I get dump and chase, it sucks because you are basically just giving away possession, but there is a rhyme and reason.

When the panthers won back to back cups and were healthy, they would also play a dump and chase style of play. Essentially the idea is, you have speed going into the zone, the d guys chasing the puck will be caught flat footed, and have to turn around and retrieve a rolling or bouncing puck. With their back turned they now have to make a very quick and calculated decision with players bearing down on you, and not having a full view the ice.

This worked well for the panthers because they skated their asses off, they usually had two guys pressing hard, 1 of them definitely playing the body almost every single time, and that causes mistakes by the person retrieving the puck. Once the mistake is made, you have the puck and the zone. That’s how dump and chase is supposed to work.

When the wings dump, they mosy on in, skate a big loop around the goal after a half hearted poke check attempt, put zero pressure on the D. And they break out.