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No Excuses No Limits! The mother fucking goddamn season thread

“When I was negotiating with Toronto, we made it very clear, my wife and I, before I even thought about looking at other teams, we were going to see if it was going to work in Toronto, because it was all we knew,” Hyman said. “We were from Toronto, our families were there, I had a role there and everything made sense. So why would I leave?

"Obviously things didn’t materialize, and then at that point it was kind of like we were shutting the door on Toronto, that’s not an option anymore. What’s the best option? I told my wife, she has never been to Edmonton, but this is the place I want to go.”

"I knew from the start that's where I would fit in best and that's where I thought we would have the best chance to win," Hyman said of signing in Edmonton. "Ultimately, what you want to do is win a Stanley Cup, and to have an opportunity to play with Conor and Leon, that was a dream scenario for me and obviously, it's worked out as best as it possibly could have."

“I said to my dad, all things equal, hockey-wise even with Toronto, this gives me the best opportunity to see what kind of player I can be, playing with Connor and Leon,” Hyman said. “There’s a lot of good players in Toronto, but I don’t think I would have ever gotten the opportunity to take the next step. Here, I just fit in really well and have been playing with the best players in the world and found a really good role. I've been able to elevate my game and it’s been fun.”
 
Snapshot of Leafs usage:



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just eyeballing how the model has changed with this overnight for the Leafs

Matthews +26 --> +28 (+2)
Marner +16 ----> +15 (-1)
Nylander +14 --> +15 (+1)

Tavares +12 ----> +13 (+1)
Bertuzzi +3 ----> +3
McMann +2 ---> +2

Holmberg n/a
Jarnkrok +1 ---> +1
Domi +0 ------> +0

Kampf -10 -----> -10
Knies -1 -------> -2 (-1)
Robertson -1 --> -2 (-1)

Dewar -5 -----> -5
Reaves -11 ----> -12 (-1)
Gregor -12 ----> -12



Liljegren +9 ----> +9
Rielly +7 -------> +8 (+1)

Timmins +7 ----> +4 (-3)
McCabe +3 ----> +3

Brodie -2 -------> -2
Giordano +0 ---> -2 (-2)

Benoit -3 --------> -5 (-2)
Edmundson -4 --> -5 (-1)

Lyubushkin -9 ---> -9
Klingberg -13 ---> -17 (-4)




yeah all that passes the smell test nicely.

especially all the bottom pair dmen being the hardest hit.
 
No other forward in the league has anywhere near the tough usage Matthews has. Like not even close.

Which I mean, great he can handle it. But also maybe don’t saddle the best goal scorer in the league with the worst offensive opportunities in the league coach.
 
Matthews, Kadri, Gunther, Smith and Walker (??) are the only forwards in the NHL with a < -1 expected offensive rating, and Matthews is almost at -2.

Why?
 
leafman101 said:
No other forward in the league has anywhere near the tough usage Matthews has. Like not even close.

Which I mean, great he can handle it. But also maybe don’t saddle the best goal scorer in the league with the worst offensive opportunities in the league coach.
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oh no that's kampf's music...
 
Net Rating rankings with the new adjustments...


Matthews +28 (#3 C, #3 All)

Nylander +15 (#12-13 W, #28-36 All)
Marner +15 (#12-13 W, #28-36 All)

Tavares +13 (#15-18 C, #46-53 All)

Liljegren +9 (#24-29 D, #83-97 All)

Rielly +8 (#30-33 D, #97-110 All)
 
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