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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
How do you get creative when the opposition is on top of you the second you touch the puck? How can it possibly be more on the coach when the player has only has split seconds to react and make a play before he’s either hit or turns the puck over from pressure? These players don’t have time to think “what would the coach want me to do right now?” There aren’t many ways to be crazy here, they generally just have a small window of time to read and quickly react most of the time and I’m pretty sure an NHL coach like Ward, who has put decades into the game and who’s paid to only watch and think about hockey all day and everyday as his job, would probably know more then any of us armchair noobs about how to breakout of the zone.
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Why is it the opposition on top of you so quickly? Are you just using half the ice? Yes that is easy to defend if you are just going up the wall. Pull up, use the weak side d to relieve pressure and get going up ice.