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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Thanks, Bingo.
You mentioned that the Flames and Leafs split HDSCs? Does that mean they each had 11? How many of TML's were ES?
Also, I was thinking about the powerplay as I was watching last night. While the Flames had a couple good looks and did score a goal there were also plenty of ugly, frustrating plays with the man advantage. There were occasions last night where the powerplay looked very much like it did last year. With the wholesale turnover in coaches and a deliberate emphasis on the powerplay I think this shows that last year's problems probably had more to do with what players were doing, and less to do with what coaches were coaching. The hope is that this group of coaches can break the bad habits or nervous energy(?) of players, who still don't look fast enough or mobile enough on the powerplay.
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I have been noticing that about the PP as well. It almost feels like they enter the zone with control and execute the setup relatively well. Then they start standing around again like last season. Then after about 15 seconds, it's like they all collectively remember at the same time, "oh ****, this isn't how we are suppose to play anymore" and they start moving their feet. By that time, a pass gets flubbed and they need to restart.
Hopefully it is just a matter of time before the new PP system becomes second nature and they forget all about the Brouwerplay and standing around.