falcons Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Why does Edler continue to drop the puck back to another player when rushing up the ice ? He has been doing this for a few years now and it drives me crazy ! Please just stop . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duodenum Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Because it's an extremely effective method of entering and setting up in the zone on the powerplay that is used throughout the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 whats a canucks pp without a drop pass zone entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersexual Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 At least we don't have Getzlaf dropping the puck back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerox Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Cause Ed Jovanovski used to do this with Markus Naslund back in WCE days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 most NHL teams use the drop pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Luongo Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 This is usually an extremely effective move unless it's a mistake prone and slow player like Edler doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboarder Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I would like the PP to stop doing the drop passes into the entry zone strategy and just go back to what is simplify, dumping and chase to get the puck back on PP or passing to a open man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 It can be effective unless the other team is expecting it and adjusts. WIth Edler on the ice, teams are fairly sure of what is coming. They could all stand to the side and give him a clear lane to the net and he would still back-pass on the PP. He is not the most creative D-man in the league- sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 This is usually an extremely effective move unless it's a mistake prone and slow player like Edler doing it.Ding ding ding. Elder will still drop it even when an opposing forward is breathing down his neck, he just doesn't think the game well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Was I seeing things, or did Chris Higgins enter the offensive zone SDRAWKCAB at least twice in the Bell Centre tonight? I could've sworn he was going to put himself offside at some point. You weren't lol. It was a nice little way to create open space though. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 At this point I stopped questioning the idiotic things Edler does. I just let it happen and hope Tanev and/or Miller/Markstrom can bail him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Our Power Play has been the same for 3 years now. Enter with a drop pass in neutral zone, give it to Hank at the half wall, he will pass it to the point or try to go back door. Time to start getting creative with a 2nd unit, we have the skill but not the coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Because it's an extremely effective method of entering and setting up in the zone on the powerplay that is used throughout the league.Good answer if this was 3 years ago. Its long been figured out and it either flat out doesnt work or gets picked off (which happened recently to Edler, pretty sure they scored off it too) more often than not. It needs to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfstonker Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 More proof that many on here don't watch other games and if they do they don't pay attention. The drop pass is played by every team in the league. What I would say is Edler is not very subtle with his and they are a bit mailed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 It's a play used by many teams to enter the zone. unfortunately for whatever reason this is a facet of the game that edler does not have the capacity to achieve at the nhl level it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I would like the PP to stop doing the drop passes into the entry zone strategy and just go back to what is simplify, dumping and chase to get the puck back on PP or passing to a open man. Dump and chase on the pp is used on bad pp units, the elite ones have possession entering the zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 More proof that many on here don't watch other games and if they do they don't pay attention. The drop pass is played by every team in the league. What I would say is Edler is not very subtle with his and they are a bit mailed in.reason being, eds is not offensively creative at all. once other teams see edler on the ice, their first instinct is to go straight up the middle to pick off that overly predictable edler play and cause our supposed PP all sorts of havoc. other teams, this play works, because they have guys who can read the play and move the puck efficiently, and that also comes down to coaching. we don't have that. we have a coach who can't help himself and feels the need to throw out edler and weber during situations where their slow play doesn't work, and this storyline is getting real old, real fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC_CITY Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I created a thread about getting Edler off the PP a couple days ago but it was taken down by mods. I stand behind my statements! He's literally the last Dman I'd want on the 1st unit PP. I'd rather roll 4 forwards and Weber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Prophet Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 5 hours ago, ice orca said: Dump and chase on the pp is used on bad pp units, the elite ones have possession entering the zone. I think the Canucks fall under the category of "bad pp units", so why not try it? Can't be any worse than what's been happening so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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