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GDT: Around the League - 2021/22 PART III

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DraftSchmaft said:
So Boston has joined the never lose gang.

I mean unless you win 4 in a row on the regular you have no shot at the division
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Boston is getting their starting #1 goalie back tonight for the 1st time this season.

There isn't a lot of daylight between Boston and Toronto in the standings as Boston adds a key core piece to the playoff race in the Atlantic .
 
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Mess said:
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Boston is getting their starting #1 goalie back tonight for the 1st time this season.

There isn't a lot of daylight between Boston and Toronto in the standings as Boston adds a key core piece to the playoff race in the Atlantic .
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Bruins goalies so far this year, Ullmark and Swayman, are both posting better numbers than Rask did last year.

Goaltending has been a strength for the Bruins, as it always is.
 
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Brad Marchand was a Leaf fan growing up.

Brad Marchand Really Loves Boston, But Makes 'Painful' Admission

Montreal was never a team I had on my radar,” Marchand told reporters after the game over Zoom. “I was always a Toronto fan growing up, as painful as that is to say now, that was my team. Once I thought that the NHL could be a reality, Montreal really didn’t show any interest. So, it wasn’t a team I thought would pick me, and luckily I ended up here and it’s been a lot of fun. … When you get drafted to a team, you’re all in on that team. Being in Boston is the best thing that ever happened to me, so I’m very happy with the way it’s worked out.
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I look forward to bringing in Marchand when he's over the hill and can only handle fourth line duties
 
VanW27 said:
Bruins goalies so far this year, Ullmark and Swayman, are both posting better numbers than Rask did last year.

Goaltending has been a strength for the Bruins, as it always is.
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Could this help explain Tuukka Rask's performance and stats last year?

Tuukka Rask injury: Timeline for Bruins goalie after surgery

Jul 28, 2021 — The Boston Bruins goaltender had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip "a few days ago,"

Rask is expected to return sometime in January or February. Rask battled the injury during much of the 2021 season, appearing in just 24 of the Bruins' 56 regular-season games and playing through the hip ailment in the postseason.
 
Mess said:
Could this help explain Tuukka Rask's performance and stats last year?

Tuukka Rask injury: Timeline for Bruins goalie after surgery

Jul 28, 2021 — The Boston Bruins goaltender had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip "a few days ago,"

Rask is expected to return sometime in January or February. Rask battled the injury during much of the 2021 season, appearing in just 24 of the Bruins' 56 regular-season games and playing through the hip ailment in the postseason.
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He was good last year, more or less in line with the his previous 5 seasons

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And in line with what Ullmark/Swayman are doing this year
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If Boston wins their 2 games in hand they're only 3 points behind

Time to pick it up here and go on another streak. I can't believe I have to say that in the middle of a 21-5-2 stretch
 
As expected, Mangiapane (3G 1A in the last 15 games) crashes back down to earth and the Flames are basically a one line team again. Even Lindholm (6 points in 13) has cooled off considerably after the torrid start.
 
Hyman Career Even Strength Paces, Best to Worst

1. TOR 20-21: 23gls/53pts
2. TOR 19-20: 27gls/48pts
3. TOR 18-19: 23gls/46pts
4. TOR 17-18: 14gls/38pts
5. EDM 21-22: 19gls/34pts
6. TOR 15-16: 22gls/31pts
7. TOR 16-17: 6gls/24pts
 
VanW27 said:
Bruins goalies so far this year, Ullmark and Swayman, are both posting better numbers than Rask did last year.

Goaltending has been a strength for the Bruins, as it always is.
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Mess is playing doomsday prophet, as he always is.
 
garce said:
Wow, I knew it was bad, but when it's laid out like that.... Katz had better wake up and flush all the glory day oilers and old time hockey men out of his realm or the Oilers are going to waste McDavid.
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With what they have there it shouldn't be difficult to make it into a consistently good team.

Getting a good goaltender might be a start, heck even Reimer would have been an improvement for them.
 
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ULF_55 said:
With what they have there it shouldn't be difficult to make it into a consistently good team.

Getting a good goaltender might be a start, heck even Reimer would have been an improvement for them.
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Theres some good beyond the two big guys for sure, Holland has had more than enough time to deal with the obvious goalie deficiency but has dithered away with what he has now.
He had a chance to nail down Markstrom but couldn't should have risked overpaying him rather than moves like bringing in Keith without retention or extending borderline guys like Kassian.
Hyman is likely his best signing of the period covered in the Twitter thread and even that may prove to be excessive in both dollars and term.
The overview of Hollands activity over last 10 years is quite stunning in its lack of judgement and foresight.
 
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If Boston wins their 2 games in hand they're only 3 points behind

Time to pick it up here and go on another streak. I can't believe I have to say that in the middle of a 21-5-2 stretch
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Rask returned to action yesterday and was named a game star in a Boston 3-2 win over Philly. So that leaves it as only 1 game in hand and 5 points separating Leafs and Bruins now. Tampa Bay also won yesterday.

We are no longer in that cushy of the all CDN North Div. as the Atlantic has some of the best teams in the NHL. This is going to be 4 horse race between the Leafs , TB, Boston and Florida with one team likely ended up as a wild card team just to get in.

Losses to teams you should beat will take their toll on the race's outcome.
 
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deprw said:
This actually added silver line to this loss. Now Montreal is dead last and we can say some predictions about their time were bit off. Without this loss that last nights fiasco in Chicago wouldn't have dropped Habs to that 32th place in the league.

@Mess when that Habsinian powerhouse of Quebec will push us off from wild card position?
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My preseason prediction had Leafs and Florida battling for 3rd, with TB and Boston finishing likely in spots #1 #2.

Panthers not the Habs were the team on the rise and one to watch that I feared most as competition for the Leafs.

Montreal was going to lose Weber and Price to injury and was not in the race for the playoff spot. Montreal shouldn't have even made last year playoffs if not for a format change that forced the 4th team in the weak North Div into a playoff spot while teams in the East with more point went home.

You can go back and review the prediction thread as I showed my work : :wg: Speculation: - Atlantic Division Predictions

Mess said:
Tampa Bay played all of last year without the former Hart and Art Ross trophy winning Kucherov and finished with 2 less points, but still won more regular season games then Leafs who won the North. That fact should scare Leaf Nation as that would be the equivalent of Leafs playing all year without Matthews and still having the same points in the final standings.

If you combined the last 2 partial season together of Toronto vs. Florida the results would be a near photo finish with the difference 1 less game played by Panthers.

Toronto Maple Leafs .... 126 games 71 wins 39 losses 16 OTL = 158 points with GF: 425 & GA: 375
Florida Panthers............. 125 games 72 wins 40 losses 13 OTL = 157 points with GF: 420 & GA: 381

The Leafs have never finished above the Bruins in the standings in the Atlantic and every year the age demise is predicted by the Bruins, but they have one of the best lines in hockey with the Perfection line and don't have a single player on their entire roster making $7 mil AAV or more. Boston's top 4 forwards all make and consume less cap than Nylander.

Rask told the Boston media this just last weekend that he hopes he will be back from surgery in January, and going to resign for the 2nd 1/2 the season with Boston for cheap. Ullmark/Rask > Campbell/Mrazek IMO.

The fact that over the last 5 years combined the Bruins have the NHL's 3rd best regular season record, while Tampa Bay is #1 for regular season results. Sadly 2 of the top 3 most consistent teams play in the Atlantic.

To me this still looks like if you look at the last 2 years combined points .

1). Tampa Bay (79 wins 167 points) while missing Kuch all year.
2) Boston ( 77 wins & 173 points)

3a) Toronto ( 71 wins & 158 points)
3b) Florida ( 72 wins & 157 points) (Panthers played -1 less games)

With the loser of the battle for 3rd in the Atlantic in a wild card battle with the Metro for a playoff spot.

PS. Projections based on current info, as key injuries can always change things.
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