L K said:
azzurri63 said:
Team has no grit don't care how many of you on here disagree with me but till they get some teams not going anywhere. Can't have 90% of a team that only think offence, won't take the body, willing to sacrifice taking a hit to get the puck. utterly disgraceful. U have your goalie out and watch 3 of them trying to fish the puck out of Couturier's skate wasting 30 seconds. Bozak, Marner and whoever the 3rd tit was. Knock the guy off the puck. Pathetic to say the least. But the way they sit back and let teams come at them bound to bite them in the ass on some nights .Almost doubled up on shots again. Great job Mike. Idiot.
Your understanding of how easy it is to "knock the guy off the puck" in the middle of a scrum is astounding.
Exactly, I don't think he realizes that the version of the game he's thinking about doesn't exist anymore.
Polak consistently gets penalized because he wants to play the old school gritty version of the game which involves being violent with your stick, cross-checking, boarding and slashing were all the norm and now the refs call those almost everytime.
The game has moved on, it's largely about speed, body position and ability to stick check.
I wouldn't mind the Leafs forwards leaving more of the body on opposition dmen when they have less than a 50% chance in a puck battle, but again I realize part of why they don't is because they are being told to constantly get in position to press the puck.
It's the same as the Geggenpress principle in soccer, you press as an entire team and don't overcommit unless you know the odds are in your favour.