While eating my lunch, I was thinking about this whole ice time stuff and suddenly, a flash of genius stroke me and I now understand everything. There's a reason why Subban is not in the ice in critical moments. There's a reason why we're not NHL coaches. But I found out why, let me explain.
I put myself in opponent forwards, here what I think: that big mouth, un-classy 76, as much I hate him, is the only one who will carry the puck out of his zone or make a good first pass, he is dangerous too on a rush if giving too much space, so I just focus on him, go after him, hit him hard, cover him. The other guy with no one to pass to, will surely ice the puck, flip the puck or sometimes will give us juicy turn overs...
I put myself in opponent coach, here what I'll say before the game: "Guys, here's the plan. Fore-check them to death, that defence is prone to collapse." Pause... "OK, focus on number 76, the rests will collapse themselves. Ya know what I mean...."
I put myself in our coach mind and he's smarter than all of us, he knows that so what I do to counter balance this ?
I TAKE SUBBAN OFF THE ICE ! I throw them off balance. To Hell their plan....'Evils laugh'
OKguys, that's how it works. We can live in peace now. Give me credit for this discovery. Thank you