Mr Misty
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- Feb 20, 2012
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Klingberg playing on the PP subtracts nothing from his development.
If somebody is calling for a hard cap on his minutes then he is much better off not being expected to fix the powerplay.
Klingberg playing on the PP subtracts nothing from his development.
If Klingberg hadn't looked so good on the 1st PP unit I might see where you're coming from. As it stands, he looked damn good out there and the PP is a major weakness of this team. The handedness thing is just silly. A lot of PP's around the league have 4 left shots and 1 right shot, I don't see why the reverse would be a problem.
More importantly, Klingberg playing the point should be to allow the forward deployment to be Benn-Spezza-Seguin with Klingberg and take your pick of Goligoski, Daley, or Demers (oops another right shot). Spezza and Seguin are both more dangerous shooting or passing off the half wall and Klingberg is the best on the team at holding the line, which is an incredibly underrated yet hugely important ability.
Spezza, Seguin, Benn and 2 defensemen doesn't work, none of them go into the corner to chase a missed or blocked shot. And you can't roll with 4 forwards and Klingberg because his plus skills are freestyling with the puck and you need a defenseman back to cover, not Spezza.
These are basic structure problems we have all seen over the past few months. Spezza has the edge in passing and shooting over Klingberg. We need Eakin or Roussel to go to the corners and the front of the net. We need a defenseman that you can trust to disrupt an odd man rush. There isn't a spot for him on the top unit and I'd rather keep him away from the 2nd unit as well.
Seguin and Benn are more than capable of going into the corner to get a puck. They do it plenty five on five.Spezza, Seguin, Benn and 2 defensemen doesn't work, none of them go into the corner to chase a missed or blocked shot. And you can't roll with 4 forwards and Klingberg because his plus skills are freestyling with the puck and you need a defenseman back to cover, not Spezza.
These are basic structure problems we have all seen over the past few months. Spezza has the edge in passing and shooting over Klingberg. We need Eakin or Roussel to go to the corners and the front of the net. We need a defenseman that you can trust to disrupt an odd man rush. There isn't a spot for him on the top unit and I'd rather keep him away from the 2nd unit as well.
Seguin and Benn are more than capable of going into the corner to get a puck. They do it plenty five on five.
Misty, I'm not sure if you're just saying what you see the organization doing or lumping in some of your own opinion here. I am giving my opinion of how I'd like to see things done. If you're telling me that Benn, Seguin, and Benn can't be asked to go into the corners to retrieve pucks on the PP then I'll disagree. If you're saying they aren't being asked to I think that's a mistake. If you're saying that you'd rather have Daley than Klingberg as the lone defenseman on the point with a 4 forward set, then we can agree to disagree.
The PP is not good. It isn't an improvement over last year despite a pretty major addition to it. I'm willing to see change now that we see the best point man in a Stars uni since Richards or Zubov.
Klingberg is so far and away the Stars' best PP point option...
Heck his presence makes the 2nd unit almost seem like a real group that knows what they're doing.
Hell, he's the one person other than Seguin that seems to understand that it's hard to score goals if you don't shoot the puck at the net.
This is pretty much the only argument I see for keeping on the second unit. He's really the only legitimate pp option on the 2nd unit keeping it remotely advantageous. Hell, he's the one person other than Seguin that seems to understand that it's hard to score goals if you don't shoot the puck at the net.
Klingberg on top unit makes sense. Also, bring back Roussel to stand in front of the net and get more shots on goal. I think that experiment wasn't given long enough to succeed. It may work out, the way Simmonds is doing it in Philly.Demers isn't bad on the 2nd unit... I say Klingberg on the top unit and Demers on the 2nd...
Klingberg on top unit makes sense. Also, bring back Roussel to stand in front of the net and get more shots on goal. I think that experiment wasn't given long enough to succeed. It may work out, the way Simmonds is doing it in Philly.
And I still don't know why Daley keeps getting top PP minutes.
I honestly think we need to keep two defenders on the PP at all times... our forwards aren't strong enough defensively on the PP to cover if we cough one up...
Demers isn't bad on the 2nd unit... I say Klingberg on the top unit and Demers on the 2nd...
I honestly think we need to keep two defenders on the PP at all times... our forwards aren't strong enough defensively on the PP to cover if we cough one up...
Bump again.
I think it's pretty telling that after spending a whole practice working on the PP, including putting vets back on the blueline, we have one of the worst games we've seen on the PP, going 0/6.
There's such thing as overcoaching. And bad coaching. Before people say it's on the players, I've literally watched the same PP personnel go from worst in the league to one of the best in NYR between Torts and AV. A lot more of it is on coaching than people want to believe.
I'll lose a lot of faith in Nill if Fraser is still here next season.