The playing style of each NHL team

[ThirdManIn]

Nashville plays a very disciplined,up-tempo, puck possession game with an aggressive forecheck. Defense is activated a lot. Oh and there's also Rinne back there who allows the team to open up a bit more in the other end.

Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi really shine in this new system.

 

[SLarmer28*]

Chicago Blackhawks:

Compete in the first period, fall asleep in the second period, wake up in the third period.

 

[wonton15]

Canucks this season:

-pinch
-get blown out or blow the other team out

 

[Viqsi]

Chicago Blackhawks:

Compete in the first period, fall asleep in the second period, wake up in the third period.

I prefer to call that method of play the "there's only one half of the ice we want to play in" scheme.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Habs:

Offense -> Dump and chase
Defense -> Carey Price

 

[Bee Sheriff]

The Kings get the puck, hold on to the puck, shoot the puck, repeat this five times, then give up the puck and get scored on.

 

[Volica]

It's worth noting for the Flames that on defence they try to limit shots to ugly angles. They clog up the lanes ridiculously well, it's by design, as the posters above me have said... A blocked shot is a rush the opposite way, with any Dman in the top two pairings able to lead the charge the other way.

That or.
1st period. Outplay opponent, doesn't account for anything on the scoreboard.
2nd period. Get Outplayed, normally reflected on the scoreboard.
3rd period. Mount comeback, points for the dramatics.
OT. Win.

 

[Aestivalis]

More specifically, the Flames' gameplan involves forcing a turnover while on defence, and having all five guys explode forward as soon as that happens. The goal is for at least one guy to beat their check down the ice and create an odd-man rush. The third man on the forecheck always stays high so we don't give up many odd-man rushes against.

We definitely saw both the good and bad of it during the Flames @ Hawks game last night. The Hudler goal was on a 4 on 3 rush, but the Gaudreau turnover leading to the Saad GWG showed that Jooris and Giordano were caught out of position, having left Toews and Saad far behind. Very fun to watch!

 

[Little Psycho]

Are we talking regular season or playoffs? Kings play two types of hockey

 

[Bosswally]

The sabres just get outshot a bunch, have a god in net and win.

nah I think thats what uninformed people think the Sabres have been playing like, IMO they play a game with strong team Defence (force the other team to take low percentage shots) with a quick counter punch game, its a style you play when you have good D but you don't have the strong possession players up front to dictate the flow of the game aka Ted Nolan hockey, not necessarily his fault its just he has never had a team with Strong possession players so we don't know if he would adapt or not

 

[Mighty Chin]

Canucks whatever style the Refs allow us to play.

 

[Evergreen]

Flyers: gritty and moderately skilled, but slow and lacking in intelligence. Defensively irresponsible.
Players who fit the mold: Schenn bros

 

[ClassLessCoyote]

According to other teams fans the Kings play a boring game.

Lolwut? That's what is said about the Coyotes style of play by the fans of the other 29 teams.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Good Sharks-Up tempo, physical, forechecking, puck retrieval and shots, win board battles in all three zones.

Bad Sharks-Forwards flying the zone too early, bad passes and pinches, dumb penalties and bad turnovers.

 

[Markov4Captain]

On a good night, Habs are:

-Fast...very very fast.
-The transition game is second to none- The puck is in our zone one second and it will be in your net the next. We will occasionally cycle the puck but most of our offence comes off the rush. Its a beauty to watch when it works.
-Skilled; With guys like Galchenyuk, Sekac, Beaulieu, Subban, Markov, Gallagher and even more recently Andrighetto, there is a certain amount of raw skill and talent, that leads to pretty passing plays and impressive hockey moments.
-Oh and we have a REALLY good goalie.

On bad nights (which actually happen a lot despite our record):
-We ice 40 year old dmen and we are slow. Very very slow.
-We use icings as a tactic to leave our zone. All the damn time.
-Try the stretch pass 99/100. It fails 97/100.
-Our PP should be reason alone to be relegated. Its so so so ugly.
-David Desharnais centres our top line and Alex Galchenyuk plays on the wing.
-We get shutout

As you can see, I think a lot of the Habs' issues are coaching problems as opposed to roster issues.

 

[HOLDITHERE*]

Systems are *******. We don't do well under them.

1. Generally, one player will step up while everyone else plays mediocre for 60 minutes. So likely, the coveted "Palm player of the game" will likely be the only name you hear all night.

2. Try and breakout from the neutral zone, and end up D&C'ing anyway.

3. PP - wait until Ovechkin is wide open. Get him the puck.

4. Pray the other team doesn't feel like being physical.

 

[hockeyfanOU812]

Flyers play lose to the Rangers hockey
Penguins play choke in the playoffs hockey

 

[trick9]

Systems are *******. We don't do well under them.

1. Generally, one player will step up while everyone else plays mediocre for 60 minutes. So likely, the coveted "Palm player of the game" will likely be the only name you hear all night.

2. Try and breakout from the neutral zone, and end up D&C'ing anyway.

3. PP - wait until Ovechkin is wide open. Get him the puck.

4. Pray the other team doesn't feel like being physical.

I disagree with the 4 really. It's different this season now that there is Orpik, and no Oates telling Wilson, Brouwer and Ovechkin to be less physical.

Not sure how you didn't mention losing the lead at all though. That was literally the first thing that came to my mind from this season. Start well --> Get early lead --> Collapse in the span of few minutes and lose the game.

 

[carparkno1]

Islanders: score 5 early with insane speed hockey, panic, concede 6 on the PK whilst preying Halak has another superb game, get one back, win it in a shootout.

Also we are the number 1 practitioner of "keep passing on the PP, shooting is for losers".

It's fun to watch

 

[MattMartin]

The Oilers use a modified version of this style. The "I know what I'm doing and I know it's wrong" style.

This would be known as " Milbury's Law ".

 

[idiroft]

The Ducks like to set up the cycle down low.

 

[Kale Hulls]

Vancouver - our special teams can beat your special teams.

Kings - look tired and uninterested. Close checking.

Edmonton - we win by losing!

Coyotes - thanks but I'm just here to get paid.

Sharks - passing it around the perimeter counts for something right?

Detroit - brb countering.

 

[ck26]

I like how some posters have put a ton of effort into this thread and others are just cracking jokes. Good reads.

made me actually laugh out loud

Good cause Stars have been making everyone laugh out loud for years.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Kings - We barely show up til the Real Season starts.
Edmonton - tank for McDavid

 

[SladeWilson23]

The Kings get the puck, hold on to the puck, shoot the puck, repeat this five times, then give up the puck and get scored on.

That's weird, the Devils had that system last year.