Ryan T
griefykiter.bsky.social
Ryan T
@griefykiter.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wondering what your take on this is re: leafs core not performing because of a lack of puck moving ability on D despite adding solid defenders? Haven’t seen a lot of people point to this as a reason why the team construction has failed

x.com/yolo_pinyato... (sorry to cross platform share)
The black web_sant on X: "every year the leafs underperform in the playoffs because they can't score, and its because they refuse to acquire and play defenseman who can skate with the puck, even though those are the only players that the Core 4 succeed with https://t.co/S4jO3AeTvP" / X
every year the leafs underperform in the playoffs because they can't score, and its because they refuse to acquire and play defenseman who can skate with the puck, even though those are the only players that the Core 4 succeed with https://t.co/S4jO3AeTvP
x.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
do we have an idea what the leafs 5v5 xG/SA would look like with McCabe (and Matthews) in/Benoit out? do the leafs move from mediocre/horrible metrics to at least respectable? from any underlying numbers seems like it's hard to make a case the leafs being one of the best teams this yr
January 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM