One thing I've noticed is they don't seem to headman the puck very much in neutral zone. You have one guy with the puck in the middle (call him the "centre"), two guys ahead of him on either side (the "wingers"), and the other team's two defensemen between them and the net. The "centre" doesn't pass to a "winger" before they cross the offensive blue line to see if he can beat the defenseman with speed or pass it back to the centre or the other "winger". He skates it in and forces the "wingers" to slow down.
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