proteus2000 said:
- Very flat skating, no puck support. For example Rielly was in a tough spot holding the puck in the line, and when he looked around to find someone to pass it to, the other 4 guys weren't even moving!
I've noticed this all season, but, yeah, it was very apparent from being at the game on Tuesday.
The Panthers always seemed to have a couple guys in motion when their D had the puck - even if those were only circling in the neutral zone. The Leaf forwards were pretty stationary until the 3rd period, and, not surprisingly, they started getting a lot more offensive zone time.
Also, their puck recovery was awful until the 3rd (largely because of the lack of speed they had entering the zone because they were stationary), whereas Florida's was pretty good.