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Originally Posted by Yakbutter
Can anyone confirm that Gaudreau does not get much power play time? I remember reading a post in here saying that Boston's coach doesn't use him on the PP unless they are down by a goal.
If that's true, Gaudreau is doing really amazing things in College this year. Being close to 2ppg with minimal pp time..
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He gets quite a bit of PP time, and his line is usually the first unit.
For some reason, the PP isn't a big strength for BC. Their PP is only 20.2%. In November and December, they went more than a month without a PP goal. After Christmas, they were clicking a little better, and there was a stretch in January where he had 5 PP points in 4 games, but he hasn't had any in the last 4 games.
Only 9 of his 53 points have come on the PP. If I were to guess, it's likely because so much of their scoring comes on the rush, so setting up in the zone doesn't play to their strength.
It is true that their line doesn't get as much ice time late in a game if BC has a comfortable lead.