For Borje - The Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 Stanley Cup Champions Thread

[MyNameIsJonas]

LoF is begging for Holl nerdies? What year is it?

 

[zeke]

I'd actually feel pretty zen if they were at least playing well. There's no excuse not to be the better team in this series and they just haven't. They were better last year against a worse Tampa team.

Yup.

Whats annoying is that it sure seems like we've intentionally changed tactics and reduced our forechecking....only to change back when trailing late, and of course looking better for doing it.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

I’d be more comfortable if Keefe and his assistants got locked in a broom closet and Tavares became a player coach

 

[zeke]

These are the raw stats purely based on actual goals. Won’t some nerd please post his fancy stats? I’d like to know what those say about him under these circumstances.

Those stats there quoted both xgoals and goals.

Just because they write out "expected goals share" don't be deceived that's still just evil nerdie xGF%.

 

[zeke]

as frustrating as it is, people need to acknowledge that every series is going to Game 6, except for 1 (Vegas over WPG 4-1).

And boy did the Jets fold like pussies. Wowza.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

And boy did the Jets fold like pussies. Wowza.

But the Jets suck and the only people with real expectations for them are Western Canadian cow fuckers

 

[Preston]

more disagreeing with you picking the Leafs every time. they've lost the benefit of that doubt, many times over.

That is fair. Being the worse team in the series works against them as well. They're just playing infuriatingly ugly hockey, I can't stress that enough. And it's fucking intentional.

 

[Artnes]

The dump and no chase is killing me.

 

[Preston]

Their speed last year gave them fits, particularly on the forecheck. Their longboy depth didn't score at all outside of a couple of empty net goals but they were not easy to play against... Relentless. They sorta loss that edge this year vs a slower team so maybe they'll be a better matchup vs other teams. Hope they can pull it out.. Just 1 of 2. Shouldn't be so hard..

 

[Wayward DP]

Of course whats gonna really make Keefe extra hesitant to pull Holl is that he's the #1 PK guy and he's completely nullified stamkos on the PP so far.

he's taken out Stamkos but their PP has still had lots of success though

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

The very limited I saw of Lafferty in the Hawk top 6 his only asset was his speed. I haven’t seen that at all in this seeies

 

[Wayward DP]

Yup.

Whats annoying is that it sure seems like we've intentionally changed tactics and reduced our forechecking....only to change back when trailing late, and of course looking better for doing it.

galaxy brain keefer

 

[Preston]

The very limited I saw of Lafferty in the Hawk top 6 his only asset was his speed. I haven’t seen that at all in this seeies

Speed isn't that valuable when you have no idea how to play hockey

 

[Wayward DP]

And boy did the Jets fold like pussies. Wowza.

rare you hear a coach lay into his team like Bowness did after an elimination.

then again, the Jets are a bunch of fagpouchies.

 

[Wayward DP]

The dump and no chase is killing me.

it's been ugly, ugly hockey for the most part.

with frenetic stretches of pressure when one team is down in the third.

 

[zeke]

he's taken out Stamkos but their PP has still had lots of success though

Well....they had 4 pp goals in that shitshow game 1.

But only 1 pp goal in the 4gms since.

 

[Wayward DP]

Well....they had 4 pp goals in that shitshow game 1.

But only 1 pp goal in the 4gms since.

fair enough

 

[zeke]

5v5


Rielly 19:38, -8.1dzs%, 55.1xgf% ----- Sergachev 21:17, -9.0dzs%, 37.1xgf%
Schenn 16:22, -2.7dzs%, 63.0xgf% ----- Raddysh 21:38, -6.7dzs%, 35.0xgf%

Brodie 19:33, +3.3dzs%, 57.8xgf% ----- Hedman 19:14, -5.9dzs%, 70.9xgf%
McCabe 19:48, +6.3dzs%, 43.6xgf% ----- Perbix 18:14, -0.9dzs%, 64.6%

Holl 14:53, +7.6dzs%, 33.6xgf% ----- Cole 14:27, +1.0dzs%, 52.2xgf%
Giordano 14:16, +6.4dzs%, 38.5xgf% ----- Bogosian 11:43, -4.0dzs%, 53.1xgf%

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The most annoying thing here for me tbh is that obviously as a team TB is getting many, many more offensive zone starts than we are.

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[LeafOfFaith]

Those stats there quoted both xgoals and goals.

Just because they write out "expected goals share" don't be deceived that's still just evil nerdie xGF%.

You always post a bunch of junk aside from xgf, but if you’re saying they’re all crap, that’s good enough for me.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

You always post a bunch of junk aside from xgf, but if you’re saying they’re all crap, that’s good enough for me.

If only you retained some of zekes junk inside you

You’d know if Holl was bad or not