How to fix a Power Play

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The scary thing about Buff on the point is he has too hard of a shot. He got Wheeler good last night and that's all the Jets need is to lose a player like him. Put the big man in front of the net and let the actual D-man shoot at the net.

 

[Jimby]

I think playing Buff on the point is just done to keep him happy by making him think he is playing defence. It does little to help the PP it seems. I would like to see more being generated from the half wall. Endlessly feeding Buff on the point is not working.

Buff may need to be traded in order to fix our PP.

 

[CaptainChef]

Really interesting to see how resistant this team is to making changes.

The PP is sailing along at such a low % and we still use Enstrom & Buff for like 3/4 of the PP (never seem to get that 2nd unit the time it deserves).

Also extremely resistant at moving Buff up and letting guys like Trouba and Postma have more time at the points.

Game in game out we trot the same 5 guys out there for PP1 & PP2 like its a well oiled machine. Just sooooo resistant to any change

 

[voyageur]

Really interesting to see how resistant this team is to making changes.

The PP is sailing along at such a low % and we still use Enstrom & Buff for like 3/4 of the PP (never seem to get that 2nd unit the time it deserves).

Also extremely resistant at moving Buff up and letting guys like Trouba and Postma have more time at the points.

Game in game out we trot the same 5 guys out there for PP1 & PP2 like its a well oiled machine. Just sooooo resistant to any change

Who runs the power play on the Jets, Maurice or Vincent?

I definitely agree that a personnel change in order. Has our team ever been top 10 with Buff at the point? I absolutely dislike what he brings to our PP from the point because he is quite often stationary, which makes it extremely easy to take angles on him. His shot is also rarely twelve inches off the ice, which is ideal for tip ins and rebounds. I am astounded Postma, who was once revered by Chevy as having "a legendary shot in the AHL," does not get any reps. Trouba, too, QBed the PP unit for the U.S. Gold Medal junior team.

I think BZed is correct we need more offense generated fom the half wall, but the best passer we have for our unit is Portland, Oregon right now. Perrault is pretty shifty, but sure does not get to the danger areas for goals. Scheifele has looked the most dangerous to me off the half wall. I would not mind seeing Scheif, with Little & Ladd, on the first unit with Enstrom-Trouba, and Kane-Perrault-Wheeler on the 2nd unit with Postma and Bogo. BZed may also be correct in saying that moving Buff may be the answer to rekindling our PP, as everyone then has to look to themselves to make plays instead of looking for the Big Man.

 

[theamazingchris]

The reason we use Enstrom and Buff so much is because they're the only guys who have ever consistently produced on the PP. If we had some legitimate threats up front then we wouldn't have to rely on Byfuglien so much. But we don't. It's not Byfuglien's fault our PP is a one-trick pony. We need more ponies, not less. Getting rid of Buff would turn our PP into a zero-trick pony.

 

[Jimby]

Interesting to note that for individual points per 60 minutes of PP time Ladd and Little are relatively close to last year's pace. Enstrom is behind at bit more while Wheeler and Byfuglien are way behind.

Last year Wheeler was the team leader at 4.40 and this year is the laggard at .96.
Buff was next at 3.79 and this year is at 1.43.

Scheif is ahead of last year (the only Jet ahead of last year) but has the lowest PP time of the usual PP players on the team.

Perhaps he should be given more time.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Interesting to note that for individual points per 60 minutes of PP time Ladd and Little are relatively close to last year's pace. Enstrom is behind at bit more while Wheeler and Byfuglien are way behind.

Last year Wheeler was the team leader at 4.40 and this year is the laggard at .96.
Buff was next at 3.79 and this year is at 1.43.

Scheif is ahead of last year (the only Jet ahead of last year) but has the lowest PP time of the usual PP players on the team.

Perhaps he should be given more time.

You don't say!
The 2nd PP needs more time. Or more correctly the 1PP needs less. They are staying out too long.
It is high time that something was changed.

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Some thoughts on above:

Jets are overusing Estrom. He already plays big minutes even strength & splits the PK with Stuart. He's gotta be tired. Jets don't have much choice as he's the only left shooting offensive dman with no left shooting forwards capable of filling his role.

Only other option is running 2 right shooting defense men on the power play, but the numbers currently showing Postma not getting much ice time on either side.

Tobi & Dustin are running this disaster. Their time on ice dwarfs everyone, particularly other defensemen. Postma has been a power play specialist his entire career, owns a booming shot & should be the furthest thing from tired, being used so sparingly. When playing, Pardy averages more time than Postma's in even strength ice time. Postma talents are being optimized at all.

Byfuglien going back to defense on the PP isn't work & cutting into the production of Trouba, Bogosian & Postma

Perrault on the point tonight with Enstrom down.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

It seems to me that they started the season with more emphasis on the half-wall and less on the point shot. They weren't scoring but they were creating a lot of chances. Now they have gone back to trying to feed Buff on the point and they are getting nothing. No goals, no chances, nothing. They are also being less effective on zone entries. That may be because the opposition adjusted to their new tactics or it may be that they have drifted away from what was working. Whatever they are doing is not working.