Marotte Marauder
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- Aug 10, 2008
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1. The Hawks have switched the PP units around. Last year, Kane and Toews were always seperated. The units were: Shaw-Toews-Hossa, Keith-Seabrook; Saad-Bolland/Handzus-Kane, Leddy-Sharp. This year, they've been together, and the units have been: Shaw-Toews-Kane, Keith-Sharp; Saad-Pirri/Versteeg-Hossa, Leddy-Seabrook.
2. The Hawks have employed an effective umbrella this year. Something they rarely, if ever, used last year. That allows for Kane to have more room to operate from the right boards, as well as more seams for him to get passes through. That obviously applies to all players. And then, when they do shoot it from the point - with one-timers no less, again, something we rarely saw last year - because opposing players have to respect Kane/Hossa/Toews on the boards, Sharp's shots have been getting through frequently and rather easily, with Shaw screening the goalie like he should.
I've seen an increase in quickly shooting from the point, an increase of actually taking it to the net off the rush if it's there -as opposed to being satisfied with a good entry and now let's set it up- and a willingness to actually pass the puck into the middle of the ice.