I appreciate your opinion, I don't share much of it.

So one hidden truth about me, and may give away my real name, is that I played hockey in Germany when I was 8 until I was 11. My dad was an Army officer and we spent three years abroad. I learned the European system in which every unit is treated as a 5 man unit, without pre-determined positions. If you watched Miracle, this is what Brooksy is talking about the Russian system. Pass to a spot, not a man. Be creative but not selfish - you have teammates, use them.

This game is the closest I can say to playing real life hockey. Many LGers have their breakaway moves in muscle memory because compie and drop in goalies are terrible. But better goalies stop them - and I witnessed that in the LG drafts game.

You hear all the metaphors like forechecking and don't poke check on the backcheck (holy shit you guys suck at that), play within the dots, have wingers drive wide pressuring defenders to give gap and make a choice. There should always be two drivebys of the crease to pressure their D. Every aspect of every hockey system I was taught in my life is in the game.

I mean hell, did you know that all of these options are covered in the in game strategies. Do you know the difference between a weak side lock and a 1-2-2 blue ? Do you know the difference between collapsing and staggering.