Yes. I agree. Freddy is not a top 5 goalie. Maybe between 10-15? I just hope we dont resign him for huge money when his contract is up... big mistake
- Hockey_Reverend

Agreed.. It would be a big mistake to give him a big money deal..

No team should give any goalie 7-8 years for 8 million per. It's clearly not a wise move.
Vailievsky will work out ok due to his young age, but his cap hit will make them lose other players.

That Bobrovsky deal is crippling. And not just due to the "Cap", Florida is broke and needs to shed $$$. That will hurt them for years to come.
But back to Nylander makin 6.9...

I come here to read Max's posts when my superior intellect has me feeling out of touch with society and I need to quickly lose 20-30 IQ points
- poopstash

There's a more permanent solution than that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9pD_UK6vGU

Leafs, Canes make it,

Then its a toss up for Isles, Rangers for me.

C-Bus has a horrible schedule and unless the Panthers turn from the bottom 5 team since December clip they have been on they don't have much hope for me either.

Wouldn't Mr. Hyde be harder to play against then Dr. Jekyll? That reference doesn't work for me.

dubas finally admits it, admits the mistake he made finally.

https://www.tsn.ca/kyle-d...nto-maple-leafs-1.1452861

dubas finally admits it, admits the mistake he made finally.

https://www.tsn.ca/kyle-d...nto-maple-leafs-1.1452861
- ghetto puck

That bastard

Ruining a perfectly dry hat.
- AdamFrench

lmfaooooooooo 🤣

this is why i “shake hands with the unemployed” in the shower👍

no chance of unwanted pregnancies with drain babies 👍🏿

freddy, glassthews and snakevares have ptsd and a case of the (frank)its from being run on a regular basis and nobody protecting them 🤦‍♂️

there was a day when running the goalie was a paddlin’👍

it’s still like that on some teams and they are the ones who have been competitive for the last...forever 👍🏿

clifftard and a couple more players of his ilk will fix this problem and you will see your precious sv%/gaa stats improve👍

as it stands now, dubass’ lack of trading floater willi, cody sissy, tyson barely and maybe pencil neck greedy little b!tch marner for some grown men at the deadline will lead to more of this bs and failure to make the playoffs 🤦‍♂️

if they do make it, they will be bounced in short order🤦‍♂️

i just feel bad for glassthews, freddy, snakevares, clifftard and muzzin 😭

new blog everyone

Pretty much every Stanley Cup winner has had an above average goalie. Leafs d isn't perfect but if you do watch a lot of the shots come from non dangerous spots. Confidence in your goaltender is huge. Right now leaf goaltenders aren't capable of doing this for the team. Despite this Leafs are still winning games. I personally think you put a high end .910% goalie on this team and they'd look much more dominate.
- bmoney411

Binnington career: .917 SV% / 2019 Cup Playoffs: .914 SV%
Holtby career: .916 SV% / 2018 Cup Playoffs: .922 SV%
Fleury career: .913 SV% / 2017 Cup Playoffs: .924 SV%
Murray career: .914 SV% / 2016 Cup Playoffs: .923 SV%
Crawford career: .918 SV% / 2015 Cup Playoffs: .924 SV%
Quick career: .913 SV% / 2014 Cup Playoffs: .911 SV%

Andersen career: .916 SV% / 2019 Cup Playoffs: .922 SV%
Career Playoff SV%: .914 SV%

As we can see, all those numbers are within Andersen's range. Even at his average, he can get the job done if the team in front of him is good enough. Pretty sure the past 20 Cup winning goalies playoff SV% average is .913 SV%. So well within Andersen's range as well.

In the past 5 years, among the 6 goalies who have had a better regular season SV% than Andersen (Bishop, Lehner, Crawford, Vasilevskiy, Gibson and Rask) only one has a Cup as a starter overall so having a great goalie doesn't guarantee a Cup.

A lot of people look at SV% without realizing that a lot of Cup winners allow much fewer shots than the Leafs. Past 20 Cup winners averaged between 9th/10th in shots allowed. Leafs are 20th in shots allowed. The Red Wings and the Devils and even the Blackhawks were 1st in shots against per game some seasons. That's why Osgood and Niemi have Cups.

The Leafs having a goalie with a .910 SV% doesn't solve their problem. It only masks it. Andersen was .917 SV% last year and they still lost in the playoffs. Why? The team in front of him couldn't play playoff hockey. Having a goalie stand on his head every night is not the way this team should be expecting to win games or Cups.

He's below league average. I don't know what else to tell you, but admitting you're wrong is the first step to salvation.
- gravyface

The Leafs D is below average. They give up too many shots and give up too many easy chances and goals. That's not Andersen's fault. First step is admitting that the Leafs D is terrible. That should be really easy if you're not drinking the kool-aid.

Vegas has gone 9-1, to get to 3 points ahead of the leafs with an extra game played.

If the Leafs play like Vegas they could be almost exactly where they are in the standings.

You also have Montreal, Carolina and LA who all are around the same as Vegas in shots/shot diff ...all Below the Leafs in the Standings.

The thing the Leafs have in common with all those teams is the Goalies have been less than great. The Canes just more recently

You fire up a lot of straw man arguments
- senstroll

False. If the Leafs had 35 shots for and 25 shots against for the entire season, they'd be battling Boston for 1st overall.

Montreal; no offensive power. Leafs have that.
Carolina; no top 10 goalie. Leafs have that the past 5 years when the D isn't a bunch of AHLers.
LA; rebuilding with a serious lack of talent in all areas.

Giving up fewer shots against is basic level understanding of how hockey works and the Leafs are terrible at it.

I like Vegas and think they are a good team, but all that has gotten them so far almost exactly tied with the Leafs in the Standings
- senstroll

False. They fired their coach for a reason. DeBoer has made a significant change for that team in shot differential. If DeBoer had been there from the start, they'd be far better than they are now.

I think they desperately need a natural centreman that can PK. This double winger nonsense has never worked and no other team does it.
- AdamFrench

Been saying this since before they traded Kadri. When they traded Kadri, they needed it twice as much.

In theory, the 3rd line C and the 4th line C should be very good at FOs and PKing with the 1st and 2nd line C occasionally helping out at the end of PKs.

Leafs insist on using wingers on the PK and it's stupid.