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Originally Posted by Rhett44
It is absolutely a trap system they play. When you watch a team trying to forecheck on us, we sit back in a 1-3-1. The entire goal of the system is to be as low event as possible and rely on having the better goalie and sneaking out wins.
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1-3-1 is not necessarily a trap system. It's just not an aggressive forecheck. The Flames lack team speed and also try and do a lot of line changes, so it's a better system for that.
A trap system tries to dictate the flow of movement in the neutral zone, with wingers staying pretty high near the red line, not backing into the defensive zone, and forcing the puck to the boards. A trap system is not even low event - it tries to create turnovers in the neutral zone.