A lot of teams that turn the puck up ice quickly do it off of great defensive work leading to a high defensive zone turnover. Boston, for example. Bergeron, Pasternak and Marchand get a turnover and off they go. Calgary’s offensive forays tend to start slower because they are not generated from turnovers. The opposition play is over, the defence gathers the puck, and they start out. But the other side is set. It’s not really from some strategy to bring the puck back - it’s from how the play started. The Flames don’t have a lot of great two way players.
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