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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Wait - the Russians? The guys who would purposely bring the puck back into their own zone to set up, start forward, not see what they liked and do it again?
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Yeah, the Russians perfected the five man attack strategy. If anything, they were counter to the transition game and probably what Ward is trying to rely upon. The problem is that when the five man attack was en vogue was when defenses were scattered and weak and gap control was easily exploited. Now that defenses have caught up the five man attack strategy is a dinosaur. The way you beat these new defensive strategies is to use speed and transition and NOT give them opportunity to setup. This ain't rocket science, but to Ward and company it appears to be. Continue to press the puck forward and get to the open spaces before the defense has an opportunity to get back and clog them up.