Spencer Carbery named Head Coach of Washington Capitals

[LeafGrief]

This guy was an assistant coach for us?

Huh. No kidding.

Our powerplay was kinda good but also kind of drove me up the wall. Don't know if the structure mattered as much as just giving the biscuit to Marner gets you to 20% by default and the Matthews and JT do the rest.

 

[notbias]

Now he gets to rejoin Rasmus Sandin to help run is PP in Washington.

I always felt bad for Spencer Carberry because in Toronto he had Morgan Rielly as the Leafs #1 PP Dman and Morgan's point shot couldn't break a pain of glass, which then took away a scoring threat and really made it a 4 on 4 down low. Once the playoffs begin and teams collapse into a tight box in front of their goalie and block out perimeter shots the PP (with limited opportunities) would struggle.

Other teams have that big hard shooting PP QB blasting away at the point at 100 mph adding and dimension that would need covering and preventing and stretch that contain box. Even if you don't score your odds of rebounds and greasy goals on rebounds increases and that is what you need to beat a hot goalie.

Sandin is PP2 at best, just like he was here.

Sandin also doesn't have a rocket.

Sandin had over 2 hours of PP time and 0 goals.

Rielly is around the Fox/Hedman/Petro/Lindholm level of scoring on the PP based off last year.

But ya, you're probably right.

 

[kevsh]

Was about the same in the playoffs as the regular season.

That's true for this year when it was 25% in the playoffs, though I do recall it got cold later in the Bolt series and against the Panthers. But historically:

21-22: 14.3%
20-21: 13%
19-20: 15.4%
18-19: 18.8%

Their PP goes cold come playoff time.
Of course almost none of that is on Spencer as he wasn't here very long, which is part of the reason why I wished him well.

 

[notbias]

That's true for this year when it was 25% in the playoffs, though I do recall it got cold later in the Bolt series and against the Panthers. But historically:

21-22: 14.3%
20-21: 13%
19-20: 15.4%
18-19: 18.8%

Their PP goes cold come playoff time.
Of course almost none of that is on Spencer as he wasn't here very long, which is part of the reason why I wished him well.

Ya, I was just pointing out I don't think it is a him issue.

A lot of our problems are placed on the staff by fans and it has existed across multiple firings and hirings...