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Originally Posted by taxbuster
In one respect it's actually rather simple: shot location.
Per an earlier post I made...when a good shot is made from the blue line at something close to 100 mph it traverses the 64' in something like half a second. Most are probably somewhat slower than that...so let's say .75 sec.
That is more than ample time for an NHL goalie to set, move, position, track and stop a puck from a clear shot. Even a blazing shot at 100 mph gives him just under a half second to set. That's pretty doable by today's goalies.
All those long shots get soaked up most of the time, or deflected...and that slows the puck too...more time.
The more shots taken from there, the less likely a goal will be scored.
There was, on the Fan960 on some holiday a discussion about how boxes and movement were formed by COL in the last playoff and how subbing one guy in and out on the PP, or even 5-on-5 allowed them to shoot from closer in, creating less time for goalies and D-men to adjust. Flames don't really do that. It's always back to Raz to play pitch and catch with Lindy. Not a recipe for PP success or even strength opportunities.
Are there other issues? Sure...lack of physical play too often, bad starts, crappy 'tending...this list is long this year.
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I honestly couldn’t stand the PP this year
Last year, it was deadly. Gaudreau could hang on to the puck and find lanes. Tkachuk was net front, good at screening and very good at tipping. But then he could step to the side, take a quick pass and make another quick one to Lindholm in the slot. (No coincidence - Lindholm has something like 21 goals this year to last year’s 42. )
I don’t know why Tkachuk took that knowhow with him to Florida, and nobody here seems to have figured out that it works, and practices it. They should take a long hard look at the coaching.