John Dellapina at The Daily News writes..."...with Gomez and his ability to transport the puck from behind his own net into the attacking zone sidelined for at least a second straight game, look for the latest desperate attempt by the Rangers to come up with any combination of players that might make the power play click...
...the Rangers spent much of their practice working out the same two power-play forward combinations that displayed at least a glimmer of hope Tuesday night against the Flyers.
The latest wrinkles intended to turn a hopeful 0-for-4 in that 2-1 overtime loss into a meaningful power-play goal or two?"
...why are Prucha and Callahan not even being discussed? The problem with the power play is that we don't provide any traffic in front of the goal. We probably only have three or four players willing to do that and Prucha and Callahan are two of them.
...the other problem on the power play is our lack of shooting which Dellapina addresses when he says this about Jagr, "his mere presence hypnotizes Rozsival into passing up every shot attempt..." Classic line by Dellapina.
Sam Weinman at The Journal News adds...
"One argument says the team needs to mix up its personnel. Another says the personnel has already been tinkered with too much and units haven't been afforded the chance to develop any chemistry...
...At least the one area everyone agrees on is that the Rangers' power play needs to produce more shots on goal, which has been a knock against the team even before this season. Players like defenseman Michal Rozsival and Jaromir Jagr say their reluctance to shoot at times has to do with a fear of a shot being blocked and an opponent earning an odd-man rush as a result. But as Shanahan said, as long as a shot can get through, it's still worth taking."
...I'm assuming at this point the lack of scoring on the power play has to be in their heads. They need to take a deep breath and shoot the puck Barry.
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