Florida Panthers forecheck breakdown

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Жыл бұрын

The Florida Panthers' forecheck got the team going in their Game 2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mike Johnson and Stu Grimson take a look at what makes their forecheck so successful.

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@tontweer Жыл бұрын

That's all the panthers have been working on all year. They weren't good at it at first but they kept doing it and losing games then when everyone was healthy it started to work now they do it better than anyone ❤ let's go cats!

@jwvvvv Жыл бұрын

Fortunately for them the NHL playoff system allows teams to stumble for most of the regular season. Not sure why anyone would buy a ticket for a regular season game.

@13DTN Жыл бұрын

What a great breakdown!

@TudorOwen50s Жыл бұрын

Wow! I never played hockey but watching games all these years and seeing this breakdown helps me to understand the how's and why's when following plays. Great job guys!!! 👏👏👏 #ILoveThisGame

@gunnarohlmuller82 Жыл бұрын

You guys explained that perfectly

@user-xj3bz8wr6e Жыл бұрын

Reinhart is criminally underrated

@austinjoseph7932 Жыл бұрын

And Lundell has a ton of hockey IQ for a second year guy. Plays like a 5-10 year guy. He's gonna be great in a few years I hope the panthers keep him for a while

@Lacaille8760 Жыл бұрын

Not many times, I have stumbled upon, this decent tactical breakdown and analyze. Well done!

@Matthew-cw3gn Жыл бұрын

PoMo came ready with the perfect line combos to match the Leafs. Verhaeghe - Barkov - Duclair Barkov is one of the only guys in the league who can win battles with Tavares on the cycle, and he's been deployed like a third defenseman in the d-zone. Meanwhile, Verhaeghe and Duclair have the speed and puck skills to keep the ice spread and be ready for an immediate, efficient zone exit while Barkov catches up. Cousins - Bennett - Tkachuk All three of these guys are relentless finishing checks, and since the Toronto D is so weak on the breakout, all it takes is one of these guys bullrushing the puck carrier to force an error. Cousins is not a second line caliber forward, but it works when the mission is O-Zone chaos, and he's playing with an elite winger and playoff performer at center. Luostarinen - Lundell - Reinhart PoMo experimented during the season and figured out that Lundell really needs to play center, but Eetu doesn't miss a beat from the wing. Lundell and Luostarinen both are defensive hounds, and when they get sicced on the Leafs' bottom 4, they easily force turnovers. And Reinhart is at his best feasting on weaker opposition with guys who can finish his setups.

@Matthew-cw3gn Жыл бұрын

And to reiterate, these lines are tailored for the Leafs. Barkov is playing with the two fastest forwards on the team because he's so low in the d-zone containing Tavares, that they need guys who can shoot out of a cannon to keep the Leafs D from pinching too much. Cousins is up on the second line to maximize the pressure it can impose on the forecheck, but Luostarinen can do that too (that's been a great second line before). But if Reinhart needs to be on the third line (because he's too slow to play with Barkov this series) then the third line LW should have enough offensive skill to work with Reinhart, which is why Luostarinen is put there. People were saying that Florida just matched really well against Boston, which is why they won, but it's more Maurice knowing how to strategize and leverage his options properly.

@epodegro Жыл бұрын

totally agree. PoMo finished what Q began. Finished how it should to be in his vision, of course

@bananananananaman Жыл бұрын

Super nice breakdown. More of these please :)

@johnshields6852 Жыл бұрын

Pressuring in the O zone with hard forechecking makes for loose pucks, they've been opportunistic on these situations, and their scoring timely goals, it doesn't matter who has more shots, it's the team that buries their shots, Florida's getting the W's, 5 in a row in the playoffs is amazing.

@shardhoney Жыл бұрын

Tkachuk and Paul Maurice have transformed this team, all my life I have never seen them play this good, and be this far in the playoffs. GO CATS 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀

@ApacheScalper Жыл бұрын

WE SEE RED

@TheNicagator 24 күн бұрын

2024 lets go cats

@bobbygoodman2875 Жыл бұрын

These are some of the basic principles of the game...what not realky pointed out is the missed assignments. You learn very early, when you don't have possession of the puck, pick up your man! What's also not talked about is who wants the puck more! The intangibles (heart/passion) win games and Championships.

@diurdi Жыл бұрын

Brilliant breakdown

@paulrath7764 Жыл бұрын

good analysis

@kh4l3dhi Жыл бұрын

Great breakdown, thanks boys

@epodegro Жыл бұрын

Finally something about hockey. Thank you

@Lelouch999 Жыл бұрын

Sheldon keefe watching this taking notes rn

@b.t.h.9568 Жыл бұрын

Keefe getting outcoached... again...

@spearson103 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he shouldn't have told Tavares to fall down on those types of plays. What was Keefe thinking there???

@BeyondTheRink Жыл бұрын

Great breakdown, go cats

@stevendchu Жыл бұрын

Might be time to start asking questions about Giordano on D. Yes he's a solid veteran presence but with such an aggressive and fast team like Florida, he needs to be protected. & it's not like you can blame Justin Holl anymore. Leafs actually have been playing better than the Tampa series, but a combination of D man mistakes and Bob playing like its 2019 is why they're down 0-2. I still think this one goes 6 or 7

@adamsteele6148 Жыл бұрын

Simple is not easy to execute

@edrock4605 Жыл бұрын

Old Time hockey!

@dugannash9109 Жыл бұрын

i like watching fourth lines put up some points

@mz610 Жыл бұрын

Theyre the third line….

@dugannash9109 Жыл бұрын

RIP ME

@sadul Жыл бұрын

Want to win?! Hire a finn!

@bocephus1911 Жыл бұрын

Just like the St. Louis Blues , did in 2019 ,, big and forecheck creates turnovers, everyone doing their job,

@jwvvvv Жыл бұрын

And, just like the Blues, they stumbled through the regular season. Not sure why the NHL allows so many teams into the playoffs. Makes the regular season irrelevant.

@oforkya Жыл бұрын

Even tho it's gonna cost me the # 17 pick fork it go cats 🐈 go. I despise the laffs.

@clarencebeeks4978 Жыл бұрын

beauty, eh?

@loaditz Жыл бұрын

Cover Sam Bennett doing the Rock Bottom (WWE move made famous by the Rock) on Matthew Knies, and how the NHL responded to it.

@TheBalls2thewalls Жыл бұрын

.... yeah no, he held on to him as he fell and yes he slammed him down with him, but to compare to a wrestling move is completely ridiculous.

@yobruhh8161 Жыл бұрын

It was clean

@justinmiller5660 Жыл бұрын

two players got tied up and fell. i wonder if you would be upset if Bennett was the one that got hurt? i think a fine for the cross-check was weak, should have been a game.

@yazdani3289 Жыл бұрын

Just tell us why Leafs suck, thanks.

@RamiJashari-oe4lu Жыл бұрын

Fourchecking has nothing to do with the Leafs losing. Get over it. Top players need to score and stop giving up the puck. Simple 101

@justinmiller5660 Жыл бұрын

right. it only cost Boston their series and 2 games for Toronto, so it's definitely not the reason.

@aquiace Жыл бұрын

It's not your fault

@linda11adellio Жыл бұрын

yea like you know anything about hockey........must be woke...to not see it....

@iamcowhearmemoo2553 Жыл бұрын

it has EVERYTHING to do with the leafs losing. And a good portion of the reason why boston lost. I dont think you understand just how much relentless, tenacious forecheck forces turnovers and errors. Sure, the leafs need to bury more of their chances, but a large reason the panthers are up 2-0 is because of all of the mistakes they are forcing their opposition into.