Oddbob
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To be fair the Leafs had 1 NHL goalie last year, now they have 3
They have 2, Dell is below average.
To be fair the Leafs had 1 NHL goalie last year, now they have 3
an 886 save% is not a defense problem that's just not being able to get a save, I'm not saying Toronto had a great defense they did not.
But I have a hard time blaming 886 save% on the defense even the #1 defense in the NHL needs a save once in a while.
A 3.66 GAA and 886 save % That means you don't have an NHL backup
Jack Campbell has 4 more losses than wins in his NHL career. Dell has more losses than wins over his last two NHL seasons.
Good luck with the notion that either is likely to step up and provide the Leafs with quality goaltending.
Leafs vs Atlantic division
Habs: 0-1-2
Wings: 3-0
Sabres: 2-2
Bruins: 1-2
Senators: 3-0
Lightning: 2-1
Panthers: 1-2
Leafs vs Pacific division
Oilers: 1-1
Kings: 1-0-1
Knights: 1-1
Ducks: 1-1
Sharks: 1-1
Yotes: 2-0
Canucks: 2-0
Flames: 0-1-1
Just looking at this, the leafs were bullies and feasted on the weak teams. The Habs, panthers and sabres were more of a threat to your season than the Bruins and Lightning. Even by feasting on the Wings and sens, the leafs didn’t even make the playoffs. While every season is different, we can only go by what we saw last season. Leafs were stagnant this off season while the Oilers, Habs, Canucks, Senators and Flames got better.
All facts, no exaggerations.Basically none of this makes any sense
1. The play in round counts as the playoffs, and regardless the Leafs were positioned for a regular playoff spot prior to the shut down
2. The Leafs should be significantly better this year:
We added a top 2/3 D, one of our biggest weaknesses
We added Simmonds, Bogo and Thornton to add some grit and veteran leadership
We now have Campbell as a backup instead of Hutch (who tossed a way a dozen or so games)
We have a full season of Keefe (27-15 .628 P%) vs Babcock (9-10 .478 P%)
So it sounds like the all Canadian division is all but a sure thing, that means every division is getting changed.
So who will benefit and who will struggle because of the change?
A competent backup cost the leafs probably 10 points each of the last 2 seasons.
4-10-1 2 seasons ago, and 10-12-1 last year.
That’s just not a recipe for success.
and for the record, I’m not an Andersen hater, I also don’t understand why they would want to trade him unless they know his ask is crazy for his next contract
I agree. The leafs defensive problems are much less personnel related than play style related. Once (If) they find that balancing act, they’ll take the next step.Leafs D needs to improve too. Way too many odd man rushes against.
I suspect when the Leafs play more defensive... individual player stats will drop by 5-10%
Everything would depend on the playoff setup. Barring Canada/USA border being opened, likely looking at Divisional playoffs for rounds 1&2. So, if that is the initial plan come the start of the season, then you're best served with 8 team divisions in the USA. Are the US teams playing games outside their division for the regular season?Having four 6 team US divisions makes more sense than three 8 team divisions from a travel POV. A MN, CHI, DET, BUF, NSH, STL division...
The NHL has a tendency to do some pretty stupid things in an effort to appease casual and\or part-time fans making it hard to make any concrete assertions at this juncture in time.
Everything would depend on the playoff setup. Barring Canada/USA border being opened, likely looking at Divisional playoffs for rounds 1&2. So, if that is the initial plan come the start of the season, then you're best served with 8 team divisions in the USA. Are the US teams playing games outside their division for the regular season?
Where are these casual or part-time fans?
LOL
Schedule:
8 games versus everyone in your division = 40
10 other games arranged in such a way as is possible for travel/COVID, etc. = 10
Canada: 8 games against everyone = 48
2 other games: eg: The western teams get 2 extra games, and the eastern teams play an extra round robin
So Canadian teams travel thousands of kilometres while eastern US division teams walk across the street for games.
The Leafs also went through the Babcock drama and had injuries to several key players. You know, context.
It’s adding Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and the Jets in exchange for Bruins, Lightning, Buffalo, Detroit and Florida.this.
adding Calgary Vancouver and Edmonton at the expense of Boston and TB is huge for us
The rivalries coming out of Canada are going to be wild!
I feel this is an automatic non-starter.
What kind of professional league is going to have anything but the same amount of regular season games for each and every team.
I'm not sure even the casual/part time fans who are taking over could convince the NHL of this. If they do, it would be beyond stupid.