Love seeing it...defense first has gone no where

Wow, love seeing these teams able to adjust and clamp the defense down. I think good defense is amazing to watch, although slightly frustrating. I guess my hope would be for this game style to drive away all the "fans" that love what the game could be, if...

...we had bigger goals, smaller goalies, no fighting, more scoring, smaller puck, bigger rinks, less players on the ice...

All these things, might initially increase scoring...but it will not change the simple fact that defense is an easier thing to count on than offense. the defensive zone, with five men all packing it in is more managable and reliable than offense. Ultimately, much less skill required to block a shot than to make a shot go where you want it.

Still props to Pascal Leclaire. 5 shutouts already. Nice for me too - more evidence that teams make goalies more than goalies make teams...a great team with a good goalie will always go further than a good team with a great goalie. AND clearly, a bad goalie can ruin any team.

Proud of Lundqvist too. But proud of that system even more. Now, can they open it up a little and still maintain that defensive tightness...to be seen. Certainly the talent is adequate.