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Originally Posted by GioforPM
It’s a false narrative. If Ward is catching dump and chase they aren’t doing it. They are turning the puck over at the blue line because they don’t dump and chase. And when they do dump it’s because they skate into defenders at the line without help and are left with no option but to chip and chase (different).
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We haven’t had a lot of turnovers at the opposition blueline to be honest.
If we get caught it’s usually because the dump was bad and we went to make a change and the other team has numbers.
It’s very rare for this team to try to gain the zone with possession, or defend our own blueline. We’ve been one of the worst teams at this going back to the start of last season, when the team starting playing a much safer style after getting burned for odd man rushes by Colorado.
Don’t enter the opposition zone with possession, and do a bad job preventing the opposition of entering our zone with possession...Calgary Flames hockey under Geoff Ward.