Leafs @ Blues - Feb. 19th, 8:00pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[princedpw]

https://twitter.com/billius27/status/1098327069119909902

What?s the point of these stats?

 

[hockeyfan1]

Leafs coach Babcock keeps repeating this like a mantra:

?Swagger is the word for me. You earn the right to feel good about yourself. Nobody can give it to you. You earn it and you earn it by doing good things, next level work ethic, commitment, details, it makes you feel good,? Mike Babcock said, repeating an oft-used refrain.

The Leafs real problem in the St.Louis game can be summed up as in poor puck cycling, where the Blues excel.

Best Leaf in this category ? Nylander.  No one does it better than Willy on this team, whooshing  in and out of zone entries.

The devil is in the details...
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[cabber24]

Shame on everyone for not pointing out this low-key heli-celly in the thread when Matthews? goal was upheld.

https://twitter.com/theflintor/status/1098061369633435648

Saw it and loved it. The suttle single spin.

 

[Bullfrog]

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What?s the point of these stats?

There was some discussion that Babcock is a fool for not playing his stars more. I think it's just illustrating that their time on ice at 5v5 isn't out of line with a similar team.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

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What?s the point of these stats?

There was some discussion that Babcock is a fool for not playing his stars more. I think it's just illustrating that their time on ice at 5v5 isn't out of line with a similar team.

Was pretty surprised to see Boston's numbers on this topic too. Pasta leads them in 5-on-5 ice time with 14:29 which is less than Tavares, Marner, and Matthews. Then Krejci at 14:04, Marchand at 13:49, and Bergeron at 12:26. Marchand and Bergeron kill penalties too of course but they still came in way lower than I would have thought. The Leafs have 8 forwards who play more than Bergeron at 5-on-5.

 

[Coco-puffs]

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What?s the point of these stats?

There was some discussion that Babcock is a fool for not playing his stars more. I think it's just illustrating that their time on ice at 5v5 isn't out of line with a similar team.

Was pretty surprised to see Boston's numbers on this topic too. Pasta leads them in 5-on-5 ice time with 14:29 which is less than Tavares, Marner, and Matthews. Then Krejci at 14:04, Marchand at 13:49, and Bergeron at 12:26. Marchand and Bergeron kill penalties too of course but they still came in way lower than I would have thought. The Leafs have 8 forwards who play more than Bergeron at 5-on-5.

Then again, the Leafs are the least penalized team in the league and also draw the least amount of Power Plays in the league.  Therefore, they SPEND the most time at 5-on-5.  I'd really like to see the percentage of available time shown.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Then again, the Leafs are the least penalized team in the league and also draw the least amount of Power Plays in the league.  Therefore, they SPEND the most time at 5-on-5.  I'd really like to see the percentage of available time shown.

The difference is actually much smaller than I would have guessed. The Leafs only play a minute more at 5-on-5 than the Bruins, and about a 1:45 more than Tampa.

 

[Coco-puffs]

Then again, the Leafs are the least penalized team in the league and also draw the least amount of Power Plays in the league.  Therefore, they SPEND the most time at 5-on-5.  I'd really like to see the percentage of available time shown.

The difference is actually much smaller than I would have guessed. The Leafs only play a minute more at 5-on-5 than the Bruins, and about a 1:45 more than Tampa.

Cool.  It feels like it should be more considering the amount of times the Leafs don't even draw a single penalty in a game.