LB dekes are pretty effective at getting past body checks.

I can't say this enough though, but vary your speed when you're skating and rarely ever skate in a straight line. A team that does this as well as anybody is Dream Killers. Watch this video from the 360 championship for NHL 10 and focus on them in the Leafs jerseys. They are probably the hardest team to defend zone entry to because they move the puck around quickly and they can all weave their way into the zone when needed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krlHWoso2cE (both games are on that channel)

Notice how they rarely ever do anything predictably, especially while skating. Don't always just jam up on your left stick to get into the zone, it won't work against good teams. You have to be able to alter your speeds and slightly change directions when necessary, and when you have a group of forwards that can all do this well it begins to open up the ability to make a simple pass in the zone because teams will either be forced to attack the puck carrier with 2-3 guys (which opens up other players) or you'll just have to beat them one on one which eventually becomes pretty easy.

RB saucer passes aren't as effective this year compared to NHL09 and NHL10, but they can also be a great way to gain the zone, or more accurately, keep the zone. When you gain the zone but feel like you're being pressured and might turn it over, just saucer it over to the sideboards where a teammate is headed. This takes a little while to master though because you have to make sure the saucer pass is headed to an open lane as opposed to years past when saucer passes were basically invulnerable to being intercepted.

Their first few zone entries fail in that vid

I see what you're saying though.

Nutshot how are you going to stay up for the Yankee games when your bed time is before the first pitch.

I was gonna say let's get a game or two in before that, but now I'll just say die

lol, can I retract that statement to get a couple games in?

Word to the wise, don't play a team that is ranked 24th in the elite division, has a human goalie, and teams slogan is better quit before the 18 min mark.

Needless to say game 2 was a lot better.

get owned?

Any AHLers on tonight? I think I'll be on in a bit, watching TV with the wife right now.

I'll be later than usual if I am (10pm Pacific or after).

I can play

Lost 4-1. It was a human and goalie and we were having trouble creating space against their computer. We made it 3-1 late in the third and had a good chance with a couple minutes left to make it 3-2 but couldn't convert.

i'll be on after the yankees finish punting game 1

I'll be on after the Twins finish punting game 1.

ill be on after you guys finish watching lol baseball

Alright I'm gonna head to bed. Later guys.

expert jinx on my part

0 AHL people are on right, now. Immediately fix this please

I'm comin to the rescue

does anyone play 1v1 as much as i do?

i have 30 games and im 25-5.

I average 3.95 goals per game but I only take 11.5 shots a game...do you guys think this is a leak overall? (not trying to tvb either)
Should I be putting more shots on net? I feel like this is gonna catch up with me as I keep playing better opponents...

when you run hot, just embrace it and become it

I really doubt you can sustain a shooting percentage of 35% or whatever that comes to. I think I average about 20 shots per game and average about the same amount of goals per game as you, but I also don't cheese or anything like that. Off the top of my head your shooting percentage comes out to like 35% ish, which indicates you're either running hot or exploiting money goals, but I've never played you so I couldn't say.

I just got the most ridiculous trade offer in HUT. I had a relatively untouched Brad Richards up for like 4k ish and somebody sent me the following trade offer:

Untouched Setoguchi (worth 4-5k)
Untouched David Booth (worth 3-4k)
Untouched Marco Sturm (worth 1500-2k)
Untouched Nino Neiderreiter (worth 7-10k)

Needless to say I accepted.

wtf are Marco Sturm's stats? I think you confuse "worth" with "what you can convince droolers to pay for them".

AGGRESSIVE FACEOFF!!!!!