News Article: Special Teams Key To Team's Success

[Slashers98]

Montreal Canadiens: Special Teams Key To Team's Success
http://habstounding.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/montreal-canadiens-special-teams-key-to-teams-success/

The Habs will need to improve their play at even strength!

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[LePoche69]

Montreal Canadiens: Special Teams Key To Team's Success
http://habstounding.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/montreal-canadiens-special-teams-key-to-teams-success/

The Habs will need to improve their play at even strength!

You bet! Because special teams success in regular season means squat in the playoffs.

 

[Mathletic]

Habs actually lead the league in GF PP + GF SH - GA SH - GA PP ... that is goals scored by the Habs while on the PP and while killing penalties minus goals allowed while killing penalties and goals allowed while on the power play ...

 

[Slashers98]

The Habs finally scored two even strength goals last night to win the game.

 

[ZARTONK]

You bet! Because special teams success in regular season means squat in the playoffs.

Why? Why do PPs not matter in playoffs?

 

[LePoche69]

Why? Why do PPs not matter in playoffs?

Where do I said that?

 

[Treb]

Why? Why do PPs not matter in playoffs?

The common belief is that there is less PP in the playoffs.

 

[LePoche69]

The common belief is that there is less PP in the playoffs.

I would just say that even strenght goals are more important. And by the way, Boston won a cup without scoring a goal before the final, if I remember.

The poster quoted me. I never said that PP are not important. I said that regular season's success isn't important as it is rarely the same teams that are dominating. And the ability to score at even strenght is way more important since there is almost no PP in the third period, and absolutly none in the overtimes.

 

[ZARTONK]

Where do I said that?

Sorry, I didn't express myself properly. My question still stands though, why don't you think that PP success means anything in the playoffs?

The common belief is that there is less PP in the playoffs.

I've been trying to find the numbers for this, no luck so far..

 

[LePoche69]

Sorry, I didn't express myself properly. My question still stands though, why don't you think that PP success means anything in the playoffs?

Regular season success in the season means nothing in the playoffs since it all resets. Boston Won the cup while being the worse PP team in the playoffs -- they were vpretty good in regular season.

Even strenght goals have more weight. I don't need stats to realize that the referees swallow their whistle in the third period (worse and worse as the playoffs go further), and especially in the overtimes.

 

[BLONG7]

The common belief is that there is less PP in the playoffs.

They tend to put their whistles away...it's a bit of a joke, a penalty during the season, should still be a penalty in the playoffs...

 

[MD thaivuN]

You bet! Because special teams success in regular season means squat in the playoffs.

I would say that a combination of strong 5 on 5 play and special units is needed. Might not need both the PP and PK to be great, but one of them + good 5 on 5 is a bare minimum.

 

[LePoche69]

I would say that a combination of strong 5 on 5 play and special units is needed. Might not need both the PP and PK to be great, but one of them + good 5 on 5 is a bare minimum.

Of course you're right. I was implying that being a top team on PP and PK in the regular season doesn't mean you'll duplicate the results in the playoffs. You can't enter the playoffs being confident because you were good on special teams in the regular season. But being good at even strenght means a lot more in my opinion. It means you're better at scoring when there is less room on the ice, which is always the case in the playoffs.