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Originally Posted by bax
The 1-3-1 with all the players having the same hand shot. Just from watching last year it makes the puck movement very predictable as it limits the options of every player on the ice.
The QB will be posted up on the half wall and will always look to pass because his shooting option is a bad angle. If the puck is on the other half of the ice the play is always clear to get it back to the QB on the left side.
Is Gulutzan running the powerplay in Edmonton? I don't know how much input he had on it here in Calgary, but it was a lot of low percentage shots and hope for a rebound. My point is that it's nice to have left and right shots on a PP. More angles of attack and a better balance of options- harder to read.
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Ok. 1-3-1 is the system. Players all having left shots is a personnel issue.
I think its definitely not ideal to have all lefthand shots. Ideally you want a Washington situation were your best lefthand passer is passing to three good right handed shooters. That's nearly impossible for most teams to put together though.
Manny Viveiros is doing the PP. Guy from junior. His team had a good PP but it was junior.