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Originally Posted by Buff

How do you know so soon? Just because the PP isn't doing well? If the PP unit guys were scoring at 5 on 5 right now then I'd agree that he isn't the right guy, but, the PP guys aren't scoring like they should at any time during the game.

Mike FAIL covered this at length.

From when Cameron was first hired:

The Senators' CF60 at 5v4 last season was 80.54, good enough for 23rd in the league.

Their FF60 at 5v4? 57.33, which placed them 27th overall this past season. How about SF60? Well, unfortunately for the Senators under Cameron they were last in SF60 during 5v4 with a meagre 39.85.

After last night's game:

A few scenarios have crept up in the last two games:

They exit their zone -> puck carrier does this inane drop pass to the second puck carrier who tries to rush into the offensive zone. All of which brings up two predominate issues. The first being the opposition's PK is likely ready to suppress the zone entry against. The drop pass to the second puck carrier gives them about 0.5-1.5 seconds (rough count I did last night on one) to set up even further.

And then all of a sudden that entry the Flames wanted is broken up and it's a race to the puck OR it's pushed back down the ice for a retry.

The second scenario is when they actually get into the offensive zone or they maintain possession long enough after the faceoff. There isn't enough cycling of the puck and a high enough pass completion rate. Often than not, the PP feels immobilized because they're not moving enough. This is giving the PK time to suppress and apply pressure at the right moments to break up passes, exit the zone, or even get offensive zone time.

The dilemma with this and how there was concern when he was hired - subsequently there is now more coming up - is how Cameron failed to capitalize in Ottawa with some of the talent he had.

And that's to say that they struggled generating shots, goals (because you need shots to get goals), and scoring chances. Nearly every statistical category last season for the Senators' PP was among the worst or actually worst.

I know everyone isn't a huge fan here of expected goal models (xGF) but I'm certain the Senators had the league worst xGF60 at 5v4. Corsica is downish right now so I can't check that.

TL;DR - It might be early but folks who have concerns about how Cameron is handling this PP have some justifiable reasons behind it.