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Originally Posted by DoubleK
This is exactly backwards. In order to receive a pass on the forehand you are facing your own goal and exposing your blindside to a pinching defenseman.
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I hear what you're saying, but it's different.
A right hand shot on the right wall is trying to skate towards the blueline while looking back to take a pass.
A left hand shot on the right wall is open to the defenseman making the pass and also the center circling to break out. He could get clocked by the pinching defenseman but if he does the puck is protected as it's away from that defenseman and it's a hit from behind to wipe him out.
Whenever I had a kid that just couldn't break out we'd swap him to the other side and it worked most of the time. It slows the game down a touch.