Back in the day, the strategy was largely to push everything on one player and really ride that singular player. It seems nowadays, in the new engine, that is a viable option again. It may not make you that great of a team, but it is able to really drive up your individual value. Think of it like the old McZehrl-driven teams, where he put up like 70 points on a team that won maybe 20 games.

So the thing is, that means there's going to be a very distinct opportunity. You may be able to get away with some cap space if maybe you only need to have one and half truly great players that you can stack all the minutes on, maybe. Considering the way the cap works, it kind of forces you that way as is, and you could be successful doing so.

Now we have to judge, what can actually be successful in that kind of world. Realistically, with fewer shifts and those few shifts going extremely long, you want to focus more on specialties. Get more defensive players for those third lines and pairs, aim to have only a couple of offensive minded defensemen and have a solid four defensively minded forwards.

With that team building philosophy in play, you have the ability to push those minutes on the offensive minded players at 5v5 and 5v4, and with that be able to really pump up their statistics and driving play your way when it matters. You're already going to lose those PK minutes, don't waste time losing 2 minutes for your best players when those minutes can be had later where they can actually make something happen for you positively.