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I'd love to see how these stats haters would score on a fairly basic math test. My guess is you'd have a very high incidence of innumeracy among them. A lot of folks who go into j-school, English lit programs and such are there because they are allergic to numbers.

I don't even love these so-called advanced stats, but if you're going to dismiss them, make a bloody decent argument for doing so.

Of course, on the other side a fair number of stats lovers can be smug in dealing with criticism and overstate the value of their stats (S. Burke, dom on the A, etc.).
 
Leafs reporters love to troll Leafs fans. Berger was one of the worst, but they do it over on the Athletic as well. It's just done with some intelligence (e.g., Mirtle putting Glendenning into a post-tdl lineup projection).
 
Great article this morning on the impact Johnsson has had so far

Every stat points to him being head and shoulders above Leo. No excuse to not having him in for game 1
 
unfortunately these new guys still don't appreciate the importance of quality of competition.....but that being said, it's hard to argue that Johnsson hasn't been better than Komarov.

and ditching komarov also removes Babs' hilarious need to keep putting Leo on the PP.

of course, johnsson would more likely replace kappy than leo, which is a wash.
 
Leo on the PP really is hilarious. The Cock religiously separates his forwards into PKers and PPers. Nobody gets to do both...except Leo Komarov. Because Saskatchewan?
 
They just kind of gloss over Leo being an elite PKer at the end. I'd go with the kids, but I understand why you'd want the PKer in a playoff series.

If Komarov has to go back in I think I put Johnsson in over Kapanen. Not sure that is a wash.
 
Artnes said:
Dump Brown and keep those two in

They both bring more to the table
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I like Brown, but I'd agree that Kapanen & Johnsson both bring more to the table.

The thing is, we still get back to Komarov: Brown is flat-out a better, more useful player than him at this stage. I'd also like to see the numbers for the JVR/Bozak line since Brown took over at right wing. Even aside from JVR scored buckets of goals in the last little while, it feels like that line has generally been pretty effective at five-on-five.
 
On merit our 4th line should be Jew-Turtleneck-Brownie, Martin and Leo don't even make this team

Johnsson and Kapanen have the ability to be playing higher in the lineup
 
again, unfortunately no qualcomp, but i'm not sure it matters in these comps.

Line 1 (~A+ qoc)

Hyman-Matthews-Nylander: 53.1cf% (+3.1rel), 54.4xgf% (+4.9rel), 67.2gf% (+15.8rel)

Line 2 (~A qoc)

Marleau-Kadri-Marner: 51.2cf% (-0.5rel), 47.3xgf% (-4.6rel), 59.6gf% (+3.6rel)
Marleau-Kadri-Komarov: 49.6cf% (-1.6rel), 48.7xgf% (-4.5rel), 46.5gf% (-11.0rel)

Line 3 (~C qoc)

VanRyk-Bozak-Brown: 54.6cf% (+4.4rel), 58.4xgf% (+8.0rel), 65.0xgf% (+11.7rel)
VanRyk-Bozak-Marner: 54.9cf% (+4.9rel), 58.3xgf% (+7.7rel), 47.5gf% (-6.6rel)


So the Marner/Brown swap has made very little difference possession wise, for either line.

But the difference in actual goals production and prevention has been ridiculously huge, for both.
 
Outside of seemingly boosting the play of Bozak/JVR, Brown has been pretty damned lousy this season. I'm all for taking him out to ensure both Johnsson and Kappy are in the playoff roster. That said, it's highly unlikely given The Cock's love of Brown.
 
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