Thank God someone else said this. That friggin Neutral Zone Trap killed this sport. Thanks a lot Jaques Lemaire. I mean the sport is struggling to get more fans, I don't think 2-1, 1-0 games are gonna bring in more fans. I wanna see 6-5 games, I'm sorry watching constant turnovers in the Neutral Zone is not exciting. Goals are exciting. Having a player scoring 92 goals in a year is exciting not having someone win the scoring title with 50 goals if they're lucky.
The odd thing is that Lemaire brought the exact same system as the Habs from the 70's of their exact style.
Though the 70's Habs had a much better depth roster, didn't take much up on the ice, and the goal line was moved back 2 feet each side, making the offencive zone back then bigger, harder to use. One of the main reasons Habs were pretty much unstoppable (as well as Ken Dryden)