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Originally Posted by MrMike
Can’t win it with speed when they’re closed up.
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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Jesus Christ. You don't beat the trap with individual efforts.
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You actually can though. The trap is a structure. It assumes that everyone is in position and nobody gets beat. If you go right though a guy because you're Nathan MacKinnon and you're just that good at hockey, the structure crumbles and guys get out of their spots trying to compensate for the guy who got beat. That creates a fire drill even if the original individual rush didn't get home. We just saw Marner score 1 on 3 literally last game.
Individual efforts actually ARE a path to beating the trap, if the effort is by a transcendently talented player, like some of the guys on this squat. It's like saying "that's a bad shot to take, unless you're Steph Curry".