On this episode of Penguins To Go, Nick discusses the Pittsburgh Penguins powerplay woes last season and why they must figure it out to have any chance at making a run next season. Tune In!
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Its cuz they want it to look pretty instead of just getting it on next. I want to pull my hair out watching it..
I cant see Sully taking latang of the PP.
Karlsson on the left side on the powerplay intrigues me. He's basically a winger anyway. Great shooter. Great passer. Why not? Then again having a d-man like Karlsson quarterbacking the powerplay gives me visions of the good old days when we had Gonchar on the blue line.
First of all, stop the drop passing during the PP. Kessel isn’t on the team anymore and Malkin cannot skate through the neutral zone like he used to with the puck.
I’d also like to see one of the bigger guys in the net front presence roll that Hornqvist used to have. I know Carter is washed but he can still put away rebound goals and be hard to move out of the paint. My far-fetched idea is putting Zahorna on your PP1 as the net presence guy. Zahorna is impossible to move out of the paint and he has showed previously he’s great at cleaning up rebounds. I think either of those guys are WAY better options than Guentzel/Crosby in front of the net. I don’t mind Rust in front but I think they need him for PP2
Need to have Malkin use his one timer more often. Throughout his career he has scored so many goals with his slap shot. It also creates rebounds and defense breakdown. They rely far too much on looking for the perfect passing play.
They play with the puck on the perimeter way to much. I'd like to see rakell take rusts spot at lw
I am not down on rust, he is a very useful player every where on the ice. He was our best penalty killer last year. But I agree. Get him in the dirty areas on the pp and let him tip in, aggravate opponents, draw more penalties possibly.
You're really banking ALOT on Karlsson-he's not that dynamic player anymore and I do think they need to shake up the players AND the scheme