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Originally Posted by Bingo
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As previously mentioned, he’s not burying them. They’re just no longer being sheltered. This is perfect example of how analytics make Kent tone deaf about hockey, or his throws on the blinders.
There are two general ways to score in hockey. Off of the rush or on the cycle (broken plays being a 3rd).
Ward coached and witnessed how & why Bergeron is a great center. Lindholm provides additional defensive acumen to help Monahan & Gaudreau.
You can’t get better at zone exits, driving play, & creating plays off of the rush by starting ice time in the offensive end.
At the very least he could have contextualized if not normalized their zone starts based on zone exits/denials.
But he didn’t.
He just took the easy route, and oversimplified the data to make himself look smart and/or make the coaching staff look like it doesn’t know what it’s doing.