"The Shift"

[Shakey Rustie]

That's what I expected to see when I opened this thread.

I was expecting something on Alex Kovalev.

 

[belair]

Nice Bobby, nice.

Seriously. Where the **** were you going?

 

[Gavy]

I swear there is like 20 "the shift"s out there

 

[Redd Green Show]

What about that Orpik shift back in the dark ages?

Yeah, that's what I think of when i hear "the shift"

 

[la25ecoupe]

What was #9 doing at the end? he got the puck in the skates but skated the other way instead of trying to catch the puck? He was like "ahhh puck gota get away"

 

[berlin]

Embarrassingly bad defense and puck handling.

 

[bdub24]

Note as long or as good as what the Preds did to the Booze.

 

[hansomreiste]

90 Secs a Sens

 

[Price is Wright]

I was expecting something on Alex Kovalev.

He scored a goal on that shift. My favourite part.

 

[Oilers93]

Don't show this clip to Joe Girardi, don't believe he is a fan of the shift...

 

[c9777666]

The shift

I'll see that and raise you one:

 

[Zen Arcade]

Lang, Kovalev and Straka used to have shifts like that all the time. That line was crazy.

 

[66871]

That was from before he became "popgun"

Popgun? I thought Mike Richards was cannon.

 

[StupidGenius]

Actually, the Sedins own "The Shift".

That's a bizarre way of spelling Kovalev.

Personally, to me, The Shift will always be that time the Red Wings had Jason Strudwick and Taylor Chorney trapped in their zone for almost four minutes.

 

[Alwalys]

When you are a fan of a heavy possession team and are also in a division with several possession heavyweights, you see this kind of stuff fairly often.

 

[LiveeviL]

I swear there is like 20 "the shift"s out there

A threadworthy subject.

 

[Oddfello]

What was #9 doing at the end? he got the puck in the skates but skated the other way instead of trying to catch the puck? He was like "ahhh puck gota get away"

Looked like he thought he had kicked the pass to a D-man and was headed up ice for a breakaway.

 

[Jauffre]

Guaranteed you guys haven't seen Kovalev's shift from the 90s if you think THIS is The Shift

 

[MikeyMike01]

Are we going to pretend this doesn't happen all the time?

 

[rho]

Can't remember the last time it happened?

Preds hemmed the Blues in their zone a couple weeks ago for 1:19 resulting in a goal. This Pens shift was 1:15, almost identical.

They weren't really similar. The Preds "shift" was spent all along the outside, and they scored on their first and only attempt on net. The Penguins had a half dozen attempts on net, although they got lucky that Ryan inexplicably blew the zone despite not having the puck. I'd agree, though, not really worthy of its own thread. Maybe if it'd happened in the finals in a pivotal game it might be.

 

[LuGBuG]

Ducks 4th Line had "The Shift" of 2006 in game 1 versus Ottawa, didn't result in a goal but got the team real fired up

 

[tarheelhockey]

I swear there is like 20 "the shift"s out there

Came here to say this. It's like every fanbase thinks they've got the REAL "the Shift" when in reality nobody gives a **** about the other 29.

 

[swiftwin]

Ducks 4th Line had "The Shift" of 2006 in game 1 versus Ottawa, didn't result in a goal but got the team real fired up

You mean 2007?

Also, I remember Mike Fisher having a "The Shift" against the Pens that year.

 

[swiftwin]

Came here to say this. It's like every fanbase thinks they've got the REAL "the Shift" when in reality nobody gives a **** about the other 29.

To be fair, as a Sens fan, I'd say the Mike Richards one rises to the top.

 

[OneMoreAstronaut]

This morning while driving I went from 2nd gear to 3rd

I will forevermore think of it as "the shift".