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Playoffs Round 1: Battle of Ontario

I'm still looking this series over and haven't assembled all my thoughts (if I can find the time to complete them)
But one thing gnaws at me ... the PK

From the end of the Four Nations Cup to the end if the season, our Leafs played .741 hockey (2nd in the league to the Blues)
3.63 GFA and 28.4% PP - who can complain about that

But the 2.70 GAA and 73.2% PK (27th in the league) concerned me some.

It is weird in that the Leafs have Lane Lambert who is alleged to be a very good PK coach.
they have good goaltending.
Marner & Matthews have been Selke nominees - are not a bad pairing though I'd rather the bottom six do more.
Kampf wins 52% of his draws and PKing is the one thing he seems somewhat proficient at
Jarnkrok was good at it prior to this season.
Knies & Lorentz don't seem terrible at it.
They added Laughton who was the Flyers top PK forward for years.
They added Carlo who was one of the Bruins best PK dmen

... and they got worse.

Why? Shouldn't they be able to fix it?

It doesn't make sense.
 
cw said:
I'm still looking this series over and haven't assembled all my thoughts (if I can find the time to complete them)
But one thing gnaws at me ... the PK

From the end of the Four Nations Cup to the end if the season, our Leafs played .741 hockey (2nd in the league to the Blues)
3.63 GFA and 28.4% PP - who can complain about that

But the 2.70 GAA and 73.2% PK (27th in the league) concerned me some.

It is weird in that the Leafs have Lane Lambert who is alleged to be a very good PK coach.
they have good goaltending.
Marner & Matthews have been Selke nominees - are not a bad pairing though I'd rather the bottom six do more.
Kampf wins 52% of his draws and PKing is the one thing he seems somewhat proficient at
Jarnkrok was good at it prior to this season.
Knies & Lorentz don't seem terrible at it.
They added Laughton who was the Flyers top PK forward for years.
They added Carlo who was one of the Bruins best PK dmen

... and they got worse.

Why? Shouldn't they be able to fix it?

It doesn't make sense.
Click to expand...

Check out the video I posted earlier (I include the link again). It goes deeply into this vulnerability from a panel that is half Pro Ottawa and half Pro Toronto.

Basically, Ottawa has multiple top players in terms of ability to draw penalities and have led the league (or second) over past 3 seasons. Leafs have a shite PK.

What is Berube gonna do about it? This series may come down to special teams.

At min 36:00

 
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