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Old 02-22-2026, 01:04 PM   #1510
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague View Post
Exactly. You get space by doing the thing they're not expecting in 3v3. You can do the "split the D 1v3" thing when no one thinks that's what you're about to do. When McDavid does it from his own end it's pretty obvious what's happening. At that point he needs to back the defensemen off the blue line, hit the brakes, and drop it to a late guy with space to take a shot from the high slot. You especially don't do it twice in a row.
In fairness, he was doing this all tournament but the middle shooters just kept flinging it back out to a bad angle instead.
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