Speculation: Wild Powerplay Discussion

[Uberdachen]

Hollow point pucks.


Or, convince the power play coach that the other team being short-handed does not make them a t-rex, whose vision is based on movement.

 

[youvegotit]

I always thought Brodin looked excellent on the pp in the limited time he had.

Parise - Koviu - Granlund
Brodin - Spurgeon

Nino - Haula - Pominville
Suter - Fontaine

 

[Northland Wild Man]

Shoot more, simple as that.

 

[TaLoN]

Not at all that simple. The players are stationary, passing to other stationary players. Shooting more will just cause more blocked shots and likely cause the opposition to get more zone exits and short handed chances.

The players need to move their feet and cause the opposition to break down before shooting.

 

[Minnesota]

I wonder whatever happened to that back-door one-timer to Spurgeon that we used to run? That was at least somewhat creative.

 

[Jarick]

I'm so tired of "set plays" on the PP. Run some 4-on-3 small area games and let the players open up their own spaces.

 

[Tony253]

Not at all that simple. The players are stationary, passing to other stationary players. Shooting more will just cause more blocked shots and likely cause the opposition to get more zone exits and short handed chances.

The players need to move their feet and cause the opposition to break down before shooting.

Every other team seems to use the "shoot for effect" tactic...The resulting chaos from pucks hitting players seems to break down defenses quite well.

 

[TaLoN]

To shoot for effect, you still need to be moving your feet yo get the puck through... we can't shoot for effect because the first layer of the box always blocks the shot.

 

[Mubiki]

To shoot for effect, you still need to be moving your feet yo get the puck through... we can't shoot for effect because the first layer of the box always blocks the shot.

This. It's why I'm always confused when people get super excited about a guy with a huge shot. Getting it on net is way more important.

Watch Detroit in their heyday with Lindstrom and Rafalski on the points. That's how you run an umbrella. I understand they were both world class players, but the way they got pucks to the net was everything. They didn't worry about shot quality, they just got it to the net. And Detroit scored...a lot.

 

[BigT2002]

This. It's why I'm always confused when people get super excited about a guy with a huge shot. Getting it on net is way more important.

Watch Detroit in their heyday with Lindstrom and Rafalski on the points. That's how you run an umbrella. I understand they were both world class players, but the way they got pucks to the net was everything. They didn't worry about shot quality, they just got it to the net. And Detroit scored...a lot.

Yup. Also helps though they had one of the greatest goalie screeners in the history of the league. This team likes to just pass it around and wait for someone with a shooting lane to take it.

 

[Screaming Buffalo]

I would love Granlund running the PP from behind the net.

 

[57special]

Weber and Chara are pretty damn good blasting away from the point. Agree that it can't be mindless, you have to pick your spots. We seem to spread out so much on our PP that we don't have enough traffic in front of the net when a shot does come in.

 

[Jarick]

Changing the angle on the shot is essential. That's why some of the best scorers (like Ovechkin) drag the shots before shooting. Same thing we saw with Granlund and Spurgeon on a lot of their attempts.

That's something that Ballard brought to the table, and Burns back in the day. Dumba is supposed to be good at this as well, but he's a ways off.