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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I didn't see anything from Ward to suggest he is a one-system kind of guy.
Dump and chase is used by every team strikes me more as a situational strategy than a broad one.
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100% right on, IMO. Situational decision making.
It is simply taking the time and space that is available by reading and reacting to what space is available. Risk and reward.
Situational awareness.
This has NOTHING to do with system. NO TEAM wants to dump it in...BUT sometimes that is where the space is.
Everything to do with making good team and individual tactical decisions, NOT system.
On odd man rushes , often the puck gets kickEd outside to wide speed, mid lane drive, weak side flanker through the outside faceoff spot for rebound with a 4th man high.... and/ or “a teammate takes your ice; you take theirs” (crisscross).
Sometimes the space is behind the defenders, on even man rushes...3 v3 4v 4..Chip it or place it in an area where you can recover the puck, avoiding a blue line turnover. Risk and reward.