le_sean
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The genius idea was to take away Cole’s one-timer and Suzuki’s elite passing from the right. Very smart coaching. Would rather have Burrows back.
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Naslundforever
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yeah. with his 4 inch reach he looks about as dangerous as a snow globe to me when not specifically parked left wall. This pp looks like the definition of insanity, gotta mix it up man, these guys suck on the pp.
even left wall he gets pressed and smothered 3/4 times, he’s secondary scoring to me moving on. Get Laine and Hutson pp1 wtf.
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The same people as last year: Matheson for being a poor man PP QB and Caufield for being useless unless he shoot.
le_sean
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Only reason he gets pressed and smothered is because there’s no movement by the guys around him. It’s all very static. It’s not dissimilar to when Weber was here and the plan was simply to feed him the puck and hope he scores.
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Can't wait to watch Matheson bumble the puck and only make obvious passes, while Lane lights up creative plays on PP2.
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IMO:
Suzuki bumper
Slaf down low/behind the net retrieval option
Laine left wall for one timers
Caufield right wall for wrist shots and passes down to Slaf for the quick touch to Suzuki
Hutson up top shaking and baking
Suzuki bumper
Slaf down low/behind the net retrieval option
Laine left wall for one timers
Caufield right wall for wrist shots and passes down to Slaf for the quick touch to Suzuki
Hutson up top shaking and baking
Naslundforever
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Sure. Happens also on most entries where Suzuki carries over the blue and gives it to him. Something about him just invites a press and always works.
But for sure he’s not the only reason they are so bad at it.
My god what a problem to have. Hopefully the players are happy with their placement. Some guys will be on the second unit when they could be first unit guys on other teams.
When Demi arrives, Gally get dumped and Demi fits somewhere into the two PP lines. Roy is the huge sleeper sniper out there. Kid has a legit nose for the net.
When Demi arrives, Gally get dumped and Demi fits somewhere into the two PP lines. Roy is the huge sleeper sniper out there. Kid has a legit nose for the net.
this is an important year to see how good of a coach St-Louis is. He's accumulated experience and for the first time has options in the lineup. Let's see if he's capable of making hard decisions. So far, he's made the obvious decisions and the PP lineup makes no sense.
It's like they want Suzuki feeding Matheson's shot with Slaf screening.
I have no issues with Suzuki on that left wall as it insulates Matheson some but he absolutely has to have Slaf on the other side.
Suzuki scored far more goals with one timers than Cole did last season so maybe that is part of it.
Not having Slaf playing the right wall is just dumb and Cole should be a bumping marauder if anything with that group.
Getting extra pieces won't help much if you can't put them together properly.
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Other thing this does is give Slaf (who loves firing off quick touch passes) three options from down low: back to Caufield, Suzuki, or cross crease to Laine creeping down.
le_sean
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Plus I feel like it took a while to get his timing back on shots after the shoulder surgery. That didn’t help.
It’s a good problem to have…last season barely had a first PP unit.
Season is long and shuffling is inevitable.
Season is long and shuffling is inevitable.
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If they put Suzuki in a bumper spot I'm turning the game off.
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They did pretty much none of that.. also your first set up should be your optimal set up and then move chess pieces after that.
I agree but it just won't change.
So goalies can sit in a rocking chair and know they can get set for any shot on goal.
It's stupid, I can't defend it.
It's how they lined up in pre season, too. It seems to be their initial look and it's stupid.
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Team_Spirit
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Ah yes the proven Gallagher on PP2 strat.
At least Laine and Lane replace Anderson and Harris.
At least Laine and Lane replace Anderson and Harris.
Newhook was just fine in that spot. Marty is trying to jam too many pieces in where they don't fit.
Naslundforever
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I totally heard this in my inner voice as « Lay, lady lay »… Laine and Lane, lay in my big brass bed…
