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Originally Posted by dino7c
You don't blindly chip the puck into the center of the ice in your own zone...ever.
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Sure you do. It's an effective breakout play in most cases because a defenseman or center will typically receive the pass and skate the puck out of trouble.
The issue isn't that you "never" make this sort of breakout. And it's not as blind as you're making it sound.
The issue is that the Flames "only" make this sort of breakout, and opponents have scouted it ad nauseum to the point where they're reading this play before it happens.
They're playing like robots out there and it's predictable.
Someone needs to tell a guy like Noah Hanifin to just skate every puck he has possession of out for a game, even if he's behind the net when he gets possession, even if it leads to a turnover. Just add variety to your breakout, so it's not just passes being picked off predictably. Then suddenly that lucic play doesn't happen with the same frequency when you
need to make that breakout play.
The fact that the one guy on this team who would actually do exactly what I described was a healthy scratch last night is what frustrates me the most.