How I would fix our Powerplay Issues

Created by: MitchMarner_16

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 14, 2021

Published: Apr. 14, 2021

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It's common knowledge around the league. Our powerplay absolutely SUCKS. It's comically easy to read and ineffective because we keep trying the literal EXACT same thing. Every. Single. Time. (Rielly to Marner on the near side, Marner to Matthews back door.)

First off, we need to stop trying this textbook play. Maholtra is smart, he needs to develop something different than this one play, otherwise our powerplay will continue to suck. Try bring it back old school. Quick passes, shoot from the point looking for tips or rebounds.

Anyway, this is how I'd shake up the PP units, and if it's still stuck in a rut, I'd give someone else the opportunity to run the powerplay for a while.

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$81,500,000	$81,371,408	$0	$0	$128,592

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Foligno, Nick $1,375,000$1,375,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Simmonds, Wayne $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Sabourin, Scott $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Galchenyuk, Alex $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Thornton, Joe $700,000$700,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 1
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 4	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Rittich, David $1,375,000$1,375,000 G UFA - 1
Hutton, Ben $950,000$950,000 LD UFA - 1	Bogosian, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $874,125$874,125 LD/RD UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
		Nash, Riley $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Vehvilainen, Veini $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Duszak, Joseph $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1
Hutchinson, Michael $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 2
Brooks, Adam $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 2
Suomela, Antti $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Robertson, N.		Matthews, A.		Spezza, J.
	Marner, M.		Rielly, M.

Power Play 2
Simmonds, W.		Tavares, J.		Hyman, Z.
	Mikheyev, I.		Brodie, T.

Top Comments

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:47 a.m.

Tarlam01

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Easy to solve. Sign John Scott so that Princess Matthews doesn't have to go in front of the net

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:51 a.m.

MitchMarner_16

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Quoting: Tarlam01

Easy to solve. Sign John Scott so that Princess Matthews doesn't have to go in front of the net

Fr tho. We have literally one play. Thats it. We need someone in front to get the garbage. Put simmonds/hyman there and then a playmaker behind the goal line. quick passes.

I'm happy to have a princess on my team if that means he leads the league in goals by 7....

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Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:54 a.m.

Tarlam01

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Quoting: MitchMarner_16

You should separate Marner and Rielly. Have 2 PP unit with each one of them their proper quarterback.

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Apr. 14, 2021 at 9:09 a.m.

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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They should use Jumbo behind the net. Have Marner run it but tell him to go behind the net at times. Rotate the penalty killers around so they have to turn around. Even if it's just for a second and swing it back to Marner. Keep turning guys around and eventually they lose a guy and a seem can open up.

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Apr. 14, 2021 at 9:12 a.m.

Lenny7

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Easy fix: Sign Tyson Barrie this offseason to run PP1.

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