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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
No offense but using a highlight package to make any assessment doesn't work. You are literally looking at them at their best.
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It can be helpful to see general tendencies in how people are playing though.
The d-men don't even attempt to make those step ups at the defensive blue line anymore.
The forwards are way lower in the defensive zone.
The d-men don't even try to activate and help out on the break in and carry the puck up the ice like they used to.
Of course the highlights are going to make them look good, but that's not what I was looking at. I was looking for the general system and structure that was evident in the videos.
I've been watching the condensed games from that 18-19 season and you see a lot of the same trends, just stands out more in the highlights for quick viewing.
On the negative side you also see a lot of scenarios where the team lets in a forward behind them because they are playing really aggressively. But I'd rather they play aggressive and make mistakes like that where it's becasue they are trying to make a play instead of what we see now where it's just constant pressure in our own zone and we don't even attempt to make a play.
Also it's a shame Kylington hasn't gotten a game in a while, his skating is really noticeable in a lot of these condensed games early in the 18-19 season.