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Originally Posted by kermitology
I'm honestly kind of surprised at how few people have heard the phrase royal road. The Flames lack of chances across the royal road has been something I've noticed all season.
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Surprised as well. It was talked about a lot when Glen was punted that the team lacked moved the goalie side to side and using the royal roads.
That changed when Peters came.
Both of the goals the Jackets scored came using that area of the ice and you can see why passes in that area work well to create a better shot as your are moving the goalie which is something we have failed to do.
The Flames generally seem to come down the ice but hardly use that play to get that goalie moving, instead the puck carrier either takes a shot, makes a drop pass, kind of nudges it into the middle of the ice just rim it around and try to create off the cycle.
The goal Lucic scored vs St.Louis is a perfect example of why that type of play is one of the best coming off the rush instead of wasteful shots into the crest.