Kinda hate to say it...but ,he needs to be better! Money ,expectations and time in the league. more ice time might increase his numbers.Matthews 5v5 icetime creeping up now, and his underlying numbers are still amazing.
Among NHL forwards:
5v5 icetime/gp: 14:46 (23rd overall, comparables: Eichel, Kopitar, Seguin)
5v5 stats and league ranking (min 80 minutes played):
CF%: 67.08 (5th overall)
SF%: 66.09 (9th overall)
xGF%: 68.43 (13th overall)
Kerfoot /Miky are gonna see a better quality of competition now. hope they keep their stick on the ice while playing with Marner!I’m intrigued by Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Marner. I think they’re all skilled and smart enough to really work well together.
Could also have 3 #1 lines when Tavares is back:
11-34-88
65-15-16
42-91-24
18-33-19
Kinda hate to say it...but ,he needs to be better! Money ,expectations and time in the league. more ice time might increase his numbers.
Game is tomorrowAnyone else getting tired of all this "sky is falling" junk?
It's October 18th, Stop spazzing out.
But anyways...
Hoping for the good version of the team to show up tonight, they should be rested.
Go Leafs Go!
The big money brings big expectations (fair or not)...sure the contracts have just begun,but 'game on' boys! They got paid before they won anything,so time to shine...to be fair,i would let the Matthews/Marner pair start now and let them become what we all expect. But likely not till Babs is gone!You shouldn't hate to say it. Our 10M+ club should be expected to be dominant every night and noticeable each and every shift. The team's fortunes fall on their shoulders. Their contracts are the reason why they will be sharing the ice tomorrow with 8 near league minimum teammates. Surely a group of 8 players making less than 60% of either Matthews or Marner can't be expected to have huge impacts on the team.
You shouldn't hate to say it. Our 10M+ club should be expected to be dominant every night and noticeable each and every shift. The team's fortunes fall on their shoulders. Their contracts are the reason why they will be sharing the ice tomorrow with 8 near league minimum teammates. Surely a group of 8 players making less than 60% of either Matthews or Marner can't be expected to have huge impacts on the team.
Dude I hope JT is watching. He might learn a thing or to about how to play center. Most nights JT looks like he is plowing through mud.Nylander doesn't really have the skillset for that in my opinion, but at least he'll help win faceoffs and enter the zone
I don't think Tavares will become an elite skater by watching Nylander, but he has been pretty sluggish. Hopefully the time off does him some goodDude I hope JT is watching. He might learn a thing or to about how to play center. Most nights JT looks like he is plowing through mud.
We have to trade JT before he gets any slowerDude I hope JT is watching. He might learn a thing or to about how to play center. Most nights JT looks like he is plowing through mud.
Tough balancing act really. Vets,rookies,up and comers ,all wanting to be paid! You might not win it all without the proper depth players,but you gonna win nuttin' without the allstars playin' like they should.You're absolutely right. We go nowhere if those guys don't play up to expectations. Your depth can only carry you so far. We have good depth, IMO, but it only works if the big boys produce.
haha just yanking your chain! lolBleh , been working nights so my days are off.
I get babs lines. It's always best to keep lines familiar, in order to build on chemistry even when players are out.
Although... if we are trying to win games.
Mikhayev - Matthews - Marner
Johnsson - Nylander - Kapanen
Moore - Kerfoot - Timashov
Shore - Gauthier - Spezza
yea just make him Captain and there just going to trade him, just came of a 88 point season 47 goals, and a hometown guy what a awful take.We have to trade JT before he gets any slower
David Clarkson was also a hometown boyyea just make him Captain and there just going to trade him, just came of a 88 point season 47 goals, and a hometown guy what a awful take.
yea because David Clarkson and John Tavares are comparable in any way??? seriously?David Clarkson was also a hometown boy
lol it's here for a reason.Anyone else getting tired of all this "sky is falling" junk?
It's October 18th, Stop spazzing out.
But anyways...
Hoping for the good version of the team to show up tonight, they should be rested.
Go Leafs Go!