The 2019-2020 MotherFucking Season Thread

[leafman101]

 

[TinCow]

Ah ty.

 

[MindzEye]

I hate this city sometimes

 

[zeke]

I hate this city sometimes

I mean....I dunno.....(**ducks**)......he might actually have a point.

 

[Volcanologist]

I hate this city sometimes

If you talk about toughness all the time, you see what you want to see to try and preserve that narrative. guy just wants to be right like the rest of us.

this is some pretty lean scraps though.

 

[leafman101]

In that case we should get another Clifford.

 

[Neurospasm]

Kapanen has added what I thought Clifford was going to bring to the team, so I guess there’s that.

 

[MindzEye]

I mean....I dunno.....(**ducks**)......he might actually have a point.

Clifford might legit be the reason Kappy has felt comfortable chucking them twice in the last week, I won't dispute that. But we've seen Kappy play at this level or higher in the past. It's the smashing together with "face punching" and the quality of his game that I object to. Kappy has been good overall, and was pretty fucking inspired in that win against Pittsburgh, but he's hardly become a brand new player....aside from the face punching.

 

[MindzEye]

Taking a deeper dive, Kappy hasn't even been good since Clifford showed up. 47.6% (-5.7% rel). 6 points in 12.

 

[Artnes]

if Willy punched things he would be worth his contract

 

[Volcanologist]

Taking a deeper dive, Kappy hasn't even been good since Clifford showed up. 47.6% (-5.7% rel). 6 points in 12.

you mean Carlo was full of shit again?

 

[TinCow]

I’m sure there is some truth to that..... having tough guys as part of a group tends to make others in the group feel a little braver.

Remember how brave Kadri was when the Leafs had Orr and FM?

 

[Artnes]

Kadri didnt backdown regardless of who was around. An attribute and a flaw

 

[MindzEye]

you mean Carlo was full of shit again?

Weird, I know.

 

[leafman101]

I mean Kappy has been great the last week or so. I am not sure that has anything to do with Clifford though. Might have way more to do with that shitty run they were on.

Carolina game aside, the whole team has been great since the 2nd Pitt game. Well the skaters.

 

[MindzEye]

I’m sure there is some truth to that..... having tough guys as part of a group tends to make others in the group feel a little braver.

Remember how brave Kadri was when the Leafs had Orr and FM?

But....and follow me for a second, this might sound crazy....what the fuck does fighting twice in a week have to do with "his game"?

 

[zeke]

Taking a deeper dive, Kappy hasn't even been good since Clifford showed up. 47.6% (-5.7% rel). 6 points in 12.

Yeah I'm only talking about the fights and hits. Doesn't seem like a coincidence, and I like seeing him step up there.

His metrics have been bizarrely low all year for some reason tho. Worse than my eye test would guess.

 

[Artnes]

Not a fan of the fighting only because there is a risk of busting up his hands and we need them

But fore check hard and play the body all day.

 

[zeke]

But....and follow me for a second, this might sound crazy....what the **** does fighting twice in a week have to do with "his game"?

Well, he's also got 2 goals and 4pts in the last 4games.

 

[MindzEye]

Yeah I'm only talking about the fights and hits. Doesn't seem like a coincidence, and I like seeing him step up there.

The fights I'm willing to shrug and go with it yeah. Though I don't think he would have hesitated to defend Sandin after the cheap shot with or without Clifford on the bench.

His metrics have been bizarrely low all year for some reason tho. Worse than my eye test would guess.

Yeah, same. His transition game looks and feels as good as ever, he's even added some grease in his hands to my eye test. Must not be doing a whole lot with it once they get the zone time. That's the rub with analytics, a couple percentage points in either direction is a huge difference and it's often tough to figure out where they're coming from.