2015-16 Power Play
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Yeah real Common sense, you take off a guy who was 2nd in PP goals on the team, 10th in the league. Problem with the PP is shots to the net from the circle and points, something that is not that players first responsibility. Yup real smart there
I'm not disagreeing that Cally isn't the problem. I am just annoyed at how the only time you care is when Cally is involved. Care about the team.
Caring about the team is caring about Cally being off the power play. The team had success when Cally played on the first line power play last year. He has to be blind not to see that. He puts AHL players on the power play and expects a different outcome. Maybe they they get lucky and score occasionally but other then that the PP as it is now sucks.
Yeah I mean silly me for wanting a guy where this team usually wins when he scores a goal to have more opportunity to do so. I agreed with the whole Stamkos and Cally thing on the top line but this move is beyond messed up.
But hey still get to root for him to score a shortie right? Unless coop took him off the PK also. Lol
Cally back on the top PP unit, first time this season. I mean that disallowed goal should have counted, so Coop seeing the efforts from him there. Dude has a golden opportunity now back on the top unit with Stamkos he needs to cash in.
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Him and Cally work well together in front of the net to poach those lose pucks. With a shooter on that line they should be able to have pucks to poach.
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I think it's time we give Filppula a look at the point in place of Stralman and Hedman. Seriously, this failure CAN NOT continue. In the event of a shorthanded rush you can count on him to defend the rush almost as well as they would. Not to mention he makes very good passes and can handle the puck in space. I WOULD advocate Drouin on the point but I don't trust him to defend a 2 on 1.
Once Johnson comes back
Unit 1
Point: Filppula - great passer, handles well in tight spaces, can defend if needed
Left circle: Stamkos - obvious choice
Right circle/Right point: Drouin- would shadow back to the point at times, can feed Stamkos across ice or to Callahan in front. Would be a 2nd shooter to receive a Stamkos pas
Slot: Callahan - obvious choice
Pointless half wall roamer that has no role in the 1-3-1 PP formation: Marchessault, not a very good shooter but has proven he can sneak a nice play in at times.
Unit 2
Point: Garrison- one of the hardest shots on the team, can defend if needed. He has to be a better option than Hedman and Stralman
Left circle: Johnson - creative and can bag a rebound a times, would not be afraid to feed to Hedman
Right circle/right point: Hedman - like Drouin, would shadow back to the point at times, can feed across ice and would participate in the one-timer frenzy
Slot: Killorn - obvious choice
Pointless half wall roamer that has no role in the 1-3-1 PP formation: Kucherov- since he defers so damn much you may as well have him be the free man
I don't know guys... does ANY of this sound like it would work??
If it was up to me I would've given up on the 1-3-1 formation back in the Boucher era when St. Louis was giving up umpteen SHG's a month.
Once Johnson comes back
Unit 1
Point: Filppula - great passer, handles well in tight spaces, can defend if needed
Left circle: Stamkos - obvious choice
Right circle/Right point: Drouin- would shadow back to the point at times, can feed Stamkos across ice or to Callahan in front. Would be a 2nd shooter to receive a Stamkos pas
Slot: Callahan - obvious choice
Pointless half wall roamer that has no role in the 1-3-1 PP formation: Marchessault, not a very good shooter but has proven he can sneak a nice play in at times.
Unit 2
Point: Garrison- one of the hardest shots on the team, can defend if needed. He has to be a better option than Hedman and Stralman
Left circle: Johnson - creative and can bag a rebound a times, would not be afraid to feed to Hedman
Right circle/right point: Hedman - like Drouin, would shadow back to the point at times, can feed across ice and would participate in the one-timer frenzy
Slot: Killorn - obvious choice
Pointless half wall roamer that has no role in the 1-3-1 PP formation: Kucherov- since he defers so damn much you may as well have him be the free man
I don't know guys... does ANY of this sound like it would work??
If it was up to me I would've given up on the 1-3-1 formation back in the Boucher era when St. Louis was giving up umpteen SHG's a month.
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I thought about Kucherov at the point but he gets too "fancy shmancy" and it gets him in a lot of trouble. Having him back there would be like doing brain surgery on someone who just needed their temperature taken.
The power plays need a serious mix up and I think Filppula on the point and Hedman on the half wall (on separate units) may deliver some results. So long as they're split I think we'd be okay. Hedman and Filppula would just pass it back and forth for 25 seconds until one of them finally turned it over
The power plays need a serious mix up and I think Filppula on the point and Hedman on the half wall (on separate units) may deliver some results. So long as they're split I think we'd be okay. Hedman and Filppula would just pass it back and forth for 25 seconds until one of them finally turned it over
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Drouin at the point? Has an amazing pass and can also cheat down for a shot when the puck is down by the red line.
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A hundred times yes if we are certain of his ability to defend a shorthanded rush. Given the fact it doesn't look like the one man point is going to die, we will continue to give up shorthanded chances due to scheme alone.
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It's a good idea in concept but when we tried it we had 4 defenders in every direction surrounding him ready to deflect the obvious pass that is coming his way. Plus it's not like we had anyone that could make that pass anyway.
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Stamkos's one timer is so off now a days, not nearly as accurate or hard as it was before. I wouldn't put all our eggs in that basket.
His one timer is nothing like Ovy's right now. It misses the net or goes right into the goalies chest, and that's if he decides to shoot instead of go for a slap pass.
His one timer is nothing like Ovy's right now. It misses the net or goes right into the goalies chest, and that's if he decides to shoot instead of go for a slap pass.
I wish we had someone on the point to shoot as well. If Stamkos is gone next season, that should be one of our first priorities, to get a Top 9 forward or top 4 defenseman who can QB the PP and shoot from the point.
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Whats Guy Boucher doing these day's? Think he would mind coming back and saving our Power Play as an assistant?
