Darren Haynes did a deep dive on the Flames PP on the Athletic (I think Francis wrote about it as well but frankly I didn't bother to read it). There are a number of points made but I'll focus on the aforementioned Andersson:
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3. Andersson “awesome” on the attack
When the coaches met in the offseason to discuss the best candidates to be the point man on PP1, they all agreed that Andersson should get that opportunity.
It’s looking like the right choice.
“He’s learning every day, I’m working with them every day on it, the other guys on the unit are working with them every day, but he has the intangibles to be that guy. It’s just getting comfortable with all the different sets and all the different options and how we like to do things, and against who and how we operate against different teams,” Edwards said. “He understands the concepts. It’s just a matter of getting the looks and the touches to feel comfortable doing it.”
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Interestingly, the article later mentions the fact that Andersson has a right shot and how that subtly changes the dynamic (including passing lanes to lefties Monahan and Tkachuk). In past years, the D man has always been a lefty (Brodie, Gio, Gustafsson).
Link:
https://theathletic.com/2329712/2021...-for-starters/