all 4 lines have a puck carrier, 1st line has 2. After Nedved is gone, put Anisimov in that spot.

A great deal of puck movement on the PP is indeed instinct. We haven’t scored much on the power play b/c we have been a team that is reluctant to shoot in scoring chance situations.

You’re not going to bring some PP genius in and have him completely restructure the way the Rangers set-up and move the puck on the PP.

What you can do is bring in guys that make smarter first passes (Redden) and have the confidence to shoot more and pass less.

If you watched Detroit’s pp last year, they just fired the puck from everywhere. Bill Bellicheck doesn’t need to come in to set up that scheme.

Basically Nicky Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski fired low hard shots on net, Franzen stuck his big ass in front of the goalie and guys like Zetterberg and Datsyuk picked up rebound goalies with one less man covered on the ice.

It’s more on the players than it is coaching to have a successful powerplay. The same way you can have the most intricate breakouts in the league, but if the player makes the wrong “choice” in the a given situation, it can result in a turnover.

Where coaching comes into major play in hockey is the day-to-day mindset, defensive configuration, forecheck and line combinations.

These guys don’t spend hours setting up the power play, b/c like i said, there is no exact science.

If there was, everyone would be doing the same thing.

1) Is it me or does the Drury-Prucha-Dawes line look to be one that does everything but score? I have said this time and again, but I just don’t see Prucha as a guy to get it done. Drury always takes a while to get his groove on, as far as I can tell. But this line seems to be a lot of hustle and bustle and little production. I know it’s early, but I already prefaced that above.

2) Redden moves the puck well and has a good shot, but he’s slow. And over the next 6 years is he getting faster or slower? Sorry.

3) Staal and Rosy are playing a lot like it’s preseason and they don’t care. Cuz they keep making bad plays and bad decisions. Wonder how Rosy’s knee is after that surgery because he is playing like a p***y.

4) Voros is a player. He looked a little wimpy in the fight, but he’s big and scrappy and the sandpaper we need. Can he up and replace Orr though? Not so sure.

5) I remain torn about Nedved. Nice offense. But you know he took a penalty that was a lazy one (I mentioned this last post, he has a tendency to slide back to Euro play, and as the season gets deeper, will he be more tired and lazy?) He or Betts, tough call.

6) I like giving the young kids a chance to get some experience. But aside from Korpi, none of them really look ready. Jessiman showed some stuff the previous night. And I liked Byers scrappiness, but Wiese is still young, Moore shows me nothing, and Denisov (who?) needs more seasoning.

7) Can we please hire a PP coach? Please. Pearn has no f-ing clue, I am sorry.

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