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2019-2020 Toronto Maple Leafs Summer Edition

Nik said:
herman said:
Would the NHL have cleaner games and higher scores if they did 'free throws*' for the hockey-equivalent of technical fouls on top of the 2 min-5min PP (e.g. instigator, checking from behind, slewfoot, headshot)?

* stationary shot from the slot between the dots by player of team's choosing (on the ice).
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On every penalty, the team about to go a man up gets to choose between a penalty shot or a full two minute 5 on 4 regardless of how many goals they score.

Tell me that doesn't make for a better game.
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Just make the nets 4 feet bigger.
 
Nik said:
herman said:
Would the NHL have cleaner games and higher scores if they did 'free throws*' for the hockey-equivalent of technical fouls on top of the 2 min-5min PP (e.g. instigator, checking from behind, slewfoot, headshot)?

* stationary shot from the slot between the dots by player of team's choosing (on the ice).
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On every penalty, the team about to go a man up gets to choose between a penalty shot or a full two minute 5 on 4 regardless of how many goals they score.

Tell me that doesn't make for a better game.
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That sounds fun!
 
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/07/15/toronto-maple-leafs-sheldon-keefe-we-fully-expect-our-guys-to-be-better-defensively-when-we-come-back/

Keefe is going to be going up against his mentor and former coach, John Tortorella

Most of the Leafs have already been small group practicing leading up to this training camp (~25 players!); conditioning for a few who had different circumstances to contend with will need to catch up, but this has afforded the Leafs the ability to focus more of the camp on structure and strategy, rather than getting bodies up to speed.

The nature of Ilya Mikheyev?s injury being what it is ? have you seen any evidence of his arm or wrist affecting his shot or the way he handles the puck?

Keefe: No, I have seen none of it. In fact, I think he is shooting better, which I don?t think is to do with the wrist necessarily but just the amount of time he has been able to work at his game from an individual skills standpoint. I know Denver Manderson worked a lot with him ? one of our development consultants ? and he was able to get lots of time with that.

Miky, first of all, loves to work. He loves to be at the rink and loves to be on the ice. He and Jake Muzzin might have taken a week or two off here or there, but for the most part through the four months, they have been on the ice all of the time. They haven?t really taken any time off.

He is really ahead of the game here. I think he has really added some pieces, and the shot is the big thing. He scored a goal yesterday in the scrimmage. In practice, the way the puck is coming off of his stick, particularly off of the pass, is impressive. I think that is an addition to his game that is going to serve him well.
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https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/07/15/toronto-maple-leafs-kyle-dubas-on-defensive-game/

If the RTP goes through, we will get a chance to see a pretty healthy Leaf squad with the foundation/philosophy of play that the head coach intends. With the mid-season switch, Keefe only got to tweak Babcock?s set up.

This break was a great opportunity for Sheldon and the coaching staff to really begin to develop a greater relationship with the players after coming in mid-season and work with them more one-on-one without the daily regiment of practices and games influencing how much time he can spend with everybody.

I think that will be a really positive thing. Also for us, it allowed us the chance to really hammer home to various players on the team what we were expecting ? not only in their on-ice play but in their off-ice engagement and so on and so forth ? and try to take steps forward and continue to progress as a team.

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The thing that I was probably most impressed with is that Sheldon and the coaching staff took time to dig deep into every player?s game and used all of the departments we had here ? whether it?s player development, R&D, coaching, hockey operations in general ? and take this time to build a stronger database, which you probably wouldn?t be able to do as a coaching staff in mid-March and April when you are in the stretch drive and playoffs.

They used that to then open dialogue with the players about what they saw their strengths as versus what we saw their strengths as a team, and where they wanted to invest their time in development versus what we do.
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So they were able to use this break to do full performance reviews and collaborate on development tracks to aim for strategic alignment.
 
https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/1283405899105742850

Big change. He's been on Leafs broadcasts as long as I can remember.
 
Man I remember Hendrick from way back in the 80s when he was doing sports on CHCH.  Gonna be weird not seeing / hearing him anymore.
 
https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1283418908435898371

I know we aren't meant to take this super seriously... but they couldn't have put the Matthews and Tavares lines on separate teams?
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I know we aren't meant to take this super seriously... but they couldn't have put the Matthews and Tavares lines on separate teams?
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I think the aim is to give each side of Offense and Defense/Goaltender the hardest matchup because Andersen and the top 4 defense are on the other side of the top-6 forwards
 
https://theathletic.com/1927863/2020/07/15/why-nick-robertson-is-going-to-force-his-way-into-the-maple-leafs-lineup/
Yes, please.

I worry a bit about his hunched-over stride, because his head is basically elbow height on most players he's going up against, but that also makes him that much harder to push off the puck.
 
Bender said:
herman said:
Frank E said:
I'll miss his softball first questions in the scrums.
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?Questions?
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I know, as much as I like him he just didn't ask any questions worth asking.
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He literally just made statements and waited for a cliche reaction. But he is a wonderful (especially to players still learning English) and universally liked person who would occasionally dunk on 'fans' who griped online without reasonable cause, so I'll definitely miss that.
 
It's good that you guys are contrasting him with all of the hard hitting and incisive news we get from the other media guys in locker room scrums.

Jesus, some people.
 
https://twitter.com/mapleleafs/status/1283439638158376961
Lol Gauthier scored too and when he does, his team wins
 
herman said:
Lol Gauthier scored too and when he does, his team wins
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Didn't Gauthier typically have good training camps...it's just when real games start that he disappears?
 
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