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Originally Posted by Bingo
Just so I'm clear ...
Last year they used the seam pass a lot ... Gaudreau over to Lindholm. Additionally they used the Tkachuk pass from behind the net through another seam to Lindholm or others in front.
Lindholm is still here. Gaudreau and Tkachuk are not.
Huberdeau has the passing talent to do either.
So are you saying Sutter isn't allowing them to make plays like that and has dummied down the powerplay?
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Yes I think Sutter most definitely dummied down the powerplay, the only thing we do are point shots, there seems to be absolutely no set plays. I think we have enough talent to make the pp work.
The only thing that I think is much worse are zone entries, but once we are set up there is no reason for it to be that bad. No wonder the pp is so bad, when there are no set plays you have no way to recreate the way you score goals consistently. You rely on bodies screening the goalie and rebounds, that is more randomness.
Remember how Lindholm has that insanely fast release on the RW, why are we not using that? Are you telling me there is nobody on the team that can make that pass to him now that Johnny is gone. I saw them make that pass to Lindholm once on the pp in the last ~10 games and it was a good chance. If you take a look at last nights pp, there was a chance where Andersson had space and had Tofolli to his left for a one timer and he just shot it into the goalie for a rebound (6:25 left in the second period). They are not even looking for these opportunities, powerplay is all about moving the puck quickly and utilizing the fact that the other team is missing a player to get high danger chances, point shots are not high danger chances.
They either have no confidence to make passes or Sutter is telling them to just shoot the puck. I think it is a combination of both.