azzurri63 said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Zee said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Zee said:
There's literally no man of the match or HM tonight
Kadri and Brown are even, I guess them. *shrugs*
True, although funny I've been thinking about who to pick out and settled on Brown. I can go with Kadri too, they have done more with less icetime than the big forwards.
Anyone breaks the shutout and immediately moves to the front of the line.
TBH Tavares was the best forward tonight. He didn't get anything but he was working and was usually in the middle of whatever few chances the Leafs had.
IMO this is what separates him from Matthews, for now. There are games when Matthews doesn't really do much, though because of his innate skill he's never totally invisible. Tavares almost never has a game where he disappears.
EDIT: herman just saw you MotM vote. I didn't see the game that way, I guess.
U hit the nail on the head about Matthews and Tavares. In my opinion Marner, Tavares and Reilly are pretty consistent as far as compete game in game out.
Matthews is so damn talented and with the sick shot can put up points without really doing much.
To be honest thats what concerns me about him.
Besides McDavid there is no one else I would rather have in this league but his inconsistency worries me. I don't know if its a lingering injury or what but if it isn't I would be skeptical at throwing him more money than JT. Think the Leafs would be making a mistake in regards to who they will be able to keep down the road if they throw some of the money rumoured at him.
Just my opinion.
I sort of share your concerns azzurri, but I think he almost has to get paid more than Tavares because he and his camp will expect it. And, in his defense, before he got hurt he was dominating, and not just because of early-season looseness. All the hype about him taking his shot to an even higher level looked true. He hasn't been able to match that since coming back.
To me the big question mark about Matthews is whether he can raise his game in the playoffs to fight through the tighter play. The same question holds for Andersen, Nylander, and Rielly. Tavares has averaged almost a PPG in limited playoff experience so there's evidence he can do it. Marner of all of the other stars seems to be able to keep playing his game in all situations.