the defenses and goaltending in 1992-93 was the sheer number of power-play opportunities (an average of 443 per team) and the success of the power plays (an average of 19.57 percent).The Buffalo Sabres, with a combined 79 power-play goals from Dave Andreychuk, Alexander Mogilny and LaFontaine,Alex Ovechkin Red Jersey, finished just 10th in the League with a 20.34-percent power play.The average amount of power plays per team topped 400 twice between 1992-93 and 2005-06. It has dropped precipitously since, down to 271 last season. Islanders forward Pierre Turgeon was one of 14 players to score at least 50 goals in what was an unprecedented 1992-93 season. (Photo: Getty Images)"That season [1992-93] might have been the year where there were going to be more calls on the clutching and grabbing and I think there might have been a little more power plays earlier," LaFontaine told NHL.com. "We thrived on the power play that year. It was an offensive year and there wasn't any slowing it down because if you tried, you were sent to the box."Shanahan also thinks television -- or more specifically, the lack of modern-day technology that is now available to all coaches, players, scouts, managers, media, etc. -- had a lot to do with why there were so many bloated offenses in 1992-93."You knew the players, but I don't know if the pre-scouting was at the same level," he said. "When you'd get into a playoff series you would really pre-scout a team and know where the scorers went, but in a full NHL season, where you're playing three or four games a week, you just didn't have the ability to scout a team like you can now, when all the games are televised."You would go home on your off nights and there really weren't a lot of nationally televised games. There wasn't a hockey package that you could flip on and watch any team. You read the stat sheet. So I would say it was an advantage to the offensive players because, as we know, a coach's ability to coach defense and to check has made it a lot tougher to score [in today's NHL]."It was all sort of word of mouth [20 years ago],Sidney Crosby Jersey, because you didn't have the ability to watch all these other teams play, and that probably helped the offensive players."Shanahan also pointed to how limited depth hurt defenses across the League."I remember guys like Pat LaFontaine and Alex Mogilny,Mike Richards Authentic Black Jersey, you didn't roll four lines [against them]. You'd roll sort of two lines,Mark Messier Authentic Blue Jersey, they'd insert the third line a little bit and the fourth line sometimes got a shift a period depending on who you were playing, the style of game," he said. "I had buddies on the fourth line that would complain because they got one or two shifts a game. There wasn't that, 'Let's roll four,' so as an offensive player, if you got on a bit of a roll, you'd touch the puck a lot, feel good and get more points."If you're going with a shorter bench, you don't have the energy to backcheck with that same intensity,Ryan Callahan Authentic Dark Blue Jersey, so there was a lot more time to pull up, slow down, crisscross and get some more offense. I don't k