Holymakinaw
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Oh well. If some media guy said it on Twitter, then it MUST be a "fact", right?
Oh well. If some media guy said it on Twitter, then it MUST be a "fact", right?
Kypreos is far from "some media guy". He is as solid as you can get with this kind of info. Not saying he actually knows what is going on seeing as not even most GM´s seem to know that. But he is well connected.
Uh......Nick Kypreos stopped playing professional hockey in 1997. For the last 17 years, he's been sitting in a chair, in front of a camera, talking about the game, and occasionally, he even goes on social media and spreads rumours, or tries to garner interest in his topics.
He's a media guy.
And what he suggested is NOT a "fact" at all.
I think we'll see a MUCH better defence corps this upcoming season. Of course they struggled, with so many guys with so little NHL experience(Rielly, Gardiner, and even Franson to some extent didn't have much). But next year, Rielly and Gardiner should be more poised, smarter with the puck, and overall....more ready/experienced.
And hopefully Franson will be replaced by someone who can actually defend.
There's nothing wrong with Phaneuf & Gunnarsson that a bit less ice-time couldn't cure.
Obviously our defense isn't great, but I think they shoulder to much of the blame for being 'bad defensively'. Do they make mistakes? Of course. But how many times, do you see them send it up the boards only to have the breakout disrupted by our forwards breaking out? Way to often.
I think it has more to do with the forward support and poor system. Hopefully these change next year.
What is the swarm system exactly?
Didn't you tell the world everything was fine before the collapse and during? I'd lay off the predictions, that's just me.
Oh well. If some media guy said it on Twitter, then it MUST be a "fact", right?
Offensively it was the forwards unwillingness to take a hit in order to get the puck that decreased their time of possession...The forwards also lacked the desire (and compete level) to back-check, which is crucial to Randy's system.
Defensively they just couldn't get the puck out for long stretches of time...again they were bullied off the puck far to often and made weak blind passes that ended up on the sticks of the opposing defenseman...Gardner stinks in his own end..I hope he is traded while his perceived value is still somewhat high.
We still don't know that Carlyle was talking about Gardiner in that exit interview. Personally I thought it sounded a hell of a lot like Franson, especially since one of the points was how the player felt restricted at the end of the season. That would be an odd thing for Gardiner to feel since he was let loose completely at the end of the season.
Another thing I find interesting is how so many are talking about how Leafs need to start to use advanced statistics to analyze players, yet I see many of the same posters wanting to get rid of Gardiner due to eye test while his advanced stats are among the best on the team.
And as I've said many times before, I find it odd that Gardiner can be so awful defensively yet have the best GA/60 with a sustainable on-ice save%. So he's awful defensively but it just doesn't show up statistically over 82 games?
He has flaws but like many puck-moving D-men he alleviates this by making sure to keep the puck out of his own zone as much as possible.
P.S Best thing of the article is the comment down below that praises Franson and says that the difference in PK ability from last year was all Fraser. Fun stuff.
Interactif and HonestHockey are one in the same..
Didn't you tell the world everything was fine before the collapse and during? I'd lay off the predictions, that's just me.
Lol you noticed that too. Mirror images.
Yup, and put others down for voicing their concerns before the collapse happened.
Those stats don't back up what my eyes witnessed all season...Gardner was often out of position defensively and was easily moved off the puck...Those are traits you don't want in a D-man...He also made some dumb dumb plays and had trouble getting the puck out.
Lucky for him Bernier bailed his azz out time after time.
Again, how can you say he stinks defensively when all the stats say otherwise. It's like if you were to say that Microsoft is going bankrupt. Others saying no way, their accounts are showing their value in the billions. Then you replying, but my eyes say they are going bankrupt. Makes no sense. Please provide some factual evidence.
Cause some posters don't care about the facts, and just have visions.
Ramming it around the boards into the wingers' feet is not a quality start to a break-out.
Kyper/MacLean/Dreger etc. still have reputations to uphold. They are not going to last long if they just wake up everyday and start posting complete BS about everyone and their organizations. Save that for the National Enquirer. There is usually something behind these "facts", maybe not the same way everyone is reading into it. Certainly at some point you would think the Leafs would come out and straight up say Phaneuf is staying. Or JVR is a core piece. They didn't.
Again, how can you say he stinks defensively when all the stats say otherwise. It's like if you were to say that Microsoft is going bankrupt. Others saying no way, their accounts are showing their value in the billions. Then you replying, but my eyes say they are going bankrupt. Makes no sense. Please provide some factual evidence.
Cause some posters don't care about the facts, and just have visions.
We still don't know that Carlyle was talking about Gardiner in that exit interview. Personally I thought it sounded a hell of a lot like Franson, especially since one of the points was how the player felt restricted at the end of the season. That would be an odd thing for Gardiner to feel since he was let loose completely at the end of the season.
Another thing I find interesting is how so many are talking about how Leafs need to start to use advanced statistics to analyze players, yet I see many of the same posters wanting to get rid of Gardiner due to eye test while his advanced stats are among the best on the team.
And as I've said many times before, I find it odd that Gardiner can be so awful defensively yet have the best GA/60 with a sustainable on-ice save%. So he's awful defensively but it just doesn't show up statistically over 82 games?
He has flaws but like many puck-moving D-men he alleviates this by making sure to keep the puck out of his own zone as much as possible.
P.S Best thing of the article is the comment down below that praises Franson and says that the difference in PK ability from last year was all Fraser. Fun stuff.
None of this changes the FACT that their speculation/opinions are just that.......SPECULATION/OPINIONS.
NOT FACT.
None of this changes the FACT that their speculation/opinions are just that.......SPECULATION/OPINIONS.
NOT FACT.
Only they get paid while we disagree here for free.
Oh sorry was I supposed to capitalize as well?
FREE.
Bozak led all our forwards in ice time through our collapse.
What's good for the goose?
LOL. You don't like when I put the caps on?
Kypreos's "factual tweets".....
#Leafs remain aggressive in #NHL trade market. The only 4 players I hear they are not actively shopping are Bernier Kessel Bozak and Rielly.
and
Ontario captains on the way out soon? Independent sources say both #Sens and #Leafs shopping Spezza/ Phaneuf to west conf #NHL teams
So yes, he's a hockey analyst. He has some connections. And he HEARD something(sorry for the caps).
Still zero facts being reported. One guy who had real connections to the Leafs 17 years ago heard something from another guy and told a bunch of guys.
We'll have to wait & see.
Ramming it around the boards into the wingers' feet is not a quality start to a break-out.