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The "Mr. T" Man of the Match SuperLegit Playoff Edition: The Duds of August

CarltonTheBear said:
Nik Bethune said:
I mean, I think it's a little nutty that I'm the first one to mention Marner after a game where he got the OT winner and played 25 minutes, including almost 4 on the PK but Nylander was pretty good. It's a HM, there's latitude here.
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Pre-OT I actually thought Marner (and his line in general) was having a rough game. Had an amazing OT though not only with the goal but killing most of Barrie's penalty too. I just gave the edge to Nylander for having a better game from start to finish.
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I also thought that this was one of the 1st line's worst games in some time. Marner made a few things happen at the end of the game but was kind of so-so for the first 2.5 periods. I expect more from him.

My HM went to Nylander but I was teetering on the edge of giving it to Spezza instead. He scored the Leafs' only goal in regulation and made some nice things happen. Ultimately I didn't go with him because his line also got hemmed in their own end on a number of occasions, giving up a few very dangerous attempts against. For the same reason, I didn't consider Engvall for my HM even though I liked a lot of the things he did tonight.
 
Hobbes said:
I also thought that this was one of the 1st line's worst games in some time. Marner made a few things happen at the end of the game but was kind of so-so for the first 2.5 periods. I expect more from him.

My HM went to Nylander but I was teetering on the edge of giving it to Spezza instead. He scored the Leafs' only goal in regulation and made some nice things happen. Ultimately I didn't go with him because his line also got hemmed in their own end on a number of occasions, giving up a few very dangerous attempts against. For the same reason, I didn't consider Engvall for my HM even though I liked a lot of the things he did tonight.
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I feel like the board is sort of neatly split between people who view this sort of thing as being about who played the best overall game from start to finish and people who see it as a question of who contributed the most, in a positive sense, to the Leafs winning the game. It's why I used to joke that it was the Mike Brown Memorial Award for Trying Hard back in the day when the Leafs would lose all the time.

Personally, I'll go with someone who was big in the big moments over the solid game from a third liner thing but YMMV and all that.
 
MotM:  Marner (for the OT winner)
Hm:    Hutchinson (for solidly guarding the fort)

Mentions to by Spezza, Nylander, Kerfoot, Hyman, Sandin, Barrie.
 
Game #50: TOR v NSH: Leafs 5-2.  MotM: Sandin 5/4.  HM: Nylander 4/1.  Others: Andersen 0/3, Engvall 0/1.
Game #51: TOR v DAL: Leafs 5-3.  MotM: Hyman 8/0.  HM: Marner 0/5.  Others: Matthews 1/3, Andersen 0/1.
Game #52: OTT v TOR: Leafs 2-1 OT.  MotM: Hutchinson 10/1.  HM: Nylander 0/7.  Others: Spezza 2/1, Marner 1/2, Barrie 0/1, Muzzin 0/1.
Game #53: FLA v TOR:

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
46 Pontus Aberg 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Adam Brooks 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Pierre Engvall 0 2 3 5 11 7
33 Frederik Gauthier 0 1 0 1 3 2
11 Zach Hyman 1 2 1 4 8 8
18 Andreas Johnsson 0 0 2 2 8 2
24 Kasperi Kapanen 0 2 2 4 11 6
15 Alexander Kerfoot 0 0 2 2 9 2
36 Mason Marchment 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mitch Marner 1 1 5 7 16 10
34 Auston Matthews 3 5 7 15 24 26
65 Ilya Mikheyev 1 2 3 6 11 10
42 Trevor Moore 0 1 0 1 2 2
88 William Nylander 5 5 8 18 23 33
61 Nic Petan 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 Nick Shore 0 0 0 0 1 0
90 Jason Spezza 0 3 0 3 9 6
91 John Tavares 0 0 4 4 11 4
41 Dmytro Timashov 0 0 2 2 3 2
 
Defensemen
94 Tyson Barrie 0 0 3 3 10 6
83 Cody Ceci 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 Travis Dermott 0 0 1 1 4 2
3 Justin Holl 1 0 3 4 11 10
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 Martin Marincin 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jake Muzzin 1 0 0 1 8 4
44 Morgan Rielly 1 0 1 2 7 6
38 Rasmus Sandin 1 0 2 3 4 8
 
Goalkeepers
31 Frederik Andersen 10 0 3 13 23 26.5
30 Michael Hutchinson 3 0 0 3 5 7.5
50 Kasimir Kaskisuo 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Tavares continues to have a spectacularly un-loved year here.  I think it's mostly deserved.
 
Matthews HM Nylander

Mention to Tavares

Demerit to Ceci (send him to the moon), Dermott (needs to play better), Hutchinson (need to make at least one good save), Marner (go tie your skates again),
 
Well that sucked.

MotM to Matthews

Going a little off-board for my HM and giving it to Johnsson who I thought had his best game since coming back from injury. The whole 3rd line was doing some great stuff.

45 minutes of great, dominating hockey completely torpedoed by Dermott making a bad play in the 1st, then Ceci giving the game away with multiple horrendous plays in the 3rd...very frustrating!
 
Game #50: TOR v NSH: Leafs 5-2.  MotM: Sandin 5/4.  HM: Nylander 4/1.  Others: Andersen 0/3, Engvall 0/1.
Game #51: TOR v DAL: Leafs 5-3.  MotM: Hyman 8/0.  HM: Marner 0/5.  Others: Matthews 1/3, Andersen 0/1.
Game #52: OTT v TOR: Leafs 2-1 OT.  MotM: Hutchinson 10/1.  HM: Nylander 0/7.  Others: Spezza 2/1, Marner 1/2, Barrie 0/1, Muzzin 0/1.
Game #53: FLA v TOR: Panthers 5-3.  MotM: Matthews 5/2.  HM: Nylander 2/4.  Others: Johnsson 0/1.
Game #54: TOR v NYR:

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
46 Pontus Aberg 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Adam Brooks 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Pierre Engvall 0 2 3 5 11 7
33 Frederik Gauthier 0 1 0 1 3 2
11 Zach Hyman 1 2 1 4 8 8
18 Andreas Johnsson 0 0 2 2 9 2
24 Kasperi Kapanen 0 2 2 4 11 6
15 Alexander Kerfoot 0 0 2 2 9 2
36 Mason Marchment 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mitch Marner 1 1 5 7 16 10
34 Auston Matthews 3 6 7 16 25 28
65 Ilya Mikheyev 1 2 3 6 11 10
42 Trevor Moore 0 1 0 1 2 2
88 William Nylander 5 5 9 19 24 34
61 Nic Petan 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 Nick Shore 0 0 0 0 1 0
90 Jason Spezza 0 3 0 3 9 6
91 John Tavares 0 0 4 4 11 4
41 Dmytro Timashov 0 0 2 2 3 2
 
Defensemen
94 Tyson Barrie 0 0 3 3 10 6
83 Cody Ceci 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 Travis Dermott 0 0 1 1 4 2
3 Justin Holl 1 0 3 4 11 10
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 Martin Marincin 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jake Muzzin 1 0 0 1 8 4
44 Morgan Rielly 1 0 1 2 7 6
38 Rasmus Sandin 1 0 2 3 4 8
 
Goalkeepers
31 Frederik Andersen 10 0 3 13 23 26.5
30 Michael Hutchinson 3 0 0 3 5 7.5
50 Kasimir Kaskisuo 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
Mstthews HM Tavares

Mentiond to Kapenan Johnsson

Demerit to Defence (or lack there of) and Hutchinson (still need to steal a goal or 2 - not give a goal or 2 or 3)
 
Matthews
Kind of torn between JT and Kappy...it's kind of a toss-up for me. I guess I'll go JT for the production.
 
Game #50: TOR v NSH: Leafs 5-2.  MotM: Sandin 5/4.  HM: Nylander 4/1.  Others: Andersen 0/3, Engvall 0/1.
Game #51: TOR v DAL: Leafs 5-3.  MotM: Hyman 8/0.  HM: Marner 0/5.  Others: Matthews 1/3, Andersen 0/1.
Game #52: OTT v TOR: Leafs 2-1 OT.  MotM: Hutchinson 10/1.  HM: Nylander 0/7.  Others: Spezza 2/1, Marner 1/2, Barrie 0/1, Muzzin 0/1.
Game #53: FLA v TOR: Panthers 5-3.  MotM: Matthews 5/2.  HM: Nylander 2/4.  Others: Johnsson 0/1.
Game #54: TOR v NYR: Rangers 5-3.  MotM: Matthews 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Tavares 0/5.  Others: Kapanen 0/1.
Game #55: ANA v TOR:

 
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