Comments on: Predators power-play outage is a big problem

By: johnnycash19

johnnycash19 — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:50:53 +0000

Twice

By: tbo1960

tbo1960 — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:22:53 +0000

Preds moved the puck well and they’ve had many opportunities but Howard has come up big when the Wings needed him most. The number of penalties has been just nuts in this series, you watch some of the other series and the same things are not being called. This goes both ways, to many power plays on weak calls. You can’t put the whistles away but they need to stop disrupting the flow of play.

By: polegojim

polegojim — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:04:38 +0000

Ummmmm….. they failed at 5 on 3 as well.

By: warpstonebc

warpstonebc — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:46:03 +0000

I actually feel sorry for the Preds. If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the last few years, it’s that slick power plays with lots of movement (the Preds had constant rotation when I saw them in the regular season) are easily nullified with the greater acceptance of clutching and grabbing.

It’s too bad. I like the hitting in playoff hockey, but just wish it didn’t come with so much acceptance of interference and unwillingness to call a 5 on 3 when it’s called for.

By: mtheparrothead

mtheparrothead — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:00:59 +0000

They’ll have plenty of time working in it in the off season.

By: aphoticapex

aphoticapex — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:49:18 +0000

I agree. I don’t know what the Preds have to do, but they need to get their PP and PK moving if they want to advance.

By: geo91

geo91 — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:35:36 +0000

Statistics mean nothing come playoffs. Wins, losses, pp, pk, home ice record, it all is irrelevant. The season started Wednesday night