Our PP/PK have been bad for years, it's not health. It's the stale strategy that is so predictable and wastes the talents of players like Datsyuk, Filppula, and Zetterberg.
Our PP was trash this year even with Mule and Bert healthy.
Blaming this on injuries is just another way to ignore the obvious truth. The team is not good enough, healthy or otherwise. The team refuses to adapt to changes and will be left behind.
whats the problem. i mean the pp and sh stats are reflecting our quality of the roster pretty accurate. normaly you run your most skilled player out there. the problem is we have only datsyuk and zetterberg as skilled player. maybe kronwall part time skilled player. the rest are fringe role player.
so you get the results you have asked for. and its not babcocks problem that he has to ice players like cleary and abdelkader. the rest isnt better anyway. so its a home made problem.
or do you think that it is a coincidence that the top pp % teams have really skilled goal scorer and skilled playmaker for the pp lineup. its pretty obvious to me that the player on the ice are more deciding to success then the coach at the practice time.
its sad to watch our pp lineup. i mean, its not a powerplay we just have one more useless man on the ice. dats and zetta are the only player in our team what should be on a pp lineup.
since 2003 we had quality players only leaving.
we got lang and hossa for a short time. but the rest was more or less player who can't run a pp. if you are only draining quality out of a team you better watch for declining stats.
same for the pk lineup. the top 6 pk teams in the league has the best defenseman in their line up. its that easy. why should i pay for a chara or a karlsson when i could get the same results out of quincey??? so there is a reason for these 7 mil player.
i can still remember the ppl posting around lidstrom, rafalski or hossa are overpaid. it was quite funny. now you have your lower paid player like you wanted to have. and now you have to deal with the results.