Around the NHL 2024/25

[Jets 31]

Even the Utah Inlaws would be better, depicting some poor browbeaten sod. Or, show a family of Yetis piling out of an SUV wielding empty paper plates on a friday afternoon.

I still think Puddytats is the best name, Utah a Puddytat , yes i did, i did see a Puddytat .

 

[Gm0ney]

id be wary if the Jets 5v5 scoring stunk. it's still pretty good. if the refs put away the whistles in the POs it definitely hurts the PP reliant teams.

I'm not worried about it, but the powerplay has definitely been important. It has to be in the back of the other teams' heads that they can't take penalties against the Jets, which maybe allows the team a little more room at 5v5.

Thing is though alot of their PP goals are coming from moving and passing the puck around so well that the other team and goalie are out of position. If we were fairly static and just blasting pucks at the net ya i could see what you are saying happen. It's February now and our PP is still playing really well, maybe the PP is as good as they are.

The Jets powerplay as a whole is shooting 23.4%. The next closest team is Tampa at 18.3%. The best team PP SH% each year are usually under 20%. The Oilers and Lightning are the only ones to hit that since 2007-08, and even then just barely.

I don't think Davis Payne invented moving around on the powerplay, and while it's possible the Jets have the best combination of talent ever seen on both units, I think it's probably more likely that they're quite good, but on an unsustainable run.

 

[Buffdog]

Thing is though alot of their PP goals are coming from moving and passing the puck around so well that the other team and goalie are out of position. If we were fairly static and just blasting pucks at the net ya i could see what you are saying happen. It's February now and our PP is still playing really well, maybe the PP is as good as they are.

Before I took some advice and started using the ignore function more liberally, I remember being told last week that the power play SH% was unsustainable and it was due for regression

Since being told that, it's actually GONE UP lol

They shot 33% vs Boston and 50% vs Washington

 

[ps241]

It's both units going wild. Vilardi's shooting over 35%, Scheifele and Pionk are both at 30% - those 3 are all Top 15 in the league, and then there's Iafallo, Connor, Perfetti and Namestnikov all at 20%+.

Last year's 22nd ranked 18.8% powerplay is now the best powerplay of all time and all it took was a new assistant coach and putting Ehlers on the top unit?

They're still good - but more like Top 10 good, not GOAT good.

I assume those are their PP shooting % YTD? Yea those are sustainable

I do think the coach and allocations are helping but that will probably cool off but hopefully not until next season

 

[Hobble]

Payne should win the Jack Adams just for his work on the PP.

 

[Jets 31]

I'm not worried about it, but the powerplay has definitely been important. It has to be in the back of the other teams' heads that they can't take penalties against the Jets, which maybe allows the team a little more room at 5v5.


The Jets powerplay as a whole is shooting 23.4%. The next closest team is Tampa at 18.3%. The best team PP SH% each year are usually under 20%. The Oilers and Lightning are the only ones to hit that since 2007-08, and even then just barely.

I don't think Davis Payne invented moving around on the powerplay, and while it's possible the Jets have the best combination of talent ever seen on both units, I think it's probably more likely that they're quite good, but on an unsustainable run.

Obviously i agree that what you say can happen for sure but i guess what i'm saying is we are now into February and our PP is getting better not worse. It just might be between the coaching and the talent they are as good as we have seen for the past 4 months .

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

UHC with the Yeti logo is actually my favorite.

The Outlaws might be the best name, but that logo isn't my cup of tea.

I think everyone knows how I feel about naming a hockey team after a hairy, extinct elephant. And Mammoth singular...are they just one mammoth? Or should we be trading Stanley there so they can live up to their name?

Yep, that yeti logo is pretty sweet. Ya gotta figure Ryan Smith will stick with HC no matter how the voting goes. He's gonna be looking at those cooler guys going...

 

[Buffdog]

I assume those are their PP shooting % YTD? Yea those are sustainable

I do think the coach and allocations are helping but that will probably cool off but hopefully not until next season

The team as a whole is shooting 23.4% on the PP

They also don't shoot the puck as much as lots of other teams. They seem to use a quality over quality approach, which you'd think would make it higher.. but that's still pretty high

 

[Thechozen1]

In a 7 game series, you know the opposition is going to heavily gameplan for the Jets powerplay. The Jets have so many good scoring options it makes it tough...but still, they're going to be familiar with all the Jets' favorite tricks.

Jets are just missing someone with a bomb of a shot from the point and could do better with more traffic(ie: deflections).

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

It's all subjective. I don't mind HC, but I don't think they'll settle on that...they lack the courage to be original/unoriginal!

Yes, it is a matter of opinion and since there is really no right answer all opinions are equal. But I really hate HC. Copying soccer is hardly original.

All Of the sports team names in NA tend to be kind of cartoonish, but at least they can be a little fun.

What they really should have done was kept Coyotes, but I think that ship has sailed.
Or they could go with the Coyotes worst enemy, The Road Runners. Is there still a minor league team using that name? Oh wait, Tucson, the Utah AHL affiliate. They already own it.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Utah HC has to be the winner. Outlaws logo is just stupid.

I just imagine the chant - Go Hockey Club Go - or maybe just Go Hockey for short. About as good as Go My Guys Go.

 

[Gm0ney]

I just imagine the chant - Go Hockey Club Go - or maybe just Go Hockey for short. About as good as Go My Guys Go.

LET'S go U-tah (clap...clap...clap-clap-clap)

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Thing is though alot of their PP goals are coming from moving and passing the puck around so well that the other team and goalie are out of position. If we were fairly static and just blasting pucks at the net ya i could see what you are saying happen. It's February now and our PP is still playing really well, maybe the PP is as good as they are.

That would be hard to believe, but it could happen. They already went through 1 slump and they rebounded.

But the last couple of games they looked to me to be slipping back into some old habits. And then they scored.

 

[LowLefty]

I don't think Davis Payne invented moving around on the powerplay, and while it's possible the Jets have the best combination of talent ever seen on both units, I think it's probably more likely that they're quite good, but on an unsustainable run.

I'd think it's more about moving and passing on the fly - they are not just moving around out there.
A lot of crossing over, drop passes, give and go's - all on the fly.
That must be hard to defend because there isn't really a pattern - you not only need talent to do that, you also need a group that has played together for awhile and have a good feel for how they react off each other.

I love this powerplay - it's fun to watch and creates a lot of confusion for teams trying to defend it.

 

[Gm0ney]

Obviously i agree that what you say can happen for sure but i guess what i'm saying is we are now into February and our PP is getting better not worse. It just might be between the coaching and the talent they are as good as we have seen for the past 4 months .

We all want the good times to keep rolling all the way through June...I'm just saying that there's a strong probability that this powerplay is going to regress a bit.

I'd think it's more about moving and passing on the fly - they are not just moving around out there.
A lot of crossing over, drop passes, give and go's - all on the fly.
That must be hard to defend because there isn't really a pattern - you not only need talent to do that, you also need a group that has played together for awhile and have a good feel for how they react off each other.

I love this powerplay - it's fun to watch and creates a lot of confusion for teams trying to defend it.

They have a lot of ways to beat you. Everyone's dangerous from everywhere and they're always in motion. Lots of fun!

 

[surixon]

I'd think it's more about moving and passing on the fly - they are not just moving around out there.
A lot of crossing over, drop passes, give and go's - all on the fly.
That must be hard to defend because there isn't really a pattern - you not only need talent to do that, you also need a group that has played together for awhile and have a good feel for how they react off each other.

I love this powerplay - it's fun to watch and creates a lot of confusion for teams trying to defend it.

This coach has gotten the group to buy into movement, rotations and quick passing. That is something that the last number of assistants either didn't or couldn't get them to do.