Anybody read Ben Pope’s arricle in the suntimes about the changes Blashill is making?
I didn’t get this part:
Other systems
The Hawks’ neutral-zone trap remains similar to the 1-1-3 system Sorensen installed last winter, albeit with slightly more aggressiveness involved.
A 1-1-3 trap involves one forward (the “F1″) pressuring the breakout, a second forward supporting him and three Hawks guarding the blue line. If there’s a contested puck, it can morph into more of a 2-1-2.
The Hawks’ defensive-zone breakouts after dump-ins by the opposition will look different. Instead of both defensemen skating below the goal line, one will hold above the net and wait for the puck-retrieving defenseman to either wheel around the net or reverse direction.
The retriever won’t have the option of a “D-to-D” pass, but he should also encounter less forechecking pressure.
Why remove the option of a D 2 D pass?
So the retreiver has to skate the puck out himself,or ring it around out of the zone or find a forward to pass to?