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I think the coaching is the problem with the power play ... not that they don't know how to coach - just that they are unwilling to commit fully to it.
On the Bruins power play you basically have 3 skaters on the point as opposed to 2. It doesn't quite look that way as it's a semi circle near the blue line. The circle shifts depending on what side the puck is on. On the TV screen it looks like 2 near the face off circles, 1 in front of the net and 2 on the point but it's not that way - it's extremely conservative ... like they are worried about a short handed goal.
Tampa's power play revolves around a central moving player - St. Louis and a box that surrounds him ... the players without the puck are always moving ... all of them. On our power play only 2 guys are moving ... 1 at the point on the puck side and 1 forward on the same side.
Very hard to score a power play goal without movement ... but that's what the coaches must want because though the players change the formation does not change. You can't be worried about short handed goals when you have the advantage ... just my opinion for what it's worth. When the puck goes to the point the shooter sees 2 players and the goalie in his path. With Tampa's system they see 1 player and the goalie in their path ... a huge difference and that's why they shoot more and shoot more quickly. It's easy to stay in the box when your defending our power play ... with 2 low and 3 high there's little reason to gamble out of the box formation.
On the Bruins power play you basically have 3 skaters on the point as opposed to 2. It doesn't quite look that way as it's a semi circle near the blue line. The circle shifts depending on what side the puck is on. On the TV screen it looks like 2 near the face off circles, 1 in front of the net and 2 on the point but it's not that way - it's extremely conservative ... like they are worried about a short handed goal.
Tampa's power play revolves around a central moving player - St. Louis and a box that surrounds him ... the players without the puck are always moving ... all of them. On our power play only 2 guys are moving ... 1 at the point on the puck side and 1 forward on the same side.
Very hard to score a power play goal without movement ... but that's what the coaches must want because though the players change the formation does not change. You can't be worried about short handed goals when you have the advantage ... just my opinion for what it's worth. When the puck goes to the point the shooter sees 2 players and the goalie in his path. With Tampa's system they see 1 player and the goalie in their path ... a huge difference and that's why they shoot more and shoot more quickly. It's easy to stay in the box when your defending our power play ... with 2 low and 3 high there's little reason to gamble out of the box formation.
