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Originally Posted by Textcritic
These things are cyclical. Through the month of November the Flames had the #4 power play in the League, which scored 12 goals on 42 opportunities equalling a 28.6% clip.
Clearly, they miss Versteeg more than any of us imagined, and making the adjustment is proving to be slow and difficult. However, the power play will not look anemic for the remainder of the season. As with all teams, the Flames man advantage will again get red hot and produce goals.
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For me as a fan the Versteeg angle is what frustrates me to no end and I’m sure others to an extent.
Versteeg was meh on the PP in my opinion.. and more often than not, he either made a weak shot, poor pass, or just simply underwhelming in general.
With that level of play the Flames were very good on the PP?... The fact that the coaching has failed to find a replacement within the room to fill that void is really disappointing. It’s not like the PP was structured around Versteeg.. was it? I hope not.. it tells me, and I’m sure you’ll correct me if I’m wrong, but it says the PP structure is wrong and needs to be revamped. The only adjustment I see is that they put Brouwer and Ferly on the PP(Ferly I love on the PP), and they went to a down low overload type setup rather than an umbrella type funnel everything to the net off Johnny an Versteeg’s shots. Either system does not scream deadly nor give confidence for what they will need come the spring.
It’s sadly familiar to last season, no? PP struggled through the first 2 months, picked up some steam for a couple months and people stopped criticizing the structure and then the Playoffs roll around and the PP suddenly sucks again.
I just don’t like the PP and the implementation of personnel. And if Versteeg was such a huge factor in the PP’s success, it shouldn’t be too hard to find someone with some puck skill who can maintain control of the puck and get some floaters to the net..