All Purpose Mitch Marner Talk II

[LeafsNation75]

he actually should have had 2. on the rielly goal the puck was never controlled by vancouver.

The more I keep watching the highlights I agree he should have 2 assists instead of just 1. I have been checking the NHL Public Relations Twitter account who post updates when there are scoring changes and so far they haven't credited Marner with an assist on Rielly's goal.

 

[djdev]

he actually should have had 2. on the rielly goal the puck was never controlled by vancouver.

hopefully they will add a few assists there. i was just being facetious

 

[lipstickjunkie]

He almost had another one at the end of the game too but his lead pass to Hyman for the empty netter was juuuuust out of reach.

 

[zeke]

Babcock’s road map to success was to have the elite scoring distributed throughout the line up evenly, play a low event, burn up the clock type game, have someone supply the 2-1 go ahead goal, lock it down, rinse and repeat. Not necessarily designed for fan satisfaction, winning scoring titles or the best use of generational talent. If we win a cup and can choose the fun way, of course go with that, but I think Babcock just had something different in mind.

Babcock’s leafs played extreme high event hockey.

 

[Notsince67]

Matthull and marnoates are quite the pair.

 

[Dekes For Days]

I can't get over this absurd workload he takes on in this compressed schedule and never looks fatigued for even a second.

Main board past few years: "BuT Th3y c4nt h4nd1e m0re m1nut3s!! Th3y'1l get t1red and a11 st4ts w1ll plumm3t! F4T1GUEEEE!"

 

[Golden_Jet]

The more I keep watching the highlights I agree he should have 2 assists instead of just 1. I have been checking the NHL Public Relations Twitter account who post updates when there are scoring changes and so far they haven't credited Marner with an assist on Rielly's goal.

A Vancouver player touched the puck,

 

[zeke]

A Vancouver player touched the puck,

McDavid gets an assist there guaranteed

 

[IPS]

Main board past few years: "BuT Th3y c4nt h4nd1e m0re m1nut3s!! Th3y'1l get t1red and a11 st4ts w1ll plumm3t! F4T1GUEEEE!"

The main board peanut gallery was honestly trying to argue at one point that more PP time =/= more production. That level of daftness can't even be argued with.

 

[LeafsNation75]

The main board peanut gallery was honestly trying to argue at one point that more PP time =/= more production. That level of daftness can't even be argued with.

Now one of their latest arguments is that Marner is only playing well because he gets to play with Matthews or Tavares as his Centre. However they either forget or are choosing to leave out the fact in his rookie season Tyler Bozak was his Centre and in his second season Nazem Kadri was his Centre.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Matthews, Marner carrying Maple Leafs to new heights with stellar play

 

[zeke]

Never forget that Auston and Mitch are still learning how to play with each other, having only done so for 60gms now because of Babcuckoo.

They are far from their final form.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Here is a new Marner wallpaper for your phones from the Maple Leafs Twitter account.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[LeafsNation75]

Marner's point streak ends at 8 games and I would be surprised if he doesn't get any points on Saturday.

 

[blue stick]

No points but he was still pesky

 

[MattySnipes]

Funny video check it out

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[Notsince67]

Is Mitch sporting a mullet?

 

[LeafsNation75]

Is Mitch sporting a mullet?

Maybe he's either choosing to grow out his hair or he can not get it cut due to the pandemic.

 

[cannucky]

N

Is Mitch sporting a mullet?

Not sporting bud he's Rocking the Mullet eh ! lol

 

[Notsince67]

N

Not sporting bud he's Rocking the Mullet eh ! lol

Mullet mitch

 

[Martin Skoula]

Babcock’s road map to success was to have the elite scoring distributed throughout the line up evenly, play a low event, burn up the clock type game, have someone supply the 2-1 go ahead goal, lock it down, rinse and repeat. Not necessarily designed for fan satisfaction, winning scoring titles or the best use of generational talent. If we win a cup and can choose the fun way, of course go with that, but I think Babcock just had something different in mind.

Can you explain how breaking out via stretch pass on 90+% of possessions leads to a low-event game? Just about every low-event team I've seen focuses on controlled entries and clogging up the neutral zone. Other than his standard interference on the defensive end, it seems like he made choices that are the opposite of how low-event teams play. It was closer to Carlyle hockey than it was to Babcock's work with Team Canada and the 05-09 Detroit teams.

 

[zeke]

Can you explain how breaking out via stretch pass on 90+% of possessions leads to a low-event game? Just about every low-event team I've seen focuses on controlled entries and clogging up the neutral zone. Other than his standard interference on the defensive end, it seems like he made choices that are the opposite of how low-event teams play. It was closer to Carlyle hockey than it was to Babcock's work with Team Canada and the 05-09 Detroit teams.

Even Strength Events (Corsi) per game since 17-18

Babcock: 122.25
Keefe: 113.15


Leafs have been a significantly lower event team under Keefe than they were under Babcock.

 

[Stephen]

Can you explain how breaking out via stretch pass on 90+% of possessions leads to a low-event game? Just about every low-event team I've seen focuses on controlled entries and clogging up the neutral zone. Other than his standard interference on the defensive end, it seems like he made choices that are the opposite of how low-event teams play. It was closer to Carlyle hockey than it was to Babcock's work with Team Canada and the 05-09 Detroit teams.

Obviously your 90% stretch pass is an overstatement, but if you rewind back to the 2007 to 2009 Detroit Red Wings, you see a lot of that bump back to Lidstrom to Rafalski, pitch back and forth and then rifle the puck for a stretch pass up the ice while the forwards go long.

Babcock did try that play on the Leafs to an annoying degree, but it seemed like the main issue is he had completely inadequate defensive "bumpers" to make that play work. When I look back on those Detroit Pittsburgh series in 2008 and 2009 and the ice was always tilting in the Wings favour, I never really got the sense that the stretch pass was all that dangerous for the Red Wings.