Thought this snippet from Friedman's 30 Thoughts today was interesting, since it relates to possibly both teams playing:
Herman, you found something that said the Leafs have a similar approach here, correct? Not surprising since Bill Peters is a Babcock-protege (and was an assistant for him at the World Cup, where he may have picked that up from).
20. The challenge for Carolina?s defenders in front of Ward is you have to think differently than you?ve been programmed. The Hurricanes set it up so Ward is responsible for the shooter and the defence must take the weak-side. So there will be situations where an opponent is coming at the net with the puck, and a defender instinctively wants to go at him, but isn?t supposed to. Those are smart young D learning to adjust.
Herman, you found something that said the Leafs have a similar approach here, correct? Not surprising since Bill Peters is a Babcock-protege (and was an assistant for him at the World Cup, where he may have picked that up from).