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The "Mr T" Man of the Match 2023-24 (aka 1 AD*) Edition [*Anno Dubasi]

Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Mitch Marner
Ilya Samsonov
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Same.Extra shoutouts to the Brodie-Liljegren pair, who absolutely crushed their minutes tonight. Actual 5-on-5 shot on net with that pair on the ice were 14-1 for Toronto.

Edit: I had an epiphany and changed my vote to Marner, Brodie HM. He deserves it for probably the best game of his season. Especially with all the guys missing.
 
Why do the Leafs play at like an .850 clip when Rielly is out and can't do that all the time.
 
Zee said:
Why do the Leafs play at like an .850 clip when Rielly is out and can't do that all the time.
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Because despite the fact that he's a skilled player and great offensively, he's really not good at all defensively.Terrible at coverage. Brodie having to play his wrong side so that he could play with Rielly hampered his game badly. Look at how good he's been with Rielly out. This isn't a coincidence folks. Look at the record when Rielly is out. I'm not saying get rid of him , but rather deploy him differently. Red Kelly went from being a Norris trophy defenseman to a very effective forward. Rielly is obviously not Red Kelly, but with his skill set it would work.
 
Goaliedave31 said:
Zee said:
Why do the Leafs play at like an .850 clip when Rielly is out and can't do that all the time.
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Because despite the fact that he's a skilled player and great offensively, he's really not good at all defensively.Terrible at coverage. Brodie having to play his wrong side so that he could play with Rielly hampered his game badly. Look at how good he's been with Rielly out. This isn't a coincidence folks. Look at the record when Rielly is out. I'm not saying get rid of him , but rather deploy him differently. Red Kelly went from being a Norris trophy defenseman to a very effective forward. Rielly is obviously not Red Kelly, but with his skill set it would work.
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Not a crazy idea, but if they didn't do it with Kaberle, they won't with Rielly.

Pairing with a RH guy like Tanev would be the way to deploy him.

And it's been a bit of a revelation how much better Brodie looks now.
 
G51: STL @ TOR: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: McMann 10/0 (unanimous).  HM: Brodie 0/4.  Others: Robertson 0/3, McCabe 0/2, Samsonov 0/1, Domi 0/2.
G52: PHI @ TOR: Leafs 4-3 (OT).  MotM: Matthews 10/0 (unanimous).  HM: Liljegren 0/6.  Others: Samsonov 0/3, Marner 0/1.
G53: ANA @ TOR: Leafs 9-2.  MotM: Matthews 8/0 (unanimous).  HM: McMann 0/7.  Others: Liljegren 0/1.
G54: TOR @ STL: Leafs 4-2.  MotM: Marner 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Samsonov 0/3.  Others: Brodie 0/2, Rifai 0/1.
G55: TOR @ ARI:
G56: TOR @ VGK:
G57: TOR @ COL:
G58: VGK @ TOR:
G59: ARI @ TOR:
G60: NYR @ TOR:

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
57 Tyler Bertuzzi 1 1 2 4 8 15
11 Max Domi 0 0 3 3 10 13
18 Noah Gregor 0 0 2 2 3 5
29 Pontus Holmberg 0 3 1 4 6 13
19 Calle J?rnkrok 0 0 0 0 3 3
64 David K?mpf 0 0 1 1 2 3
23 Matthew Knies 1 3 4 8 10 23
16 Mitch Marner 3 1 4 7 16 31
34 Auston Matthews 10 8 6 24 26 78
74 Bobby McMann 1 0 2 2 3 8
39 Fraser Minten 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 William Nylander 4 2 6 12 19 41
75 Ryan Reaves 0 0 0 0 2 2
89 Nicholas Robertson 0 1 2 3 7 11
46 Alex Steeves 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 John Tavares 1 2 3 6 12 22
 
Defensemen
2 Simon Benoit 0 0 0 3 5 5
78 T.J. Brodie 0 0 3 3 5 11
55 Mark Giordano 1 1 0 2 3 10
3 John Klingberg 0 0 0 0 1 1
85 William Lagesson 0 0 0 0 1 1
48 Max Lajoie 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 1 2 3 6 13
22 Jake McCabe 0 0 3 3 7 13
44 Morgan Rielly 1 0 3 5 7 17
83 Marshall Rifai 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 Conor Timmins 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Goalkeepers
41 Dennis Hildeby 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
31 Martin Jones 0 0 2 3 4 6.0
35 Ilya Samsonov 2 1 2 5 11 21.0
60 Joseph Woll 5 0 2 7 10 27.0
 
MotM: Nylander.  He misses on that breakaway and the game could have gone the other way.
HM: Liljegren.

I reserve the right to switch to M&M if I have a change of heart.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
MotM: Nylander.  He misses on that breakaway and the game could have gone the other way.
HM: Liljegren.

I reserve the right to switch to M&M if I have a change of heart.
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+1

Matthews, Marner could easily replace Nylander

I didn't expect them to go 5-0 without Rielly
Brodie rediscovering his game while partnered with Liljegren, to me, explains how they filled in the back end over those games.
Liljegren is all grown up now. Last night, led the D in ice time, hits, blocked shots, played the PP, SH .. - seemed like he was on a mission
Only one shot missed the net during those 5 games, +5, 7pts
The PP didn't skip a beat with him quarterbacking it - might have even been better - I never would have expected that.

Rielly ________
Brodie Liljegren
Benoit McCabe
Fill in that blank with a decent RHD and that D looks pretty good to me right now.
 
G51: STL @ TOR: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: McMann 10/0 (unanimous).  HM: Brodie 0/4.  Others: Robertson 0/3, McCabe 0/2, Samsonov 0/1, Domi 0/2.
G52: PHI @ TOR: Leafs 4-3 (OT).  MotM: Matthews 10/0 (unanimous).  HM: Liljegren 0/6.  Others: Samsonov 0/3, Marner 0/1.
G53: ANA @ TOR: Leafs 9-2.  MotM: Matthews 8/0 (unanimous).  HM: McMann 0/7.  Others: Liljegren 0/1.
G54: TOR @ STL: Leafs 4-2.  MotM: Marner 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Samsonov 0/3.  Others: Brodie 0/2, Rifai 0/1.
G55: TOR @ ARI: Leafs 6-3.  MotM: Nylander 2/4.  HM: Liljegren 2/2.  Others: Matthews 2/1, Marner 1/0.
G56: TOR @ VGK:
G57: TOR @ COL:
G58: VGK @ TOR:
G59: ARI @ TOR:
G60: NYR @ TOR:

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
57 Tyler Bertuzzi 1 1 2 4 8 15
11 Max Domi 0 0 3 3 10 13
18 Noah Gregor 0 0 2 2 3 5
29 Pontus Holmberg 0 3 1 4 6 13
19 Calle J?rnkrok 0 0 0 0 3 3
64 David K?mpf 0 0 1 1 2 3
23 Matthew Knies 1 3 4 8 10 23
16 Mitch Marner 3 1 4 7 17 32
34 Auston Matthews 10 8 6 24 27 79
74 Bobby McMann 1 0 2 2 3 8
39 Fraser Minten 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 William Nylander 5 2 6 13 20 45
75 Ryan Reaves 0 0 0 0 2 2
89 Nicholas Robertson 0 1 2 3 7 11
46 Alex Steeves 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 John Tavares 1 2 3 6 12 22
 
Defensemen
2 Simon Benoit 0 0 0 3 5 5
78 T.J. Brodie 0 0 3 3 5 11
55 Mark Giordano 1 1 0 2 3 10
3 John Klingberg 0 0 0 0 1 1
85 William Lagesson 0 0 0 0 1 1
48 Max Lajoie 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 1 3 4 7 16
22 Jake McCabe 0 0 3 3 7 13
44 Morgan Rielly 1 0 3 5 7 17
83 Marshall Rifai 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 Conor Timmins 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Goalkeepers
41 Dennis Hildeby 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
31 Martin Jones 0 0 2 3 4 6.0
35 Ilya Samsonov 2 1 2 5 11 21.0
60 Joseph Woll 5 0 2 7 10 27.0
 
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