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Backchecking Power Play Observations LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainNHLNBAMLBCFLNFLSoccereotText SizeThe NHL season is far enough along to get a feel for how teams are distributing their power play minutes In most cases its obvious or at least readily apparent who is going to get that precious playing time but here are some observations with regards to each teams power play ice timeANAHEIMLW Bobby Ryan is a secondunit power play guy getting 228 per game less than both veteran Finns Teemu Selanne (308) and Saku Koivu (247)ATLANTADespite little production LW Vyacheslav Kozlov ranks third on the Thrashers with 357 of power play time D Tobias Enstrom is the mainstay on the blueline (448) with Zach Bogosian (200) and Pavel Kubina (159) splitting time Ron Hainsey (059) is pretty much on the outside looking inBOSTONDerek Morris is getting 312 of power play time per game which seems like quite a bit given his production in recent seasons particularly considering Matt Hunwick only gets 25 seconds of power play time per game RW Michael Ryder who has three goals in 14 games ranks second among Bruins forwards with 310 per game BUFFALOD Chris Butler gets 350 of PP time per game which seems like a lot for little offence The Sabres also take a balanced approach with ten players getting at least 247 of power play time per game But if you just happen to have an extra power play quarterback on the blueline the Sabres will probably take your callCALGARYLW David Moss qualifies as a firstunit power play guy with 216 per game ranking fifth on the Flames just ahead of C Daymond Langkow and LW Nigel Dawes who are both ahead of teamleading scorer Rene BourqueCAROLINANot a lot of surprises aside from teamleading scorer Jussi Jokinen ranking 10th with 251 per game less than Matt Cullen Rod BrindAmour Tuomo Ruutu and Sergei Samsonov each of whom has just six points on the seasonCHICAGOWhile he only gets 1338 of ice time per game D Cam Barker is a firstunit power play defenceman skating for 307 with the man advantage RW Tomas Kopecky who has a total of two points through 15 games ranks 10th on the team with 206 of PP time per game well ahead of LW Andrew Ladd (004)COLORADORookie C Matt Duchene is fifth on the Avs at 325 per game and RW Marek Svatos is at 230 both of whom are ahead of LW Wojtek Wolski the teams leading goal scorer Rookie C Ryan OReilly ranks 12th on the squad at 103 per gameCOLUMBUSAnton Stralman leads all Blue Jackets defencemen with 338 of power play time per game LW N...