2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

[CarltonTheBear]

Holmberg to the Marlies.  Obviously sicker than we want him to be and they want a roster spot/body to take on the road trip if he isn't good to go for Thursday.

Maybe this is just a temporary demotion but I think it's worth noting that Holmberg has somewhat struggled lately. Over the Leafs' last 15 games his CF% is 45.2 (lowest among forwards other than Simmonds who only has 3 GP), GF% is 45.45, and xGF% is 41.22%. Throw in the fact that he isn't very good on draws and generally doesn't get used for defensive zone face-offs and I think you can make the argument that at the very least the 4C spot probably isn't the ideal position for him right now. Granted the Leafs have struggled to find a successful trio there almost all season.

[L K]

Holmberg to the Marlies.  Obviously sicker than we want him to be and they want a roster spot/body to take on the road trip if he isn't good to go for Thursday.

Maybe this is just a temporary demotion but I think it's worth noting that Holmberg has somewhat struggled lately. Over the Leafs' last 15 games his CF% is 45.2 (lowest among forwards other than Simmonds who only has 3 GP), GF% is 45.45, and xGF% is 41.22%. Throw in the fact that he isn't very good on draws and generally doesn't get used for defensive zone face-offs and I think you can make the argument that at the very least the 4C spot probably isn't the ideal position for him right now. Granted the Leafs have struggled to find a successful trio there almost all season.

It's a fair point.  I just hope that we call someone else up and don't keep putting Simmonds in the lineup though.

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/koshtorontosun/status/1616108220208107521

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

MLHS makes the case for not re-signing Dubas early:

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2023/01/18/toronto-maple-leafs-gm-kyle-dubas-future-brendan-shanahan/

Since they agree with me, it's very excellent analysis.

[L K]

Matthews was added to the All-Star game.   No Nylander

[Nik]

Matthews was added to the All-Star game.   No Nylander

Current way the ASG is formatted good players will be kept off every year. Not much you can do there.

[Dappleganger]

Willy shoulda gone.

[Guilt Trip]

Matthews was added to the All-Star game.   No Nylander

Matthews has to be there. He's one of the top stars in the league. Sucks for Willy though who def deserves to be there this season.

[bustaheims]

Matthews was added to the All-Star game.   No Nylander

Current way the ASG is formatted good players will be kept off every year. Not much you can do there.

Yup. Between the small rosters and needing to have every team represented, there's going to be a lot of snubs.

[herman]

https://twitter.com/joshuakloke/status/1616792357499990017

There have been times this season when Nylander has run into traffic en route to a game while navigating downtown Toronto's clogged arteries. Nylander will realize he might be late if he keeps trying to grind through traffic coming south on Bay Street, "where turning into the rink is awful," he attests.

In a rare moment of hurriedness, he'll call veteran Leafs assistant equipment manager Tom Blatchford and tell him where he is. Blatchford will then leave the Scotiabank Arena, run to Nylander and drive his car, inch-by-inch, through traffic while Nylander beats the traffic on foot to the arena.

This is... kind of deranged.

[Nik]

At the very least you'd think if that was a big concern or frequent occurrence you'd just get the guy to drive you the whole way.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Solution: Take Lyft instead and pack a skateboard.  Then if traffic gets to be too much, abandon ship and operationalize Plan B.

[Bill33]

I was hoping Nylander would go to the ASG so a) that he could have the experience of it, considering his strong year, and b) so that Matthews could get more rest days for whatever has kept him out of the lineup the prior week. 

[herman]

There's definitely some bad luck involved, that's for sure. But some of the more astute members on the forum (I'm looking at you, Herman and CTB) clearly noted in the past that Robertson's stature, fearless approach, and skating mechanics (hunched over) expose him to greater risk of injury that other similar players (Caufield, for example).

I really hope he can get this figured out because he's going to be running out of chances real soon.  I'm not convinced he's going to be the player we all hope he will be for the Leafs, but these injuries may eventually put his NHL career at risk.

Teehee astute sounds like ass toot ;)

https://twitter.com/tsn_sports/status/1616823426500513797
Looks like this one was a wear and tear shoulder injury that just happened to line up with the organizational goals of tanking, suppressing a young star's early production numbers for future cap reasons, and setting up some long term health for a key contributor when the team is finally good again.

[Guilt Trip]

Hunt on waivers...move coming?
https://twitter.com/joshuakloke/status/1617237486811648000