joshjull
Registered User
The poster said:
"It would be disingenuous to claim it was a new experience for any of last years Sabres to run a 1-2-2 forecheck in the manner illustrated in the videos / article."
...and you disagreed because and said that it was 100% new because "Bylsma didn't do it" (paraphrased).
His point was, they likely had experience with a 1-2-2 forecheck in the manner illustrated in the video before. Just not with the Sabres.
Fair enough.
I should have fleshed my point out more. That it was more about its a 180 from how they played the year before.
A combo of adjusting to the new approach + over all team talent level + rapidly dropping faith in the net minders = a not so surprising chief mistake in the neutral zone of being passive instead of aggressive when it was called for.