Ducky10
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- Nov 14, 2014
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He's pointing out what a lot of us have been saying for much of this year, his video adds some good visual context (wish I had time to do that). Like he mentions, you can choose video that pretty much illustrates any position but there is a theme to what is happening in the ones he uses. In the defensive and the neutral zone the spacing of the wingers is terrible and there is very little support from behind the play from our centres. The breakout and transition attack are both predicated on the wingers getting up the ice and getting the puck in behind the D. When they accomplish this, they are still losing possession too often and not being able to generate any shots. When they don't accomplish this, it's mainly because the spacing is so poor, the opposition is able to close down the play early and isolate our forward. It happens in almost every NZ video he uses. This also has a big negative when the D changes and the puck gets turned over at the opposition blue line, instead of getting deep.
Having said all that, there have been games where the Jets have been much better at this and the last Dallas game was one of them. They attacked much more from behind in support of the puck and got through the lanes with tighter spacing. They also defended more tightly against Dallas and when they were able to turn the puck over in the neutral zone, they were able to attack better in transition, without getting isolated. I get the impression Maurice wants them to play more this way but at the same time they don't seem to stick to it on a consistent basis. That stretch pass tip in thing has to go, it's useless unless the Jets are changing and even then in largely sucks.
Having said all that, there have been games where the Jets have been much better at this and the last Dallas game was one of them. They attacked much more from behind in support of the puck and got through the lanes with tighter spacing. They also defended more tightly against Dallas and when they were able to turn the puck over in the neutral zone, they were able to attack better in transition, without getting isolated. I get the impression Maurice wants them to play more this way but at the same time they don't seem to stick to it on a consistent basis. That stretch pass tip in thing has to go, it's useless unless the Jets are changing and even then in largely sucks.
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