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Does anyone else not care when we get a PP anymore?

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I swear, I don't even get excited anymore when we get a PP. I feel we have a better chance of scoring shorthanded at this point. With our PP as bad as it is, I'm surprised that we are even in the playoff hunt once you combine that with all of our injuries. Does anyone else feel this way?

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Whenever the Wings get a PowerPlay, I know its a good time to fix a snack. Its terribly pathetic, just trying to watch them regain the zone and once they have it, pass and pass and pass looking for the "best" shot, but always end up settling on a shot from the wall that goes high and wide with 10 seconds left in the PP anyways.

Its honestly the most frustrating part of the game, and it used to be the most exciting. Nothing like watching 3 AHLers fumble around with the puck in and out of the offensive zone for 2 minutes and calling it an "advantage"....

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Yeah, a lot of excitement is out of the Wing's game. Unfortunately we're built as a skilled type of hockey team, and most of the skill is gone through the offseason or injuries. So we play a mashed together dump and chase that we're only marginally effective with.

We need more enforcers!

Seriously though, with Zetterberg and Cleary back soon the PP will get some more zip.

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Its honestly the most frustrating part of the game, and it used to be the most exciting. Nothing like watching 3 AHLers fumble around with the puck in and out of the offensive zone for 2 minutes and calling it an "advantage"....

I think you summed it up right there. We're playing with a below average first line, a third line and 2 fourth lines. You really can't expect that much right now.

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Yeah, can't say I really get pumped for them lately. We're not a goal scoring team though this season. Even if we were healthy, we wouldn't have the offense we're used to. Thankfully our defense has been solid. Once we do get guys back, if the D stays solid and we get a few more goals here and there, this is going to be a tough team to beat, and we might actually get excited about power plays again.

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They should put Brad May on the powerplay.

He goes out there, beats their best player to a pulp, gets the instigator, we go to 4 on 4. More chance of Detroit scoring + they're down a player for the game due to the severe beating.

Rinse and repeat.

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Whenever the Wings get a PowerPlay, I know its a good time to fix a snack. Its terribly pathetic, just trying to watch them regain the zone and once they have it, pass and pass and pass looking for the "best" shot, but always end up settling on a shot from the wall that goes high and wide with 10 seconds left in the PP anyways.

Its honestly the most frustrating part of the game, and it used to be the most exciting. Nothing like watching 3 AHLers fumble around with the puck in and out of the offensive zone for 2 minutes and calling it an "advantage"....

Well, it's good to see you are eating more! No kidding, this used to be our signature. Our PP was awesome... Hank and Mule should make a huge difference.

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They should put Brad May on the powerplay.

He goes out there, beats their best player to a pulp, gets the instigator, we go to 4 on 4. More chance of Detroit scoring + they're down a player for the game due to the severe beating.

Rinse and repeat.

You may be on to something. We are better 4 on 4.

The PP will improve when we get Z, Kronner and Mule back. Let's not forget that we also lost Sammy. He didn't hit the net much, but he took the shots. We are now seeing what happens when we don't take the shots. They cycle and cycle until the PP is over or the other team steals the puck.

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What's sad is there's more than 10 teams with a worse PP% than the Wings. And it's some small consolation that the Pens have the worst. :P

Especially considering that they're leading the league in power play opportunities! (Seriously, they are. :P)

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Its hard for me to wrap my mind around the idea that there are other teams out there with worse power play success rates than the Wings.

Well, we started off quite well, but give it a few more weeks and I'm sure we'll be challenging Pittsburgh for that august status. Come on boys, give it your all!

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