I didn't need to see all 5 examples to answer this, but they do reinforce my thoughts.
1st choice is swim the puck into the goal whenever possible. Hell, keep the puck on your stick whenever possible in all situations. Period

2nd choice control the puck as long as you can and flick into the goal and follow it (something your players weren't doing in at least two of those clips.)

3rd choice flick and chase to open space, there are times and places, and I'm guilty of doing this often when its not called for, but the long and the short of it is, even if you have momentum on your side as soon as it leaves your stick anywhere in the playing area its no longer your puck and you can't control where it goes. You can send it in the right direction, but there are factors outside your influence.

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