Jack Han, who worked with Sheldon Keefe on the Marlies, believes the #Leafs head coach may be inclined to try a new strategy in the coming season: playing two forwards in front of three defencemen.
His interview with @dfeschuk: torstar.co/3MaX50CetNi
His interview with @dfeschuk: torstar.co/3MaX50CetNi
Han points to progressive soccer coaches who realized they were better off putting more players in the middle and the back of the attack to control play. Recently, teams have won without employing a pure striker, or with just one striker in their lineup. thestar.com/sports/leafs/o…
You can make the case the inversion of the pyramid has already come to hockey, writes @dfeschuk. When teams talk about maintaining a “high F3” on the forecheck, that’s a formation in which the 3rd forward hangs closer to the blue line, not far from his D. thestar.com/sports/leafs/o…
Han isn't advocating for all coaches to deploy 2F3D. But this configuration can help the #Leafs:
Forwards are expensive. And the Leafs have what Han considers a promising cache of modestly-paid D with skating ability/hockey sense to make this work.
thestar.com/sports/leafs/o…
Forwards are expensive. And the Leafs have what Han considers a promising cache of modestly-paid D with skating ability/hockey sense to make this work.
thestar.com/sports/leafs/o…
The Leafs have used forward pairs — Auston Matthews-William Nylander and John Tavares-Mitch Marner, or vice versa, — for a few years now.
So, what would a 2F3D #Leafs lineup look like? Read the full article to see Han's lines: thestar.com/sports/leafs/o…
So, what would a 2F3D #Leafs lineup look like? Read the full article to see Han's lines: thestar.com/sports/leafs/o…
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