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Originally Posted by jayswin
How come I don't see them bumping it back to the defence allowing the opposition to get fully prepared on every second breakout anymore?
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They never did that as a general practice and ended up having to do it maybe one of every 5 breakout attempts. It was just pointed out when they did do it. And half the time it was on a line change. They one-passed it out a lot more than people said.
What is more likely is that Sutter has told his forwards to get back so the D doesn’t have to wait. And I suspect he’s imposed more discipline on fast line changes so the D doesn’t have to wait.