Leafs have a 30g scorer on each of their top 3 lines

[hockeykicker]

Yep.He said pp time.

ya know, could be the reason the pp time is so low is that they, you know, scored on the pp thus why they are 3rd in nhl for percentage?

i mean theres washington in the bottom 5 of pp time yet in the top 5 in pp percentage

 

[MattySnipes]

The Pens have three 90 point players on each of their top 3 lines.

1st line - Crosby 84p
2nd line - Malkin 93p
3rd line - Kessel 85p

Damn impressive feat. Malkin is having an unreal year as well as Kessel who quietly put up + PPG season.

 

[HockeyGuruPitka]

The Pens have three 90 point players on each of their top 3 lines.

1st line - Crosby 84p
2nd line - Malkin 93p
3rd line - Kessel 85p

as much as that is impressive, Kessel and Malkin have played more then 50% of this season on the same line at even strength

 

[FLpanthers16]

29 in 56 for Matthews very impressive to say the least with him being injured and still about to reach 30!

 

[StoneHands]

No it's not. All players with similar stats are getting more. Matthews should be at 20+ like Eichel.

Here are the forward in the NHL who play 20+ minutes a game as ES and PP combined. If Matthews played on the PK, even the second unit, he would be over 20 minutes a night. There are only 4 forwards in the NHL that play 20+ minutes a game while not playing on the PK at all. Matthews gets plenty of ice time.

McDavid: 20:26
Crosby: 20:24
Barkov: 20:20
Kane: 20:14
Getlaf: 20:09
Ovechkin: 20:03
Panarin: 20:00

Eichel plays 19:17 a game at ES/PP but he plays on a team with one other good center. Matthews plays 18:15 because there are 3 other quality centers on his team.

 

[Regal]

He was stating minutes.

Opportunities are what matter though. Leafs have less minutes because they score more. Kind of defeats the idea that they're disadvantaged.

 

[liljegren beast]

34 goals from JVR is too much for us to give up next year. Personally think he is a must sign, meanwhile we need to ship out Marleau in order to make room for him, and he would probly get us a decent haul, maybe a late 1st and two B prospects.

 

[MattySnipes]

Nope.

The Oilers are last in power play opportunities with 196

No one cares where the Oil are ranked in terms of PP opportunities. You guys are a bottom-10 team set to miss the playoffs, and probably looking forward to another entry draft party.

The Leafs are the 8th ranked team in the NHL set to make the playoffs in back-to-back years, so the fact that they are 3rd last in opportunities, and last in terms of overall PP minutes is a very telling stat. On top we're third in the NHL in terms of our PP% - now take into account where we rank in terms of Opportunities as well as Overall PP Time, and to see we still have a TOP3 PP is friggin amazing! It's normal for teams in the basement of the league to not draw as much PP/PP Time.

 

[7even]

The Montréal Canadiens had 103 pts less than a year ago. Clearly, we're a playoffs team.

This is the apex of pedantry.

 

[jetsforever]

Nope.

The Oilers are last in power play opportunities with 196

The Oilers have fewer opportunities but more overall time since their PP is terrible so each goes for a full 2 minutes.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

The Montréal Canadiens had 103 pts less than a year ago. Clearly, we're a playoffs team.

people are really willing to say questionable things as long as they can avoid giving the Leafs credit I guess

 

[Braunbaer]

Matthews is a 40 goal man. Scored 40 last year, and is on a 42-43 goal pace this year if he hadn't gotten injured. Don't be silly.

Cool, so the Caps have a 65 goal scorer because Ovi did it in the past.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

Sweet so the Ducks still have a 50 goal scorer on their top line.

Selanne was a 76 goal guy his career

 

[BlueWhite]

ya know, could be the reason the pp time is so low is that they, you know, scored on the pp thus why they are 3rd in nhl for percentage?

i mean theres washington in the bottom 5 of pp time yet in the top 5 in pp percentage

ya know, I am just pointing out the difference in what two people said.One was time the other opportunity.
So take it up with them and take your smarky attitude with it.ya know

 

[MartyOwns]

it's very impressive to have 2 30g scorers and a 29g scorer on 3 different lines

 

[liljegren beast]

it's very impressive to have 2 30g scorers and a 29g scorer on 3 different lines

Well in that case, JVR has 34 goals... stop cherry picking stats

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Yes, the Leafs are a great offensive team.

 

[tom leafers]

Never know. He's injury prone.....

I will laugh my butt off if he ends at 29 goals...haha

To be honest, i would have to laugh. Such a leafy thing to do. Instead of an injury though i will be happy if its just a cold streak aha

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Meh leafs had
40- Matthews
32-kadri
29-jvr

Last year so not a big change at least if you go by pace.

 

[Jeti]

The Jets probably would've hit 4 30 goal scorers if Scheifele hadn't missed so much time. Connor and Ehlers are almost there. But they're all on the top two lines right now.

There's a few teams that could do it. Just depends how they set the lines.

 

[96]

Mathews isn't a 30 goal scorer.

20 yr old w 56 GP has more goals than anyone on the NYR hehe

 

[Goose]

Next time someone asks me for salt I’m going to hand them this thread.

Leaf trolling is a lot of fun to watch.

 

[PucksOnNet]

The Montréal Canadiens had 103 pts less than a year ago. Clearly, we're a playoffs team.

Right, because a 35 point drop in the standings is totally analogous to a player scoring 29 goals in 56 games and whom still has another 6 games to score 30.

f***in' nailed it bud.

 

[LongWayDown37]

Congratuf$&£€nglations.

 

[Szechwan]

Meh leafs had
40- Matthews
32-kadri
29-jvr

Last year so not a big change at least if you go by pace.

Wow so even last year they didn't have 3 30 goal scorers

Right, because a 35 point drop in the standings is totally analogous to a player scoring 29 goals in 56 games and whom still has another 6 games to score 30.

****in' nailed it bud.

Don't let anyone ever tell you that Leaf fans can't take a joke