If they dont get out of this no shot funk they wont last.
I was working the game last night, and it was on at the Pro Shop. But I didn't get a good look either at JVR or whether Montgomery had the second power play replace the first, as it were. Did he? Was MacAvoy taken off the point regardless?
Did JVR get a sniff around the net? Apparently, the reason they sent John Beecher to PRO was to give "Reemer" a chance to ignite his game, while allowing Beecher to play rather than watch from the ninth floor.
Also, I loved Chris Kelly as a player, but I don't understand why he was assigned to coach the power play. Is that still the case?
It's difficult for fans to understand why teams often overthink their power play with overpassing and few shots, never mind the predictability this telegraphs to opponents. It's fairly easy to defend a team that looks for the perfect play through passing the puck to little advantage. Just spread out or box it in front of the net and keep everything to the perimeter.
It's weird and frustrating.
Surely the Bruins realize what any fool can see; their approach, such as it is, doesn't work, and hasn't for the latter part of the season.
For a coach who adjusts lines like a fiend, Montgomery has not corrected an obvious flaw.
Where's the urgency?