Shuffle the Defense Deck

I’m not sure Perunovich can save this PP. Krug is and has always been one of the better PP puck movers in the league. It’s hard to have success when everything is a jumbled mess because 2 of the first 3 passes are off the tape and we can’t get a clean entry. I’m not so sure all of that is on the defenseman at this point.

Something has to change because that PP is hardd to watch. Thoughts on Vrana moving up to PP1 and trying to get shots from that right side? Tbh I don't even know how it looks in their sets because like you said they can never even get a clean entry to set up. But with Buch out someone is going to have to move up.

On paper it’s a good idea. But the issue is I don’t know if it helps with the entries. Our entries have been so bad I’m pretty sure we’ve been getting outshot on the PP.

It’s odd because we have good puck carriers on that first unit. But I think there’s something fundamentally wrong because it seems like the same thing everytime. Skate to center with Krug. And drop to Thomas or a Kyrou to enter with speed and they get jammed up. Issue may realistically be Krug not being able to carry the entry himself. I don’t know if that’s a him thing or a fundamental thing

Okay, first of all, Krug has been god awful the first two games while Leddy has actually been fantastic. So I have no idea how this helps anything.

Don't you "first of all" me! The only D who has been passable IMO is Parayko - he has been really strong back there. Really I can't believe they've kept 4-55 together after the atrocities they committed last season. I don't know why they think it has to be like that. Same with Krug-Faulk, they get the easy minutes and get to play mostly with the top F line and still don't know what to do. Long overdue for a changeup the way I see it.

The other weird thing is playing the bottom pair 10 min per game. I thought the simplest way to improve the D - since they didn't/couldn't change personnel - would be to spread out the 5v5 minutes a little more. It's early but they moved the other way so far...