Indrid Cold
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What do you think will be the next big 'trend' in the NHL?
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WarriorOfGandhi
Was saying Boo-urns
TomBlizzy12
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Players not using a stick flex over 95. The amount of flex guys get on their shots nowadays is actually insane.
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We will start seeing a decline in big/physical players as the NHL slowly moves towards no fighting.
JaegerDice
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It's already circling the drain, but I don't see the concept of an 'energy line' or 'energy player' surviving much longer.
If you can't score, you can't defend, you can't impact goal differential in any meaningful way, teams aren't going to care how eager you are to hit people for the sake of it.
If you can't score, you can't defend, you can't impact goal differential in any meaningful way, teams aren't going to care how eager you are to hit people for the sake of it.
tarheelhockey
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Players that do nothing but fight and take big slapshots
That would suggest they should use a stiffer stick then....with higher flex if the amount of flex they are currently getting is too much.
Flex is a fine line....if stick is too stiff and you aren't able to flex it enough, you are giving up power, if it is too rubbery you are giving up power as well and also accuracy.
Thallis
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This has been the case for years already. That's why these guys break sticks as often as they do.
Killer Orcas
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Smaller faster teams that have skill. The big hulking players will not be viewed as necessary unless they can skate.
Voight
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Teams will prioritize running at least 3 good lines - Tampa didn't win anything until they had a proper top 9.
I wish. They called me big king slammer.. and I was pretty good at pogs too
jigglysquishy
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This has been the trend for the last 5 years and will only continue so.
I agree that depth will become more and more relevant. Decreasing minutes of star players, a flat cap, and rising cap hits of star players is going to place additional value on depth.
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Most teams have a very good defenseman to QB the PP nowadays. Pittsburgh ran 5 forwards (Lemieux-Lang-Jagr-Kovalev-Straka) mostly due to talent but also because they had a lot of journeymen on D. New Jersey had a 5 forward PP in 2010-11 (Elias-Zajac-Langenbrunner-Rolston-Kovalchuk) but that was in part to the lack of a natural PPQB. The following season the Devils tied for the league 'lead' with the most shorthanded goals allowed and Lou added a much needed QB in Marek Zidlicky for that playoff run.
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blundluntman
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jigglysquishy
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Skating defensemen are becoming increasingly common.
I see a blending of some d and forwards into a rover like positition. More Coffey and Karlsson style.
I see a blending of some d and forwards into a rover like positition. More Coffey and Karlsson style.
Machinehead
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Wingers are already playing more of a defensive role than centers at this point and it's just a matter of when everyone realizes it.
With Bergeron retired, almost all of the legitimately elite defensive forwards play wing.
With Bergeron retired, almost all of the legitimately elite defensive forwards play wing.
This ship has already sailed in the other direction the last couple of years. Scoring among top six players is exploding.
Having a good 1A and 1B goalie tandem rather than a stud #1 goalie
Already shaping that way...
Already shaping that way...
TheUnusedCrayon
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Goalies stacking the pads more often on one-timers. It is the quickest way to take away the most probable part of the net they're going to shoot at. However, coaches still fear a goalie being dead in the water if they don't shoot but in my opinion it outweighs the risk.
nowhereman
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I'm not really sure where you're getting this. By the nature of the position, the overwhelming majority of centers have more defensive responsibility than wingers and I have not seen coaches try to change that tactic. The fact that wingers are asked to largely play to their strongside limits their ability to impact the entire ice surface to the extent that a center would. Not to mention, 8 of the top 10 in 22-23 Selke voting were centers. The year prior, it was 13 of 15. Even the future crop of Selke contenders are mostly centers – Hishier, Pettersson, Cirelli, Eriksson Ek, Matthews, etc. with the exception of Marner.
Already pretty obvious: More shiny helmets like LA and Vegas.
