The Motherfucking 2021 Season Thread

[zeke]

 

[MindzEye]

Mirtle has too much hair to be zeke

 

[Deckie007]

But what about his thumbs?

 

[zeke]

 

[leafman101]

Even as Alex Galchenyuk has fit in well for the Leafs in their top-six forward group, Foligno is a nearly ideal option for Toronto on the left wing of John Tavares and William Nylander. That’s because he managed a 65.3 percent offensive zone possession success rate (how often he makes a successful play in the offensive zone — completed pass, shot on goal, beating defender one on one), the 13th best mark among all NHL forwards this season (minimum 300 minutes played).

Foligno has the ability to enhance the performance of Toronto’s cycle game significantly, and as a descriptive note is almost constantly making north cycle passes — that is passes toward the net, not necessarily at the goal directly but in the direction of the goal line that extends the cycle — to the point that he ranks among the league’s leaders by this categoy:

FORWARD	NORTH CYCLE PASSES/20
Nick Schmaltz	4.1
David Perron	4.0
Auston Matthews	4.0
Barclay Goodrow	3.9
Nick Foligno	3.9

Foligno isn’t nearly as assertive as Hyman at this juncture in their respective careers, but he shows exceedingly well — ranking in the top-40 among NHL forwards (minimum 300 minutes played) — by several key puck retrieval indicators that Sportlogiq tracks, including blocked passes in the defensive zone and loose puck recoveries in the defensive zone.

Tracking data stock watch: Who is rising and falling after deadline additions?

Which players have, and have not, been worth the investment for their teams at the trade deadline?

theathletic.com

 

[zeke]

Tracking data stock watch: Who is rising and falling after deadline additions?

Which players have, and have not, been worth the investment for their teams at the trade deadline?

theathletic.com

yup yup. and all of this against top competition in big minutes.

he's very good in his own right even on a checking line, but the dream here is that his particular skills really turn into the perfect complement with our super skill top-4 guys.

linemates last 3yrs (min 100min):

Centers:

1. Jenner 1205:03, 1.29p/60
2. Wennberg 381:48, 1.41p/60
3. Dubois 319:40, 1.88p/60
4. Nash 257:28, 1.17p/60

Wingers

1. Anderson 670:58, 1.70p/60
2. Bjorkstrand 422:01, 1.00p/60
3. Atkinson 367:12, 1.31p/60
4. Texier 292:58, 1.64p/60
5. Nyquist 180:10, 2.33p/60
6. Gerbe 113:01, 1.06p/60
7. Robinson 111:52, 2.15p/60
8. Duclair 104:06, 2.88p/60

 

[Leafin']

How is this for a hot take: Fred is going to come back and lead us to the cup.

if we’re playing him, and it looks like it, then I hope he kicks ass.

 

[MindzEye]

 

[zeke]

 

[MindzEye]

I have those same slides...super comfortable.

 

[MindzEye]

 

[zeke]

And their shooting percentage is a solid 6.75.

 

[Preston]

Is that sustainable?

 

[leafman101]

Free Hutch!

 

[zeke]

 

[zeke]

 

[Preston]

Welcome back FREDERICO!!!

 

[zeke]

Not that Freddy was great, but there does seem to be a legit case that Fred was injured and tried to play through it.

He was mediocre most of the season before being injured - in the .905-.910 range depending on your injury cutoff - and then a disaster when he tried to come back from that injury - an .876 in the games after he first missed time.

 

[Wayward DP]

your about face re Fred is definitely one of the most entertaining FI storylines of this season. for me at least

 

[zeke]

You guys about faced on Fred.

I'm saying the same thing about him now as I always have.