Passing Thoughts
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Prospects | 11 Comments »Ok, just a few things that have been bouncing around in my head recently. 1. Nikolai Kulemin is more deserving of the money Matt Stajan recieved than Matt Stajan is. That being said, I'd offer him 2 years at $3.2 million and ...
How Does Our First Line Stack Up?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 19 Comments »The Leafs top line trio of Bozak, Kulemin, and Kessel has been together for 17 games now, which is roughly one fifth of a full season. Here is how the three of them have produced points in those 17 games: Kessel: ...
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: ...
Welcome To The Gunn Show
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 15 Comments »Here's a question for all the Leaf fans who promoted Ian White due to his "impressive" +/- rating of +1 through 56 games as a Leaf. Does the fact that Carl Gunnarsson is now a +9 through only 27 games, ...
Penalties Taken vs. Penalties Drawn and Nikolai Kulemin
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 9 Comments »So here's another area where Nikolai Kulemin does a lot of little things right. He's been compared on this blog to Alexei Ponikarovsky in the past, but obviously his awareness defensively, and his ability to move his feet in both ...
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 ...
Olympics In Rearview - Now On To Trade Deadline Day
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis | 20 Comments »So the Olympics ended on a high note for Canada, but perhaps not so much for the Leafs top trio of Brian Burke, Ron Wilson, and Phil Kessel, who all represented the silver medalist United States. What does that mean ...
Four Games In
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis | 14 Comments »So the new look Leafs seem to be adjusting to life without Matt Stajan, Ian White, Nik Hagman, Jamal Mayers, Vesa Toskala, and Jason Blake reasonably well. The additions of Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjostrom, and J.S. Giguere seem to have ...
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 ...
