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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I can agree with that, too.
When Dave King became coach of the Flames, he immediately saw that the players were not passing the puck quickly enough. He set a target for how many passes the players had to complete every period, and stuck to it. The pace of the offence improved in a hurry. I wish Savard had done something similar for the power play last season.
King also made Kevin Dahl a regular on the third pairing, despite his overall lack of NHL skill, because Dahl was the first defenceman to block shots for him. King had been complaining because his D were unwilling to use their bodies to stop opposing shooters. The other defencemen, seeing how Dahl was rewarded with ice time, started blocking shots as well, and the team's defensive performance improved markedly.
Did I mention that I like Dave King?
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Haha! Lol! Cool.
But its one of the things that annoys me highly about Huberdeau.
He makes a lot of fancy but low-percentage passes.
Thats enough to annoy me, but as someone billed as an 'Elite Playmaker' what really grinds me isnt just the low-percentage passes but how slowly how makes them.
If you want to pull those off they've gotta be FAST.
The whole point of the powerplay really is tugging guys out of position to try and shut you down, that takes energy, tire the defenders out, if you're just playing a casual game of pitch and toss you're not going to accomplish much.
And if I've said it once, I've said it a million times. If you want to make the playoffs your special teams need to be in the top half of the League.
You cant lean on your powerplay to do all the scoring for you, but you need to be able to lean on PK fairly reliably and keep your PP numbers up there.
If your special teams aren't in the top or middle of the pack you're dead.