It went directly to the islanders, it was a horrible play. If he had put it in the corner there was a chance for us to come up with the puck. Not watching the entire shift you can’t know what happened why there was no forward support on that side but regardless he threw the puck blindly to the other team and it led directly to a scoring chance for the opposition.
- ClaudeFather

He would've been blindly throwing the puck to the corner also. You don't know what would've happened after that. We disagree on this play. He cleared the puck out of the danger zone. The safest area on the ice inside the defensive end of the ice is the furthest point away from the net.

Explain to me what Scott Laughton was doing on that play?

He would've been blindly throwing the puck to the corner also. You don't know what would've happened after that. We disagree on this play. He cleared the puck out of the danger zone. The safest area on the ice inside the defensive end of the ice is the furthest point away from the net.

Explain to me what Scott Laughton was doing on that play?
- MJL

Haha flying the zone for no reason at all. It was a bad play by ghost though. Even the cut to the middle initially.

Haha flying the zone for no reason at all. It was a bad play by ghost though. Even the cut to the middle initially.
- ClaudeFather

When Scott Laughton re-entered the zone, at what position on the ice did he take up?

When Scott Laughton re-entered the zone, at what position on the ice did he take up?
- MJL

His vacated point, watching it again I have more issue with the cut to the middle by ghost rather than the chip up the boards. I watched it once and made the comment. The cut to the middle was bad, he should have chipped it to the other side behind the net. Scott Laughton did not help the situation at all flying the zone

His vacated point, watching it again I have more issue with the cut to the middle by ghost rather than the chip up the boards. I watched it once and made the comment. The cut to the middle was bad, he should have chipped it to the other side behind the net. Scott Laughton did not help the situation at all flying the zone
- ClaudeFather

I don't disagree that a rim was an option but that was also putting the puck in the same spot. I'm going to educate you here on NHL forechecks and options to beat them. The angle that the Isles players take behind the net on the puck is not an accident. They're looking to take away the walls and rim plays. The play Gostisbehere attempts to make, cutting out in front of the net is a high risk play. However making high risk plays is how you beat NHL forechecks and transition the other way. Those are the plays that good players and good teams make. I intentionally led you to the point where you finally saw what you were missing. Recall that I said that forward support was the issue. When Gostisbehere cuts into the middle and chips to the point, if Laughton was playing his position properly and didn't leave the zone as quickly, he would've been in prefect position to, depending on if the Isle D pinches, either skate it out in transition, or a simple chip out of the zone. Play over. Gostisbehere beat the forecheck.

I don't disagree that a rim was an option but that was also putting the puck in the same spot. I'm going to educate you here on NHL forechecks and options to beat them. The angle that the Isles players take behind the net on the puck is not an accident. They're looking to take away the walls and rim plays. The play Gostisbehere attempts to make, cutting out in front of the net is a high risk play. However making high risk plays is how you beat NHL forechecks and transition the other way. Those are the plays that good players and good teams make. I intentionally led you to the point where you finally saw what you were missing. Recall that I said that forward support was the issue. When Gostisbehere cuts into the middle and chips to the point, if Laughton was playing his position properly and didn't leave the zone as quickly, he would've been in prefect position to, depending on if the Isle D pinches, either skate it out in transition, or a simple chip out of the zone. Play over. Gostisbehere beat the forecheck.
- MJL

I see what you’re saying , good point. I do feel he did not exactly cleanly beat the forecheck he got immediately pressured in the middle of the zone but if Laughton is there it’s most likely an odd man rush for us.

I see what you’re saying , good point. I do feel he did not exactly cleanly beat the forecheck he got immediately pressured in the middle of the zone but if Laughton is there it’s most likely an odd man rush for us.
- ClaudeFather

Of course he was immediately pressured. That's the point of the Ilse forecheck scheme. To force you to the middle, to the dangerous area of the ice.