Youth In Full Effect
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis | 11 Comments »How's this grab you all as a stat line for the Leafs victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night? Luke Schenn: 1A, +3, 3 shots, 2 hits, 22:37 TOI Dion Phaneuf: even rating, 8 shots, 2 hits, 26:43 TOI Luca Caputi: ...
Penalty Trouble in Philadelphia
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 7 Comments »Ok, so Colton Orr serves a purpose on this team. In the case of Toronto's game against Ottawa on Saturday night, that purpose was to pound Matt Carkner's face and help sway the game back in the Leafs favour after ...
Leafs Create Offensive Chances
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 14 Comments »Phil Kessel might not be worth 4 draft picks. The 4 draft picks Boston received in exchange for the Leafs sniper might never develop into meaningful talent at the NHL level. At this point though, that's all fairly irrelevant. What is ...
New Leafs To Play Consecutive Games Vs. Devils
Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis | 10 Comments »Trial by fire. That should be something the new Leafs are used to, they did play for the Calgary Flames after all. Even J.S. Giguere was a Flame once upon a time, so it seems fitting that the new look ...
Leafs Squeak By
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 18 Comments »Well, it was nice to see some offensive output from Niklas Hagman, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Matt Stajan, and Phil Kessel in the Leafs 4-3 victory over Nashville. The Leafs haven't gotten ANY scoring from those guys in FOREVER... or have they? Matt ...
Crunch Time
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Prospects | 16 Comments »I apologise for my lack of regular postings since the end of the holiday season. It is the end of Semester and we are down into "crunch time" for most of my students, and helping them to obtain credits and ...
Leafs PK and Offense Wilting Under Pressure
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis | 3 Comments »What a flurry of furious action that was. No, I'm not referring to the end of the Leafs-Sabres game on Friday, I'm more looking at the coach and the press ripping into the team's production of late. They can't stop ...
Coldest Power Play In The East
Monday, December 28th, 2009 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 7 Comments »... and the West for that matter. The Leafs are atrocious with the man advantage this season, and while it had been covered up for a while due to one ridiculous game against the Anaheim Ducks and some generally solid ...
Playing On The Plus Side
Sunday, December 13th, 2009 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 3 Comments »So the Leafs have been winning some games recently. They've improved drastically 5 on 5, they have two legitimate scoring lines, they have more clearly defined roles on the team, they've received improved goaltending from Vesa Toskala, and generally speaking ...
Leafs Finally See Secondary Scoring
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in Game Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 6 Comments »So the Leafs were demoralized and demolished by a defensively sound Boston Bruins club, backstopped by a former Leafs draft pick with stellar reflexes and positioning. Ironically, following their meek surrendering of a thumping 7 goals at the start of ...
