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Originally Posted by btimbit
Dump and chase can work quite well, especially against a team that doesn't obstruct and interfere much because you can sprint through the neutral zone without getting held up. And no puck carrier to clog and pressure for a turnover like we see with Gaudreau and Bennett a lot when they try to carry it alone. Get the puck behind the defenders making them turn around and ruin their structured coverage.
Trouble with how Calgary does it lately is they forget the chase part. Don't play north-south hockey well at all. They're too slow and far behind the guy dumping it in coming through the neutral zone so they can't get the puck first or pressure the dman to turn it over. by the time the forecheck gets there the puck is already headed the other way
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They aren’t fast, but they’re fast enough to do it if that’s what they want to do. Their dump ins are a product of failed carry-ins, so no one on the line is ready or moving to the puck - it’s a broken play.
This team has the guys to harass defencemen, and the main weakness of a lot of the teams in the division is their defence (Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton and, to a degree Toronto). They are clogging the zone to make up for it.