A guarantee: Dubas will get us a pp d-man at deadline

[Dekes For Days]

That is precisely what he thinks. When all of his other reasoning flops that is always his fall-back argument. He can't even use the sample size BS with playoffs, it's 6 years of sample size of the Leafs PP falling of a cliff in the playoffs.

Don't try and put words in my mouth. You have no clue what I think, and no, that's not what I said at all.

Also, we don't have a 6 year sample size of the Leaf's PP falling off a cliff in the playoffs. For the record, our top unit actually produced well in the 2017, 2018, and 2019 playoffs, and our PP% was higher in the playoffs than the regular season in 2018. Rielly actually has a better on-ice GF/60 in the playoffs than the regular season over those 3 years. Our secondary units struggled, and we faced a ridiculous Boston PP with a lacking PK.

Even in 2020, the top unit did produce less on the PP, but when you consider that they were all on the ice for the multiple 6v5 goals we scored, it looks a bit different.
Our worst year for that unit by far was 2021, when we lost Tavares and our best shooter was playing through a surgery-requiring wrist injury.
Our biggest PP struggles have also just coincidentally coincided with facing 3 of the best playoffs goaltenders of the past 3 years.

I think there are concerns - especially about the quality of our 2nd unit and the amount that we use them under this setup - and things we could try - even for the 1st unit that I think can get in their heads a bit on the PP when the goalie is locking it down and try too much to make "the play" - but there's also a lot of exaggerated hysteria about this without much consideration for what's going on beyond they all sux0rs blow it up.

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

We have built from the backend

Draft
Rielly 1st round
Liljegren 1st round
Sandin 1st round
Holl 4th round

Trade
Muzzin
Giordano
Timmins

FA
Brodie
Mete
Benn

What more do you want? We have a nice mix of old and young.

If a motha has like a luke schenn, gudas or like a provorov sand paper there. We would be set sire. Or like a coolio like gudrabson or chiarot. A Lil something something like that you know what I'm saying.

 

[All Mod Cons]

We have too many here more interested in pushing their always right narrative and unable to look at anything having merit if it falls outside of their expert opinions.

It’s gotten quite tiresome really, and mostly why I’d don’t even pother replying to them, to be honest.

A complete inability to listen to someone with a different perspective and ultimately say “we will agree to disagree then” is something I am good with but rarely ever seen here anymore.

Instead we have people who will hijack a thread and argue for 5 pages, right down to use of semantics. Quite boring to be honest.

There's a certain group of individuals that hijack every thread with their agenda and their narratives.

If the Leafs aren't doing it, or are not very good at it, it is completely irrelevant. It gets tiresome having to sift through the comments on every thread to separate the actual hockey talk, from the usual propaganda. I actually believe some must be bots or employess. They'll argue water isn't wet if they have to.

The only respite we get is the 2 or 3 weeks after the Leafs are eliminated in the 1st round. And then it fires back up again for 49 or 50 weeks.

 

[darrylsittler27]

If a motha has like a luke schenn, gudas or like a provorov sand paper there. We would be set sire. Or like a coolio like gudrabson or chiarot. A Lil something something like that you know what I'm saying.

We lost Muzzin, he needs replacing.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Fun fact: In 5 of our 6 playoffs, the Leafs performed better on the powerplay against our opponent than the rest of the teams they faced did.

 

[IPS]

Uh ok, so are other teams relying on a booming shot from the point? Because I don't think Boston's PP has been consistently good because of their defensemen.

Didn't say that.

But if you're going to leave McAvoy at the point all alone he can make you pay unlike any of our D.

 

[Kiwi]

We already have a very good one
Mo gets way to much disrespect around here

I'd rather fix something that's an actual problem like 3C or top 6 LW

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

We lost Muzzin, he needs replacing.

Mos def like that new your rapper mos def.

 

[Hellcat]

Why? They got Rielly, Sandin and Timmons.

 

[Menzinger]

How can having a slap shot or any type of shot from the point in the PP not a good thing?
One thing I am still puzzle on Leafs PP is that they don’t seem to set up AM and Willie around the dot for their shots.

Something can be a good thing - but whether or not it's actually worth spending multiple trade assets + rearranging the D core + PP units to accommodate is another matter all together.

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

Didn't say that.

But if you're going to leave McAvoy at the point all alone he can make you pay unlike any of our D.

McAvoy has 10 PPG in his career compared to Rielly's 7 in the same time frame and both have a whopping 2 playoff PPG (Rielly in fewer games, obviously). So I'm not really sure what your point is here or what it was originally, besides that a few other teams have better powerplays.

 

[sittler rules!!!]

I'd really like to see Liljegren there. I think he skates well with the puck and is a great passer. We've seen glimpses of his shot, and I'd really like to some more opportunities for him to unleash that one-timer.

Agreed. Lily appears to be rounding in to a complete package. Can skate, move the puck, pass and shoot. Has a bit of a nasty streak. Just still prone to the odd brain fart on D assignments, but they are even few and far between.

 

[Jeffrey Pedler]

If a motha has like a luke schenn, gudas or like a provorov sand paper there. We would be set sire. Or like a coolio like gudrabson or chiarot. A Lil something something like that you know what I'm saying.

Provorov has no sandpaper to his game. He gets beat way too often.