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Post by moosefan1994 on Feb 13, 2013 13:20:52 GMT -4
I was going to open up the Mooseheads hate thread for Porky but why do his work for him  The Mooseheads won 7-0 over the Rocket without Mackinnon, Ryan, Falkenham and Weegar in the lineup. Mind you, PEI had one of their worst games at the Metro Center in 2 and a half years. The Mooseheads changed things up a bit last night on the PP which was nice to see as they do have a tendency to be predictable with Nate and JD playing tag between themselves and KA then going down low for the cross crease pass to Fournier or cycling Frk in for the slapper from the point. Anyways we have something like a 17 game stretch in 34 days and Ducharme has stated that Fucale will play less down the stretch, I imagine moreso once 1st overall has been clinched. I hope to see any new wrinkles in strategy introduced now so the guys will feel comfortable with adapting in the playoffs. More and more teams are using the Groulx strategy of the trap against Halifax now so at least they'll be ready for it come playoff time. So down the stretch the Moose go!!! Bring on your best out of towners.. or your worst ;D |
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Post by porkchop on Feb 13, 2013 13:33:12 GMT -4
There won't be any Moose hate threads from me.......lol. I think they are a great team.......part of being the best, is having some rivals come at you..... I've never hated any fans of the Moose either.....some of the whining, etc, I found amusing, but never really disliked it.....I can understand it, and will try to be a good boy on here.....lol the Moose have played a game or two or three less than anyone else in the Q........I doubt this affects them much though........I would assume once things are clinched up for top spot that guys will be resting...... 17 games in 34 nights, is a tough stretch for anyone.....I think Bathurst only has 12 or 13 games in this same stretch. |
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Post by reesor on Feb 13, 2013 13:43:06 GMT -4
The Key for Halifax in the last quarter of the season is to predict how other teams will try to exploit them and work on it. If I was another team trying to defend Halifax, I would hammer our D with pressure. Either while they have the puck in the offensive zone, or by chipping the puck into our zone and forchecking hard. We have to work on those little mistakes. They turn into big mistakes in the playoffs. I would also let Drouin/MacKinnon spend 90 seconds cycling the puck in the offensive zone, and just clog the front of the net. When they eventually do pass the puck to the point, pressure the D as mentioned. One fault of MacKinnon's is that he seems to try to do the same things over and over again. He has to be a little less predictable. His breakaway move is always the same, and it seems like he does the same thing on the PP all the time. It worked before, but it's not working now. I hope he catches on. I think he'd become even more dangerous once he does. Also, I would make sure Fucale only sees 20 or less shots a night. He does worse when he gets less shots.  We basically play an average of 1 game every 2 nights from now until the playoffs are over. So rest is going to be hard to come by. Hopefully Ducharme learned from last year and will manage time enough to give people breaks when needed. |
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Post by moosefan1994 on Feb 13, 2013 14:33:48 GMT -4
The Key for Halifax in the last quarter of the season is to predict how other teams will try to exploit them and work on it. If I was another team trying to defend Halifax, I would hammer our D with pressure. Either while they have the puck in the offensive zone, or by chipping the puck into our zone and forchecking hard. We have to work on those little mistakes. They turn into big mistakes in the playoffs. I would also let Drouin/MacKinnon spend 90 seconds cycling the puck in the offensive zone, and just clog the front of the net. When they eventually do pass the puck to the point, pressure the D as mentioned. One fault of MacKinnon's is that he seems to try to do the same things over and over again. He has to be a little less predictable. His breakaway move is always the same, and it seems like he does the same thing on the PP all the time. It worked before, but it's not working now. I hope he catches on. I think he'd become even more dangerous once he does. Also, I would make sure Fucale only sees 20 or less shots a night. He does worse when he gets less shots. We basically play an average of 1 game every 2 nights from now until the playoffs are over. So rest is going to be hard to come by. Hopefully Ducharme learned from last year and will manage time enough to give people breaks when needed. We're going to see more trap for sure with what Quebec managed to do. |
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Post by porkchop on Feb 13, 2013 14:37:14 GMT -4
The Key for Halifax in the last quarter of the season is to predict how other teams will try to exploit them and work on it. If I was another team trying to defend Halifax, I would hammer our D with pressure. Either while they have the puck in the offensive zone, or by chipping the puck into our zone and forchecking hard. We have to work on those little mistakes. They turn into big mistakes in the playoffs. I would also let Drouin/MacKinnon spend 90 seconds cycling the puck in the offensive zone, and just clog the front of the net. When they eventually do pass the puck to the point, pressure the D as mentioned. One fault of MacKinnon's is that he seems to try to do the same things over and over again. He has to be a little less predictable. His breakaway move is always the same, and it seems like he does the same thing on the PP all the time. It worked before, but it's not working now. I hope he catches on. I think he'd become even more dangerous once he does. Also, I would make sure Fucale only sees 20 or less shots a night. He does worse when he gets less shots. We basically play an average of 1 game every 2 nights from now until the playoffs are over. So rest is going to be hard to come by. Hopefully Ducharme learned from last year and will manage time enough to give people breaks when needed. We're going to see more trap for sure with what Quebec managed to do. Bathurst used the trap the other night against Saint John, when they were down by 2 goals.....lol. It was hilarious to see 5 guys lined up in the neutral zone, with no forechecker at all.... that is probably the only way to beat the Moose right now though......and you gotta have good checkers to do it. |
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Post by reesor on Feb 13, 2013 14:42:11 GMT -4
The Key for Halifax in the last quarter of the season is to predict how other teams will try to exploit them and work on it. If I was another team trying to defend Halifax, I would hammer our D with pressure. Either while they have the puck in the offensive zone, or by chipping the puck into our zone and forchecking hard. We have to work on those little mistakes. They turn into big mistakes in the playoffs. I would also let Drouin/MacKinnon spend 90 seconds cycling the puck in the offensive zone, and just clog the front of the net. When they eventually do pass the puck to the point, pressure the D as mentioned. One fault of MacKinnon's is that he seems to try to do the same things over and over again. He has to be a little less predictable. His breakaway move is always the same, and it seems like he does the same thing on the PP all the time. It worked before, but it's not working now. I hope he catches on. I think he'd become even more dangerous once he does. Also, I would make sure Fucale only sees 20 or less shots a night. He does worse when he gets less shots. We basically play an average of 1 game every 2 nights from now until the playoffs are over. So rest is going to be hard to come by. Hopefully Ducharme learned from last year and will manage time enough to give people breaks when needed. We're going to see more trap for sure with what Quebec managed to do. I think MacKinnon trying to deke out the whole team kind did himself in. We have speedy forwards. We should be able to lob the puck high into the zone and at least get to it at the same time as the one guy they have deep as part of the trap. Or, we do this: Ironically it was Patrick Roy who initially complained that the Junior were trapping. Go figure. |
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Post by moosefan1994 on Feb 13, 2013 14:49:15 GMT -4
We're going to see more trap for sure with what Quebec managed to do. I think MacKinnon trying to deke out the whole team kind did himself in. We have speedy forwards. We should be able to lob the puck high into the zone and at least get to it at the same time as the one guy they have deep as part of the trap. Or, we do this: Ironically it was Patrick Roy who initially complained that the Junior were trapping. Go figure. Wasn't it Drummondville Roy bitched about? |
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Post by steveul on Feb 13, 2013 14:51:42 GMT -4
Moncton has 15 left to be played over 30 days ... so your 17 in 34 is probably pretty normal for the Q.
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Post by reesor on Feb 13, 2013 14:57:52 GMT -4
Wasn't it Drummondville Roy bitched about? I think he said there was too much trapping going on in the league in general now that I think about it. Don't know if he called out a team specifically. |
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Post by moosefan1994 on Feb 13, 2013 15:02:45 GMT -4
Moncton has 15 left to be played over 30 days ... so your 17 in 34 is probably pretty normal for the Q. 17 games over 5 weeks... 2.4 games a week... yeah that is a somewhat normal clip, maybe a little over as sometimes a team is off for 5-6 days. |
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