust -Rittich wants to play the puck like Smitty Systems Stuff -Too much rimming it around the boards when we have the o-zone and team is not built for this style of play. Perhaps a symptomatic effect from not enough players attacking the center of the ice, instead waiting on the opposite half wall for the high D to funnel it back to them. It ends up looking very much like Gulutzan hockey. -Everyone's shooting like it's junior hockey, which is to say... looking up, picking your spot. That one extra second doesn't seem like much, until after "oops it got knocked off my stick/deflected/blocked and now I have to skate all the way back up ice". Get it off your stick quicker. -First forward backchecker often seems to be late to the party (see Lucic's postgame comments). No puck support for D means a lot of lost puck battles / more odd man rushes than necessary. -When defense has control of the puck they are making the outlet pass 100% of the time instead of trying to skate it out themselves. Or, when they have one forechecker standing in front of the net to cut them off as they try to skate it out, have one forward swing behind the net to pick it up with speed. (I don't know why they forgot about this as a breakout option. Too many times I see one of our D with the puck behind the net and a forechecker just waiting there in front of the net, without any forwards coming back for puck support.) -Not enough activation of the defense to skate it out themselves. This forces opposing backcheckers to cheat a little to accommodate and creates a little more space for the forwards. __________________ Until the Flames make the Western Finals again, this signature shall remain frozen.