Does he expound on this? I do like the puck movement on it though think we could use a little more of the Dougie point bombs
I can’t speak to what he’s thinking but I think the prior thought about the spread nature is probably true.
Using the PP goal as a template of one way the PP can go. The moments sometimes have many seconds/different parts of the play so it’s not linear.
PP default “settle” position is Bratt with the puck and Hughes as far out of the play as possible to give him maximum space. Hughes also can read the ice the most.
I think if teams kept a guy closer to Hughes then they likely create a triangle of shooting between Bratt, Hamilton, and the bumper.
Hughes has the puck with lots of space. This lets him start skating downhill and read if he can go inside or if he must go outside.
When Hughes goes outside then he may get a shooting look but if not then he travels the whole outside of the rink. This will cause the defenders shape to deform and Hughes will have possible passing opportunities before the net, after the net, in the corner, at the half board, or he can just continue skating.
The team generally appears to collapse down low when Hughes goes around in an attempt to find passing lanes and to try and keep defenders from pressuring Hughes.
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So I don’t know what Han was thinking but for today the Devils PP featured skating and distance from the goal as how to create good looks and those aren’t usually how you try to create PP looks.