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Message: [QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5711505, member: 6798"] Man that was chaotic. I needed to take a chill pill after that one. Too much stress for a Monday night! With the dust settled I think there were a lot of great things in last night's game. Offense in 6v6 had their best game of the year. Even before the shots started falling we were moving the ball with purpose and getting clean open looks. Manning is a legit goalie but he could not handle all that pressure for long. He bailed them out on a ton of wide open shots. Denver plays a slightly unorthodox defense with a lot of guys packed in, but we still drew the slides, rotated the ball quickly and cleanly, and made the open shots count down the stretch. This is the type of performance we needed to have some confidence in the O with the new faces and guys in larger roles. We have not quite put it all together yet, but that performance against a top defense gives me a lot more faith in the O going forward. Looked more like it did at it's best in some of our 24/25 games. Intimidating dodging plus excellent ball movement. Other good stuff was the minimal turnovers (10) and only one failed clear against the 10 man ride. Again areas that have been cause for concern at times, but looked very clean last night. We are still a team that turns the ball over less than 99% of teams in the country, even if it feels like the opposite for some stretches. 6v6 defense was also quality. Majority of Denver's goals were either man up or unsettled/in transition. That shut down defense with the game on the line late was excellent. I have given Dwan crap at times and still do not like some of his decisions, but he is having a killer year eliminating his match-up 1v1. He moves so well for his size. If he stays healthy the Figgy-Dwan duo is about as lethal as any in the country. [/QUOTE]

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