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The Ideas Of Ron Wilson
by Paul on 12/03/07 at 08:39 AM ET
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from Working the Corners,
Limit teams to only four skaters in their own defensive zone. That does two things — unclogs the scoring areas and legitimizes the cherry-picking scoring threat who never wanted to worry about defense anyway. Opposing coaches would have to decide whether to have someone hang with the cherry-picker or go for the man advantage in the offensive zone. Linesmen would have responsibility for whistling a new penalty — too many men inside the blue line.
Wilson acknowledges that he and his fellow coaches deserve some of the blame for the current drop in scoring since play resumed after the lockout.
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Great comment, I agree (generally).
Also that is a dumb idea (4 in the d-zone), teams WILL always have a guy hang high with the cherry picker, and will gladly take the 4-on-4 in the offensive zone.
This is getting to the point of stupidness (all the talk of changing the game). Lets go with what we’ve got and enjoy it!
Posted by WingMan from Canada on 12/03/07 at 10:05 AM ET
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The games are exciting. I enjoy them. I am tired of people thinking that in order for hockey to be good, scoring has to be high. That is a stupid NFL/NBA type attitude and I’m completely sick of it.
If people need empty numbers to enjoy a sporting event, then they are better suited to those sports.
Posted by Nathan on 12/03/07 at 08:50 AM ET