This is what I like to hear come out of a hockey coach's mouth. I don't know a lot of hockey fans that like to watch the neutral zone trap. I think the Wild need to adopt this philosophy. Kind of reminds me of the days when Dean Blais was coaching for the Fighting Sioux, race horse hockey.
?We want to attack,? Tortorella said. ?I?m not interested in trapping. I?m just interested in getting some puck pressure. And if we have some breakdowns, we?ve got the best goalie in the league,? a reference to Henrik Lundqvist, in his fourth season.
When he coached Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup in 2004, Tortorella used an all-out attacking style that gave lots of ice time to the immensely productive Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Brad Richards and the power-play specialist Dave Andreychuk. They controlled the puck in the other team?s end and often scored.
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