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Originally Posted by Boreal
This was Craig Simpson exaggerating more than anything.
Tkachuk was going to give it to him but was reading the play to see if the would exit and it did.
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That’s a terrible read! I don’t know why that would be a valid excuse at all. Play the percentages and the safe play, you’re in your zone, and outlet pass to you is the least useful play when you’re down a defence man. Ice it if needed. Give the D your stick. Ridiculous. I can’t believe how many people think that an outlet pass is an excuse for this play at all.
No, the play isnt the end of the world or the worst thing we’ve ever seen. But it was pretty dumb for the “team first and cerebral” player that we have in Tkachuk.
The last person on your team, when in your defensive zone, who needs a stick, is a winger. The most important person to have a stick is the defenceman.