Honestly this team is playing better defense than that 2011-2012 team. The difference is goaltending. That team would caved in terms of possession more than this one, at least according to the eye test. Maybe the numbers don't bear that out, but I think that team was overrated defensively. They had a bunch of grinders that played sound defense, Girardi during his best season, Staal before he got the puck in the eye, and McDonagh, but I swear that team seemed like their primary defensive strategy is blocking shots, it was especially bad in the playoffs. They just had a HOF goalie who played at his absolute best level. That said shockingly that team somehow had an offense light years better than this offense and they were like middle of the road. They're absolute garbage now.