saskhab wrote:
Count the amount of times the Habs either use the middle of the ice for breakouts or for a zone entry (non shoot-in). They only like the middle of the ice in the offensive zone, where it's most contested by the other team. They cede that part of the ice to their opposition (save their own zone) all the time as well.
Even on the PP, they were just trying to feed Pacioretty in the middle even though he basically had 2 guys right on him!
Oh yeah. I thought the Habs were going to get a shorthander on one Ottawa PP for sure. Hoffman was up on the point, would draw a Hab right near him and rather than moving the puck open to a wide fucking open Erik Karlsson, he'd make a dinky little backhand sauce across the Hab instead. He did it at least twice, might have been 3 times. Mikael Samuelsson used to do that and give up the fucking puck constantly, even strength or PP.