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Interesting Info: Part XXII (Jackets-related "tidbits" here)
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Iron Balls McGinty
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Exactly. The game should be the show. Not a side show pandering to OSU football.
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No. It said the colors are swapped from the traditional rivalry in the stadium.
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that is correct. Instead of the Columbus team being red and the Detroit team blue (as it is for the typical Ohio Stadium rivalry), the colors will be reversed.
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I guess that makes sense but it's pretty misleading when you're talking specifically about the Blue Jackets and Red Wings.
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If you weren’t talking me specifically about those two teams - and the other two teams - it wouldn’t make sense. That’s literally the color swap.
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Sounds like the players did not at all like Pazzy's D system, From Porty's Sunday Gathering
“Two guys go hard with one guy over top,” center Justin Danforth said. “It’s hard for D to play against that because we try and take away their routes. If our third guy is above the middle (option), they can’t give him the puck. If the D rims the pucks, our D are quick and they’re closing in.
“The reads in this system are so much faster, so we’re not overthinking. It’s very simple and it’s very aggressive, which players love. Last year was a bit … yeah, it was different. We were thinking more, trying to overcomplicate the game.”
“It’s a clear read (now), and that’s so much easier to play like that, without a gray area,” Blue Jackets center Cole Sillinger said. “I don’t want to talk on last year too much, but it was not as black and white.”
“In years past, we were kind of packing it in around the net and allowing teams to have zone time,” Werenski said. “Guys are too good. They’re going to get scoring chances that way. They’re going to score.
“This system has us pressuring guys and forcing them to make a play, and I think that’s the right way to play.”
The Blue Jackets seemed confused in their own zone last season, like they struggled to pick up the hybrid system they were instructed to play. They’d play man-to-man low in the zone and a zone defense when the puck went out high again, and they often seemed flustered.
“Two guys go hard with one guy over top,” center Justin Danforth said. “It’s hard for D to play against that because we try and take away their routes. If our third guy is above the middle (option), they can’t give him the puck. If the D rims the pucks, our D are quick and they’re closing in.
“The reads in this system are so much faster, so we’re not overthinking. It’s very simple and it’s very aggressive, which players love. Last year was a bit … yeah, it was different. We were thinking more, trying to overcomplicate the game.”
“It’s a clear read (now), and that’s so much easier to play like that, without a gray area,” Blue Jackets center Cole Sillinger said. “I don’t want to talk on last year too much, but it was not as black and white.”
“In years past, we were kind of packing it in around the net and allowing teams to have zone time,” Werenski said. “Guys are too good. They’re going to get scoring chances that way. They’re going to score.
“This system has us pressuring guys and forcing them to make a play, and I think that’s the right way to play.”
The Blue Jackets seemed confused in their own zone last season, like they struggled to pick up the hybrid system they were instructed to play. They’d play man-to-man low in the zone and a zone defense when the puck went out high again, and they often seemed flustered.
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Does the league try to give bad teams easier schedules? Seems like we have played a decent amount of games where we are coming off 1+ days of rest and the opposition is playing a B2B. Or is that just a coincidence?
Was going to bring up the amount of backups we seem have played against to start the year. I might be wrong.
I’ll vote “coincidence” that evens out moving forward.
Xoggz22
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Coincidence. This was supposed to be a tough one coming out of the gate based on the who, not the timelines or home/away. Certainly exceeding expectations but the schedule isn't set based on expectations of who will be good or bad. They have to factor in facility availability and the fact you have 32 teams playing across the continent to match up when they may be available to play each team. The only factor that I'm aware of is they try to not have teams go back and forth across the country.
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