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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyOne" data-source="post: 171521" data-attributes="member: 858">The Neutral Zone trap is a 1-2-2 player forecheck.  If you look at it when its being setup it looks like a pentagram.   It takes away all the passing lanes.All teams use the trap going into the third period if they're winning.  Some teams just play it as their whole system, all game long, like Ottawa, New Jersey and Dallas who are all known for it.  Minnesota uses it because they have to (they'd get blown out).The trap was created by the Swedish to stifle the Russian tape-to-tape passing and attack.Congratulations to Detroit for winning their series.  The better team won.  Of course they did have 7 players to five.  The Canucks couldn't withstand Detroit's firepower, true, but the Draper double non-call (first hooking/grabbing Jovanovski and then running the goalie-which Bertuzzi got a penalty for in a previous game) is just infuriating to watch.As for Chris Chelios, that guy's got zero class.</blockquote>