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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
On a 2 on 1, which this more or less is, the D is supposed to take the pass and leave the goalie with the shot.
He was probably thinking that he'd take the pass away, so the other forward doesn't have a tap-in, I'd imagine.
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Yeah, for the most part that was just Forsberg doing Forsberg stuff. If Soucy tried take him, he would have risked interfering with his own goalie and leaving an opening for a pass or tap in. Forsberg has a number of ways to make defensemen look dumb, but I think the right play in the circumstance was to put your faith in your goalie and try to mop up the rebound.
Not that I blame DeSmith either. Forsberg made a perfect shot.