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Connor made Kassian look like hockey player. And helped him secure a nice little contract with Oilers.
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Connor made Kassian look like hockey player. And helped him secure a nice little contract with Oilers.
I'm only prodding fun because there's been posters who who've made real claims that Marner > Draisaitl according to some obscure advanced stats.
Seath The Scaleless
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Not absolving Pettersson, but the coach did staple Mikheyev and, at times, Lafferty on his line. Both players were massive black holes until they finally got scratched for game 5
That's something the coach can control at least.
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NYR faced an "easier" goalie against both the caps and canes IMO.
Florida has faced a vezina quality goalie against bolts and bruins
I think for panthers its business as usual against shesty, NYR might face difficulty earlier in the series against Bob and they will have to adapt/adjust quickly or else they will fade away
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I think this argument would have merit were it not for what we saw in the Tampa series last year:
| 16 | Mitch Marner | RW | 25 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 160 | 140:54 | 23:29 |
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| 34 | Auston Matthews | C | 25 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 21.7 | 149 | 131:35 | 21:56 |
| 44 | Morgan Rielly | D | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 | 173 | 144:21 | 24:04 |
| 91 | John Tavares | C | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 131 | 106:04 | 17:41 |
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | C | 31 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | 149 | 118:01 | 19:40 |
| 88 | William Nylander | C | 26 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
I don't think anyone would say these numbers were the result of tremendous coaching by Keefe. These numbers were a sign of what these players can do when they play poor defensive teams who give them ample time and space. It's not a coincidence that these numbers disappeared the next round against Florida, or why they weren't repeated against Boston this season. The problem is that this collection of players (Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Tavares) has shown that they struggle to produce offense when their time and space is removed. I'm not sure coaching can necessarily change that. I think the correct solution is to change the mix of players instead.
yes and that’s why I also said, both coach and players need to adjust in order to win.
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Florida is going to play their game: they're going to push the pace and punish you physically. They kind of come at you in waves like Carolina, except they aren't as fast yet are much more physical. Rangers aren't really shrinking violets though, and that fanbase is another one that wouldn't tolerate softness.
If the series comes down to special teams and goaltending, the Rangers are going to take it pending Fox's health and Trouba's shittiness. Rangers don't have to win possession to win games, and that's good because they aren't out-possessing Florida.
Again, I’m definitely not absolving the players one bit nor am I against changing the core 4, particularly JT, however, it’s on the management at this point to determine how much of this is that our guys can’t produce against these defensive matchups vs how much our systems and personnel didn’t work or were even exploited against these teams. The answer most definitely is that it’s a bit of both, but what is the split?
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It's a tough call, and I don't disagree with people who say that removing Marner from the offense is likely not going to lead to an increase in offensive production in the playoffs. I think one obvious change that management can make is to add puck-carrying, offensive defensemen. That alone should increase the offense. I don't think it will happen, but it's why a move like Marner for Dobson + would be an interesting proposition.
I agree, mobility, puck movement and offense from the backend has been a huge issue.
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The Leafs could use a rat…..or two…….
My beer went up my nose reading this, thanks for that………
It’s the GM’s job to move those players, good luck moving the Swedish ghost Pettersson………
That’s a good one……..
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IF, and that’s a big if Styles buys into Berube’s system he could excel, but those fly by’s have to be a thing of the past, that shit will be totally unacceptable on the Chief’s team……..
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Lmao.
I don't intend to shit on Willie too badly because out of the Four Horsemen of the Failpocalypse he bothers me the least, but he isn't anywhere near the player Drai is.
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Reeve’s was never used as a net presence on the power play, why?I mean…it’s worth a shot!
Puck moving Dmen will help, would like to add that our D just needs to get the puck out quicker and more comfortably.
The other thing is spreading the offence. Keefe actually done that when he split the big 4 in three lines and IMO the team played their best during that time.
I do think Dobson and one of their goalies would be great.
Drai is probably the best playoff performers for this current Gen of players. I consider Sid to be the best in the last Gen of players.
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It's amazing how regular season Drai and regular season AM34 are on similar tiers, yet playoff Drai eats playoff AM34 for breakfast.
It is mentality as Drai is just a lot tougher. Don’t need to look far after Game 5, Drai said Silvos didn’t beat them as it was the post that did. Then he backed that statement up with his plays in Game 6.
Beside Willie, none of the guys will even dare to say something like that bc they just don’t have it in them to back it up.
Having said that, one of the main reasons why Drai could say that is bc he had done it in past playoffs.
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For an unsigned Marner you're not getting Dobson and Varlamov (and I can't imagine you could Sorokin for even a signed Marner). I think best case is that Lou doesn't want to pay Dobson the $8 million per season he will probably ask for next year, so he moves him for one year of Marner in the hopes of resigning Mitch (as he did with Horvat). Something like Dobson and Cizikas for Marner, which would add huge offense from the defense and save the Leafs a good amount of cap space.
not sure about that as Lou do build the team the net out. As I think he values Dman over winger.
I still believe MM for Parayko, Binnington and 1st is in play with the Blues.
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Kind of expect the Canucks to blow their opportunity to advance tonight. It would be most beneficial to my playoff pool if they won but I sure didn't like their performance in game 6.
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No Boeser and No Demko unless I'm missing an update. Doesn't bode well. The Oilers kind of lucked out in the injury department.
Seath The Scaleless
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They were trash in game 4 and then rebounded with a dominant effort in game 5. Outside of maybe 20-25 minutes in game 2, they've looked pretty good at home
Also, Mikheyev is drawing back in. He'll have fresh legs to score a hatty
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Sure don't hear any more remorse about him moving on.They were trash in game 4 and then rebounded with a dominant effort in game 5. Outside of maybe 20-25 minutes in game 2, they've looked pretty good at home
Also, Mikheyev is drawing back in. He'll have fresh legs to score a hatty
I hated his playoff game when he was mailing it in here and it's no better there. When he celebrated that empty netter to give us a 2 goal lead with a couple seconds left like he'd just won a game 7 in O.T I said to myself "get that f***ing idiot off this team".
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Former Leafs great Sam Lafferty returns from the press box tonight, this is your moment Dubists.
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