weems
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- Jul 3, 2008
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Imagine Bertuzzi bumping Bobrovsky a few times in that Florida series.
This is one of the things I'm hoping we implement more into our game.
Just tonight we saw our rookie twice, get a step to the outside on the defender but not have a entirely clear lane but put his shoulder down and drove the puck directly to the front of the net and in both instances crashed into the goalie.
Now if that was our star players in that spot, way too many times they'd have probably opted to curl back and hold possession while attempting to hit the trailer with a pass.
More North-South, take the puck aggressively to the front of the crease. You'll draw more penalties and even in some cases, cause enough havok that it leaves an easy tap in for the second forward and even sometimes have the opposing defensemen push/crosscheck you into their goalie.