🚨 Elite D-Men Don’t Just Shoot… They Create Offense! 🚨 🏒 Low-to-High pass → first touch in stride ⚡ Underhandle to stay deceptive 🎯 Fake slapper → freeze the defender ➡️ Walk middle ice & rip it from the top of the circle 📈 High-percentage play 👉 more goals, less blocked shots. Defensemen — stop wasting shots from the point… start creating offense! 🔥 • Blue Line Shots: Roughly 2.5% scoring rate—low yield. • Top-of-Circle Shots (High Slot): Roughly 10.2% scoring rate—4× more effective. This stark difference illustrates why strategies like skating the puck in (“walking into the middle”) instead of staying back and firing from the point can dramatically upgrade shot quality and scoring probability—especially for defensemen. #HockeyIQ #Defenseman #SkillWork #BlueLineOffense #EuroEliteHockey