Here is an unedited version of my scouting report on the Hurricanes. I got a little sick this weekend, so I didn't get a chance to take these notes and turn it into a blog post proper, but since I took the time to write these notes down, I suppose I might as well post it. The first Hurricanes PP goal came off of a good screen from a fwd who got behind the Lightning D. And I tweeted that the Hurricanes played a crap game. A large part of their identity is a strong forecheck and they totally failed at it.
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They are very good at getting good position in front of the net. They will force themselves behind the D to be in a good position for a rebound. Important not to leave the D zone too quickly, because they will have one forward stay in front of the net and if their D holds the puck up at their offensive blue line that forward will be wide open if our D starts flying out of the zone prematurely. The fwds actually float in the slot if the puck is down low to try to set up a shot to a forward in the slot. However, if the puck moves back to the point, the forwards will then quickly try to get behind the defense for a rebound.
Hard forechecking team, will send all 3 forwards to the boards in one corner to dig the puck out. Extremely fast transition team. If the Bolts turn the puck over they will rush up the ice very quickly.
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