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The "Mr. T" Man of the Match v.2021: The Mad Dash for Glory | PLAYOFF TIME

Game #43: CGY v TOR: Flames 3-2 OT.  MotM: Tavares 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Rittich 0/4.  Others: Kerfoot 0/1, Hyman 0/1.
Game #44: WPG v TOR: Jets 5-2.  MotM: Tavares 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Galchenyuk 0/2.  Others: Rittich 0/1, Robertson 0/1, Mikheyev 0/1.
Game #45: TOR v VAN: Canucks 3-2 OT.  MotM: Nylander 6/0.  HM: Matthews 1/2.  Others: Tavares 0/2, Bogosian 0/1, Galchenyuk 0/1.
Game #46: TOR v VAN: Canucks 6-3.  MotM: Tavares 6/3. HM: Nylander 3/6.  Others: none.
Game #47: TOR v WPG: Leafs 5-3.  MotM: Marner 7/1.  HM: Matthews 1/7.  Others: none.
Game #48: TOR v WPG: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: Thornton 6/0.  HM: Sandin 1/9.  Others: Nylander 5/1, Marner 1/1, Campbell 0/1, Simmonds 0/1.
Game #49: TOR v MTL: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: Campbell 7/3.  HM: Matthews 3/2.  Others: Brooks 0/3, Spezza 1/2, Thornton 1/0.
Game #50: VAN v TOR: Leafs 4-1. MotM: Marner 3/2.  HM: Sandin 2/2.  Others: Matthews 0/1.
Game #51: VAN v TOR: Leafs 5-1. MotM: Matthews 3/0 (unanimous).  HM: Campbell 0/2.  Others: Brooks 0/1.
Game #52: TOR v MTL: Habs 3-2 OT.  MotM: Matthews 3/0.  HM: Campbell 2/1.  Others: Liljegren 0/1, Rielly 0/1, Brodie 0/1.
Game #53: MTL v TOR: Leafs 5-2.  MotM: Marner 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Tavares 0/4.  Others: Sandin 0/1.
Game #54: MTL v TOR: Leafs 3-2.  MotM: Marner 4/1.  HM: Muzzin 4/0. Others: Kerfoot 0/2, Campbell 0/3, Tavares 0/1, Engvall 0/1.
Game #55: TOR v OTT:
Game #56: TOR v WPG:

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
20 Kenny Agostino 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Joey Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 Alex Barabanov 0 0 0 0 2 0
72 Travis Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Adam Brooks 0 0 0 0 2 0
47 Pierre Engvall 0 0 1 1 5 1
71 Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Alex Galchenyuk 0 0 2 2 5 2
11 Zach Hyman 0 1 6 7 18 8
15 Alexander Kerfoot 0 1 0 1 7 2
16 Mitch Marner 8 1 5 14 26 31
34 Auston Matthews 6 4 13 23 25 39
65 Ilya Mikheyev 0 1 1 2 11 3
20 Riley Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Stefan Noesan 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 William Nylander 3 3 3 9 17 18
61 Nic Petan 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Nicholas Robertson 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Scott Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wayne Simmonds 0 0 1 1 3 1
19 Jason Spezza 1 1 3 5 8 8
91 John Tavares 1 5 5 11 22 18
97 Joe Thornton 1 0 1 2 6 4
26 Jimmy Vesey 1 0 0 1 3 3
 
Defensemen
22 Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 7 0
78 T.J. Brodie 1 0 1 2 14 6
23 Travis Dermott 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Justin Holl 1 0 1 2 8 6
55 Ben Hutton 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Jake Muzzin 0 1 3 4 7 9
44 Morgan Rielly 0 0 1 1 6 2
38 Rasmus Sandin 0 0 2 2 4 4
 
Goalkeepers
31 Frederik Andersen 4 1 1 6 10 12.0
36 Jack Campbell 6 0 2 8 11 16.0
29 Aaron Dell 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
30 Michael Hutchinson 2 0 1 3 3 5.5
33 David Rittich 0 0 1 1 1 0.5
35 Veini Vehvil?inen 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
60 Joseph Woll 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marner slips ahead of Matthews in Times Voted.  He's had a helluva year.
 
Uhhhhhhhhhh hmmmmmmmmm
MotM: Muzzin.  He scored on a PP.
HM: Matthews I guess for securing a point.
 
Game #43: CGY v TOR: Flames 3-2 OT.  MotM: Tavares 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Rittich 0/4.  Others: Kerfoot 0/1, Hyman 0/1.
Game #44: WPG v TOR: Jets 5-2.  MotM: Tavares 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Galchenyuk 0/2.  Others: Rittich 0/1, Robertson 0/1, Mikheyev 0/1.
Game #45: TOR v VAN: Canucks 3-2 OT.  MotM: Nylander 6/0.  HM: Matthews 1/2.  Others: Tavares 0/2, Bogosian 0/1, Galchenyuk 0/1.
Game #46: TOR v VAN: Canucks 6-3.  MotM: Tavares 6/3. HM: Nylander 3/6.  Others: none.
Game #47: TOR v WPG: Leafs 5-3.  MotM: Marner 7/1.  HM: Matthews 1/7.  Others: none.
Game #48: TOR v WPG: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: Thornton 6/0.  HM: Sandin 1/9.  Others: Nylander 5/1, Marner 1/1, Campbell 0/1, Simmonds 0/1.
Game #49: TOR v MTL: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: Campbell 7/3.  HM: Matthews 3/2.  Others: Brooks 0/3, Spezza 1/2, Thornton 1/0.
Game #50: VAN v TOR: Leafs 4-1. MotM: Marner 3/2.  HM: Sandin 2/2.  Others: Matthews 0/1.
Game #51: VAN v TOR: Leafs 5-1. MotM: Matthews 3/0 (unanimous).  HM: Campbell 0/2.  Others: Brooks 0/1.
Game #52: TOR v MTL: Habs 3-2 OT.  MotM: Matthews 3/0.  HM: Campbell 2/1.  Others: Liljegren 0/1, Rielly 0/1, Brodie 0/1.
Game #53: MTL v TOR: Leafs 5-2.  MotM: Marner 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Tavares 0/4.  Others: Sandin 0/1.
Game #54: MTL v TOR: Leafs 3-2.  MotM: Marner 4/1.  HM: Muzzin 4/0. Others: Kerfoot 0/2, Campbell 0/3, Tavares 0/1, Engvall 0/1.
Game #55: TOR v OTT: sens 4-3 OT.  MotM: Muzzin 4/1.  HM: Tavares 1/3.  Others: Matthews 0/1.
Game #56: TOR v WPG:

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
20 Kenny Agostino 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Joey Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 Alex Barabanov 0 0 0 0 2 0
72 Travis Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Adam Brooks 0 0 0 0 2 0
47 Pierre Engvall 0 0 1 1 5 1
71 Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Alex Galchenyuk 0 0 2 2 5 2
11 Zach Hyman 0 1 6 7 18 8
15 Alexander Kerfoot 0 1 0 1 7 2
16 Mitch Marner 8 1 5 14 26 31
34 Auston Matthews 6 4 13 23 26 39
65 Ilya Mikheyev 0 1 1 2 11 3
20 Riley Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Stefan Noesan 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 William Nylander 3 3 3 9 17 18
61 Nic Petan 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Nicholas Robertson 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Scott Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wayne Simmonds 0 0 1 1 3 1
19 Jason Spezza 1 1 3 5 8 8
91 John Tavares 1 5 6 12 23 19
97 Joe Thornton 1 0 1 2 6 4
26 Jimmy Vesey 1 0 0 1 3 3
 
Defensemen
22 Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 7 0
78 T.J. Brodie 1 0 1 2 14 6
23 Travis Dermott 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Justin Holl 1 0 1 2 8 6
55 Ben Hutton 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Jake Muzzin 0 2 3 5 8 12
44 Morgan Rielly 0 0 1 1 6 2
38 Rasmus Sandin 0 0 2 2 4 4
 
Goalkeepers
31 Frederik Andersen 4 1 1 6 10 12.0
36 Jack Campbell 6 0 2 8 11 16.0
29 Aaron Dell 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
30 Michael Hutchinson 2 0 1 3 3 5.5
33 David Rittich 0 0 1 1 1 0.5
35 Veini Vehvil?inen 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
60 Joseph Woll 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
Game #43: CGY v TOR: Flames 3-2 OT.  MotM: Tavares 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Rittich 0/4.  Others: Kerfoot 0/1, Hyman 0/1.
Game #44: WPG v TOR: Jets 5-2.  MotM: Tavares 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Galchenyuk 0/2.  Others: Rittich 0/1, Robertson 0/1, Mikheyev 0/1.
Game #45: TOR v VAN: Canucks 3-2 OT.  MotM: Nylander 6/0.  HM: Matthews 1/2.  Others: Tavares 0/2, Bogosian 0/1, Galchenyuk 0/1.
Game #46: TOR v VAN: Canucks 6-3.  MotM: Tavares 6/3. HM: Nylander 3/6.  Others: none.
Game #47: TOR v WPG: Leafs 5-3.  MotM: Marner 7/1.  HM: Matthews 1/7.  Others: none.
Game #48: TOR v WPG: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: Thornton 6/0.  HM: Sandin 1/9.  Others: Nylander 5/1, Marner 1/1, Campbell 0/1, Simmonds 0/1.
Game #49: TOR v MTL: Leafs 4-1.  MotM: Campbell 7/3.  HM: Matthews 3/2.  Others: Brooks 0/3, Spezza 1/2, Thornton 1/0.
Game #50: VAN v TOR: Leafs 4-1. MotM: Marner 3/2.  HM: Sandin 2/2.  Others: Matthews 0/1.
Game #51: VAN v TOR: Leafs 5-1. MotM: Matthews 3/0 (unanimous).  HM: Campbell 0/2.  Others: Brooks 0/1.
Game #52: TOR v MTL: Habs 3-2 OT.  MotM: Matthews 3/0.  HM: Campbell 2/1.  Others: Liljegren 0/1, Rielly 0/1, Brodie 0/1.
Game #53: MTL v TOR: Leafs 5-2.  MotM: Marner 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Tavares 0/4.  Others: Sandin 0/1.
Game #54: MTL v TOR: Leafs 3-2.  MotM: Marner 4/1.  HM: Muzzin 4/0. Others: Kerfoot 0/2, Campbell 0/3, Tavares 0/1, Engvall 0/1.
Game #55: TOR v OTT: sens 4-3 OT.  MotM: Muzzin 4/1.  HM: Tavares 1/3.  Others: Matthews 0/1.
Game #56: TOR v WPG: Jets 4-2.  MotM: Mikheyev 5/0 (unanimous).  HM: Engvall 0/5 (unanimous).  Others:  none.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON  RESULTS

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
20 Kenny Agostino 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Joey Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 Alex Barabanov 0 0 0 0 2 0
72 Travis Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Adam Brooks 0 0 0 0 2 0
47 Pierre Engvall 0 0 2 2 6 2
71 Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Alex Galchenyuk 0 0 2 2 5 2
11 Zach Hyman 0 1 6 7 18 8
15 Alexander Kerfoot 0 1 0 1 7 2
16 Mitch Marner 8 1 5 14 26 31
34 Auston Matthews 6 4 13 23 26 39
65 Ilya Mikheyev 0 2 1 3 12 5
20 Riley Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Stefan Noesan 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 William Nylander 3 3 3 9 17 18
61 Nic Petan 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Nicholas Robertson 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Scott Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wayne Simmonds 0 0 1 1 3 1
19 Jason Spezza 1 1 3 5 8 8
91 John Tavares 1 5 6 12 23 19
97 Joe Thornton 1 0 1 2 6 4
26 Jimmy Vesey 1 0 0 1 3 3
 
Defensemen
22 Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 7 0
78 T.J. Brodie 1 0 1 2 14 6
23 Travis Dermott 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Justin Holl 1 0 1 2 8 6
55 Ben Hutton 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Jake Muzzin 0 2 3 5 8 12
44 Morgan Rielly 0 0 1 1 6 2
38 Rasmus Sandin 0 0 2 2 4 4
 
Goalkeepers
31 Frederik Andersen 4 1 1 6 10 12.0
36 Jack Campbell 6 0 2 8 11 16.0
29 Aaron Dell 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
30 Michael Hutchinson 2 0 1 3 3 5.5
33 David Rittich 0 0 1 1 1 0.5
35 Veini Vehvil?inen 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
60 Joseph Woll 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Some initial thoughts on these numbers:

> Matthews the obvious choice for MVP.  He had a spectacular season, not just scoring goals, and never had a letdown.  Oveshadowed a really good season by Marner, who now has put up top-10 numbers with both Tavares and Matthews.  If Campbell had played a full season with his numbers, then the conversation would be quite difficult, as we'd be talking about the Rocket winner vs. the Vezina winner.

> Nylander had his best season yet as well, and maybe so did Hyman.  Tavares and Thornton snapped back nicely.  Spezza was full value most every night.  Really, all the top-6 forwards played up to or beyond expectations (PP excluded!) except Simmonds, who faded badly, and Mikheyev, who just didn't get it done scoring (but maybe exceeded expectations on the PK?).

> On D, Brodie was clearly the best of the bunch, but all the others except Rielly performed well most of the time.  (Dermott I would say is an unsung hero, didn't notice him in a bad way very much.)  If the Leafs go deep, it will be because of their vastly improved team defense, which is a credit to Dubas and his summer gets, and to the coaches (whom I criticize below, but they deserve heaps of praise here).

> Nicest surprises: Campbell far and away the most nicest, ousting Bogosian who otherwise would have won it.

> Biggest disappointments: Rielly; as several have said, he used to be an offensive threat and that made up for his defensive shortcomings but his offense has dried up and he's a real albatross on the PP and defending odd-man rushes.  I have no idea what happened to him.  Just a very bad season.  While not even in the same class, I'll just mention Robertson here, who, in his limited time, didn't really do anything.  I know some people were hoping he'd carve himself a place in the line-up.  Now it looks like he's not even in the conversation to get into a playoff game.  Yes, small sample size.

> Coaching: Well, Keefe seems be widely praised for trying different set-ups and managing the team pretty well overall.  The Achilles heel here is the disastrous collapse of the PP.  I think this is basically entirely attributable to coaching.  They were never going to keep up 33% but to have it go so spectacularly wrong, for so long, is on the coaches.  This is worrying; despite what some commentators have said I don't think you can have a long run in the playoffs with a PP that barely exceeds the SHGs you give up.
 
MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
77 Adam Brooks 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Pierre Engvall 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Alex Galchenyuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Zach Hyman 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Alexander Kerfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mitch Marner 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Auston Matthews 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 Ilya Mikheyev 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Riley Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Stefan Noesan 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 William Nylander 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 Nic Petan 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Nicholas Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Scott Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wayne Simmonds 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Jason Spezza 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 John Tavares 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 Joe Thornton 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Defensemen
22 Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 T.J. Brodie 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Travis Dermott 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Justin Holl 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 Ben Hutton 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jake Muzzin 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Morgan Rielly 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Rasmus Sandin 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Goalkeepers
31 Frederik Andersen 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
36 Jack Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
30 Michael Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
33 David Rittich 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Re-setting the table for the playoffs.
 

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