I said in the first 3 games that the Panthers 1-2-2 was dominating the Oilers breakout and causing turnovers. The Oilers have adjusted and have all their wingers coming back off the boards - that's why there's so many icings, when the forward misses the off board clear. Florida hasn't adjusted at all and keeps dumping and chasing down the wall. Florida needs to either move to a 2-1-2 or to a 1-3-1. Not sure why Paul isn't adjusting to the Oilers' different breakout. Their D didn't suddenly get better, they're just blindly throwing it in a different direction.
Throw it up 6' off the boards, collapse if Florida gets it. That's the Oilers' D system. Neutral zone trap would give them absolute fits, or for a more aggressive approach, sending 2 deep against their bottom 2 pairings with the D hanging back for the stretch would also neutralize a lot of their speed against the bottom lines.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills watching Paul make no adjustments.
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