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Which Defense works best in the NHL?

Box-Plus-One is is extremely introductory.

I could see a coach doing if the team was completely broken and they fired a coach in season and were like we need to start from square one, but even then.

BP1 is a complete shooting gallery for the offense, and the defense from the team on offense can absolutely lace shots with PK Subban wind-ups

BP1 is the king of “man-games lost” as well from the sheer volume of blocked shots, as you collapse so much.
 
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I tend to favor an overload system. Offenses want to outnumber the defense in order to create gaps. An overload defense takes away the numerical advantage and fills those gaps. At the NHL level, defenders should be expected to have the skating and stick skills to cut off escape options and recover quickly if they get beat. Rely on your goalie to make the odd save on a back door shot. The rest of the time he should have an easy job.
 
I'm a fan of active defense that mixes things up and forces spontaneous reactions and therefore ensures that offense can't just make use of their pre-planned sequences. The less time players have to think, the more likely it is that they make a mistake.

So in practice, an overload system most likely.
 
tarheelhockey said:
I tend to favor an overload system. Offenses want to outnumber the defense in order to create gaps. An overload defense takes away the numerical advantage and fills those gaps. At the NHL level, defenders should be expected to have the skating and stick skills to cut off escape options and recover quickly if they get beat. Rely on your goalie to make the odd save on a back door shot. The rest of the time he should have an easy job.
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I'm not familiar with the exact tactical terms, but the way Hurricanes played in the 2nd round vs. Devils was masterpiece of defense. They did seem to overload both in offensive zone forechecking and the "layered" defense & backchecking in the D-zone:



Last 3 years they have been knocking to become the best defensive team and there is a good chance they will be up there also this season.
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Oh Canes certainly are the best defensive team and a lot of that is surely due to coaching. So many of their players rank near the top in many defensive categories, even though on paper they shouldn't be so strong defensively
 
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Jeffrey Pedler said:
Sagging Zone
Box plus one
Man to man
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Strong side overload
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Box +1 is what the Bruins have played since Claude Julien's days here and it's worked pretty well for us. Montgomery was a man to man guy but he changed to fit the culture and what had worked for 15 years.

That said, the Bruins have had some pretty great personnel in that time span too, so it's hard to know how much is system and how much are the players.
 
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PlayMakers said:
Box +1 is what the Bruins have played since Claude Julien's days here and it's worked pretty well for us. Montgomery was a man to man guy but he changed to fit the culture and what had worked for 15 years.

That said, the Bruins have had some pretty great personnel in that time span too, so it's hard to know how much is system and how much are the players.
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It's so true , if you have stupid but hard working players if you have smart players and if you have both or a mix I think you would change systems based on talents
 
PlayMakers said:
Box +1 is what the Bruins have played since Claude Julien's days here and it's worked pretty well for us. Montgomery was a man to man guy but he changed to fit the culture and what had worked for 15 years.

That said, the Bruins have had some pretty great personnel in that time span too, so it's hard to know how much is system and how much are the players.
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From what I've heard, Cassidy brought it to Vegas, and supposedly Vegas and Boston are the two clubs that do it. They keep their D on each post.

But if that's the case, you'd think more clubs would be trying it?
 
KirkAlbuquerque said:
Disagree. See the Islanders with Weight vs with Trotz
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Are you trying to infer that different systems from different coaches having different results with largely the same skaters (ie personnel) is somehow not what I said?

You need the system to match the skaters. Not every coaching system works with every set of skaters. That's why teams can have wildly different results with different coaches and coaches can have wildly different results with different teams.
 
The best defence is the one that can stay mobile, recover easily and quickly from mistakes defensively, transition, contribute to the offence, and defend smartly and efficiently.
 
Most smart coaches deploy a system they think is best suited for the players they have. We can argue that coaches decision but the premise is generally the same. You might get a slight immediate bump with a change but once other teams adapt, if you don’t have the personnel it won’t matter much.
 
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