Speculation: Canucks interested in D Tyler Myers

[Hi-wayman]

Just to add to what Shareefruck said.

For defensemen, playing in the defensive zone it is an advantage to be on your shooting side - LH Shot on LD, RH Shot on RD. This allows you to pick up the puck on the boards on your forehand while looking up ice for forecheckers. It also mean that when skate with the puck in the D zone, your body is between the puck and your net, so if you lose the puck, you still have "inside" position on your opponent.

In the offensive zone however the advantage is to play on you non-shooting side. You have far better shooting angles, it is much easier to get "inside" position on your opponent and you only have to open your hips a bit to take a one timer.

Ehrhoff is primarily an offensive weapon. He likes to play the RH side because (much like his overall game) he gives up a little defensively to be much more dangerous offensively.

point well taken

 

[Shareefruck]

Yeah, most of the best trigger-men on the point shoot from their off side. RH shots like Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Weber, Doughty etc all shoot from the left, and LH shots like Chara shoot from the right. Ehrhoff is the same breed.

I find that the speedier defensemen seem to prefer to play even strength on the off-wing, and the lumbering big guys seem to play on their natural side though. I wonder why that is.