Best to expect the Flames to look like a mess defensively.
Huska is moving away from man to man d system to a zone defense. So going to be some miscues while the players learn and coaches make adjustments.
https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flam...eseason-action
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One big change on the ice this year is the team flipping from a man-to-man defensive scheme to a zone approach.
"There's changes with it, for sure," explained Huska. "The principles behind it are the same for us; we don't want to spend time in our zone. That part of it is not changing. What we ask our d-men to do, that'll be something that changes, and I think the most important person will be our centremen on the ice.
"So they're the guys, I think, we have to spend the most time with, because they're the ones that have the harder reads in regards to their coverage and who they have to pick up, and they way they see the game but that's one of the beauties of our team. When you look at our guys down the middle, you probably consider them our smartest players. So that's why we kind of feel like making subtle adjustments along the way will work for us.
"There's going to be some trial and error for sure because guys are kind of se in their ways, but that's something we're going to continue working on every day."
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