EASHL Speed Issue in Tech Test

With all the young, explosive defensemen in the game today I think it should be a focus point moving forward. There needs to be a way to turn defense into offense quickly and more dynamically.  When someone is playing a defenseman 1 on 1 we shouldn’t just have to choose to swat/poke the puck away or try and knock the guy off it. Offense has so many options such as deke, protect, spin, etc. so defense should have just as many options. These should almost act like a “counter move” where if you choose the wrong option you get burnt but pick correctly and you shut the offensive player down and even be to quickly go on the offensive. Options could include simple gap control, puck intercept, big hit or a more dynamic way to steal the puck and quickly get the step forward to turn onto offense. The success would be based on what the offensive player was going to do such as spin/protect puck, try and pass or deke around you. Obviously this might not work as well when we rely so heavily on having a good connection, but it is some extra tools that would be cool to see. Also, the tools for defensemen don’t have to be limited to defending. I’d like to see more options when breaking out of the zone and shots from the point as well. I might be out to lunch here and this wouldn’t work at all, I was just trying to come up with some possible added tools to help with some of the frustrations while forcing offensive players to be more creative and not rely and the same moves every single play.