Carolina is a very good team. That’s why the Flyers’ performance is so encouraging.
I’m not passing judgment on Carolina. Their system has been effective for them. I am commenting about how people who call them a creative offensive system don’t watch them closely.
Because Carolina is a dump & chase team who fires more point-shots than any team in the league (or close to it). And that’s the way they’ve always operated under Brind’Amour. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Ironically, many of the same people who routinely blasted Hakstol for a system that relied on point shots rave about Carolina’s system, which heavily relies on point shots.
Anyway, Carolina’s calling card isn’t their offensive system. It’s their ferocious forechecking & backchecking.
I just explained to you why they are a creative offensive system, and how. If anything, anyone who doesn't get that isn't watching them closely. It's quite the opposite.
You are the only person I've ever seen who describes Carolina as a dump-in team. Because that's absolutely not their priority. They will if it's what the situation calls for, and they have very well designed dump and retrievals instead of getting it deep and hoping for the best. They heavily prefer to maintain possession.
Hakstol's system existed explicitly to set up point shots. That's what people bashed. You know this. It was explained to you repeatedly for years. I don't know why you are lying about that. Carolina's system does not exist to explicitly set up blue line shots. That's what they generally do instead of dumping the puck. Where other teams dump to the corner, Carolina tends to throw on net. It isn't their main goal. Kind of a humongous difference.
Separating forechecking away from offensive system is a really weird thing to try to do. That doesn't make any sense. Of course, you've often argued that the entire sum of an offensive system is formation alone and not what is done from that formation, so I am skeptical that you really understand how NHL offense works.