If you have the puck more, the more chances you get it taken away. Hope people understand that. I would have someone who has the puck and do something with it than someone who doesn’t even get the puck at all.
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DarkKnight
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High praise indeed:Dougies impressed
Gilmour on Marner's record Maple Leafs run: 'Some guys are different, and he is one of those guys'
DALLAS — Next up for Mitch Marner to break, a Maple Leafs record held by Doug Gilmour.torontosun.com
“His name has to be up there for the Selke, and it’s early in the season, I get it, don’t fast-forward it or anything, but that’s how good he is,” Gilmour said. “You put him out there and he is going to find a way to steal a puck, or make a play and that’s his creativity, but also the skill, the way he sees the game.
“Some guys are different, and he is one of those guys. He has proven it over and over again”
Former players love Mitch, I take their informed opinion over some butt hurt fan with an axe to grind. Gilmour was the total package as a player.
Notsince67
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Dougie has no problem with coach killers apparently
thewave
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Dougie has no problem with coach killers apparently
They are not coach killers. They are the opposite actually. I mean, sure they killed one coach but now they got this coach and you can't get rid of the guy.
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Takeaways & giveaways per 60 are probably a better metric
Generally speaking yes.
But I am more on situation like if the take away or give away lead to a goal right away. To me that’s more important.
Teeder Keon
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Regular season Wins are really good metrics
Playoff series wins are even better metrics
Stanley Cups are the greatest of all metrics
Anyway you get there are the best ways to win
Ya that would definitely be a better indication of a higher consequence takeway/giveaway which would show something different than takeway/giveaway per 60 which would tell you if a player is perhaps sloppy with the puck or is a very active backchecker etc.
Very true, however the way in which you get to that greatest metric of all is what is interesting and thats what all the other metrics are trying to quantify is some way
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That shift before he scored on the slapper reminded me of1980s 99. Working The Office, fell down, still fed Tavares a pass for a one timer, swings back and just rips it. It's just wild what kind of stuff he can pull off when he has confidence vs when he doesn't.
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Nothing surprises me with Marner.
Despite him being a winger, it'd be nice to see some Selke recognition this year for his play away from the puck as well.
Despite him being a winger, it'd be nice to see some Selke recognition this year for his play away from the puck as well.
I know he wants to be a grown man and all but man he needs to shave bc his mo is not working, lol.
Anyway, I was saying in the game thread, he needs to keep his game simple and that goal is pure class, just shoot instead of thinking about deking, spinning…..and that shot reminds me of Brett Hull.
Anyway, I was saying in the game thread, he needs to keep his game simple and that goal is pure class, just shoot instead of thinking about deking, spinning…..and that shot reminds me of Brett Hull.
DarkKnight
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Mitch has always been my guy. IMO he'll be the greatest Leaf ever. Matthews is right there for sure also, but I'm not not positive he's a career Leafer like I think Mitchy will be.
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Another GWG last night. How quick was he to pick up that rebound off of Tanev’s skate and laser it into the net.
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Super elite.
Amazing the surge you can feel in the crowd whenever he’s carrying the puck.
therealkoho
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Thanks for bringing all of this into the light, I really had no idea any of that was the problem. You know as a Leafs fan who's almost "religious" about the team I just couldn't or intellectually able to quite put my finger on why a very vocal part of the fan base was so seemingly irrational about Mitch, even though he could be the greatest Leaf of all time.
I guess it's just too bad he has to do it in an era when the union demands the players take as much as possible, and even though you've led your team in scoring two years in a row and just watched a teammate who you've outscored while helping him put pucks in the net, walk into the GM's office with his Dad demanding 12m and who got practically all of it with nary a peep from the fans, even though his playoff numbers were no better and he played in those same game 7s as Mitch.
Now back to being happy and positive about how good MM really is
The top of the giveaway chart almost always reads like an allstar roster
therealkoho
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I hear you, the first thing I think of when somebody puts the puck in the net is money. I think it goes back to watching Gretzky play the Jets and thinking the nerve of that guy, he makes 3 times as much as Hawerchuck and only puts up twice the points
therealkoho
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Consecutive game scoring streaks are great for sure, but it's like consecutive game hitting streaks you can go 1 for 4 55 games in a row, but in the end you're still a .250 hitter.
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