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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
I think if they put a greater emphasis on winning faceoffs just on the PK you could see some improvement being able to kill minutes and have the PP having to face a set defence to enter the zone.
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I think it might be the opposite TBH.
They are almost putting too much emphasis on winning the faceoff, which is leading to them starting with Rooney/Backlund as the PK unit since Huska want's 2 centers on the ice to try to win the draw.
But it's actually leading to suboptimal usage because now you using Rooney in way higher leverage situations than he should ever be used in, and guys like Coleman, Sharangovich, Pelletier, etc who are probably better PKers based on history are not on the first unit.