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Leafs have a problem with speed and breaking the cycle.

This is why I brought up the Yzerman comparison. You know the lore that surrounds the transformation of Yzerman from perennial 40 - 65 goal scorer, to a dude who gave all that up to become a Stanley cup champion after a single conversation with Scotty Bowman..

He might not be as far off as he used to be. The numbers that I am referring too are his skating speed, shot velocity, hits, and clean exits from the defensive zone. I guess all of those have dropped over the last couple of years since the 69 goal season. Maybe he's focusing on other areas as...

I wonder if Stolarz has a concussion. Remember early on when his helmet got knocked off with a shot, similar to last year. Maybe he played that extra time with a concussion, and then they found out about it and now they are trying to deal with it

Maybe Matthews is taking the Yzerman route. All the stats say that he has slowed down. I don't think they have the metrics, but it would be interesting to see what the numbers looked like when Yzerman bought into the Bowman gameplan.

I think the Leafs should just start declining the penalties.

True, goalies take longer.

That's awesome. I'm hoping that they have hit on some diamonds in the rough in the last couple of drafts. It would be great if Danford ended up channeling his inner Barret Jackman. Just need a couple of hits. This draft is the one that really crippled the prospect pool. Which is funny...

I wonder if his shot mechanics are hard on his body. Kinda like how Tiger Woods swing destroyed his back.

I can see this going one of three ways: 1. They start to win, so no one gets fired, but I am not sure things are going to be any different in the playoffs than last year. 2. They ping pong between a game above .500 to a game below .500 and no body gets fired because they'll point to the good...

I was thinking the same thing. I don't think Reliving is going to fire Berube, and I don't think Pellet will fire Treliving till it's too late. They'll use injuries as a crutch. The only upside is that when you are selling off assets it's a little easier than when you are buying. Put the...

Feels like a lost season. Not all bad if they can finish in the bottom five and get a good you defenceman. If they don't finish in the bottom five and next year is also lost then things become dicey.

For GM I would say these are the candidates: EVAN GOLD With so much turbulence in the Boston Bruins‘ season, Gold may not end up on many public lists, but he’s a name that hockey executives around the league are talking about. The Bruins’ assistant GM, 45, helps GM Don Sweeney in all Boston’s...

"There are three ways to play hockey. The right way, the wrong way and the Treliving-Berube way." "Isn't that the wrong way?" "Yes, but faster."

I know not of this SI that you speak. I am definitely not someone who rage quit the forum two years ago after a loss to Ottawa, stayed away for most of that time, and then when things got really bad had to come back to find support because he is a Leaf fan who lives in Ottawa and is now...

Research for an MVP thesis.

So Domi isn't sitting?

I think this is where GM's shoot themselves in the foot. When they have this plan in their head but the plan has things that are outside of their control. For example, the rumour for years was that when Burke was building the Leafs, after he had made the Kessel trade, he was sure that he was...

Okay I get what you are saying. They have been close. They have been to the final four four times since 1967, and in each of those they came up short. The closest was probably the year against the Kings and the defining moment in that series was the missed call on Gretzky. Again, I know...

I agree totally on your last point. I don't think the NHL is trying to game the system by any stretch. I don't think the NHL is sitting there and saying "We can't let the Leafs make it to the cup". I don't think it is a conscious bias. I think it is possible that it is an unconscious one. I...