Talking Hockey Systems

[DMelt36]

Found this article particularly interesting. It's from The Committed Indian, the credibility of which will certainly be questioned by some on this board. But I think it's still worth the read/share.

The article discusses the reasons why Marko Dano is not with the team right now and then dives deep into a general summary of what the Hawks "system" is.

Wingers on the wall for a breakout; center helping out down low. The hybrid model, of course, is sneaking the weak side winger past the defensemen for the stretch pass (which we’ve seen them fall in love with for extended periods of time). When they don’t have the puck, the wingers collapse into the slot to lessen the shooting lanes and create more layers of their defense.

In the neutral zone, the Hawks basically line up three across just inside the red line with the defensemen right behind them to force teams to chip it in. The thinking here is that they’re layered enough so that if one guy does get beat, there are teammates close enough to lessen the damage and avoid any odd man rushes.

When you hear Quenneville mention “layers,” this is what he’s referring to.

Offensively, the Hawks want to carry the puck into the zone and then move the puck around until they get a clear lane to the net. They’ll be a forward down low, another forward supporting him with an outlet pass behind the net and another forward lurking in the slot. It can all change depending on where the puck is and who has it but this is basically everything you need to know.

There's more to the article than just those four paragraphs, though, and I'd highly suggest reading the whole thing.

Thoughts?

 

[ClydeLee]

Suure, if that was all that was said about what he is being told he needs to work on. You can also take his words into account. The whole article is trying to say it's not about learning the system so it has to be about X. Well there are ways to define or dicuss X without the speculative types of patterns.

[video=youtube;3Yhz7xdqqtI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yhz7xdqqtI[/video]

I guess you can classify skating strong along with instincts or knowing to skate into position but idk I find instincts a too easy go too like intangibles when expressively defined. You can define the "undefinable" if you really do care to.

While Dano isn't a center, there has been routine comments in the past from centers talking about the difficulty of taking in all that Q wants you to do for the Hawks, such as following his desires for them to be down low and covering for guys. Richards talked about it with his transition getting into the gear with the Hawks last season, Vermette talked about it with his adjustment to wing instead for some games down the stretch, & other prospect types at center like the Pirri/Regin types dealt with it. No it's not like their forechecking or neutral attacks are anything unique or complex but the responsibility demands are expressively high, it's why Q doesn't have patience for defensively irresponsible players unless they're in a groove producing offense like Steeger at times could get into.