Manny Malhotra will not coach the Power Play

[kevsh]

Smart to hold the PP coach accountable ... just did so a few months too late to help them in last year's playoffs though.

 

[JayfromNB1219]

If you put a team together with your eyes and someone put a team together with analytics, they’d beat you 100/100 times.

This right here is a lie...eye test isnt the only thing but neither are analytics...it's all a part of the pie...and guaranteed they don't win 100/100 times or else we would literally be by far the best team in the NHL with our analytics heavy staff...solid try though

 

[Muston Atthews]

We need to have multiple shooting threats on the ice for our PP. that’s what Tampa does. Everyone on their PP can absolutely fire the puck/ tee up a one timer

 

[ottomaddox]

We need to have multiple shooting threats on the ice for our PP. that’s what Tampa does. Everyone on their PP can absolutely fire the puck/ tee up a one timer

No.

More than that. You are talking 'Rocket Science' here.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

I see this as an absolute win

 

[Menzinger]

We need to have multiple shooting threats on the ice for our PP. that’s what Tampa does. Everyone on their PP can absolutely fire the puck/ tee up a one timer

Matthews and Nylander need to be on the same unit again.

 

[Alamo Leafer]

1st Hughson, now Malhotra!?!
I can probably cancel my hockey season "Anger Management" classes now

 

[Aashir]

I honestly think going back to the 2017-2018 type of units is worth a shot. Not saying it should be permanent but I’m thinking this could be a nice way to maneuver the pp


PP1A:
Matthews-Simmonds/Bunting-Nylander
Rielly-Spezza

Matthews and nylander can switch sides if they need to
Simmonds/Bunting just stands in front of the net and get greasy ones
Spezza can distribute and shot from that position
Rielly is PP QB
PP1B:
Robertson/kerfoot -Tavares- Ritchie
Sandin-Marner

Ritchie is net front
Tavares plays bumper like Kadri/point
Robertson adds another shooting and passing threat if he makes the team, if not then kerfoot
Marner runs the PP
Sandin is the QB who should either shoot or distribute to Marner

with this we have around 2 shooting threats on each power play in Matthews Nylander and Robertson Tavares. We have one decent distributor in Marner and Spezza. And two different styled QB in Sandin and Rielly.

 

[Stephen]

And to the issue that Manny shouldn't be coaching a PP because he was a PK guy all I have to say is yes, he was 1 of the best PK guys when he played too and that means something. Understanding how a Penalty Killing should react, or how they react to different scenarios is extremely useful. This is why forwards have great success as defensive coaches, and defenders having success as forward coaches. They understand how to get beat, or what needs to be done to stop a rush.

Yes, you can rationalize the thought process of why a PKer could have insights to build a strong PP, and the quality of a player has no bearing on their quality as a coach either, but when rubber hit the road Malhotra wasn't a very good PP architect at all.

Too lazy to research it, but he did come in with some high marks from Vancouver as a coach and a person, yada yada. I wonder if he was involved in their PP too?

 

[diehardleafsfan9878]

Yes, you can rationalize the thought process of why a PKer could have insights to build a strong PP, and the quality of a player has no bearing on their quality as a coach either, but when rubber hit the road Malhotra wasn't a very good PP architect at all.

Too lazy to research it, but he did come in with some high marks from Vancouver as a coach and a person, yada yada. I wonder if he was involved in their PP too?

He wasn't involved in Vancouver's powerplay, and we really have no idea what kind of PP architect Manny is. He came into the team last year, and the powerplay units and system was exactly the same as it was the past 2 season, and even the setup was the same since Babcock got here. It's always been a 1-3-1 umbrella system, they moved everyone else around but Marner. The only effect that Manny could have had was that he was specifically telling the players that the only 1 allowed to shoot is Matthews. And if that was the case, and the players listened to that, then they should be fired.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Matthews and Nylander need to be on the same unit again.

I agree, although I think it goes a lot deeper than that. We need a bunch of different looks which can be modified on the fly. That is where I think Matthews and Nylander playing together can really work well. Both perform well on either flank.

Net: Bunting, Ritchie, Simmonds, Nylander/Tavares
Bumper: Tavares, Bunting, Kerfoot, Semyonov
Flanks: Kase, Marner, Matthews, Nylander, Spezza
Defenseman: Rielly and Liljegren are my top 2, but realistically any defenseman is an option here.
Secondary Point Man (in a 1-2-2): Marner, Spezza

1-2-2 Unit 1
Ritchie
Nylander-Matthews
Liljegren-Marner

1-2-2 Unit 2
Bunting
Kase-Tavares
Rielly-Spezza

1-3-1 Unit 1
Bunting
Nylander-Tavares-Matthews
Rielly

1-3-1 Unit 2
Ritchie
Kase-Semyonov-Marner
Liljegren

Rotate through that and be strategic about when you stack up the PP.

 

[forecheck]

Malholtra didn't coach it last year either ... Keefe took over when it started going South ... At the end of the day its the Head Coach's responsibility.

 

[The Iceman]

Malholtra didn't coach it last year either ... Keefe took over when it started going South ... At the end of the day its the Head Coach's responsibility.

Are you sure Keefe took over??

Anyways MM came to Toronto with the rep of a good up and coming players coach. Spent a lot of time teaching faceoffs with Bo Horvat and the likes but I do not think he ever spent time on the bench.
This was a big promtion and maybe too big. Should have went with Boudreau or even Paul MacLean.