EHM The Blue Line

I'm getting tired of getting into shootouts (6-4, 5-4, etc.) and I'm looking for ways to get my forwards to be a little more defensive. Would setting their backchecking to 'Hard' help, without sacrificing their offense?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a way for your players to be more aware defenseivly without risking there offensive putout?


Yes, hard backchecking will improve your defense, but it will be at the sacrafice of offense.