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Playoffs around the league for 2018
DC_1908:
EI Radek in VGK:
“Absolutely relentless in all areas of the game, all 285ft of the ice”
That’s that way it needs to be done all the tine , every game.
“Anyone that thinks this team can’t go on to win the Cup, haven’t been watching”
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 02:52:21 PM Eastern ---...they swept The Kings. . . (?). . . nope not a typo, They sweep The Kings
The team that won a cup after being down 3-0 in the first three rounds to win their last Cup. . .
Vegas first team to advance
Oh, and the first expansion to sweep their first playoff series, and I think to beat a Cup winner too.
Great Job GMGM!
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This series was a lot closer than it looked. All low scoring one goal games. That's how to win in the playoffs. Vegas looks very good. I think they get to the western final or further.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 04:29:40 PM Eastern --- This series was a lot closer than it looked. All low scoring one goal games. That's how to win in the playoffs. Vegas looks very good. I think they get to the western final or further.
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Yep, . . . and from a certain point of view, not really.
These were my ideal types of games. The majority of that series was the lethal one goal defense. While high risk, focuding almost solely on distrustrupting and countering the opponents strategies and tendencies, not making offense plays that could generate a chance for the opponent, just countering them and wearing out their bodies and playbooks while they’re trying to “just get that one goal”. . ,
Keep the scoreboard close while making the use up and expose resources. . . :devil:
Devise:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 07:06:58 PM Eastern ---Yep, . . . and from a certain point of view, not really.
These were my ideal types of games. The majority of that series was the lethal one goal defense. While high risk, focuding almost solely on distrustrupting and countering the opponents strategies and tendencies, not making offense plays that could generate a chance for the opponent, just countering them and wearing out their bodies and playbooks while they’re trying to “just get that one goal”. . ,
Keep the scoreboard close while making the use up and expose resources. . . :devil:
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Fleury played excellent but absolutely. What was telling for me about this entire series was watching Vegas employ a 5 man defensive structure everytime they were on the ice almost. They would allow their speed to carry them in transition, and forecheck where applicable. But when the puck was in their end they saved most of their youth/speed for that, to close the distance and allow very few odd man breaks. Then once the Kings would forecheck and win some battles, Vegas would again use all 5 in the back end to try to impede the shots.
LA had some good chances, but they would usually have to work 2-3x as hard to get those good chances, and even then there is still Fluery to deal with. LA also had an awful hard time getting bodies to the front of the net, more so than I've ever seen for the way they traditionally play. This allowed Fluery to challenge far more aggressively, you could see him coming far out of the paint to challenge long shots. A lot of that had to do with the gap control and spacing of the Knights imo. When LA would get the puck, by employing man on man coverage in the Zone very tightly and chasing very hard they would force the Kings to space out so far when they were in the offensive end. This would keep a lot of open holes, and prevent crowds from forming around their goalie, in the shooting lanes, etc.
We've talked about this before but this is the type of "speed" game I think you and I reference. It isn't that they don't employ speed players, it's that the system works as such so everyone regardless of skillset can be in on it, and the speed players aren't just trying to force breakways and scoring chances, they are smartly leveraging their assets in a way that impedes the opponents abilities.
Gerard Gallant though deserves so much of all this credit, fantastic coach, Florida was boneheaded for letting him go he's the perfect type of coach to give to younger players looking to become full time NHLers, and given the crop Vegas has had to work with he was absolutely ideal for them.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 07:06:58 PM Eastern ---Yep, . . . and from a certain point of view, not really.
These were my ideal types of games. The majority of that series was the lethal one goal defense. While high risk, focuding almost solely on distrustrupting and countering the opponents strategies and tendencies, not making offense plays that could generate a chance for the opponent, just countering them and wearing out their bodies and playbooks while they’re trying to “just get that one goal”. . ,
Keep the scoreboard close while making the use up and expose resources. . . :devil:
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Vegas is playing a strong defensive system with all 5 guys involved. And they do it with speed. The system where all 5 guys are playing defensively responsible in my kind of game. Wish all of our guys played like that. Funny thing is that is the kind if system Trotz tried to implement the past couple of years. Wtf happened this year?
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