CarltonTheBear said:
Nik the Trik said:
Kessel and Phaneuf, who should be two of the team's top weapons on the PP, have not looked especially dangerous of late.
I still think that where the defencemen are on the powerplay really limits their opportunity. On that powerplay Bozak won the draw right to Franson but he couldn't one-time it. If that was Phaneuf on the right side it could have been a scoring opportunity.
I know it's a big difference in sample size right now but Bozak at 48.5% and Kadri at 48.2% doesn't scream a big need to worry about Kadri's faceoff ability. He's been a lot better this year early on. He's also 14/21 on the PP.
But I do agree that where the Leafs play guys on the blueline is very strange. To be honest I really don't like how Phaneuf handles the blueline on the PP. He holds on to the puck a lot and isn't great at keeping pucks in the zone. I wouldn't mind seeing Franson on the other side and add a guy like Rielly/Gardiner to split Phaneuf and Franson.