[quote name='Matt Young']If what you said about boosting games is true, then where are my goals? That can't be accurate. You've also said before that these stats are only for club games and don't count private matches or drop-ins, so what's the deal?[/QUOTE]
It's not like this hasn't been in the OP since September when I started tracking stats...
Sortable Player Stats
*stats for FO%, OFF, Give and Take may be skewed due to the inclusion of drop-in games toward your total
And this is from December
[quote name='CAGLeagueSports']All right, they're long overdue. But I got the stats for December completed before the new year hit. Bear in mind, some of them are way out of whack this month due to boosting games to get people their Legend cards.[/QUOTE]
I'd rather the stats be for club games only since those are really the only games we care about. But those stats aren't visible from a "club only" screen. I like that you're at the point of questioning whether I know what I'm talking about though.
[quote name='Matt Young']When Alan said to stop passing it to him so often, I did, so I took the advice. I will continue to vary my passes in order to improve on that in the future, since I have been so bad about it before.
I'll make sure to follow your advice on the faceoffs, but Gary needs to be able to cover. He doesn't usually drop back in those situations. In the final game last night, he was literally going behind the net during faceoffs in our zone, taking the puck away from me, and then going up the left side, leaving the right side wide open and allowing them to score 2 more goals. That was frustrating, and I sent him a message about it last night.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but Alan had to tell you to stop giving it to him when there was a guy right in front of him ready to pounce on him. You weren't seeing that on your own. That's the problem. You also made some comment like "If I hold onto it too long, I'll get it taken away." But skating straight ahead isn't the only way to move the puck up the ice. There are so many things you can do in that situation. You can circle back and skate toward the right. You can pass the puck to the RD (if he's open). You can bounce one off the right boards to the RW. And if you're feeling real ballsy, you can send the puck up the middle to the center. But none of this should be done automatically. You have to read the ice, see where the defenders are, and make the play.