#freejame

You can start building towards that type of system as soon as you have the personal the institute it. Nothing says you can’t tell one D pairing to play X way and another to play Y way. The play of the forwards is just as important to the dynamic style of play as the defense are though. We don’t have the offensive personal to responsibly play such a system, with the exception of certain line combinations.

Usually I go to the games in Raleigh but I decided to skip this one and go to savannah instead. Hoping for a W, expecting an L

Speaking as someone who coaches hockey and spends a lot of time watching hockey at different levels, most coaches are trying to implement a system in which the defensemen join the play and contribute heavily in the offensive attack. With that comes instilling discipline in the forwards to recognize when the D are joining the play and to react accordingly. As far as pinching and dropping back is concerned, D should be recognizing where the F3 or high forward or whatever you want to call them is in proximity to the puck as well as their position, as well as the positioning of D2 in relation to the puck. In my experience and in the system I run, it’s typically still a three man attack unit, but who the three skaters are is dependent on a variety of things like what I mentioned above. More than anything, it creates a more dynamic offense. It requires smart players who are able to read and react to the play quickly, as well as fast skaters on defense who are capable of joining/leading the rush and who can then backcheck hard to cover F3/F2, depending on how responsible your own F3 is.

Been down in Charleston interviewing for new jobs. Got the last interview today at two then it’s down to Savannah for St. Patrick’s Day. Rumor has it I may be offered a job following this last one, which would be nice because the other two have asked for second interviews, which is great, but the five hour drive makes it difficult to drop in. Would make for a hell of a way to kick off the weekend.

This line of thinking empowers those who commit tradegies rather than those effected by them.

There’s a lot of interactions in this thread that would have gotten Jame banned.

At all levels, hockey is an inherently escalatory game. Someone is going to get slashed in a way they don’t like it or cross checked in a spot without padding. They’re going to retaliate and then that person will retaliate and then fights happen. You could take fighting out of the NHL and there would still be fights in all levels of hockey because of that.

Looking for a Chicago win over Toronto, NJ over Edmonton in overtime and Vancouver over NYR in overtime tomorrow. Only three games on the schedule.

Ben Bishop’s large size obviously intimidates the soft Sabres into not wanting to spend quality zone time /s

Nice shot though. A larger goalie would have had that with ease.

I just watched An American Werewolf in London for the first time and I absolutely loved it. Best monster movie I’ve ever seen, though I’ve seen relatively few. Anyone have similar recommendations?

Skinner got after Rantanen who hockey reference has at 6’4” 215.

And a brain. And courage. And to rid Oz of that damn wicked witch of the east.

Bump. Been seeing in quite a few threads lately talk about playing hockey and thought I’d find this thread in case some didn’t know it existed.

In his PG-presser, Eichel said “if I’m going to be at the forefront of it [late runs/physical play] I might as well push back a little bit.” I hope we see the Jack pushing back from this point forward. Yes, he shouldn’t have to be the player pushing back, but if he adds that tool to his belt it’s only going to make him a better player.

So is he permanently banned now?

I suspect he’s been banned. When I last talked to him he said he wouldn’t be leaving the board by choice.

There’s a whole lot of ignorance in this thread and I suspect a serious lack of playing with players of either era. Guys these days in the off-season flip tires, what the ***** do you think they did then for actual jobs? Pull up a photo of Bobby Hall and tell me he wouldn’t hold his own. 1975 all-stars would destroy a team of college all-stars (https://www.hockey-reference.com/allstar/NHL_1975_roster.html). You know who else trained much harder than their opponents and played much more and had more resources? The 1980 USSR Olympic team. And you know who beat them? A bunch of scrubs who were out of shape and weren’t serious hockey players. USA! USA! USA!

I would guess the top 10% of Division 1 skaters are better than the bottom 75% of 1975 pros. But I’m not sure just any d1 team is going to be a Stanley Cup runner up.

Having played with “scrub” pros from the early 80’s (albeit in their advanced age) and high level junior players, I think you’re underestimating just how good an NHL nobody is.

That shouldn’t have been a call. He was taken down

***** does sobotka suck

I’d like to see Botts go after Pavelski, though I doubt there any chance he or Thornton leave.

Not usually a big fan of diebytheblade, but here’s a decent article about Housley and some of his faults. https://www.diebytheblade.com/platform/amp/2019/3/4/18249441/concerns-about-the-buffalo-sabres-head-coach-continue-to-pile-up-phil-housley

Tripp is absolutely brutal. Jack Edwards level of bad.