I circled back to where I started. “What do I do with the puck? That’s up to you. So what do you do? Cycle low or high, make space or drag defenders, head for open ice, or come in close? How do you decide? By knowing me and what I’m going to do, every time I get this puck.” I dug the dry erase marker into the fleshy center of my palm. “When you know your teammates like that—when you know them so well you know the decisions they’re going to make before they make them—you play in the future. You’re not reacting to the game; you’re defining it. You’re playing ahead of my play, and ahead of the
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