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2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

CarltonTheBear said:
bustaheims said:
There?s a much bigger talent gap in the East than there is in the West, so the overall league standings are a bit misleading.
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The gap between the 8th place team and 9th place team in the East is pretty nuts. Right now 8th is on pace for 107 points. 9th place, Detroit of all teams, is on pace for just 83 points. Every other team in the East is below .500. I know generally speaking it's believed teams in playoff positions by this point of the season make it there, but I doubt we've seen a gap that large in a very, very long time.

In the West there's 6 teams that the 8 place team in the East would either be tied or beating in points percentage. Both the Wild Card teams in the East would be leading the Pacific division in points percentage. The current pace to make the playoffs in the West right now is 96 points, and there's still 4 teams on the outside that have a realistic chance of taking that spot.
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Yeah. The good teams in the East are very good, and the rest of the East is bad. Being able to feast on the likes of Montreal, Detroit, Buffalo, Ottawa, New Jersey, etc., is inflating the point totals of the Eastern playoff teams. In the West, there's really only 2 terrible teams - Arizona and Seattle. There are a lot fewer "easy" nights for teams in the West.
 
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Frank E said:
No Tavares.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/kadri-stamkos-guentzel-terry-added-star-game-rosters/
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I don't really have a problem with this, Stamkos is legitimately more deserving based off the seasons they're having, but I've always thought it was interesting that for as massive as the Leafs fanbase as a whole is it never really seems to get super involved in these fan vote things.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Frank E said:
No Tavares.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/kadri-stamkos-guentzel-terry-added-star-game-rosters/
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I don't really have a problem with this, Stamkos is legitimately more deserving based off the seasons they're having, but I've always thought it was interesting that for as massive as the Leafs fanbase as a whole is it never really seems to get super involved in these fan vote things.
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That's precisely the difference between the Leafs fanbase and those of every other team in the league, wouldn't you say?
 
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-noise-kent-hughes-hiring-subsides-real-work-begins/
11. Toronto isn?t against clearing space to prepare for a deadline add.
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OMG RLY?! trade Nick Ritchie
 
herman said:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-noise-kent-hughes-hiring-subsides-real-work-begins/
11. Toronto isn?t against clearing space to prepare for a deadline add.
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OMG RLY?! trade Nick Ritchie
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That's provided someone wants him
 
50% capacity starting February 21st.  100% by March 14th according to Ford.

So that's 5 home games with an empty arena and 5 games at 50%.
 
Re: above; this is why, in an overly simplified way
https://twitter.com/jhanhky/status/1485647613000962048

I think the Leafs could stand to be more Carolina-y on the attack in some situations (PP especially when there is a numerical advantage on retrievals).
 
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