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The Management said:
Think the Flyers have played him mostly at wing lately, although he has plenty of games under his belt at center. Just doesn't have much of a finishing touch. Was hoping for a guy you could maybe groom to take over second line duties at some point, but that may have been a bit of a rosy expectation.
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I looked back 6 years and his worst for draws was 47.3%. where he took over a thousand draws. The percentage goes up when he takes more strong side with his two best years of 52% and 54% being 600 draws. I don't think he will be the D zone FO guy but most of his starts aren't OZ so thats at least some relief for Tavares.. He does PK. Has only been on a couple of strong Philly clubs and a whole bunch of bad ones with his shining moment being in 19-20 when the Flyers went 16 games deep and he led them in goals with 5.

As others have pointed out his advanced stats for last season were abysmal but shot based metrics do perk up with a stronger lineup and better line mates. His 8.5 hits per 60 are more than any regular minute Leaf forward. The question is, was the toilet year last season who he is, or just a bad season? After all, he was 29, not 33. He is a question mark for me, but he keeps Kampf out of the top 9 and Domi on the wing so that is a big positive. I am really looking forward to seeing what he can do with the Leafs wingers replacing the popgun Philly squad.

The future second line center would have cost Knies + so choose your poison.
 
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Berube is going to have lots of options. I'm guessing two of Robertson, Pacioretty, Holmberg, and Jarnkrok are going to rotate in/out of the line up as needed.

Knies-Matthews-Nylander
McMann-Tavares-Marner
Robertson-Laughton-Domi
Lorentz-Kampf-Jarnkrok
Pacioretty, Holmberg

Not the flashiest group but pretty good depth overall I'd say
 
Face Of Bear said:
Berube is going to have lots of options. I'm guessing two of Robertson, Pacioretty, Holmberg, and Jarnkrok are going to rotate in/out of the line up as needed.

Knies-Matthews-Nylander
McMann-Tavares-Marner
Robertson-Laughton-Domi
Lorentz-Kampf-Jarnkrok
Pacioretty, Holmberg

Not the flashiest group but pretty good depth overall I'd say
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That would be my line-up except I do believe Reaves will be back on the 4th line come playoffs.
 
Haven't read all of his stats etc but can he skate? Is he somewhat quick at all? I still hold out hope we can spread the wealth over 3 lines and cause havoc. I still like Domi with Matty, Marner can play with JT, and maybe Laughton with willy? Maybe crazy thinking our leading winger is on the 3rd line, but 2 and 3 can almost play the same minutes. If it clicked it could be 3 lines of chaos if they're buzzing.

Knies-Matthews-Domi
McMann-Tavares-Marner
Robertson-Laughton-Nylander
Lorentz-Kampf-Pacioretty
Holmberg, Jarnkrok
 
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nuck said:
I looked back 6 years and his worst for draws was 47.3%. where he took over a thousand draws. The percentage goes up when he takes more strong side with his two best years of 52% and 54% being 600 draws. I don't think he will be the D zone FO guy but most of his starts aren't OZ so thats at least some relief for Tavares.. He does PK. Has only been on a couple of strong Philly clubs and a whole bunch of bad ones with his shining moment being in 19-20 when the Flyers went 16 games deep and he led them in goals with 5.

As others have pointed out his advanced stats for last season were abysmal but shot based metrics do perk up with a stronger lineup and better line mates. His 8.5 hits per 60 are more than any regular minute Leaf forward. The question is, was the toilet year last season who he is, or just a bad season? After all, he was 29, not 33. He is a question mark for me, but he keeps Kampf out of the top 9 and Domi on the wing so that is a big positive. I am really looking forward to seeing what he can do with the Leafs wingers replacing the popgun Philly squad.

The future second line center would have cost Knies + so choose your poison.
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For sure, I don't doubt he's an upgrade on the third line.

Thanks for the write up. Interesting read! Hope it pans out.
 
budzz said:
Haven't read all of his stats etc but can he skate? Is he somewhat quick at all? I still hold out hope we can spread the wealth over 3 lines and cause havoc. I still like Domi with Matty, Marner can play with JT, and maybe Laughton with willy? Maybe crazy thinking our leading winger is on the 3rd line, but 2 and 3 can almost play the same minutes. If it clicked it could be 3 lines of chaos if they're buzzing.

Knies-Matthews-Domi
McMann-Tavares-Marner
Robertson-Laughton-Nylander
Lorentz-Kampf-Pacioretty
Holmberg, Jarnkrok
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He's not blazing fast? But he's a strong skater with at least average to above average speed. Definitely not a negative in his game.

NHL put up a highlight pack and displays some his speed and capable skill

 
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SprDaVE said:
He's not blazing fast? But he's a strong skater with at least average to above average speed. Definitely not a negative in his game.

NHL put up a highlight pack and displays some his speed and capable skill

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He fits our system well - lots of his goals are driving the net, straight line attacks. Good passer as well. I’d like Willie and Bobby with him.
 
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Budz said:
He fits our system well - lots of his goals are driving the net, straight line attacks. Good passer as well. I’d like Willie and Bobby with him.
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Try Mitch. Who knows, maybe he has untapped offensive potential. Mitch is more his speed. They should be experimenting regardless to see what clicks
 
Budz said:
He fits our system well - lots of his goals are driving the net, straight line attacks. Good passer as well. I’d like Willie and Bobby with him.
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I'm looking forward to see the lines but I will assume it will be Robertson, McMann and Laughton as a hybrid line with speed. Domi probably moves with JT and Nylander. But there might be some different looks.
 
SprDaVE said:
I'm looking forward to see the lines but I will assume it will be Robertson, McMann and Laughton as a hybrid line with speed. Domi probably moves with JT and Nylander. But there might be some different looks.
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Not sure Nick plays in the playoffs against heavy teams.
 
The Shadow said:
Stop trading first rounders unless you are absolutely a legit cup contender that needs one more player to push them over the top. The leafs are not evening in the top 7 teams as a legit cup contender

Another waste of a huge asset for a 3rd line player. What a joke

The following teams have a much better chance of winning the cup this year

Colorado
Florida
Tampa
Dallas
Washington
Winnipeg
Edmonton

All of those teams are better and the leafs are not playing that great right now and their top player is a shell of his former self
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The 1st year Florida reached stanley cup final...
Boston
Tampa
Toronto
Carolina
NYrangers
NJ
Colorado
Dallas
Minnesota
Edmonton
LAK
Vegas

all was considerate like higher chance to win stanley cup, who's care. You're better having a talented team than a talented list of prospect
 
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SprDaVE said:
We'll see how things unfold but they'd be crazy stupid to not play him with the way he's playing right now.

This team needs some form of depth scoring.
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Fair enough, I am not as high on that plan. Maybe against a TB, no way against Florida.

Knies Matthews Domi
Patches (if healthy) JT Marner
McMann Laughton Nylander
Jarnkrok Kampf Lorentz
 
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The wildcard is Matty. He is obviously not himself, but his mysterious ailment is not enough to keep him out of the lineup. Leafs medical aren't total clowns, he wouldn't be playing if there was a chance of damage to their prized asset.

Hopefully it clears up, because we all know what he is capable of if he gets on a tear. He hasn't had one if his patented 12-15 game runs of crazy goal numbers that he usually has a few times a year.... hoping that cycle happens when the playoffs start. Get healthy guy, whatever it takes.
 
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This deal improves our overall C depth no doubt BUT this is not a 2c/3C like gourde who can play Barkov straight up .. i like da deal but don't love it .. to me 1st round pick price was too high .. rather have seen a 2nd rounder and Robertson for him as an alternate .. but we did need more C depth and as Tre says da prices were very very high .. can't blame a guy for trying .. so we gotta support it
 
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JT AM da real deal said:
This deal improves our overall C depth no doubt BUT this is not a 2c/3C like gourde who can play Barkov straight up .. i like da deal but don't love it .. to me 1st round pick price was too high .. rather have seen a 2nd rounder and Robertson for him as an alternate .. but we did need more C depth and as Tre says da prices were very very high .. can't blame a guy for trying .. so we gotta support it
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This version of Gourde can't do that either, but I understand what you are saying. Schenn or Nelson would have been bigger upgrades, but the price for one guy was super high and the other guy didn't want to be traded.
 
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Evilhomer said:
This version of Gourde can't do that either, but I understand what you are saying. Schenn or Nelson would have been bigger upgrades, but the price for one guy was super high and the other guy didn't want to be traded.
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Nelson was not coming to Canada unless there was no other option in the land of Trump.
 
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The Oakville, Ont., native grew up rooting for blue-collar Leafs like Wade Belak, Tie Domi, Garry Valk, Darcy Tucker and Shayne Corson.
“My dad was a big Bruins fan. He tried to convert me,” Laughton said.
“It didn’t work.”

Laughton just won me over with this quote,

Welcome to Toronto Scott.

Let’s do this….
 
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LeafSteel said:
The Oakville, Ont., native grew up rooting for blue-collar Leafs like Wade Belak, Tie Domi, Garry Valk, Darcy Tucker and Shayne Corson.
“My dad was a big Bruins fan. He tried to convert me,” Laughton said.
“It didn’t work.”

Laughton just won me over with this quote,

Welcome to Toronto Scott.

Let’s do this….
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Like the guy already, true Leaf fan mentioned Garry Valk lol. Probably jumped as high as I did when he scored against Pitts.Valk Baby
 
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