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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
This is something that I remember seeing Gaudreau working on. We all know he didn’t have a great shot, but he still shot it a lot just to keep defenders honest. Then he could fake the shot and make that cross seam pass to Lindholm. That’s the key to a successful powerplay IMO, create threats, make defenders cheat and then punish them by taking the open ice. I thought Tkachuk was awesome at this and from the looks of it, has continued to flourish on the PP with the Panthers.
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Tkachuk was great in the net front as he could screen, was elite at tipping, or also could step out and drop down beside the net, to take a quick pass from Gaudreau and a quick touch pass to Lindholm for the one timer in the slot
Johnny and Tkachuk could work together and read the play and one another to decide on, and execute, this play quickly
Tkachuk still does this in Florida.
Huberdeau could be the Gaudreau in this case, but it was the Tkachuk role that created a lot of the success and although I’ve seen Backs try it a bit, Calgary hasn’t figure out who that person is and they aren’t particularly good at it
When Huberdeau said Lindholm would score because he was passing - well, Lindholm scored a lot on passes from Tkachuk in addition to Gaudreau