How to beat Edina

[Warroad97]

play defense like Roseau has so far. Tight on the puck and give them no room to move. No matter how good you are, you cant play when you are covered everytime you touch the puck

[pipersniper12]

Either play BSM or Roseau. Edna has good size and are very physical.

[sticksuphigh]

Here is how you beat Edina.

1. Convince Budish the game is at the Target Center
2. Put Exlax in Everson's water bottle
3. Make Lee play with a right handed stick
4. Crazy glue Caschetta's hands together
5. Make Gleason wear a 20lb weight vest to slow down the rush

This should work

Almost........first you better convince Buddish that the game is a lot further away than Minneapolis, you don't want to give him time to get there once he finds out he's at the wrong place, better send him to...IDK Sweden...

Exlax may just make Everson faster so I don't know if I'd go that route, maybe try ambian or something, remember you're trying to slow him down.

Better glue Caschetta's legs together too, and try to hide his cup on him, just to be safe.

As far as Gleason goes, 20 lbs wouldn't slow that kid down nearly enough, you might want to try and convince him that No Dak is looking for him to play tomorrow night.

Those are the guys, I know this won't sit well with some, but I don't think it matters what you do with Lee, he doesn't impress me that much, but that is just me, everyone likes and dislikes different things. I'm not going to cut him down on here cause he's just a kid, but IMO Lee is the least of Benilde's problems. But I hope they don't shut them down cause I want to see a Roseau vs. Edina final, that would be the greatest Championship game matchup out of all the possible senario's...IMO

You wouldn't be taking a shot at Lee because you explained with such knowledge his apparent weaknesses. Lee will be Benilde's biggest problem. Sadly, you either have personal issues or know nothing about hockey. Unfortunately, I think you have both... Take two of the yellow tablets and enjoy the game. Without Lee, Burnsville is playing BSM.

I would talk Toronto before they make a huge mistake in June

[park16]

easy put them up against BSM

[mnhockey07]

You have to capitalize when Edina has their 3rd line out. It seems to me that Chapman brings that line down. And what was Edina's 3rd line at the beginning of the year?

[Dominator55]

Edina's third line at the beginning of the year was Taft, McDonald, and Eppel. I can tell you one thing about tonight, The third line will barely see any playing time.

[LaceEmUp17]

I just talked to John Madden. He recommended getting Brett Favre in a BSM uniform

[dangles9]

Edina's third line at the beginning of the year was Taft, McDonald, and Eppel. I can tell you one thing about tonight, The third line will barely see any playing time.

Eppel and Taft played a little. But i don't think mcdonald played any. Even Chapman got a few shifts.

[Nostalgic Nerd]

Don't want this to devolve into another Edina vs. Roseau thread so this will be the last time I bring up Roseau (the only reason I'm even bringing their name into it is my loc.).

The way a hypothetical team (a.k.a BSM, HM, Blaine, or Roseau) can beat Edina.

1) Play physical. Edina likes to push their size around in front of the net and in the corners. Push back.

2) Clog lanes. Sticks in lanes cause they do like to get fancy with it and a good tape to tape team.

3) Have the legs. I've seen a lot of foot races in Edina games due to 2). There's a couple teams in the hunt that I believe have the speed to exploit.

4)Forecheck. From the games I've seen (which isn't all) Edina's biggest weapon is creating scoring chances on transition.

5)Put a hat on them. 70% of the points from Edina come from 3 players. Put a hat on them and make Edina proof their depth.

6)Exploit their average defense in their own zone. Their only true weakness that I've seen. A team that can cycle the puck well can have success against this team.

Flame on

The difficulty Hill will have is Edina has like three or four offensive guys that are deep threats. It's no longer a game of just keying on Ness. But at minimum I'd suggest making sure Gleason isn't allowed to accelerate from his own zone. Make him give it up back there, but less concerned when he's in Hill's zone on a dead stand. Then keep everything to the outside and trust Phillipi on the angles. That should be obvious. If Edina's disciplined then it's gonna be tough on Hill. But I suspect not sometimes so Edina will get caught on oddman rushes, especially if Gleason loses puck control. One mistake Roseau made was going to Ness too late. He should've started wheeling and risking his D position sooner. Afterall Lee did stop a few breakaways and stuff, and they were behind anyway. It's really hard to tell though. You don't know how well Hill will handle those big physical guys of Edina. I like the fact though that Hill has some big guys, and that their statement to Roseau, even after the whistle, was that they were gonna knock you over if you try and touch Phillipi. The crowd gets excited when someone gets bolled over. But checking to me is about getting in the path of the skater. It doesn't matter so much if you get knocked over as long as the puckhandler is stopped.

[pipersniper12]

shut down their big men

[Cornbread]

play hill murray

[Sparlimb]

Easy one...

How to beat Edina.

Force them to play Hill

Hate to say it, but I was prophetic.

Granted at the time it was just boastful...

[halla]

Came down to one word.

Phillipi