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jimmo52
2 years ago

Not recommended to manually defend cross crease?

Is it true that it is not really recommended to manually defend a cross crease? Played a few online games now and whenever I stand between 2 opponent players trying to cross crease, it goes thru lik...
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jimmo52
2 years ago
@KidShowtime1867 Problem with DSS is that if you have a bit of delay in the online game, you will probably think you touch the puck but not really, you just get burned cause the opponent will move along as if there is no stick there.
I want to be able to intercept passes and have the control of the puck by being in good position without manually poke which is only poking on the puck, not taking possession of the puck.
But yes, DSS is good for slowing down the attack. But in the case of cross crease pass with one defender in between, doesn't seem like it is the ideal way of defending.
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KidShowtime1867
Hero
2 years ago
@jimmo52 wrote:

I want to be able to intercept passes and have the control of the puck by being in good position without manually poke which is only poking on the puck, not taking possession of the puck.

You can. I'm still waiting for some video showing passes "going through" people in '24. 

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        TheUnusedCrayon
        Seasoned Ace
        2 years ago

        https://youtu.be/gb41Js2sbks?si=scVYY0h8pH0fD0Oa

        This is with 97 defensive awareness and gold quick pick. Slow pass, I'm backskating looking up ice, anticipating pass knowing it's gonna go through me but wanted to capture the video to show why you never aggressively risk cutting the lane. 

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      KidShowtime1867
      Hero
      2 years ago
      @jimmo52 wrote:
      @KidShowtime1867https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxwVA83Z39WG_BnefYxKbAaW9SFBF6HcIw?si=IM1jk9Q9h2wUi2YQ
      I believe this is an example.

      Why should a player who is actively skating into their own goalie and moving their player further into the goal crease come up with an interception here?

      Had the player taken the proper positioning and A) allowed his goalie to move and B) been better positioned in the passing lane.. the puck would've either been intercepted, or the goalie makes the save. 

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        jimmo52
        2 years ago
        @KidShowtime1867 So, for a manually played defender and have that interception, you need to be exactly in the passing lane and to stay still?
        Let's forget about the goalie because the issue in this post is about interception, not cross crease goal necessarily.
        I know that in the example I provided isn't perfect but the manually played defender shouldn't have at least some animation of interception. He was pretty much in the passing late, he was off the passing lane by like 30 cm. I believe that's reachable with a hockey stick. We both know that if the defender was a cpu, it would have intercepted, which is the primary question of this topic.
        Also, I'm saying all that but everything you said was true also. About pressuring the opponent with DSS, good positioning, etc. But at the end of all your advices, I believe the conclusion is that the cpu has a much higher rate of interception when being between a pass at any reachable position than a manually controlled defender.

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