Then find an Individual with that skill to deploy in those situations.
Mark has shot enough to be the top PP goal scorer leader. Both Scheifele and Connor are set up as shooters not QBs. That is how it is set up. Many times, Scheifele has the fewest touches on a PP. Everything is going through Morrissey. Scheifele goes back to Morrissey, Connor goes back to Morrissey. Morrissey gets double the touches of any other Jet. Blame the design.
Funny you would say that considering you would and have happily blamed Hellebuyck for 3-2 and 2-1 losses.
I wouldn't call what they ask Scheifele to do is bumper. His shooting position is lower and wider than Connor's, but that is what he is asked to do. I just checked the PP heat maps and there is a secondary heat area where Scheifele shots from. Actually is just more effecient with his shots. The primary heat area is Connor, but it is also any other player opposite to Morrisey who slides into that position as he QBs from the left point.
The thing I notice is the Jets don't attack as much from behind the net with the setup they have on PP1, you almost never see the puck go through Dubois behind the goal line, Scheifele sometimes, but that's one the intricacies in hockey and even how the Jets scored their goal tonight at the very end of the pp, attacking from below the goal line, where the goalie can't follow the puck.
Our PP has really become very dependent on Morrissey. There are some PPs he gets every 2nd touch. Agreed, having more down low options might open up more seems. But I can see the attraction of going through Morrissey as he has been so dominant, and I think it allows for good possession, but less actual scoring opportunities. Saying that assist wise Morrissey laps the field with 24 PP apples, so maybe only tweaks are needed to create more grade A chances.
The Preds just lost to the Canucks in a SO.
Because it makes a lot of sense to put our leading goal scorer and most consistent offensive player out of the lineup when we can barely score goals as it is. Gotcha !
Niedrreiter had one that he was celebrating on a feed from Scheifele. I don't know how Reimer stopped it. Niedrreiter has become a more pivotal player than Dubois in recent PPs. I think the Jets have 3 big forwards now who can shoot from down low, once they start attacking from those angles I think it opens up more. Josh has improved his shot from the point, which teams have to respect.
You would think with us getting Nieterreiter, we should be very hard to play agianst, especially with Dubois in the lineup. I would say, from what I've seen so far, he's just as good as Dubois, and can easily replace him when he leaves, or is traded. For now, with both these guys in the lineup, we should be very hard to play against, as these are 2 big guys.
Dubois is playing with pain, looks to me. He can't body players aside with his usual muscular aplomb and is very often caught leaning backward and off-balance, ergo can't bulldoze his way to the net.
