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Breaking Down Film: Shea Weber and defensive-zone breakouts

It's time for another edition of Breaking Down Film: Shea Weber edition. If you missed Part One of the breakdown, you can read it here.

Defensive zone exits

This is where things get interesting for Weber.

First off, let me say that his ability to create controlled exits on his own is virtually non-existent. I saw very few attempts to carry the puck out of his own zone, and those rarely succeeded.

More often than not, he let his defensive partner — Roman Josi — carry the bulk of the responsibilities for driving the offence forward.