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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
This post by SuperMatt needs more attention.
I have actually been thinking about this more and more, and it just seems a lot like "Brent Sutter" hockey. Overly safe, and completely predictable.
I remember teams cheating along the boards leaving the middle of the ice unprotected when facing Brent Sutter's Flames, but the Flames would continue throwing those pucks up the boards. They would get hemmed in their zone for what seemed like 5 minutes at a time.
It is the lack of adjustments that is really bothering me now. Green has figured out Calgary's system before their first game. I think Calgary won just based on having the superior team. The last game, Vancouver won with execution and effort - they countered Calgary's system better and out-worked Calgary to win the game (and did so seemingly embarrassing Calgary in the process).
What will the adjustments be tonight? Please don't be a Brent Sutter and come in without any adjustments to what the other team is doing. It isn't just about executing 'your system' - it is also about figuring out what to do to stop theirs.
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Yeah I think this is really at the core of it. Our system is too conservative, too focused on avoiding mistakes. We get too fixated on one turnover or one missed assignment. If you have to play 100% mistake-free hockey to beat a mediocre team 2-1, you're not going anywhere.
I'd be a huge fan of bringing in Gallant, because he absolutely gets that:
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Originally Posted by Gerard Gallant
You got out there and if you worry about making mistakes, you’re not going to play a good game. I want you going out there and thinking you’re gonna make the good plays and do the right things on the ice. So don’t worry about your mistakes.
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https://www.bardown.com/gerard-galla...akes-1.1091303
It's vital not to miss the forest for the trees. Using the middle of the ice will cost you some goals against on bad turnovers. Letting your wingers fly the zone early will hurt you sometimes. Activating your weak-side D creates 2-on-1s against sometimes. But if you get fixated on those things, how much value are you giving up on the 95% where your players execute to prevent the 5% where they screw up?