I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what the hell you mean by saying there is “risk” in “losing” Marancin.

Like, is there risk in me getting a beej tonight from Mrs. Wedgie?
- Atomic Wedgie

Losing Marincin is addition by subtraction..

Maybe the risk is that someone else gets more playing time and becomes a better player for it, and we are forced to give him $11M a year just to stay here.

Not an excuse but just a fact ....that matters.

With JT and Spezza out of the lineup the Leaf fwd average age was about 23.5. Experience does matter. Especially against an opponent like the Bruins.
- The Law

unfortunately the Door is closed as of game 82 of 2020

Basically since last jan, theyve been a .500 team.
- Fakepartofme

right and the team has 8 or 10 different players. lets see things play out a bit more this season

i'd only be down with this if the kings were willing to add carter and brown to the deal.
- Tumbleweed

only in a cap free world.

it was nice knowing you Nicholas Petan, Kevin Gravel and Nicholas Shore.

marincin to is best position as 7th dman in the press box.
- Tumbleweed

TSN had a really good piece on Petan before last night’s game. He lost his father last year to suicide.

Tough to watch, but well done.

Losing Marincin is addition by subtraction..

Maybe the risk is that someone else gets more playing time and becomes a better player for it, and we are forced to give him $11M a year just to stay here.
- PatC80

which teams 8th D man is actually good?

which teams 8th D man is actually good?
- drexel

Ours? Rasmus Sandin..

Losing Marincin is addition by subtraction..

Maybe the risk is that someone else gets more playing time and becomes a better player for it, and we are forced to give him $11M a year just to stay here.
- PatC80

The risk is injuries and the Leafs cap. She's tight - like Wedgie when it's time to pick up the bill.

The risk is injuries and the Leafs cap. She's tight - like Wedgie when it's time to pick up the bill.
- The Law

To me the question is where does Marincin fit after Holl . . . I think it's probably:

Marincin
Schmaltz
Kivihalme
Gravel
Harpur

Prefer to protect or limit usage so that first year of ELC is protected:
Sandin
Liljegren

Which means we have to ask - would he be claimed? And if so, by whom? And when do we get to play them?

To me the question is where does Marincin fit after Holl . . . I think it's probably:

Marincin
Schmaltz
Kivihalme
Gravel
Harpur

Prefer to protect or limit usage so that first year of ELC is protected:
Sandin
Liljegren

Which means we have to ask - would he be claimed? And if so, by whom? And when do we get to play them?
- Monkeypunk

If only we could play KHL teams...

To me the question is where does Marincin fit after Holl . . . I think it's probably:

Marincin
Schmaltz
Kivihalme
Gravel
Harpur

Prefer to protect or limit usage so that first year of ELC is protected:
Sandin
Liljegren

Which means we have to ask - would he be claimed? And if so, by whom? And when do we get to play them?
- Monkeypunk

Ya, that's why I think Timashov and Spezza stay as 12/13 and they ride out with 6 D'men.

If they get an injury on the blue line I think the rule allows them (b/c they are cap strapped) to call up anyone making 800k or less. So all those guys on the D depth list can come up or down on an emergency basis if somebody gets a short term injury or a flu bug or whatever.

Off topic, any news on Rantanen yet?

Off topic, any news on Rantanen yet?
- PatC80

wassup with him? drunk driving?

Where did you get that? That would have saved me some time!

I took the schedule, added a formula to count the days between team games, and then a second formula to count the instances of b2b for and against. It does not discount games where a team is playing a team in a b2b where BOTH teams are not rested (For instance I noticed from the raw data that while Carolina plays teams 23 times that have only 1 day of rest, in a lot of those cases Carolina was also unrested).
- Monkeypunk

Just saved the jpg's from twitter a few months back, but googling "Tired/Rested games (raw) for 2019-2020" apparently it's from this McCurdy guy.

https://twitter.com/Ineff...tatus/1143589704522260482

wassup with him? drunk driving?
- 21peter

week to week...

I have 2 thoughts:

1. The Bruins stars played smarter than ours. Matthews and Marner made some real bad decisions with the puck, they will need to be more consistent before they can be considered top players in the league. But I'm not concerned, Bergeron and Marchand were not really elite players until their mid twenties.
2. Our goalies should stop handling the puck. Seriously, just...don't
- BestRapperAlive

Matthews and Marner need to be way better...Kappy and Kerfoot can't be leading the team offensively and creating chances

10.9 mitch needs to play better for 10.9

Adam Jaz
@LedgerSko

Here are Mitch Marner's ranks in some key score adjusted 5v5 numbers (among all players with 40+ mins 5v5) 585 eligible players

CF/60 109th
CF% 138th
xGF/60 322nd
xGF% 375th


And William Nylander

CF/60 19th
CF% 46th
xGF/60 187th
xGF% 126th

I don't think it would.. A lot of goalies say that they need to keep their routine to stay consistent.. Having a guy start a game and then potentially be in the press box in a suit and tie would throw off that balance
- PatC80

My suggestion was merely based around the fact that if you want to rest a goalie - better to not dress him. I would assume that being backup still brings a bit of 'game stress' (can be good, but can cause goalie not to rest either + potential minutes when starter gets pulled).
I thought it would be an interesting idea to always have a rested starting goalie and a rested backup goalie. Who knows - should ask nhl starters what they think of the whole thing.

10.9 mitch needs to play better for 10.9
- senstroll

Now do points totals.

Now do points totals.
- MaximusAurelius

I know he can score on the PP, but the leafs need a 10.9 mil player to be much much better at 5v5, the good players earn their money when the teams are even

My suggestion was merely based around the fact that if you want to rest a goalie - better to not dress him. I would assume that being backup still brings a bit of 'game stress' (can be good, but can cause goalie not to rest either + potential minutes when starter gets pulled).
I thought it would be an interesting idea to always have a rested starting goalie and a rested backup goalie. Who knows - should ask nhl starters what they think of the whole thing.
- MaximusAurelius

It's an interesting idea. I'll give you that, but even when the starter is on the bench, they still go through the same routines as they would if they were starting.

Think about it, has Babs ever pulled the goalie out in the 2nd game of a back to back?

I know he can score on the PP, but the leafs need a 10.9 mil player to be much much better at 5v5, the good players earn their money when the teams are even
- senstroll

Marner has been much better than Nylander 5v5 - no stat you come up with can contradict that.

Marner this year vs Marner last year - that should be the discussion.
But not Marner vs Nylander - since Marner is still playing much better than Nylander.

Now do points totals.
- MaximusAurelius

There is a reason you don't judge players off 10 games of point totals.

It's an interesting idea. I'll give you that, but even when the starter is on the bench, they still go through the same routines as they would if they were starting.

Think about it, has Babs ever pulled the goalie out in the 2nd game of a back to back?
- PatC80

That is exactly my point - not having him do that would potentially rest him 'better'?

Marner has been much better than Nylander 5v5 - no stat you come up with can contradict that.

Marner this year vs Marner last year - that should be the discussion.
But not Marner vs Nylander - since Marner is still playing much better than Nylander.
- MaximusAurelius

You like to use stats when they support your argument but then say stats are bs when they don't support you.