Guilt Trip said:
OldTimeHockey said:
Run it with these lines
PP1
Matthews Marner
Foligno Hyman
Rielly(or Dermott if you want to go that way)
Put Matthews and Rielly on the walls with Marner at the top running the show. Matthews and Rielly are your shooters. Foligno and Hyman are your net presence/puck retrievers.
Agree with a lot of what you wrote even though I didn't quote it all but disagree with Rielly being a shooter. He's not a shooter. You need a guy like Willy, Robertson, Spezza,Tavares or Muzz as a threat to shoot. Rielly isn't a threat and it's hurting the PP.
Rielly has a half decent shot. And if you put him on the wall, it may be pretty effective. I was sticking with the split powerplay time, hence no Tavares, Spezza or Nylander and my main point was trying to get Rielly off the top of the umbrella. Rielly is the biggest threat the Leafs have from the back end. The current format isn't working, but a defenseman, one on one, would rather face any of our other defense over Rielly.
Now, if you want to try 5 forwards on the PP, go for it. A few teams work it in from time to time. I'd then put right hand Nylander on the Left Side and left handed Matthews on the right side. I'd continue to let Marner be the top of the umbrella though. He has the best vision on the team.