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 like butter. There is no animation of interception.
Also, just watched Sleeveless video and he said something similar too.
Anyone has tips for defending cross crease? Not manually using the defender between the cross crease? 😞
It either hits you and flubs off of you or it just goes right through. You have about a 30% chance of intercepting the puck unless you're literally right next to the player, then you have a 70% chance.
https://youtu.be/-8Sv7JVvDsc?si=ieInEoKdNPIYKM6P
@TheUnusedCrayonLMAO those are perfectly insane. Can't wait for these guys' explanation of how bad your defense is on those plays. HaVe YOu tRiEd tO sTicKLiFt iNsTeAd?
@couture2fat2fly wrote:
@TheUnusedCrayonLMAO those are perfectly insane. Can't wait for these guys' explanation of how bad your defense is on those plays.
This is every game this happens. I can keep recording clips of this. The offense can pick up any rocket pass in the world but the defense can't intercept slow moving passes right to their sticks or skates most of the time.
No good team in their right mind is going to anticipate a pass and be aggressive to cut the lane because more often than not it leads to an odd man rush.
This is what happens when you have 97 defensive awareness and gold quick pick:
https://youtu.be/8PNTkILYLN8?si=A5gGjR_XYvRZ4ML2
https://youtu.be/m0I57APp1NI?si=CZjuI5jr1WfdO_64
Even when you do intercept it, it just bounces off of you to the other team. Same 3v3 quick game. I'll record more for this build.
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.
More pucks just bouncing off of skates and away from you with 97 defensive awareness and gold quick pick:
https://youtu.be/sonLEzaNo8Q?si=up6_Au4h_COKogwg
And here is what happens when you should just give up on defense because why even bother when offense can play as bad as they want. Pokecheck is bad to start it off with, then they pass it directly to me twice and both times I don't get control (but you know they would if they received the pass of course):
Gold quick pick (aka the puck deflector):
https://youtu.be/PZNrpMqjYzs?si=_A9qZN1jMBSORWqT
Also is this not the purpose of equipping quick pick right here???? It's gold...
@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.
@TheUnusedCrayon wrote: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.
The instant you're about to intercept the puck, you decided to trigger a body check. You can tell because your player is holding their arm in the body check animation as you turn around.
This was a great play. Your player deflected a pass. What's your problem here?
@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:Gold quick pick (aka the puck deflector):
https://youtu.be/PZNrpMqjYzs?si=_A9qZN1jMBSORWqT
@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:Also is this not the purpose of equipping quick pick right here???? It's gold...
https://youtu.be/ewHbjPYvPCI?si=VJ6-OMqz3O5yMZoj
You're in full stride and the pass was a sauce. Had you have been in a glide, you may have intercepted, but the well played sauce pass makes that debatable.
I see nothing wrong in
