Location: David Clarkson's Water Bottle, ON Joined: 02.12.2013
May 23 @ 7:38 PM ET
Anyone watching the Jays game right now?
No power to the broadcast truck, so they have the scoreboard feed, and Jays broadcasters calling the game from their phone - about 3 seconds ahead of the video. - Atomic Wedgie
I’m noticing Gausman has the arms of a 9 year old.
Location: I think I'll just sit back stage until somebody that matters calls me out.-King of HB Systemtool Joined: 06.02.2010
May 23 @ 7:45 PM ET
Ya lose all credibility with the mentioning of pld. - Fakepartofme
Not at all.
Cheap replacement for JT at 2C. I watch him play on LA all the time. You guys are just way off.
You know the best part of PLD besides the fact that he's a beast that doesn't take shiite? When he does have a bad game or two, you know he isn't being paid $11M. He was a great in LAs playoff series. Exactly what we were missing.
Marner for PLD 25% retained and Clarke, plus whatever else, would be an awesome hockey trade for both teams and the players involved. (some of you are really under estimating the value of the cost controlled young Dman in the trade too)
Location: Living rent free... in your head, ON Joined: 09.20.2010
May 23 @ 8:29 PM ET
Not at all.
Cheap replacement for JT at 2C. I watch him play on LA all the time. You guys are just way off.
You know the best part of PLD besides the fact that he's a beast that doesn't take shiite? When he does have a bad game or two, you know he isn't being paid $11M. He was a great in LAs playoff series. Exactly what we were missing.
Marner for PLD 25% retained and Clarke, plus whatever else, would be an awesome hockey trade for both teams and the players involved. (some of you are really under estimating the value of the cost controlled young Dman in the trade too) - underhill14
Cheap? Hes overpaid 8m.per year or something like that.
Even with 25% retained, hes overpaid imo.
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
May 23 @ 8:46 PM ET
Disagree - need a plan that includes taking the puck to the net, traffic and shots. Creating as much pain and discomfort for the opposing goalie. Create high danger opportunities. These do not come from the corner. - winsix
That's fair. Let me clarify my point - a good system can still fail significantly without the right personnel to execute it.
Calgary's most prominently deployed powerplay of Kadri - Lindholm - Sharangovich with Huberdeau and Andersson just didn't have anyone willing to get in front consistently. Lindholm had a terrible year; Huberdeau is slower than Tavares if he had cement skates on - and their powerplay was operating at 13.8% efficiency (29th) until they traded Lindholm for Kuzmenko - after that one trade, Calgary improved to 24% (12th over that period). So personnel does matter in my opinion. You need a shooter and you need someone willing to exist in the high danger areas (something which Kuzmenko did far better than any of his teammates in his 29 games with the team).
I think if you really got into truth telling Jaime’s probably the one guy most of the league doesn’t really want a part of …because he can really chuck’em ..even now, he’s just a nasty piece of business….
I know when Perry and Getz played with him on team Canada… Getz was saying they did an informal poll and he was the one guy nobody really wanted a piece of..🤣🤣🤣🤣
wasn’t like Getz was some kind of wallflower either / he fought a ton in Jr, and a lot with the ducks. - dozerD10
Benn's a tough hombre but he's been beat up nice by guys like Luke Schenn and Josh Manson ..and he's smart enough to avoid the heavyweights.
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
May 23 @ 9:38 PM ET
Who the (frank) cares who runs the PP? They'll run the same guys every time anyways. - AdamFrench
The same guys can have greater effect with some different setups and plays.
Look, if you get out there and run a standard 1-3-1 powerplay setup, which the Leafs have done, the execution can be key - but why did the powerplay dry up for Toronto for the last two months? I think it was because it was far too stationary. The 1-3-1 is bloody useless if the options are taken away. The only way to get options is to create motion - run a winger through the middle - bring the bumper up high into the middle of the defensive box and bring a winger into the crease area - the more motion you create the more chaos you create for the defenders. You have to drag them out of the box and take their attention away from the puck.
Talent goes only so far - but the Leafs do have plenty of it.
You're right though - different guys would bring different looks or different things around the net. Prime JVR or prime Andreychuk were a couple of the best crease present guys; guys like the Tkachuks are such asshats in front - they are another great weapon to have, that we don't.
I'm not even sold that much that we need a cannon from the blueline - but having someone who can peel off the line with speed and take an accurate shot would be more of an asset that what Rielly offers - which is just some nice passing.
I think there is a better than 50% chance Mitch thrives under Berube. He is such a little female dog he will be scared poopless and might start working hard again.
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
May 23 @ 10:29 PM ET
Not a Dubus fan - but if he was this good for Leafs in the playoffs he would’ve been signed.
Also always tough to judge a player on different teams you know. Toronto Hyman different than Edmonton Hyman. - Big23Questions
Not really. Hyman was always excellent. He made every line he was on better. He didn't play with McDavid, obviously, but he was pacing as a 30 goal player when he left. The problem was that in his 2 final seasons in Toronto he had missed a couple of months in each year due to injury and there was concern that his style wouldn't hold up.
I think those concerns were grossly exaggerated as evidenced by Hyman missing no more than 6 games in any of his 3 years in Edmonton.
