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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
What style of play do you honestly think suits this team?
It sure isn't built for a run and gun "Huberdeau" style. There is no elite offensive talent on the roster after him and I'm really wondering if he is even that. No players who can take over a game by themselves.
There has also been atrocious goaltending this season so you either have to clamp down defensively or outscored the sub 900 goaltending.
So what style would you employ with the roster as is?
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First I would put Huberdeau-Lindholm-Tofolli and Coleman-Backlund-Mang back together. Third line is Dube-Kadi-Ruzcika. 4th line is Ritchie-Lewis-Duehr. I'd also call up Phillips and let him rotate with Ruzcika to see who fits.
The breakout needs to employ more stretch passes and less of the Gulutzanesque 5 man unit breakout. We are way too predictable. We need to stop dumping the puck in and turning it over to accomplish line changes and instead risk trying to hold the puck more and heaven forbid have a tired forward get caught (but keeping more offense zone pressure).
We need to give out offensive players the most offensive starts and PP time.
I don't like man to man zone defense, and I don't think our team is "quick" enough to excel at it.
I would have also have ridden Vladar when he looked good mid season and put Markstrom on the back burner.
Maybe stupid ideas, but 70 games of the exact same thing isn't working.