twabby
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not sure I understand why you have a problem with that. Trotz has been pretty consistant. He puts the two defensemen out til the Caps get possession particularly on the road.
It assures that against the opponents best offensive players the Caps have their best defensemen to get possession and guarantee the OT lasts long enough for them to get possession. Once the Caps get a rush going, Ov jumps on. Makes perfect sense.
Kuzy remains off. I will give him the first 5 games to show something before I start to worry. PP2 looked lost with him as the primary qb. I am looking forward to the return of point per game Kuzy.
I don't really see it working that way, especially with Alzner and Niskanen on the ice to start. 3v3 seems to be about extended possessions with the puck and making offensive plays, neither of which Alzner and Niskanen are particularly great at.
Alzner, for example, strives in a structured system, and by its very nature 3v3 is very unstructured. Even though he's a good skater I'd consider not even putting him out on the ice at all for 3v3 next time. There was a moment last night where he was rushing into the offensive zone with the puck during the 3v3, but instead of regrouping at center ice and maintaining control of the puck while players were changing, he kind of just dumped the puck in and gave possession to the Penguins. Losing possession of the puck at 3v3 is huge, certainly much worse than a dump and change at 5v5.
The moment Washington gets two forwards on the ice they typically dominate the 3v3 because their skill in an unstructured environment can overpower the opponent.