People blame Sturm but McLellan is the one out there coaching them when they practice the PP. Sturm is there but the season long PP problems are Todd’s failing. Sturm can get f***ed too but he defers to Todd on the PP coaching.
Yeah, I realize Todd is the one out there coaching special teams in practice. But there's a direct correlation between Sturm arriving and the Kings PP/PK falling off a cliff. Not sure how much influence either has.
Great, then you've helped Master Yoda understand that the PP isn't necessarily the same cast of characters which debunks his theory. Nice job.
Just to add some of the absurdity.
I claim to be no type of math wizard, but are you comparing a 12-year average to a 4-year average? Doesn't seem fair...
| RANK | PLAYER | PPP | PPG | SHG | SHP |
1 | Alex Ovechkin | 476 | 264 | 2 | 3 |
2 | Sidney Crosby | 463 | 137 | 4 | 9 |
3 | Evgeni Malkin | 438 | 162 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Nicklas Backstrom | 410 | 80 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Anze Kopitar | 380 | 104 | 13 | 23 |
6 | Patrick Kane | 380 | 120 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Joe Thornton | 370 | 82 | 3 | 7 |
8 | Claude Giroux | 350 | 86 | 7 | 16 |
9 | Steven Stamkos | 348 | 181 | 5 | 8 |
10 | Joe Pavelski | 335 | 152 | 10 | 17 |
| RANK | PLAYER | Pos | PPP | PPG |
1 | Keith Yandle | D | 283 | 35 |
2 | Drew Doughty | D | 250 | 69 |
3 | Erik Karlsson | D | 246 | 35 |
4 | Brent Burns | D | 244 | 68 |
5 | Kris Letang | D | 236 | 43 |
6 | Ryan Suter | D | 228 | 34 |
7 | John Carlson | D | 217 | 37 |
8 | Victor Hedman | D | 214 | 26 |
9 | Shea Weber | D | 209 | 93 |
10 | Torey Krug | D | 192 | 28 |
yah, for sure....so maybe a healthy DD (one that isn't out of the lineup for over half the season) possibly improves our PP? What a concept!
What about on a per-minute basis? That'd be a little more illuminating than sheer totals as I'm guessing there's a lot of variation in powerplay minutes played from player to player.
Well it kind of helps my theory. That means you've got more or less the same cast of characters playing a minute and a half of every power play.
This year Kopi has 22 PP points for 58th overall forwards and defense.. he's 27th overall at his position.
But I thought it's all about the 'system'? You know, the coaches suck, etc. If the system was good, any player could be on the PP.
Yeah, that'd be more interesting, but you'd also get more outliers because of small sample sizes. NHL.com doesn't have that ability for special teams minutes yet.
Wait a second. You are comparing two different eras and basically saying that there should be strong similarities because of the player core? Most of the nutjobs on this board think that today, Kopitar is washed up....but we expect that same player to be producing like he did in say 2010 or 2012?
Kopitar is the single biggest factor. He just takes too long to make his decisions. His passes are telegraphed so much that the next logical pass from his recipient is converged on, so the only option is to go right back up top to start all over again.
Well, I didn't say it was all about the "system". Maybe someone else did.
Dude, you are putting your best offensive players out there, it's not rocket science. What's that saying, you can't polish a turd?
Then what is Iafallo doing out there? And Brown for almost half a season?
