Who is your Power Play Quarterback?

[MMChrisS]

Operation Sports' Patrick Williams (aka BigWill33) checks in today with an article discussing who exactly is leading your power plays down the ice in NHL 08.

Quote:

"The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, with a few big moves that were made. You are probably adjusting those rosters, or waiting for EA to update them for you (keep waiting ha), as your favorite team prepares for the playoff push. Now is the perfect time to discuss who is quarterbacking your power play in NHL 08."

[MMan]

Shanahan, no further comment needed.

[catcatch22]

Power Play unit One

Jagr, Shanahan, Dubinsky (turned him into a Power Forward from a grinder), Rozsival and Avery. Jagr on point quarterbacking the powerplay.

Power Play unit Two

Drury, Gomez, Dawes, Straka and Callahan. 5 forwards with Drury on point quaterbacking the powerplay.

[clarkerots]

Quote: Originally Posted by catcatch22

Dubinsky (turned him into a Power Forward from a grinder),

Hmmm, what happens when you change the "roles" of a player? Do attributes change or just the way they play in general?

[catcatch22]

Just the way they play in general IMO.

[Atheris]

Gonchar or Letang on the back and Malkin/Crosby in the front. Everything revolves around them finding people in the slot.

[glcmustliveon]

Chris Pronger all the way, much like irl. I use the umbrella formation and work it around for one timers, he gets a TON of assists this way, not too many goals though. One other thing I love doing is just giving it to Neiedermyer (sic) in the neutral zone and let him try to get the D out of position.

I completely disagree with the author of this article, as I generate most of my offense from point shots that either go in the net, get deflected, or bounce to my forwards. I think the key to using a guy like Pronger or Phaneuf is that getting a good shot off is imperative. If you move the puck around enough big defensemen become really useful, because even if they don't shoot it directly into the net their shots often times lead to "big, Juicy, rebounds" .

[Aragorn523]

Brian McCabe is a monster at the point and Brent Seabrook gets the job done nicely also

[Jonesey]

My Preds dynasty looks like this.

Radulov - Arnott - Heatley
Zidlicky - Koistinen

Erat - Jones (created 82 overall) - Dumont
Weber - Hamhuis

Also I have Jeff Carter, David Legwand, and Radek Bonk I can throw out in a pinch. I prefer the shots low from the point for a deflection or rebound. Radulov has 11 goals this season for me with 6 of them on the PP.

[Flyermania]

Quote: Originally Posted by glcmustliveon

I completely disagree with the author of this article, as I generate most of my offense from point shots that either go in the net, get deflected, or bounce to my forwards. I think the key to using a guy like Pronger or Phaneuf is that getting a good shot off is imperative. If you move the puck around enough big defensemen become really useful, because even if they don't shoot it directly into the net their shots often times lead to "big, Juicy, rebounds" .

I run my power play as the Flyers in the same fashion...trying to generate offense from the point with players with decent shots. Unfortunately I don't have a d-man with a booming shot like Pronger, but I do get success by using Timonen and Coburn on the point.