The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
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Honestly I don't think they had more than a half dozen good chances all night. The ones that got the oos and ahhs in the third weren't actually that dangerous. Vasi doesn't get beat on jam plays period, and that's essentially what they were.
One of the things that surprised me was - despite being down - the Panthers forecheck was super passive all night. There was a spot in the first period after we were up 2-0 where they just sat back in a 1-2-2 or 1-3-1 with the forward barely creeping below the blue line. I know they're a counter team but if a team isn't giving you the counters you have to find a way to create chances, and I thought that they just didn't want to put in the work to do that.
One of the things that surprised me was - despite being down - the Panthers forecheck was super passive all night. There was a spot in the first period after we were up 2-0 where they just sat back in a 1-2-2 or 1-3-1 with the forward barely creeping below the blue line. I know they're a counter team but if a team isn't giving you the counters you have to find a way to create chances, and I thought that they just didn't want to put in the work to do that.