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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...

KidShowtime1867

Hero

2 years ago

@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:
This one is really bad.
https://youtu.be/TntJF-rosCE?si=J8hoDQXyj1XNYfid

It's not that bad. Red could've done a better job facing the puck carrier in anticipation of the pass, but instead continued to skate full speed backwards (watch it full speed, in the slowed down clip you can't notice how much hustle is being used). Red did end up blocking the shot, which means they did execute good positioning and ultimately stopped the chance. .

@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:
https://youtu.be/yTOod3IUdHI?si=ky99tNaDDTCSQWsP

You get caught skating to coverage that's already covered by your teammate, and then you stop-start in an attempt to get back into the passing lane. I think attributes are likely more at play here than you think. Personaly, I think your positioning is fine but it's the constant movement and rush to change positions that lowers the chances of you intercepting this.

couture2fat2fly

Seasoned Veteran

2 years ago

@KidShowtime1867 your arguments are completely invalidated by the fact that any pro hockey player would intercept these passes regardless of being in a 100.0% position perfect to the inch, not skating but gliding, speed perfect, orientation perfect, etc. The only argument you got is that all these things need to be 100% perfect or it shouldn't work, which is irrational and unrealistic.

KlariskraysNHL
Hero+
2 years ago
@couture2fat2fly You didn't watch Ryan Suter in the playoffs for the Dallas Stars... Ask the fans how they felt about him.
couture2fat2fly
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
@KlariskraysNHL and you haven't played D on a competitive club this year.

Bill Buckner let a soft roller through his legs in the world series, should we make infielders mishandle 70% of grounders in video games? Of course not. So weak * passes when played pretty much perfectly and obviously anticipated should be intercepted near 100% of the time if we want competitive games to mean anything.