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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
I think you are getting hung up on one aspect of what was said about the system.
The main takeaway for me is the team plays slow, around the perimeter and allows the opposition to set up their defensive and in many cases offensive structures because we have a system that slows things down.
It’s not difficult to see that is the case and when you look back at the times this team has had its most success is when we play a system that is uptempo and caters to scoring on the rush.
We need a coach that knows how to see this teams strengths and weakness and build a system around it. Not just implement a system and see it continually fail and expect different results as time passes. Yea it might work for a short period of time cause the players talents will allow that to happen every so often but with how good coaches are in this league you need to be able to adjust to what you are seeing in front of you.
Why are we trying to get players to play a system that doesn’t fit their skill sets? A system that continually fails? A system that allows the other team to get setup how they want to instead of catching them off guard and force mistakes in the confusion.
It’s actually maddening how they seem to think this is something that will yield success.
Get the opposition out of their comfort zone using speed, quick passes, puck support which will inhibit them from getting comfortably setup defensively.
It makes no friggen sense.
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This team does play on the perimeter way too much, no matter how they enter. I’m not convinced that’s coached. Every cycle I know has a close in shot as the goal. This team, when playing well, is actually quite a good cycling team. And most of its lines are better off that way. Backlund, Mangiapane, Lucic, Dube, Tkachuk all play a game that’s good for cycling and Gaudreau/Monahan/Lindholm also have a skill set that works.
I think we tend to remember the purple drink line’s rush goals because they’re pretty. But this team really isn’t fast enough to catch opponents off guard in a rush game. They try to carry the puck, but end up chipping because they run out of options. They actually play a decent recovery game but then, like you say, they are content to pass around the perimeter. I seriously doubt that they are coached not to go to the net. It’s just hard.