Not sure about this corsi thing. It doesn't appear to take into account special teams or quality of chances. One of my "friends" who isn't a Leaf fan is saying how the Leafs are all awful yada yada yada. I proved to him with stats that we are a dominate team 8 games into the season.
Here goes
Tied for first in the conference (12 points, I know 3rd with tie
breakers)
Tied for second in the league in points (12)
3rd ranked power play (29%)
4th ranked penalty kill (87.1%)
Best special teams by a land slide
Goals for per game in NHL (6th)
Goals against per game in NHL (11th)
Goals for/against ratio 1.14/1 (13th) average but special teams win games
4 ppg or better players (Lupul, JVR, Kessel, Raymond)
Tied for 3rd dman in points (Franson)
Bernier .940 save%(goalies 5 or more games played he is ranked 5th)
Reimer .917 save%
Injured winger on every line
Injured top 6 dman
Getting it done with rookies
Getting it done with the youngest team in the NHL
The only area where the Leafs are not dominate happen to be shots for/against per game and face off %. Can't be good at everything I guess.. but we are dominate in the categories that win games (goals for and special teams).
The sick thing is this team can and will improve a lot as the season progresses. We will hopefully get healthy and our younger guys will only become better with more NHL experience.
This Leaf team is going to be very special for many years to come. What we saw last year wasn't a fluke. Are we an anomaly? Tell that to our special teams and on ice success.
Here goes
Tied for first in the conference (12 points, I know 3rd with tie
breakers)
Tied for second in the league in points (12)
3rd ranked power play (29%)
4th ranked penalty kill (87.1%)
Best special teams by a land slide
Goals for per game in NHL (6th)
Goals against per game in NHL (11th)
Goals for/against ratio 1.14/1 (13th) average but special teams win games
4 ppg or better players (Lupul, JVR, Kessel, Raymond)
Tied for 3rd dman in points (Franson)
Bernier .940 save%(goalies 5 or more games played he is ranked 5th)
Reimer .917 save%
Injured winger on every line
Injured top 6 dman
Getting it done with rookies
Getting it done with the youngest team in the NHL
The only area where the Leafs are not dominate happen to be shots for/against per game and face off %. Can't be good at everything I guess.. but we are dominate in the categories that win games (goals for and special teams).
The sick thing is this team can and will improve a lot as the season progresses. We will hopefully get healthy and our younger guys will only become better with more NHL experience.
This Leaf team is going to be very special for many years to come. What we saw last year wasn't a fluke. Are we an anomaly? Tell that to our special teams and on ice success.