Canada PP1 et PP2, manuels et formations : trucs de manuels scolaires
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matt236246
@Canadiens de Montréal
Canada PP1 et PP2, manuels et formations : trucs de manuels scolaires
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matt236246
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I’ve talked (complained) about the Habs recent PP1 formation/handednesses quite a lot. (As in that they are not optimal)
Yeah, even the worst PP strategies will produce _some_ goals in the end, but even the greatest PP specialists of all time won’t produce at their maximum/optimal level, if the coaching decides to use even slightly bad strategies
Watching the Canada-France game in the Olympics, I noticed that some of the TV feed gave almost text book examples of the most used / popular / statistically efficient PP formation of the recent 15 years: the 1-3-1 / Oates PP strategy. And I decided to take some screenshots & post them here as an example.
The images are PP1, PP1 viewed from the other side, and the PP2 from behind the goal. In the images, the puck is in the stick of the playmakers, showing how the « shooting options » offer the playmaker their sticks for the pass
Both the Canadian PP1 & PP2 have been constructed with pretty much optimal handednesses / patters:
-2 playmakers/passers on the main playmaking side with the same handedness (so that they are on the right wall if they are LH, and on the left wall if they are RH), and
-3 « shooting options » of the opposite handedness: 1 in the bumper, 1 on the blueline, 1 on the opposing wall
And the units are also mirror images of each other, showing how to split the guys onto different units based on their handednesses & roles
These give the units the best options to rotate the puck & offer multiple one-time-shot-options to the playmakers. And they have clearly picked players based more on their roles & handednesses, in stead of who just has the most PP points etc.
For example, based on the PP stats this season, Celebrini « should » probably be on PP1. But he is not, because that unit is built around McD, who has way more PP points (this season, and also pretty much all the others), thus Celebrini’s does not fit on that unit when McD already has the same spot.
Yeah, the singular players on the units might not have been selected to the Olympics based on being the greatest PP specialists Canada has to offer (for example, the top3 PP goal scorers of the last 1,5 seasons are all home and not in the Olympics), but given the players on the roster, these are pretty much text-book-stuff when it comes to compiling the units based on the different guys available for the different roles, based on their handednesses.
(Based on NHL PP point totals, you could argue Suzuki « should » also be on PP2, as the playmaker. He is RH, so that would fit. But they have opted to take the Vegas PP pairing of Stone-Marner in stead as the left wall RH playmaking duo. Probably easy to see why.)
Habs have exactly the same handedness setup as Canada’s PP2:
Caufield(R) on goal line
Suzuki(R) on dot
Slaf(L) on bumper
Hutson(L) at the point
Demidov(L) on the other dot.
So why exactly are you complaining that Habs PP is unoptimal while praising Canada’s PP as textbook? I’m not sure I understand.
Commenting on the main post since you’ve reiterated the same thing a few times. One timers are still possible from a right handed passer to right handed shooter. Or left handed.
Shooters will obviously prefer to get an optimal pass but its not as big of an issue as you are portraying. One timers are pretty rare these days and building an “optimal” PP only on handedness is foolish
I really don’t understand your point here. The Habs have the 7th best PP in the league. That’s pretty damn good when you consider they were 21st last year. And like sure, you can play everyone in the « correct » spot if you’re team Canada and have the pick of almost all the best forwards in the NHL. The Habs don’t have that. You talk about Suzuki needing a left shot guy to pass to, but they just don’t have one available. Regardless, he’s behind only McDrai for PP points, so it’s not exactly hindering him.
Like sure, they’d have a more textbook PP if Caufield were a left shot, but he’s not, so what are you suggesting they do?