I know offence is easy to watch on tv and such, but what makes you look at a defenceman and say that D is good? position, strength, passing? I usually determine it in my own mind as strong on the puck, grindy etc. On many players i think they have a strong game and then the media will rip into them. So some insight would be awesome thanks.
As the person who has generated over 20+ theories largely 05-06 to 08-09.
Thier are major aspects tongoal prevention.
My HD shot theory Identified a goal diff ratio of 5hd:1LD
High danger shots (orig called rickisbox) ( now homeplate by MSM) go in 5 times more than LD shots (Perimeter)
You want Dmen that defend the HD area at an elite level.
Adam Larsson is a top 5 HD dman. Thier is one for every 6 teams.
The most critical factor in zone entry and how dmen should defend in the new speed game is weather the forwards fail to run a NZ trap. Gap control is greatly affected by speed and the new chip and retrieve.
Table hockey goalie movement: 44-45 years ago I played street hockey with a 6-7yr old kid who was 3-4 years younger than us.
He did not play in traditional goalie position. He moved with the puck (tracking ph 1.) like a Table hockey goalie. The puck hit him at a high rate. I recently was diagnosed with Cancer. I have been going back to individuals so I can reference them relative to my theories.
That young man is Ron Gunville Player Petsonel Director of PA Raiders.
It was not till John Van Biesbrook & Patrick Roy that I saw this movement in NHL. Thier was a marked increase insave% and copying of style. Pucks that hit goalies have 0% chance of going in.
Open/closed shot theory: closed shot is any shot that hits a goalie in Table hockey movement. My favourite is puck shot into glove than the arm swing. It is 0% when in glove. Once the goalie starts to move his glove thier is a potential for the puck to drop out and go in net.
0% goal chance corsi:
0% corsi = (blocks + misses + closed shots)
Elite 0% Corsi Dmen: 12yr old theory
Create the highest % 0% corsi relative to CA.
They make the goalies work rate the easiest.
#1 Kris Russell
#2 DeHaan.
offensive Dmen are OFENSIVE.
Hockey is looking for pocession Efficiency.
Forwards generate even offence 4 times more efficiently than dmen. You want the puck off dman,s stick and on the better producers.
Offensive dmen abandon defence of HD area. Yielding free path counter attacks on their own HD area. They yeild High HD shot rates. They are def nightmares. Bott 5 Faulk, zbarrie, Reilly, Hamonic, Nurse.
The simple mechanical play is no longer the only part of def process. The last couple of historic long term cycles in oilers zone had media and fans talking. But most of the corsi were O%.
There were no High danger shots in the cycle. Almost no goal scoring potential.
That is what you also have to watch for.
1. No HD penetration.
2. Minimal open shots required to be salved.
3. Quick/accurate transition passes to forwards.
We scored 13 less goals than in 16-17. 247 down to 234 (-13)
We ran a HD sys under MacT in 16-17 and gave up 146 evga then reverted to a perimeter pressure system like Eakins 182 evga. A simple system change made us -36 in Ga. we saw the rest of GA change from poor PK.