Agreed. This team is missing both Bolland and Bozak. Bozak stabilizes that top unit defensively for the Leafs.
I miss Bolland even more
And we're going to be without both for a long while.
Agreed. This team is missing both Bolland and Bozak. Bozak stabilizes that top unit defensively for the Leafs.
I miss Bolland even more
And we're going to be without both for a long while.
Without Bozak, Bolland and Lupul, we are a one line team
Easy pickings for our opponents
Without Bozak, Bolland and Lupul, we are a one line team
Easy pickings for our opponents
Well one line and Mason Raymond. With Bozak, Lupul and Bolland in the lineup we get 3 lines each with at least 2 20+ goal scorers:
JVR - Bozak - Kessel
Lupul - Kadri - Clarkson/Kulemin
Raymond - Bolland - Clarkson/Kulemin
What is it with you and your negativity towards this team? All you and your minions do is spew the same garbage about Bozak while whining about the likes of Grabovski and MacArthur who didn't accomplish squat for this team.
how many assists does kessel have without bozak? maybe he scores more goals with bozak in the lineup because he knows bozak has no finish? with nathan and jvr kessels got options.
id also be curious to know how many of the games without bozak has bolland + lupul been hurt? having lupul in the lineup makes a difference.
pft, excuses! we should work harder, darn it!
(for the life of me, I don't understand why more people don't see that. missing a good 1/3rd of our offense and "why don't we score more?").
What is it with you and your negativity towards this team? All you and your minions do is spew the same garbage about Bozak while whining about the likes of Grabovski and MacArthur who didn't accomplish squat for this team.
Bolland and Bozak sheltered Kadri. Again he wasn't as effective last night as when he is away from #1 pairing D men. We do need to work harder, and again maybe conditioning is a product of hard work or lack of it.
Jonas Seigel mentioned this Kessel is a lot more inconsistent production wise when Bozak is out. The stats bear this out. Most reasonable fans will agree Kessel and JVR play their best hockey when Bozie is in the line up, its not even debatable this year.
Bolland and Bozak sheltered Kadri. Again he wasn't as effective last night as when he is away from #1 pairing D men. We do need to work harder, and again maybe conditioning is a product of hard work or lack of it.
JVR - Bozak - Kessel
Lupul - Kadri - Raymond
Kulemin - Bolland - Clarkson
D'Amigo - McClement - Orr/McClaren
My lines when everyone is back
No Holland
Now, as claimed by our Hf experts, expect our PK to take a dip.
Who would you take out? Keep in mind, that is when everyone is healthy.
can Holland play wing?
Jonas Seigel mentioned this Kessel is a lot more inconsistent production wise when Bozak is out. The stats bear this out.
Where are these supposed stats you keep talking about? I haven't seen a single stat that suggests Kessel has more synergy with Bozak than with Kadri. I think you just made that up.
Because the real stats show that the Leafs score about 20% more goals at even strength when Kessel is with Kadri. I believe I even posted these a week or two ago when Bozak got re-injured.
Kadri
GF20 - 1.288
GA20 - 0.716
Differential - 0.572
Bozak
GF20 - 1.067
GA20 - 0.712
Differential - 0.355
Or if you prefer to look at just Kessel's production, he has 10 points in 224 even strength minutes with Bozak (a point every 22.4 minutes) and 9 points in 139 minutes with Kadri (a point every 15.4 minutes).
And as if that difference wasn't stark enough, let's look at PP effectiveness: Kadri 8.67 minutes per point, Bozak 15.0 minutes per point. And that's with Kadri mostly playing on the 2nd PP unit, while Bozak mostly plays on the 1st with Kessel.
Face it - Bozak is a black hole for offense compared to Kadri. And there's almost no difference between the two defensively at even strength.