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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I have to assume it's intentional. Tocchet seems to have a thing where he wants guys to not throw the puck at the net, on the theory that it'll come back the other way sooner - basically passing up shooting looks for o zone time. But at some point you have to put a puck at the goalie's feet and see what happens, no?
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Only taking quality shot opportunities is very much so part of Tocchet's strategy. I think last night was taking it to an unbelievable extreme combined with Nashville just being the better team. I don't think it's a sustainable strategy against any team.