OT: s o f t players d i s c u s s i o n

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[Jimmy Firecracker]

Either Mitch or Lilly. Auston does have some bit-back in his game now and uses his strength to gain leverage on the puck. Tavares and Nylander also routinely use their strength to outmuscle their opponents even if they don't fight or engage in scrums all that often. OEL showed some snarl while on Florida, and Minten is an OHL'er so this comparison is entirely unfair for him right now.

I like Lilly but he gets bullied quite a bit, the Bruins ate him alive. Won't forget the one time he landed a decent hit against some Bruin only to have Marchand and that same Bruin plant him on his ass shortly after on that same shift. I guess he should get points for at least trying and the fact that as a defenseman he's subject to more punishment than forwards, especially wingers who can choose to avoid it, like the next guy I'm going to mention.

Mitch brings little physicality to his game and also refuses to fight back in any situation. The guy looks like a lost child any time a scrum breaks out and he's on the ice. Dude also acts like a piss-baby way too much for someone who wears a letter and his constant fighting with the media is a poor look and not reflective of someone who truly doesn't care what the media thinks.

So Mitch is the softest with Lilly second.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Marner avoiding contact and overall pissy child performance in the playoffs. (Even if he looked sick as setup man, that one game)
Give him the hard nod as biggest wimp

 

[The Iceman]

Mitch threw his glove once. That’s pretty tough.

 

[Nineteen67]

All of them but Tavares. Due to his size Matthews is probably the wimpiest.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Marner AINEC

Mitch threw his glove once. That’s pretty tough.

You could see the fear and intimidation in Willy’s eyes when Mitch did that

 

[notDatsyuk]

Nylander is the answer.



The blocked shots and hit leader for our forwards in the playoffs, I 100% agree.

This year Matty had more hits, but Willy had more blocked shots (and more of each than Mitch).

Believe it or not, Willy was tied for third in blocks among forwards, and third in blocks/60.

But I'm not surprised you are one of the very few who voted for Willy.

 

[notbias]

This year Matty had more hits, but Willy had more blocked shots (and more of each than Mitch).

Believe it or not, Willy was tied for third in blocks among forwards, and third in blocks/60.

But I'm not surprised you are one of the very few who voted for Willy.

I'm not surprised you used a small sample size to fit your desired outcome... carry on.

 

[notDatsyuk]

I'm not surprised you used a small sample size to fit your desired outcome... carry on.

Full size of their most recent playoffs.

I'm not surprised you didn't actually address it.

 

[Antropovsky]

Im going to miss Bertuzzi/Domi together. They added some much needed nastyness to the top 6. It was enjoyable watching them target Marchand in the playoffs and bully him a bit. Hopefully losing Bertuzzi doesnt make Domi less physical or makes him try to do everthing imself like Kadri in the past.

 

[WillyC]

How does anyone top… crying in the penalty box on National TV?

 

[hotpaws]

op looks like he's running low on ideas for new threads

 

[IPS]

Yeah Mitch is gonna run away with this poll and rightfully so.

 

[Madap]

lol why is this a poll? This is just another thread to make fun of Marner. No one else is even close on the team.

 

[Gary Nylund]

How does anyone top… crying in the penalty box on National TV?

Good question. All I can say it that this does ever get topped, it's gonna be Marner who does it. How he does it I have no idea but I could see it happening.

 

[ACC1224]

Marner has always been soft, not sure a poll is needed to validate that.
For his size Matthews is disappointingly soft.

 

[Mess]

Here is a summary of last years playoffs Hits/60 of Leafs most physical playoff performers taking into account TOI/g and Hits.

 

[ToneDog]

How does anyone top… crying in the penalty box on National TV?

 

[LeafSteel]

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Doesn’t matter if this thread hits 100,000 posts, this is the best damn response you are going to find in it.

Respect.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

op looks like he's running low on ideas for new threads

What are your ideas?

 

[ACC1224]

One thing everyone would agree on is that Jake McCabe is the toughest guy on the team.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I see the narrative on OEL has started early

Jason Strudwick was on overdrive on July 1st. He made a joke (paraphrasing): OEL had an aversion to hi fiving other players due to not wanting any body contact, but then changed in FLA. Some nights he lead the team in hits.

For the record I'm in OEL's corner. I like this signing, and I hope he works out for TOR.

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

Definitely Fraser Minten. Typically younger people have softer skin than older people, so it's a safe choice.

 

[ULF_55]

Marner AINEC


You could see the fear and intimidation in Willy’s eyes when Mitch did that

After he stopped laughing, he looked amused and he might have been heard to say, "Now that's more like it!"

 

[notbias]

Full size of their most recent playoffs.

I'm not surprised you didn't actually address it.

Because as soon as you look past that super small sample size you realize that it is the outlier...

This is not hard to figure out, but if you want an answer here:

Yes, Nylander had more blocked shots last playoff, it has been established that Marner had a terrible playoff.

In the last 5 years, this is the only year that Nylander had more blocked shots, and over that span, the blocked shots are 29 to 15 for Marner.

Seems like last year is not the norm, but you'll likely find a way to convince yourself it was.