With Reeves experiment over, I think adding McMann to that line will open up more ice time and opportunity for Gregor and Kampf. Laffarty wouldn't have had much to do here up to this point, if he was stuck on the 4th line. The difference is so negligible it's not worth worrying about.
Tell me how a 28 year old winger who has played 225 games in his NHL career and produced 26 goals and 39 assists for 65 points and a - 21 isn't a replacement level player. He has a career high of 12 goals, 15 assists and 27 points set last season (2022-23) split between the Blackhawks and the Leafs. 10 goals and 11 assists when he played on a garbage Hawks team that was purposely tanking for Bedard and increased his TOI and usage.
Amen!! This is getting extremely tiresome to see this back and forth. I would love a a GM that would unite leafs nation back to being all on one side instead of this dumb split.
Unfortunately, I don't see it happening. Anyone who questioned Dubas being handed the keys to the team was seen as some sort of "enemy" to the Dubas/Chayka analytics community. Even if those people took a wait and see approach to how things would play out was seen as being against them as they did not fall in love from first sight.
What do your fancy stats say for the game on Saturday night? Again, most people including yourself have laid the problems of the 4th line at the feet of Reeves alone, what did Gregor's game look like with Reeves in the press box?
I'm sure they have a component of analytics. Are you telling me that the TBay championship teams that was mostly built by Steve Yzerman and the Avs that were built by Joe Sakic are driven by analytics and not that of the multiple time cup winning former captains.
You appear to be trying to quote me except I didn't say any of the above. My point was, if Reeves is the sole reason that the 4th line has been terrible than does it make sense to tie that to Gregor, what did the 1 game that Gregor played without Reeves show? Where the x stats similar to the previous game with Reeves in the lineup, was a legit question because I don't look up the x stats.
Yzerman won multiple cups......as a player, just like Sakic as I was referencing their playing careers prior to being GMs. Those Tampa cup winning teams had their foundation put in place during the Yzerman GM years.
Reaves might be moved in the off-season, Klingberg signed a 1 year deal, he's not being moved. Tre referenced the lack of offensive and puck moving ability on the back end as to the need for Klingberg, that hasn't changed so the need for Klingberg still exists. He has been transitioning the puck well but he isn't a stout defender, I believe he will settle in a bit more and will be less noticeable in his own end of the ice.
I never said I loved all the moves. I didn't like the 3 year Reaves deal at the time it was announced, I also didn't like the Kampf contract extension as soon as it was announced. The Domi, Bertuzzi and Klingberg one year deals all made sense and still do make sense.
