Linus Omark's Stick Fake From Gretzky's Office
by Derek Zona on Feb 5, 2011 9:50 AM MST
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Linus Omark uses a short-side stick fake to fool the Blues and Sam Gagner gets the easy goal. Omark's ability behind the net is something the coaching staff should use to bolster the Oilers' anemic power play. It's not like a power play or offense operating from behind the net is new in Edmonton. Wayne Gretzky's office has been empty since Doug Weight was a part-time office worker ten years ago. What did Gretzky do back there?
He would park and wait for a teammate to shake his defender. This was especially effective on the power play. He was good at it, simply because most defensemen wouldn’t dare leave their post to pinch down and attack him, knowing they could fall victim to a classic Gretzky deke. More times than not, they would leave him alone, allowing him plenty of time to strategize. He would also use the net as a screen to hide the puck from the opposition.
Omark has shown the ability to do the same and it's about time the Oilers used it to fix the power play. The current system of forcing the puck to the point or giving the puck to Ales Hemsky and watching is certainly not working, and Omark is creating more, much more than Hemsky at this point. Run the power play from Gretzky's office and see what happens. It can't get worse than 12%, can it?
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I loved this mOve. Just enough WTF is he doing? to fluster the defense, then he struck.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Feb 5, 2011 11:37 AM MST via mobile reply actions
speaking of gretz behind the net… I played against him in the 08 Gretzky fantasy camp in Phoenix. He’s behind the net, I’m playing D, at the side of the net, i stand on the goal line ,with both my skates heel to toe on the goal with my calf lined up against the post, thinking there’s no way he’ll get a pass into the crease.
HE PASSED THE PUCK THRU THE HOLE IN MY SKATE BLADE!!!!!!!!!!
of course the pass was right on the stick and before i could find the puck it was in the back of my net….I proceeded to the bench laughing with dis-beleif. I sat down, asked bobby hull (our coach for the day) for a puck, then proceeded to toss the puck thru my skate-hole to see if it was possible that the puck could go through it without touching. It could, and I couldn’t ask for a better experience playing agains the great one….
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Feb 5, 2011 8:35 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Holy shit. That’s amazing.
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