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Originally Posted by EVERLAST
can we just abandon our system for one game and just play dump and chase ?
The jets wouldn't know what hit them because Were so ####ing predictable. We might even score a goal or 2.
Maybe let the boys drink some Samuel Jackson on the bench....a hockey game might break out.?
Let just show the F up this afternoon please.
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Maybe not dump and chase. But, for the love of God, stop giving Winnipeg those odd man rushes. The Flames aren't able to get 3on1:s/2on1:s and/or breakaways as easily as the Jets get them, after a Flames-D-man makes a bad choice by pinching and joining the attack too aggressively or giving a horrifying pass at the same time you're getting a zone-entry. Of course, it is good to have a D-man supporting those fast straight attacks, but the Flames-D-men are overactive with those pinches and playing stupid too many times with the puck. So, if you aren't able to make a better decision, maybe dump and chase is the go-to -strategy, but those passes we saw yesterday from e.g. Lucic and Forbort, are the ones we shouldn't even see from a-NHL-caliber player. Yes, mistakes happen, but those passes were too awful to see when playing a QR-match game 2. Minimize giving those cross-crease passes, and rather play forward.
If they want to win this series, you just don't let your opponent to have those odd man rushes. After seeing game 1 and 2, it is so freaking hard to get good scoring chances while playing 5vs5. Keep trying to solve the Jets-D, but don't forget to make sure that the Jets have had way too many great scoring chances after the Flames have over-attacked.
So maybe dump and chase isn't the worst possible tactic, but only, if you aren't able to make good enough decisions with the puck. Rather dump the puck deep than make a horrible pass and give the Jets a great scoring chance. This should be useful at least for our bottom-6. Hoping to see Robinson or Quine replacing Rinaldo.