I’d rather have a tight gap system that is fast, and give up the odd rush, then have loose gap and get burned wide all the time.
The Flames historically have had terrible gap control and it came back with a vengeance with GG, as he was hell bent on the d men retrieving dump ins first and flipping them out of the zone or rimming them. Teams started carrying it in and going wide, and he never adjusted.
It drove me bonkers and I’m happy to hear that the gaps have been tightened up. Gap is one of those things that has a sneaky huge impact on flow.
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