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Originally Posted by Jmac
RD is supposed to be right-handed and LD is supposed to be left-handed.
Advantages to off-hand on defense:
- One-timers
Disadvantages to off-hand on defense:
- More difficult to protect puck
- More difficult to keep puck in the zone
- Easier for opponents to pick off/deflect passes down the boards to wingers
- Worse angle for ringing puck around the boards
- More likely to clear puck over glass/boards when clearing puck out of the defensive zone
The one advantage of playing off-hand is pretty much negated by good communication, anyways. When we're setup in the offensive zone, especially on the powerplay, it's really easy for the defensemen to switch positions to set up for one-timers from the point.
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Wow, that was good info. Guess I'll keep my guy left-handed.