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Alan D Brown's avatar

Excited to see if we have the personnel to pull this off with (Hopefully) offensive numbers closer to top 10. If not JN has more work to do.

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David Castillo's avatar

Yea. That's the big question mark: is maximizing the roster (which I think DeBoer can do) enough to turn them into a contender (which I'm not sure he can in this puck eat puck world)?

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Brandon Crosby's avatar

Great read, David, and the visuals were very helpful in explaining the various systems and strategies. As someone who doesn’t know a lot about hockey X’s and O’s, I really enjoyed diving into this.

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David Castillo's avatar

My pleasure! Keep reading, and I'll keep writing. Han's a great resource, but there's a lot of really good follwos for systems stuff: Greg Revak, Kyle MacKlennon, Mitch Giguere, BelfryHockey.

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James R.'s avatar

Love your writing and your being frank and honesty about them. Enjoyed reading the breakdowns of the offense and defense strategies in the different systems. I love Stars hockey but OMG it hurts to not be a fair weather fan recently. Good drafting years and a nudge towards eye pleasing hockey helps to not go off the deep end. Thanks...

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Todd Ingarfield's avatar

I have been wanting a comparison of the two systems. This is great. Thanks!

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David Castillo's avatar

Thanks Todd!

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Russ Allen's avatar

Thanks for the info, it helps clarify some questions I have had about offensive strategies in hockey. I see some interesting similarities between hockey and European football( because of the offsides line and the issues it causes), but also between hockey and basketball ( because of the number of players covering a playing area.) Now I have a better understanding of why some players seem to be “standing “ around on ice , especially when they are deep in their offensive zone.

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David Castillo's avatar

Interestingly enough, Greg Revak recently wrote (well, January) about this hockey/soccer similarity here. https://hockeysarsenal.substack.com/p/false-movement

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