GDT: New Jersey Devils vs. Boston Bruins: Preseason Finale, The Zacha Bowl

[Devils731]

I think the blind drop pass and a regular drop pass are one in the same as far as I'm concerned.

The momentum, like you stated, gets lost each and everytime, thus losing the "head of steam" needed on the rush up the ice.

But what do I know, right? I should defer to the Drop-Pass FAN CLUB around here. Yay.

The goal of the drop pass is for the offensive team to have the only player having momentum.

The initial puck carrier can either aggressively or slowly skate the puck through the neutral zone.

If he’s aggressive and the other team backs off then he just keeps it. If the other team stands up to him then he drops the pass off to the torpedo player going a different direction.

If he’s slow then the other team should be standing their ground with no movement. This allows the torpedo to be the only person moving at top speed.

Like any system, it can be executed well or poorly. The Devils did it well when they first implemented it and did it poorly last year. There should be a decision made by the initial puck carrier but last years Devils almost exclusively dropped it so other teams didn’t respect the initial puck carrier as dangerous.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Amazing how easy it looks for other teams. 2 passes and boom, open one timer.

 

[Saint Beaurivage]

Hi - Is there any way to watch this?

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Dammit Hamilton.

 

[Bleedred]

Hi - Is there any way to watch this?

ESPN +

It's on NHL center ice if you're a subscriber, which I think it's usually a free preview anyway for the first couple weeks.

 

[HersheyBob27]

Hi - Is there any way to watch this?

TV works for me

 

[SKNJD9]

Hi - Is there any way to watch this?

ESPN+ in the states has the Bruins feed

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Lord Almighty the breakout is trash.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Tatar does not make consistently smart plays with the puck

 

[FascinationStreet]

Tatar does not make consistently smart plays with the puck

two awful passes that shift

 

[Dialamo]

Too much man! More PK practice....

 

[Bleedred]

I feel like Andy Brickley is only there because they really want a native Bostonian with the thick accent.

 

[JK3]

Cmon dumb dumbs.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Zets wants to stay.

 

[Bleedred]

I really was gonna say Blackwood doesn't look shaky this period, but then he puts a puck back into play after taking a dead angle shot, and it causes us to run around in our own zone and unable to exit for about a half a minute or so.

 

[Devils090]

Sick coverage

 

[Cheddabombs]

Where ya goin Marino

 

[glenwo2]

Balls.

 

[Bleedred]

Stoppable goal is stoppable.

Blackwood is PERFECTLY square to that puck and it goes right through him.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

That is a horrendous goal. A butterfly goalie can't give that up.

 

[mdj12784]

Pastaman cometh

 

[Devs3cups]

Need a save on that soft shot. What else is new.

 

[Devils090]

Soft as baby shit by graves

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Graves sucks. If you can’t get anything behind a clearing attempt pin it against the boards and/or look for another exit

 

[Bleedred]

Sick coverage

Leaky goal.

Make a save.

That's why you have a goalie.