Egy ideje már foglalkoztat, hogy vajon Roy tudja-e hogy a (hosszútávú) siker egyik záloga a jó puck possession játék, és képes-e ennek megvalósítására. Előbbire választ kaptam egy friss interjúban (igen), utóbbira nem tudom.

We're never going to win the puck possession title, that's for sure, because we're a team that loves the transition game. We don't necessarily, offensively, try to possess the puck a lot. We try to bring the puck to the net quickly. That's our offense. But we're starting to get guys that are capable of holding the puck more, like [Carl] Soderberg, [Gabriel] Landeskog, [Blake] Comeau, and I think we've started to change a little bit.

The puck possession numbers are low compared to the rest of the League. Do you feel like your team generates enough quality and quantity scoring chances, or do you need more puck possession?

"Honestly, I'd like to see us generate more chances and more shots from our offensive zone play. There's no doubt about it. Most of our scoring chances are coming from transition plays, and that's the type of team we are. The type of neutral zone forecheck we do is because we like to transition quickly or take advantage of a bad entry and then boom, we're gone. But these are quick plays. You're in the zone for, what, three or four seconds? And then boom, you're out. The thing that we've been focusing a lot on is trying to hold onto the puck more and trying to be more patient with it, not try to go to the net as quickly. But it's hard to change that, to be honest with you."

https://www.nhl.com/news/five-questions-patrick-roy-on-avalanches-recent-success/c-278155072

Ebből nekem az jön le hogy próbálja ő, de ezzel a kerettel ennyi sikerül. Kérdés, hogy ez igaz-e? Vagy netán Roy szakmailag nem elég jó hozzá?