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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
Markstrom was to blame for the bad decision that led to the goal but he’s already stopped 3 ten bell chances. This team isn’t good in its own zone. Way too much scramble and panic.
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No team that plays an aggressive style looks good in their own zone. They make it up with three things:
- Reduced time in their own zone via clean breakouts and strong entry denial to reduce shot volume against
- Goaltending cleaning up the chances that do happen
- Playing with a lead so you don't have to take risks in the offensive zone
The Flames take care of 1
They fail at 2
And because they fail at 2 and lack a dangerous powerplay, three rarely happens