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"Find a soft spot in the interior" is more useful than saying "get to the net". It forces defenders into awkward situations and allows shooters more time and space to elevate pucks. Here are 5 goals involving soft spots from last night with notes.

@BenPopeCST Ben I keep getting some weird “pop up virus detection” thing when I click on your articles today. Not sure if it’s in your control. Just wanted to mention it.

While injured, Oliver Moore shifted gears to studying the NHL. He talked to people and analyzed how hockey is played at this level. This summer, he plans to watch lots of film and continue learning how to "think the game." New Blackhawks story: chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/202…

Coffee Clip: Hronek Gapping Skating Forwards Elite D don't need backcheckers to end plays off the rush (although it is always nice to have). Be tight, be middle, get it kicked, and close open.substack.com/pub/healyhocke…

@hockeystatcards Thank you for responding! Based on 5v5 production or all situations?

@Coach_Healy thats correct, the bars are percentiles.

bedard just tough minutes no help

@hockeystatcards So it says Vlasic is in the 53% of defenders in the league and 8% offensively. Closer to 100 is good in both cases. Correct?

@Coach_Healy shows who they played the most minutes with - and their rating which is a composite score based on dom’s model

@CEags37 Expanding on point #1 This is NOT a good question: “what can I get better at?” — tells me as a coach that you haven’t spent any time evaluating your own game. This IS a good question: “I feel like I can never make a play off the wall on a breakout, how do I improve?”

@CEags37 Agree 100%. I tell all of the players that work with me part of their development is taking ownership of their game. Unfortunately most coaches don’t communicate well. 1: ask good questions. 2: know your game and come up with a plan for yourself within the team practice.

Players that receive little to no feedback often have no idea where they stand, they start to question every aspect of their performance, value and role on the team #CommunicationMatters

🗣️ Arsene Wenger: "It's very simple, you build a player like you build a house." "First comes the basement, the base of a player is technique. You get that between the ages of 7 and 14 years of age." "If you have no technical skill at 14, forget it. You will never be a football player. The second part is the physical aspect, the first floor. Unfortunately, that is decided between 14-17 years of age where you feel you'll be strong enough, quick enough." "The second floor is tactical understanding. Does he have an understanding of the game? What to do with the ball?" "The final part that is decided at 18-19 years of age is how successful the player wants to be."

@HockeyThinkTank Same goes for adults now. As soon as someone tells me how good they are at anything….I discredit them. Haven’t been proven wrong yet. This is unfortunate for sure. Actions> words for sure.

My dad had a saying when I was younger about humility: “If you have to tell people how good you are, you’re really not that good.” In an era of rankings and social media, I think that hits even bigger today than it did when I was a kid. We talked our 5 biggest tips to navigating youth hockey on our latest podcast out now.

@mikecommito Coyle?

Favourite Bruin who also played for the Blue Jackets?

@walsha @DavidJiricek @ehshockey @OctagonHockey Intriguing project. I like that contract for him. 2 years to really work on his game.

David Jiricek recalled to Philadelphia. He registered 13 Pts in 13 Games with Lehigh Valley. @DavidJiricek @ehshockey @OctagonHockey

@AdamZHerman @jmarshfof Add in some @csahockey with UND’s mentality. It’s a wonderful combo!

@jmarshfof The Chicago Steel school of aggressive defensemen strikes again.

When you are cutting the Jake Livanavage tape and you come across a sequence so good you have to stop and tweet it

@MikeMcMahonCHN Apparently the youngest brother is the real deal…also

Max Plante says he's returning next season. There's never been a two-time Hobey Baker winner.

@MattBarnaby3636 Ominous start….

Anything can happen but I just pounded Rory to WIN Masters at -250 Driving has to get better in next 2 days

@connorcarrick Very intriguing!

North America, so the puck skills, the offensive shapes are very different). I’ll report back with a schedule in mind, highlighting who I’m hiring to help me, and will share some of my strategy to improve this summer with what metrics I can.

In honor of being Down With Data. I am considering how to better track and adjust my off season training. RHR and HRV tracking while still sorta rudimentary has value for health/training decisions. I have been a Neurofeedback Fan to restore CNS and neuro plasticity

@amato_mike He is very, very good.

If the Kings get in, you can thank Adrian Kempe. #GoKingsGo

@FAN590 @10XHockey @brianlawton9 @RealKyper @jtbourne If you analyze bad data you get bad results. It’s that simple.

"Even though Toronto has this incredible analytics department, it clearly wasn't embedded in the final decision-making authority." @brianlawton9 joins @RealKyper and @jtbourne to assess the Leafs' use of analytics under former GM Brad Treliving.

@KaneLafranchise Unfortunate!

Saw a U18 session before my own skate last night here in Edmonton. 1 instructor, ice littered with devices and 25 skaters running mindless reps for an hour. Hockey is expensive enough these days and as skills instructors/coaches, we need to provide far more value than this…

@23MAlyssa @Mavpuck There are already a lot of high end 18/19 year olds in college. This wouldn’t change that. Playing against lower end 25 years olds doesn’t help development. The league would still be older, and a solid option after Junior. You could be right that some might be deterred.

@Coach_Healy @Mavpuck Top CHL prospects are going to be disincentivized to jump the NCAA at 18 because they're no longer playing against men. If you're going to play against 19 yo, then do it while playing a pro schedule

So 19-year-old freshmen would get 5 years of eligibility, 20-year olds would get 4, 21-year olds 3… and so on. No redshirts. It would be problematic in college hockey since players play junior hockey prior to college, and typically come in at age 20+. It’ll be interesting to see if hockey gets an exception…

@Mavpuck I would add, that there should be a 1-2 year grace period to allow those already on the current path to not be hindered by this change. Sort of like the "Extra year for Covid" rule

@Mavpuck Or it would force programs to develop players on a more reasonable timeline. It would hurt a lot of the junior programs. Primarily Tier2/3 Your point is 100% valid for today’s landscape. But we could create a world where college hockey starts with more 19/20 year old freshmen.