Sustainable from a risk/reward perspective? Or sloppy play in the long run?

The situation we are looking at is from the game between Floorball Köniz and Linköping in the Sko Energy Cup in Czechia, where highly talented Simon Palmén sees the court well, and makes a play from the corner, and Oskar Seth cashes in with a good shot from the slot.

The question is – how do you guys feel about this one? I will make two cases for you here, and you can think about where your head is at. The glass half empty version will be a negative outlook on the play, and the glass half full version will of course be a more positive stance.

In a post later this week, I will tell you my view of the situation.

Oh, and here is the situation. 👇

👎🫗| Glass half empty version

Palmén is lucky that the ball makes its way all the way to the stick of Seth. The most probable outcome is that the ball is won by Köniz (most probably by Pascal Michel with number 34 on the back).

High risk for a pretty good counter attack for Köniz, since chances are high, that they can counter attack with four players, if their right d-man joins the rush, and Linköping have lost two players below the extended goal line, both on the outside of the Köniz defenders.

It is not a sustainable play, since the Köniz counter attack chances outweigh the few balls that make it all the way to the middle.

👍🥛| Glass half full version

Yeah, this pass from Palmén will not make it to the high slot and the blade of Oskar Seth every time. But when it does, the scoring chance is of enough quality, that it will more than compensate for the times the ball ends up on a Köniz stick.

Three Linköping players are in good position to backcheck, and the positioning of the Köniz players after a potential change of possession is not favouring a counter attack with more than three players. The times a potential fourth player will join the rush, chances are he will get caught from a backchecking Linköping forward.

It is a sustainable play in the long run, since the quality of the scoring chance is so high, if the ball makes it to Seth in the slot.

What side are you on?

Let me hear your thoughts in the comments.