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GDT #11 Capitals at Rangers February 4 @ 7pm
Surreylily:
--- Quote from: canadiancapman on Saturday February 06, 2021, 05:59:53 PM Eastern ---
I feel us missing Shultz has been a huge loss with the way the D is set up. It's kinda thrown our pairings out of whack. Lavi seems to be a lot like Mike Babcock in his thinking that every paring needs to be one right and one left handed dman. This man to man system worked well in Nashville because of how mobile their top four D are. Ours not so much.
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What would you suggest?
canadiancapman:
A hybrid system I guess if lavi is set on man to man. You can't have chara getting a man and having to chase him around the defensive zone. Man to man systems lead to goals like lindgrin's on Thursday night. A lot of stick checking when guys are out of position because a dman is chasing. Once one guy is beat. It's hard for other players to react and know when to cover for that so called beating dman. I prefer a zone coverage myself. I feel that's what works best against high octane offences like the old caps were and we always got shut down in the playoffs against the rangers by that system.
Surreylily:
But we aiin't the "old" Cps, are we.
I kinda see where you're gong with this, but I don't see how it's feasable with this team.
i think we hve A team. ... just not the expexted one. .....
Surreylily:
I thnk Oshie has been exceptonal at the C spot.
canadiancapman:
I'm talking about defending against teams with firepower like the old caps.
Oshie is much better on the wing. That weakness up the middle is killing us as well
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