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When that's a penalty but plastering Kerfoot on the numbers and into the boards isn't....what a joke.

Never know...he might enjoy the situation so much that he'll take less to hang around. So far he's been another decent low-risk bet from Dubas.

Is it just my imagination or is Matthews playing more physical so far this year? He seems to be using his body a bit more in the defensive zone.

This is quite possibly the worst-reffed game I've ever seen. For both teams.

Except then he would also be able to refuse assignment to the AHL/taxi too. Don't think a GM would want to risk that.

Willy HM is a toughie..could go to a few of the guys. Think I'll go with Morgan...his OT winner nudges him ahead of solid games from everyone in the core group. If Freddie has too many more games like this Jack has a real shot at stealing the starter position.

Very classy of Spezza to contact and offer him the #19 sweater. Just as classy of Joe to decline the offer and take #97 (which he'd worn before in international completion) instead.

I'd really hesitate to invest heavily in a goaltender swap. I read a tweat a couple days ago staying that this year the top 8 highest paid goaltenders are all either out of the playoffs or back-ups. And that doefn't seem like much of an anomaly. Think of all the high-salary big names who have...

Woops...senior's moment. Yes, Robertson. I'd be shocked too, although he's one of those odd ones who can't play in the AHL due to his age so he either has to win a roster spot (and not 13th man duties...he needs development) or he has to be sent back to Junior which I presume won't help him in...

Very pleased with the return on this deal. We needed to move out salary and as good as Kappy has been he just doesn't slot in as a top 6 forward with us so he makes the most sense to move for value. Getting a mid-1st is a very nice surprise and it sounds as though Hallander has some bottom-6...

If you want to look at basic PP% instead the Leafs were middle of the pack except for a torrid stretch in December. From Jan 1, 2020 through the stoppage in play they were 14th in the league in PP% which doesn't scream "don't change me." There are reams of caveats to go with that, of...

Ah..I see. For what it's worth his previous season's goals weren't scored from that half-wall spot or from any sort of shooting accuracy threat. Here's his 2018-19 goalscoring heat map which is pretty consistent with his career map. It's largely from point blank range where he's very deadly. I...

Not sure where that 26 comes from? I'm talking about his PP half-wall threat. In 2019-2020 he scored a total of 6 PPG (I didn't go and look them up to see how many were actually shots from "his spot" vs banging home a rebound or something of that nature). He scored 10 other goals at even...

Even better is doing that consistently in every zone.

I also wonder if he doesn't need to have some of his ice time cut back. He's doing his normal 5-on-5 shifts plus PP and PK so he was frequently well over 20 minutes TOI. That's a lot for anyone, and probably even harder for a smaller/lighter guy. This might seem crazy but...maybe he needs to be...

Woops...thanks for the correction. I knew it was some western hell-hole. :p

I agree with CtB's post and would add that while it didn't work, it wasn't exactly an asinine move. I don't think anyone expected Barrie to suddenly turn into Pronger, but they also didn't expect his offense to dry up to the degree it did. I think they were expecting something along the lines of...

I think it's also reasonable to think that Dubas felt we had what it takes to beat Boston in '18-'19. I suspect he even thought we might have home ice for that series. As you'll recall, we had a rash of injuries to our D meanwhile Boston went on an insane 2nd half run that let them almost catch...

Possibly worth considering as part of the "luck" aspect of things, too, is that we've been horribly unlucky in the last few years in our opponents. Boston x2 and then Columbus, both essentially big, bruising, defensive teams that we don't match up all that well against. I don't know if we would...

One happy little side note that I don't recall having seen anyone mention....Paul McFarland is leaving to go coach in the OHL so maybe we'll get a new offensive coach who can draw up more than one zone entry play for the PP.