HABS Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Lightning-hang-back-in-neutral-zone-Flye?urn=nhl-wp17062 twitter is gettin flooded this is hilarious reminds me of games with a certain few 94ers Pass or Fail: Flyers’ controversial stall tactic vs. Lightning trap By Harrison Mooney If you've ever heard tale of Guy Boucher's infuriating 1-3-1 defensive system, but wondered just what, exactly it looks like, never fear: the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Philadelphia Flyers were more than happy to put together a twenty-minute video tutorial. As was plain as day for the entirety of the first period during Wednesday's tilt between the two teams in Tampa Bay, one guy is stationed way back in his own zone where he's of no use to anybody, three guys are stacked along the red line, and another guy hangs out at the opposing blue line to pressure the puck carrier once he enters the neutral zone. It's pretty much impossible to miss, especially since nobody moves for the duration of this clip. You see, if the puck carrier never comes, then all five guys just wind up standing still in the neutral zone, presumably forever. Like so: Compelling, no? Twice during the opening frame, this stalemate actually went on for long enough that the referees mercifully blew the play dead. But the protests didn't end there. According to Pierre McGuire, the Flyers bench was standing and screaming insults at the Lightning, calling them cowards and the like. That's not fair. The Lightning aren't afraid of the puck; they're clearly afraid of Guy Boucher. And why wouldn't they be? Guy Boucher is to Jacques Lemaire as Marlo Stanfield is to Avon Barksdale in The Wire: colder, more extreme, more systematically evil. I don't see why Chris Pronger(notes) was so upset, mind you. He should have been delighted with all that time and space to adjust to his new visor. But seriously, this tactic, which is more more than a little reminiscent of the way the QMJHL's Rimouski Oceanic mocked the Montreal Ramparts' neutral zone trap last March, is pretty ridiculous. Seems like maybe the Flyers should at least try taking the puck up ice, no? Pass or Fail: Philadelphia's stall tactics versus the Tampa Bay trap. <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mjXclnt1wAI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalex Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 the ultimate trapon works - TB won fu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie14 Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 My favourite part about all this is that the refs blew the play dead after a while. Doesn't NHL '94 do the same thing if you stay completely still with the puck for a few seconds? NHL '94 - ahead of its time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 My favourite part about all this is that the refs blew the play dead after a while. Doesn't NHL '94 do the same thing if you stay completely still with the puck for a few seconds? NHL '94 - ahead of its time. Hehe, I think the reason they did this in '94 was to avoid cases where some glitch in the game caused the puck to be unplayable. It happens a lot when you lose the puck behind the net, it stops moving, and no one touches it for a few seconds. you can stand still with the puck in '94 (which is often done when killing time when trying to resume a game that desynched/disconnected), but if the puck is on its own and not moving, the game will whistle it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgman Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 This is what Carse does when he had the lead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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