weems
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- Jul 3, 2008
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Interesting... we scored just as many goals 5v5 as Florida did. We just sucked on the PP (and the PK). Had the PP worked, (or more to the point, won the special teams battle) we likely win the series. Now, this is a team whose power play has been amongst the elite teams over the past 5 years. To me, PP and PK are systems, more than necessarily the players themselves... though having elite offensive talents also helps. Our PP lead the league last year for a time... and then just stopped working altogether. This falls squarely on coaching. I sure hope the new coaches get this fixed, as it will be the single most important area we need work on.
Our PP has been the biggest issue in the playoffs.
When you can throw out a few potential HOF caliber players and it's 5 deep, you shouldn't be getting shutdown.
I agree that it looks like a systemic issue that once the playoffs hit and we're facing a good team, with good goaltending, they really expose it's predictability.
Last 32 games played in the playoffs this is our PP%