Me and my sister used to keep a statistical diary of every Leafs game in the '70's. It really was the only way to stay on top. West Coast games were a nightmare and even more if the NHL changed the assists/goal after the game. Sittler's 10 point night was the dream night for a statistic nerd kid like I was then.Me too! I got the Hockey news 2 weeks late and the globe and star on the weekends if I was lucky and got to go to "town".
Me and my sister used to keep a statistical diary of every Leafs game in the '70's. It really was the only way to stay on top. West Coast games were a nightmare and even more if the NHL changed the assists/goal after the game. Sittler's 10 point night was the dream night for a statistic nerd kid like I was then.
Internet is way to easy. Can you imagine doing advanced stats back then?
That's awesome. We never went to those lengths.That's hilarious, I was such a maniac I'd phone the radio station in Smiths Falls for the scores around 7 am when theLeafs played in Oakland and LA the overnight guy hated my high pitched guts.
Me and my sister used to keep a statistical diary of every Leafs game in the '70's. It really was the only way to stay on top. West Coast games were a nightmare and even more if the NHL changed the assists/goal after the game. Sittler's 10 point night was the dream night for a statistic nerd kid like I was then.
Internet is way too easy. Can you imagine doing advanced stats back then?
The Sittler-Thompson-Macdonald line would have been there and also Norm Ullman iircI had a scrapbook that I pasted newspaper clippings of the NHL leading scorers and the Leafs' team stats. I'd cut out the NHL leading scoring stats in the early season if a Leaf managed to get into the scoring leaders' list.
The Sittler-Thompson-Macdonald line would have been there and also Norm Ullman iirc
What a line that was, unfortunately there was never a supporting cast. Ullman is interesting I guess because he had been a support guy in Detroit a very underrated career IMO.
A gentleman I know who is a huge Leafs fan knows Ullman very well, he used to dine with him all the time, but as a diehard Leafs fan, says it was too tough for him to hear Ullman say he enjoyed his time with the Wings more than Toronto. Leaf fans, we are sick.
Norm was class before,during and after his leaf tenure,I don't think there's any sickness.
We're still a long ways away. I know these guys are young, they all have potential, but they are a ways away from being solid top 6 players.
I think we are at LEAST 2 years away from having a bubble team. On top of that, no pieces on D outside of Rielly who can be a #1. There are ceilings like that, sure. However they aren't likely to hit them. Even if we take all D this year, they are still 3 or 4 years away from making an impact in the NHL.
This is going to be a painful process. I don't see us making the playoffs for at least 5 years.
"We're going to take care of that in the off season." Babcock about some of the Buffalo bullying in the 3rd.
A lot of talk about Gauthier's skating during the game but it looked fine to me.
i know the most here look more @the scorerboard, but Grabner play in the last game very well.He tried a myn thinks and work hard for the team.
i know the most here look more @the scorerboard, but Grabner play in the last game very well.He tried a myn thinks and work hard for the team.
Marincin really impressed the last month....
hear him say we will get that fixed? What fixed? Team toughness?
no thanks. Lucic is going to get close to 7 mil a year on his new deal.