You can't practice PP in practice, it has to be live game situation with bullets flying. Our s****y PP is only 17.7% compared to other contenders in our Division over 20%. Boucher had better fix it...and FAST. He's only got a few games left to build in some "down low" wrinkles and find the right mix of players. (Hello Ryan & Claesson).
Boucher should pay attention to Flyers PP tonite...they actually move their feet!
Just so we're clear here, the difference between our crappy PP and having a >20% PP is 6 goals over 74 games or roughly 1 goal every 12 games, and that would bump us from 23rd in the league to 11th. Don't get me wrong, the momentum killing zone entry fails, and allowing chances against needs to stop, but 17.7% conversion rate isn't an issue..
edit: Also, wrt not being able to practice PP other than in games; I think our biggest issue is the inconsistent zone entries. That's something I think we can work on. There are tons of effective zone entry strategies being used, we can look around the league and pick one that suits our personnel and there you go; be it the sling shot play, dump and chase, or whatever. give the guys a couple options to chose from depending on how they defend, and make sure everyone is on the same page.
