Stanley Cup Final Tactics and Adjustments
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The Impact of the Vegas Defensive Zone System on Game Three
The way that Vegas defends off the rush is that they're not really looking to deny the blue line or to force a turnover. So we can kind of take it for granted that if there's only one or two defenders in the zone it's probably off the rush but then once you get three or four or five bodies in the zone you can sort of discount a little bit the quality of the shot because usually that shot is going to be contested. Contesting shots is probably one of the big uncharted territories I guess right now for us in terms of quantifying shot quality or like identifying good defensive systems. Like teams like the hurricanes and Leafs throughout the regular season are teams that make a
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