The Jets top pp unit had one of its best stretches last year with him there. But I'd rather he be in KC spot and have KC down low.
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The Jets top pp unit had one of its best stretches last year with him there. But I'd rather he be in KC spot and have KC down low.
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That will never happen -
KC is not going low to set up the bumper - he's a shooter and has shown that he can put them in from there.
He's also able to skate or reverse out of trouble when the PK is pressuring our PP.
As long as 55 on PP1, it's all going through him - and KC will be the one timer.
Cole should be QB'ing the second PP and find him a shooter and someone in the bumper -
Exactly
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It hasn't worked in four years with everything going through Mark. I hope they are open to different ideas.
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I think so
To me, playing the bumper is more about being able to read the PK, find soft ice and use positioning to open up passing lanes
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Really think the toffoli trade was because he's a right shot... and not a perfetti conspiracy
We dont have enough rh to run 1-3-1 with scheif and vilardi on bumper/halfwall
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Monahan was the bumper specialist. He played that spot in MTL and assumed it when he got here.
IIRC toffoli played down low until Vilardi came back from injury then was bumped to PP2
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Yes I think toffoli was a vilardi replacement and not a perfetti replacement... but then vilardi got healthy
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I hope so too -
And who knows - maybe this is the year they actually make decisions based on need rather than player pandering.
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I’m waiting for someone to say face offs are not statistically significant
Oh wait
I’m a believer that they are and can make a difference
They can and do make a difference -- as best I know, about 1/80th of a goal in the O-Zone, about 1/200th of a goal in the D-Zone. So it's definitely not zero.
What we're saying is that the impact of a won faceoff is incredibly small and blown far out of proportion because of the optics and how we remember things; and we're also saying that because this edge is so small, putting out an inferior centerman for a few extra percent to win the face-off is on par with Mr. Burns subbing out Daryl Strawberry for Homer Simpson to "play the percentages".
Here's a good poker analogy. If you're playing old school five-card draw and get dealt a pat four of a kind, it is definitely a small advantage to remember to discard that meaningless fifth card to get a different meaningless fifth card, so that in the unlikely case that another player draws into a huge full house, you can clean their clock because it looks like you drew to a straight or flush or, at worst, a smaller full house
And yes, the one time I did that, it felt great; losing the video clip I made of it in one of my many computer switches is something I lament to this day. T_T
But in the grand scheme of things, on average, how much does one get from actively committing that information to memory? How much of an edge would I have gained over someone who didn't know that?
Compare that to the absolute basics of the game (what hands to open with, how often you should 3-bet bluff with your one-card draws, when and against who you should run those crazy 'pat-hand' bluffs with), and which would be more important for me to work on, if I wanted to improve my skill at this particular game?
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Laine to NY for a Blake reunion?
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With all the players who don't mesh with Scheif and KC being on the 2nd unit our PP2 is going to be significantly better than our PP1.
They aren’t going to put Scheifele on the 2nd PP. It is summer and people throw darts at the wall to have something to talk about. Sure we had a bad PP but it was even worse when Scheifele was out of the lineup. Hopefully with Lauer out we see some system changes and we get a better functioning PP.
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I'm not saying that although it is an option - they need to address the issue which might include convincing him to be more active on the PP.
And IMO, that's a challenge with a player like 55 - that stagnant PP has been there for years and convincing a vet to make big changes, is not easy.
Especially if that vet feels there is no issue with how he is QB'ing that particular PP.
If there is a need to make changes but a struggle in getting players on board, what do you do? As noted by others, sometimes that means moving players around.
We need to get our PP in gear - that has to be a priority and the org needs to get it done (rather than letting it run broken like it has for years.
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Ah kk wasn't sure if that meant they signed. But saw STL traded with PIT for their original picks back too this morning
thanks stl for some sports drama/fun
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