During my time in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization (2017-20), our vision of offensive hockey was very much influenced by European football - the soccer being played by Pep Guardiola’s FC Barcelona.
Key Features of FCB’s possession play:
Numerical overload in small areas
High number of short-distance passes to break up defensive structure
Progressive bui…
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