Juice (Jared McCann)

Like, should I take the bumper or should I take the net front guy?

Like, how do you not know what that read is?

That read should be set in stone before the series even starts.

So it's a little bit of execution for, for me, for Minnesota, but a big part of it also is Erickson.

Yeah.

You know, when you have a guy who's so frigging good and starts every penalty kill and double shifts, it's a big hole, man.

That's a really big hole for a team to fill.

What does Brodine play as far as penalty kill during the regular season?

Yeah, another guy.

And I would say, I would argue that a defenseman is more important on the penalty kill than a forward.

Like, the way that defenseman plays that down low.

Like, when Natchez has the puck and he moves up high, that defenseman, I hate when I see a defenseman when he, you know how, like, Jens, like, you kind of say, like, the dot is my reference.

Like, you'll extend to the dot but not beyond.

But I hate when I see a defenseman go to the dot and then a stick is going middle, goal line, middle, goal line.

You have one responsibility there, not two.

So whatever your team system is, you should know and have your stick in that lane.

Most of the time, your stick should be towards the goal line guy and making sure if that puck gets to him, you push him deeper into the corner so he's not closer to your net to make a two-on-one at the net.

And I hate when I see defensemen like, oh, my stick's here, my stick's there.

Why are you doing that?

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