The reason that Montreal can not score on the powerplay is because they are up against the greatest penalty killer in the history of hockey. His name is Michel Therrien. He absolutely refuses to allow the players to position themselves for success. Of all of the goals scored with a man advantage ,one was a partial breakaway for Max on a stretch pass. One was an empty-netter off the rush by Parenteau. One was a very nice individual rush by Sekac. The only goal that was scored in traditional setup mode was by PK on his off side. To me, he should be on the left point always and Markov should be on the right point always when they are on the powerplay. This 2 left shots and 2 right shots on the powerplay is nonsense. It is nothing more than an admission that having one of the points being able to get off a one-timer is better than having none . Seriously, what is wrong with having both points being able to get off one-timers? What is wrong with both points being able to see the entire play in front of them? What is wrong with both points having better shooting lanes? What is wrong with both points having better passing angles? I get it if your best point guys are both left or both right but on this team that is not the case. Criticizing individual players for not having success on this powerplay is simply not fair.They have very little chance of scoring with the current system. This may not be the magic bullet but something has to be changed. I believe that a definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
