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MNCountryLife Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago A team must play to their identity. We have some solid vets on D with Spurgeon, Brodin, Mids and Bogo. We also have a couple of very good young D-men (Faber and Zeev) creating a very dependable defense. We also have quite a few forwards that take pride in their defensive capabilities. It appears that once we recognized who we are... we started winning. Just a guess here... but I'm betting that Spurgeon and Foligno were the driving force reminding everyone what we are. Kuddos to those 2 for their leadership skill.. if I'm guessing correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNCountryLife Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago A team that plays with D first mentality must do a few thing very well to win. - Take very few penalties. We are 31st in penalties. Fantastic. - Be good at the PK. Ranked 25th. Not so good. Better in November. - Be good at the PP. 25% We are ranked 5th best here. The question becomes: can we do it in the playoffs. History says no... but I think we are a better defensive team than we have been in the past. Zeev will be better. Sturm and Yurov seem to be very disciplined. Think positive....Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNCountryLife Verified Member Posted 58 minutes ago Share Posted 58 minutes ago I wish Jiricek could learn this style of D. A lot of little things done right to play this style... but I could see it being a style the Jiricek likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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