The false opportunity cost of 11.6

[pitseleh]

I wonder if "current system" is the right way to look at it.

He just seems to do best when the play is free flowing and unstructured, like with Boudreau and most of the Travis Green years. Unfortunately, no successful team plays that way.

The frustrating thing is that his elite defensive instincts allow him to control play within a free flowing system. He drove elite results with Kuzmenko. So what's good for him is bad for the rest of the team, and vice versa. You wonder how he would have developed if he'd come into the league on a team with more structure.

I won’t pretend to be an expert on systems play but this team is bottom of the barrel when it comes to generating off the rush. I think there’s probably a structured medium between the current approach and Boudreau’s that would juice up Pettersson’s offence a bit, since other successful teams without a McDavid or Kucherov level talent do.

But in the current system at even strength it looks like he’s going to need linemates who can create more for him off the boards if he’s going to go back to scoring goals like he did in 22/23 and the first half of last year.

 

[Ernie]

I won’t pretend to be an expert on systems play but this team is bottom of the barrel when it comes to generating off the rush. I think there’s probably a structured medium between the current approach and Boudreau’s that would juice up Pettersson’s offence a bit, since other successful teams without a McDavid or Kucherov level talent do.

I don't disagree that the system needs to change to generate more off of the rush, but I believe your initial assessment was that Pettersson wasn't really that effective off the rush anyhow. I'm just wondering what kind of system adjustments would be beneficial to him.

 

[pitseleh]

I don't disagree that the system needs to change to generate more off of the rush, but I believe your initial assessment was that Pettersson wasn't really that effective off the rush anyhow. I'm just wondering what kind of system adjustments would be beneficial to him.

I could have been more clear - since Tocchet took over he hasn’t been effective off the rush, but I don’t feel as confident on prior years since I didn’t go back that far. I suspect he was more effective off the rush in the past.

But he still generated goals under this coach, just in a different way.

 

[Ernie]

I could have been more clear - since Tocchet took over he hasn’t been effective off the rush, but I don’t feel as confident on prior years since I didn’t go back that far. I suspect he was more effective off the rush in the past.

But he still generated goals under this coach, just in a different way.

I think he mainly generated goals by having Kuzmenko not playing Tocchet's system. That ended when Tocchet started cracking down on Kuzie.

I also don't see what's stopping Pettersson from generating off the rush like Chytil is doing right now. Tocchet keeps asking for it. If it comes down to injury, why is he going to 4 Nations?

 

[sandwichbird2023]

I won’t pretend to be an expert on systems play but this team is bottom of the barrel when it comes to generating off the rush. I think there’s probably a structured medium between the current approach and Boudreau’s that would juice up Pettersson’s offence a bit, since other successful teams without a McDavid or Kucherov level talent do.

But in the current system at even strength it looks like he’s going to need linemates who can create more for him off the boards if he’s going to go back to scoring goals like he did in 22/23 and the first half of last year.

You need to take shots if you are going to score. Petey pass up almost all shooting chances nowadays, nobody can help him if he doesn't even shoot.