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They finished 4th last season. They're 26th now and have racked that up against a weak schedule. Net PP% is 5% - that's the league basement for that stat GAA is a goal more than last year. I blame the skaters more for that. There have been rough starts over the years. During the Matthews era...

Maybe contrary to his numbers, I think Stolarz has been playing better than the skaters in front of him. Woll can't play until Nov 1 at the earliest due to LTIR. There are only two back to backs in November - first one on November 8th-9th. So he's got time to get into game shape before there's...

I have a gripe with this. The 2024-25 Leafs finished 4th overall in points and took the Cup champs to a 7th game in the 2nd round ... when their captain and best player, by his own admission, was injured and even upon return, was clearly not up to performing as their best player - significantly...

So any team can arbitrarily put a player on LTIR as "a salary cap optimization thing" without any doctors, etc. That is a twist to the CBA I certainly hadn't contemplated or heard of. I guess I mistakenly thought the player had to be injured or ill ...

I do not claim expertise in this but my understanding was Player Assistance is confidential and voluntary. If Woll didn't volunteer for that program ... and sought mental health treatment privately for example, Player Assistance wouldn't or may not come into play but that would not eliminate a...

On shots from further out or lower velocity, sure, read the release, etc. But an 80 mph shot from 23 feet, as Hughes delivered, could be in the net before many NHL goalies can react - no matter what they see on the release. The NHL goalies with the fastest reaction time (~.16 secs) might move...

The Athletic: Inside Auston Matthews’ motivation to recapture ‘my standard’ for the Maple Leafs Lengthy article I don't have time this morning to go thru for quotes. Siegel spoke with Matthews and then goes through a bunch of stats compared to previous seasons that underscore what everyone...

If Nylander shoots his hardest shot inside the dots (95-96 mph) against the NHL goalie with the fastest reaction time (~0.16 seconds), the puck will be past that goalie before he can move. The puck either hits the goalie or it doesn't. Reaction time is out of the equation. Ditto for Matthews...

No, that is not accurate. Studies have shown that elite goalies stop the puck better when they can assess the body movements of the shooter as opposed to just seeing the puck and video studies have shown that elite goalies make good adjustments for positioning prior to the shot being taken...

I think McMann comes by his circumstances honestly. He's 210-215 sometimes trying to play like he's 230. There is more of a wear and tear when you're not as big. He has a long history of getting banged up. When he gets banged up, he's just not as effective. As well, he geared himself towards...

McMann, Lorentz, Joshua & Knies are hitting. They do not seem to engage in as many puck battles this year. The whole team doesn't - that's how it feels to me. Their number of giveaways are near the worst in the league. Takeaways 23rd so maybe that reflects some of what I'm seeing.

I'm trying to be optimistic and patient. It is only 7 games. On paper, this team seems better than what we're seeing. But what we're seeing is troubling. The roster is not radically changed - aside from Marner. There has been the talk about what the team is supposed to be. But we're not seeing...

I think he's just taking the heat because of his remarks after the last game - that the team preferred stayed in the locker room. He doesn't control the laws of physics and the limits of human reaction time. His body basically had to be pretty close to wherever that puck was going to be before...

It is a good theory. But I think sometimes our expectations get a little higher than what is reasonable. NHL Edge clocked that slap shot by Hughes at 80.31 mpg which is 117.8 feet per second at 30 ft out from the center of the goal line. Stolarz was outside the 6 foot radius of the blue paint to...

Tanev turns 36 in December. It is around his 13th upper body injury that will cost him games - usually between 1 and 10+. Older players wear down and are more susceptible. It is arguably closer to "to be expected" than "unlucky"

I think that this is the first good NHL team they have faced this season. That probably has something to do with what we're seeing.

NHL.com Blue Jays’ Guerrero Jr. rocks Matthews jersey at Game 7 MLB superstar wears Maple Leafs sweater ahead of winner-take-all playoff game Maybe someone needs to get Matthews a Guerrero jersey ...