Arn
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First up, the penalty Kill.
Since the last lockout, the Leafs have never been above 24th in the league in PK
05/06 24th 80.0% 99 PPGA
06/07 27th 78.5% 90 PPGA
07/08 29th 78.1% 77 PPGA
08/09 30th 74.7% 78 PPGA
09/10 30th 74.6% 73 PPGA
10/11 28th 77.4% 62 PPGA
11/12 28th 77.3% 55 PPGA
But so far this year the PK is at 85.3% putting the Leafs 5th in league PK having conceded just 15 PPGA in 32 games.
That's an incredible turn around. What's caused this, especially as the team has been SO poor over the last lot of years? Is it purely down to McClement being there as that is one of the main reasons he was brought in?
I'm not sure how any one else feels, but this year a penalty doesn't feel like an automatic goal against as it did in the past anyway.
The powerplay is much more middle of the pack - 18th place at 17.7% with 20 PPGs on 113 chances in 32 games which is roughly around where it has been over the years since the lockout (bar 09/10 when it fell to 145, good for 30th in the NHL putting the Leafs 30th in PP and PK, ouch).
I guess looking forward if we could somehow improve the PP even enough to get top 10 in the NHL and keep the PK where it is that could push us up the standings that little bit more.
Since the last lockout, the Leafs have never been above 24th in the league in PK
05/06 24th 80.0% 99 PPGA
06/07 27th 78.5% 90 PPGA
07/08 29th 78.1% 77 PPGA
08/09 30th 74.7% 78 PPGA
09/10 30th 74.6% 73 PPGA
10/11 28th 77.4% 62 PPGA
11/12 28th 77.3% 55 PPGA
But so far this year the PK is at 85.3% putting the Leafs 5th in league PK having conceded just 15 PPGA in 32 games.
That's an incredible turn around. What's caused this, especially as the team has been SO poor over the last lot of years? Is it purely down to McClement being there as that is one of the main reasons he was brought in?
I'm not sure how any one else feels, but this year a penalty doesn't feel like an automatic goal against as it did in the past anyway.
The powerplay is much more middle of the pack - 18th place at 17.7% with 20 PPGs on 113 chances in 32 games which is roughly around where it has been over the years since the lockout (bar 09/10 when it fell to 145, good for 30th in the NHL putting the Leafs 30th in PP and PK, ouch).
I guess looking forward if we could somehow improve the PP even enough to get top 10 in the NHL and keep the PK where it is that could push us up the standings that little bit more.