OPPF 2024: Champìonship Series: Pittsburgh vs. Gallifrey
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Power Play 1:
Howe
Hull - Beliveau - Bossy
Orr
Power Play 2:
Mahovlich
Selanne - Crosby - Bure
Coffey
Penalty Kill 1:
Clarke - Northcott
Stevens - Cleghorn
Penalty Kill 2:
Kopitar - Bure
Clancy - Gadsby
Howe
Hull - Beliveau - Bossy
Orr
Power Play 2:
Mahovlich
Selanne - Crosby - Bure
Coffey
Penalty Kill 1:
Clarke - Northcott
Stevens - Cleghorn
Penalty Kill 2:
Kopitar - Bure
Clancy - Gadsby
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New poll series coming from me in June
Special Teams:
PP 1: Valeri Kharlamov-Mario Lemieux-Bill Cook-Denis Potvin-Erik Karlsson
PP 2: Bill Barber-Mark Messier-Charlie Conacher-Sergei Fedorov-Eddie Shore
PK 1: Craig Ramsay-Sergei Fedorov-Rod Langway-Earl Seibert
PK 2; Patrik Elias-Mark Messier-Denis Potvin-Drew Doughty
PP 1: Valeri Kharlamov-Mario Lemieux-Bill Cook-Denis Potvin-Erik Karlsson
PP 2: Bill Barber-Mark Messier-Charlie Conacher-Sergei Fedorov-Eddie Shore
PK 1: Craig Ramsay-Sergei Fedorov-Rod Langway-Earl Seibert
PK 2; Patrik Elias-Mark Messier-Denis Potvin-Drew Doughty
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We feel like we carry the advantage on the top two lines, especially the first line since Bobby Orr will be playing a lot of time with it and in the top four on defense. We do feel like our opponent has an advantage on the fourth line, but as the top two lines will take up the lion's share of the ice time, we feel good about that, and we feel like the fourth line that we have is capable enough of doing its job.
The net is the other area where we are at a slight disadvantage, but Tretiak is plenty capable of holding his own. There was some good discussion on Tretiak in the ongoing goalie project, and I feel that he probably made up some ground on Brodeur and Hall from his standing on the board before the project began. When you look at the blue line in front of him, we feel pretty good there. Pittsburgh has an excellent first pairing, but on the power of having Orr, we feel like ours is slightly better, and Stevens is a good shutdown man. They should be rock solid in front of Tretiak. On the second pair, Cleghorn and Seibert are virtual equals, but we feel that Coffey is probably more of an offensive threat than Karlsson, as much as I love Karlsson. Both have a solid partner to allow them to do what they do best, but we feel that we'll get more of that from Coffey.
On the power play, I'd hate to have to face our second unit, and they're our second unit for a reason. Our first unit, no doubt thanks in part to the smaller nature of this draft is perhaps the scariest one that I've seen in my four years of drafting on this board. I'm not going to say that I think either side has a massive advantage on the PK, because I think that both teams look solid there. I'd just say to watch out for our second unit on the counterattack. Bure was always dangerous in that role.
The net is the other area where we are at a slight disadvantage, but Tretiak is plenty capable of holding his own. There was some good discussion on Tretiak in the ongoing goalie project, and I feel that he probably made up some ground on Brodeur and Hall from his standing on the board before the project began. When you look at the blue line in front of him, we feel pretty good there. Pittsburgh has an excellent first pairing, but on the power of having Orr, we feel like ours is slightly better, and Stevens is a good shutdown man. They should be rock solid in front of Tretiak. On the second pair, Cleghorn and Seibert are virtual equals, but we feel that Coffey is probably more of an offensive threat than Karlsson, as much as I love Karlsson. Both have a solid partner to allow them to do what they do best, but we feel that we'll get more of that from Coffey.
On the power play, I'd hate to have to face our second unit, and they're our second unit for a reason. Our first unit, no doubt thanks in part to the smaller nature of this draft is perhaps the scariest one that I've seen in my four years of drafting on this board. I'm not going to say that I think either side has a massive advantage on the PK, because I think that both teams look solid there. I'd just say to watch out for our second unit on the counterattack. Bure was always dangerous in that role.
