preach it, dobber!!

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I agree. But after a faceoff, Philly can then move it up because TB will not have time to set up. So Philly wins in this arrangement. The odds of losing a draw are less than the odds of losing a rush against a 1-3-1

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14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin

I singled out this game, but I'm saying that all teams in all games should do this. Not just against TB, but against the other teams who pull the 1-3-1 and refuse to enter the zone and challenge.

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14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin

What was really sad was the fact that the game was nationally televised .

What a bad job of marketing. The game of Hockey looking really boring,

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Completely agree Dobber. The game was 0-0 and the puck was in Tampa Bay's "offensive" zone and they did not even forecheck. This system is terrible for the game of hockey. This is a team that has Martin St. Louis, Vincent LeCavalier, and Steven Stamkos and they are not even trying to recover the puck in their offensive zone.

I'm glad the Flyers finally brought this issue to light and hope the NHL does something to address it. Fans of hockey want to see goal scoring from the games stars not Martin St. Louis standing still in the neutral zone, like a cone, while the puck is in his offensive zone. I really hope the NHL realizes this as the lack of offense is already alienating fans from the game.

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Start: 3C + 6W + 4D + 2G
Scoring Cat: G, A, STPTS, Shots, Hits, +/-
Goalie Cat: W, Save %, GAA
C H.Sedin, Kesler, Ott
W St. Louis, Nash, E.Kane, Kunitz, Havlat, Ju.Williams
D Lidstrom, Kronwall, Streit, Liles
G Quick, Smith
Bench Hanzal, MA Bergeron, Michalek, Markstrom
IR Hemsky, Ry.Whitney

as i suggested in the other thread i think a history will be made spoof representing the lightning as duds would go a long way to eliminating this crap

I just started laughing out loud watching both teams just stare at each other. Makes me laugh as I type this. LOL!

St. Louis's reaction after the first time it happened was priceless... "well.. what do you want me to do now coach?"

Sad really....

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Centers:Zetterberg(C/LW),Krejci,Desharnais,Eberle(RW),McDonald
LW:Parise,Lucic,Hartnell,Cole,Gerbe
RW:St.Louis,Franzen,L.Eriksson,Samuelsson,Rinaldo
Defense:Subban,Carlson,Edler,Nikitin,Markov,Liles,Clitsome
Goalies:Bryzgalov,BobrovskyReimer,Nabokov

F/D Stats: G/A/PIM/PPP/SHP/GWG/+/-/Hits/Blk
Goalie stats: GAA/Saves/SO/Wins/Sav%

Not my idea, but the other way for the Flyers to combat that would be to have Pronger skate at St.Louis and then right before he gets there the other defensman passes St.Louis the puck and BLAM!

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(SOG) 1
(W) 50, (L) -20, (GA) -5, (SV) 2, (SHO) 50

i take Tampa's side on this. Ya, its bad for the game, bad for the NHL financially, but the bottom line is, you do what you have to to win the game. And Tampa won.

As it was said, Philly is the top scoring team, should Tampa have just walked in there sans strategy? i don't think so. Boucher is a very smart coach, and Laviolette basically slapped him in the face.

Look at the 95 Devils, they played the trap night in and out, and won the cup because of it. Brodeur is deemed the best goalie in the NHL but he also played in a very favourable system. The Trap.

You have the puck in your zone, your looking at 3 guys standing at the red line with one barely forechecking, and you pout like a child and say "im not playing with you if you do that!"

give me a break, go out there and prove your better than them, then you can shove it down their throats after you do.

Buck Up!

While I agree with your premise that "you do what you need to win games", the NHL has taken extreme measures to "open up" the game and help influence more scoring (removal of 2-line pass, crackdown on obstruction, shootout, etc.) - the last thing they want is 95 Devils trap hockey. It's not good for the game, it's not good for business, and most importantly, it's not good for the fans who are shelling out $100 a ticket and $12 for a cup of beer. Like Gandhi said, when you have a talented team with the likes of Stamkos, St. Louis, Lecavalier, Hedman, etc., there's no need to play a 1-3-1 trap and turn the game to mud. You say that Tampa has the "right" to do that, well per the NHL rule book, the Flyers have the "right" to stand at their circle and just "move the puck around"...all the while the fans are flushing their money down the toilet and the game looks like a joke on National TV. As a fan, do you really want to see 95 Devils trapping hockey? I'd rather be forced to watch Glee before being shot in the face.

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START = 13F, 6D, 2G
F Pts = G (2), A (1), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
D Pts = G (3), A (2), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
G Pts = W (3), OTL (1), SO (+2), SV (.10)

F: Backstrom, Kopitar, Perry, P.Kane, Spezza, E.Staal, Nash, Vanek, Couture, B.Ryan, Eberle, J.Staal, D.Brown, Lucic, N.Horton, Backes, Tarasenko, van Riemsdyk, T.Ennis, B.Gallagher, Armia, Teravainen
D: Karlsson, P.Subban, Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Doughty, Yandle, Chara, Kronwall, J.Johnson, Myers, J.Faulk, E.Johnson, A.Larsson, J.Morrow, S.Elliott, M.Rielly, Ceci
G: Price, Rask, M.Smith, Hiller