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And... Smith's pass beating Walman, Musty beating Rutta and Colin White for the chance here.
It's appropriate that a team in Silicon Valley has both a Dell and a MacAnd... Smith's pass beating Walman, Musty beating Rutta and Colin White for the chance here.
I'm still having a hard time seeing Toffoli in teal.
I like how we're forcing Smith and Celebrini to become best friends.
I’ll be at the game with my family, we hope they play. Or just one of them.
I genuinely think one of the hallmarks of great teams is making a bunch of little passes in succession. It's the basis for "play fast" rather than just lumping a bunch of fast skaters together. Couture was a guy with average speed at best who was able to play at a high pace because of his smarts and hands. Neither Smith nor Musty will ever be burners but they absolutely have the ability to "play fast".Sturm gives a fair bit of commentary here about changes to the D zone system. The key seems to be: "when you get the puck in your zone, quickly move it out with 1-2 touches. If you get into a battle on the boards, you're going to spend the next 25-30s battling in your zone." They've been focusing seemingly exclusively on installing the D zone system which heavily emphasizes getting out of the zone quickly. Wennberg also mentioned that getting right into system installation seems to be not too common but "why wait, get going right away."
Everyone seems to emphasize that the first two days of camp have been the highest-energy, hardest they've ever had. So Warso is definitely pushing them differently and in a structured manner, have to say it's encouraging to hear so far.
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This is something that a beer league team taught my team in I think midgets or something like that. We were skating full out the entire game and it seemed like they never even took a stride and the puck would be in our end.I genuinely think one of the hallmarks of great teams is making a bunch of little passes in succession. It's the basis for "play fast" rather than just lumping a bunch of fast skaters together. Couture was a guy with average speed at best who was able to play at a high pace because of his smarts and hands. Neither Smith nor Musty will ever be burners but they absolutely have the ability to "play fast".
Quick exits, short passes, you love to hear that.
Did that center ice logo change?
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What stands out in the scrimmage:
- Smith's line actually controlled play pretty well against Celebrini line.
- teal was coming off practice, but still
- so many times macklin has perfect timing on the forecheck and then very quickly turnover becomes chance.
- excellent breakout and transition game - presents as an option like he's supposed to, looks fast and direct but still elusive through the NZ, and high % controlled zone entry
- breakaway goal where he torched Dickinson after an excellent corralling of puck in feet
- pace is just so high
Damn, he looks like Mike Modano with the jersey flapping behind him when he builds up a full head of steam. We're so lucky to have this kid.
Poor Smith stuck with all of the grinders and nothing talents.
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What stands out in the scrimmage:
- Smith's line actually controlled play pretty well against Celebrini line.
- teal was coming off practice, but still
- so many times macklin has perfect timing on the forecheck and then very quickly turnover becomes chance.
- excellent breakout and transition game - presents as an option like he's supposed to, looks fast and direct but still elusive through the NZ, and high % controlled zone entry
- breakaway goal where he torched Dickinson after an excellent corralling of puck in feet
- pace is just so high