ZDH?

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This first unit is playing wonderfully, even at full strength they look like they are on a pp out there. Take the Dats goal that was set up when Floppa pinched in on Homer, and with out a moment of hesitation or worry or nervousness he hands the puck back to Ralf (where Floppa just came from), then Ralf puts the puck on Dats' tape in front of the net (I agree with Jaffey, that was a pass not a shot) and Dats, a wide open Dats mere inches from Theodore I should mention, undresses Theodore in a phone booth. The thing is on that play the only player that was not an option for Ralf was Homer, Lids was open across the blue line, Z was open down low, but Dats was open in front of the net. Ralf knew that, in a fraction of a second he was able to survey the ice and find the best option.

The puck possession this unit displays as a whole, the D jumping into the play and a forward rotating back in support, How often do you see Ralf or Lids pinch in on the weak side for the backdoor play, now how many times do they do it and it hurt the wings? Not very often. And the way they ended that last game, for 4 of the last 5 minutes Lids, Ralf, Z, and Dats were out there!

It got to the point that Homer was swapping with Sammy and Cleary to play the wing for Z and D, Ralf and Lids seem to play about a 3 minute shift and then Kronwall and Stuart came in and played more impecable d at the end for a 45 second shift and then back came Ralf and Lids.

This first unit is a polished, well oiled, beautiful hockey machine to watch!!!!

Offensively, Defensively, Special teams, these 5 do it all!!!

At the start of the year I was one of the people posting that Babs needed to separate ZDH to support the secondary scoring, that is why he is coaching in the playoffs and I am posting on a discussion board!!