The "Mr. T" Man of the Match 2022-23 Edition: Once more into the breach

[cw]

I'm going to say Holl, HM Kerfoot

Holl was second in ice time on the D due to the PK where Caps went 0-5 and not on the ice for any goals against.

Kerfoot also did a bunch of the PK and made a beautiful pass to Jarnkrok on his goal.

[Significantly Insignificant]

Rielly
Matthews

[SpiderLeaf]

Holl HM Rielly

[Mr. Leaf]

MOTM: Matthews
HM: Holl

[OldTimeHockey]

Yikes, I must have watched a different game. I'm not sure what Holl's giveaways were but him and Muzzin looked scrambled.

MOTM - Tavares
HM - Giordano.

[herman]

Yikes, I must have watched a different game. I'm not sure what Holl's giveaways were but him and Muzzin looked scrambled.

MOTM - Tavares
HM - Giordano.

I voted for his butt, not his hands

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

I'll change my HM to Rielly to break the tie.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

G1: TOR v MTL: Habs 4-3.  MotM: Malgin 4/1.  HM: Tavares 1/2.  Others: Nylander 0/3, Marner 1/0.
G2: WSH v TOR: Leafs 3-2.  MotM: Holl 6/1.  HM: Rielly 1/2.  Others: Tavares 1/1, Samsonov 0/2, Kerfoot 0/1, Matthews 1/1, Giordano 0/1.
G3: OTT v TOR:

   

	MotM/Win	MotM/Loss	HonMen	Accolades	Times Voted	Points
Forwards
12 Zach Aston-Reese	0	0	0	0	0	0
96 Nicolas Aubé-Kubel	0	0	0	0	0	0
58 Michael Bunting	0	0	0	0	0	0
43 Kyle Clifford	0	0	0	0	0	0
19 Calle Järnkrok	0	0	0	0	0	0
47 Pierre Engvall	0	0	0	0	0	0
29 Pontus Holmberg	0	0	0	0	0	0
64 David Kämpf	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Alexander Kerfoot	0	0	0	0	1	1
62 Denis Malgin	0	1	0	1	1	3
16 Mitch Marner	0	0	0	0	1	1
34 Auston Matthews	0	0	0	0	1	1
88 William Nylander	0	0	0	0	1	1
89 Nicholas Robertson	0	0	0	0	0	0
24 Wayne Simmonds	0	0	0	0	0	0
91 John Tavares	0	0	1	0	2	3
Defensemen
78 T.J. Brodie	0	0	0	0	0	0
48 Carl Dahlström	0	0	0	0	0	0
55 Mark Giordano	0	0	0	0	1	1
3 Justin Holl	1	0	0	1	1	5
37 Timothy Liljegren	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Jake Muzzin	0	0	0	0	0	0
44 Morgan Rielly	0	0	1	1	1	3
38 Rasmus Sandin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goalkeepers
30 Matt Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
35 Ilya Samsonov	0	0	0	0	1	1.0

Show of hands, those who didn't think, but KNEW, that the first two MotMs would be Malgin and Holl.

[cw]

Show of hands, those who didn't think, but KNEW, that the first two MotMs would be Malgin and Holl.

Can't say I "knew" or had the slightest notion but I would say that your question reminded me that they both had good preseasons - beyond the stats.

Though Holl's preseason stats 4GP 2G 2A 4Pts +8 were pretty good ..

Both he and Sandin looked improved to me.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Show of hands, those who didn't think, but KNEW, that the first two MotMs would be Malgin and Holl.

Can't say I "knew" or had the slightest notion but I would say that your question reminded me that they both had good preseasons - beyond the stats.

Though Holl's preseason stats 4GP 2G 2A 4Pts +8 were pretty good ..

Both he and Sandin looked improved to me.

It'd be a huge boost if they can play well, and Liljegren continues his upward trajectory.  Washington isn't as dangerous as they used to be but they can still put it in the net.  And the D shut them down in periods 2 and 3.

[cw]

Show of hands, those who didn't think, but KNEW, that the first two MotMs would be Malgin and Holl.

Can't say I "knew" or had the slightest notion but I would say that your question reminded me that they both had good preseasons - beyond the stats.

Though Holl's preseason stats 4GP 2G 2A 4Pts +8 were pretty good ..

Both he and Sandin looked improved to me.

It'd be a huge boost if they can play well, and Liljegren continues his upward trajectory.  Washington isn't as dangerous as they used to be but they can still put it in the net.  And the D shut them down in periods 2 and 3.

I thought they were among the weaker links on D last year. I didn't see tons of last season. But from what I did see, Holl didn't bother me as much as he seemed to bother some - he did have some issues. Muzzin seemed to struggle to achieve his more proficient abilities but was better in the playoffs. Liljegren looked significantly improved - particularly with Giordano.

We have to start to be concerned about the age of the older guys. But Giordano has looked fine to me. Muzzin I haven't seen enough of but looked ok in the one game in preseason. Brodie I haven't noticed much (aside from his nice stick work) which may be a good thing.

I'm not positive but if I had to guess, I think the D is improved some. I also think the forwards have improved some. Like so many have said, we don't know what we have in these goaltenders. It might take us 20 or more games to find out.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

MotM: Ilya Samsonov.
HM: Jake Muzzin, lovely assist and a great play to start the 3rd.

Marner, Holl, Kampf, Nylander, Tavares, Matthews, all deserving too, among others

[SpiderLeaf]

Holl HM Nylander

Mention to Samsonov Jankrok

[Significantly Insignificant]

Samsonov
HM: Nylander

[Guilt Trip]

Samsonov
Holl