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Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes: Playoff Lineup, Matthews, Nylander & More!



In this video, I go over all the latest news and notes surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs using advanced stats, contextual information and salary cap analysis.

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  1. I'm with you 100%.
    Is it ideal? Obviously not. Am I worried in any way shape or form? No, not at all. For the reasons you've mentioned and the fact that Morgan, ZAR and Bunting all appear to be trending upwards at the right time.
    Also inevitable return of ROR and the potential energy boost from Knies has me feeling as positive as I had with this team in a long time.
    Go Buds!
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  2. Looks like the Leaf GM & Coaching staff acquired players before the Trade Deadline without knowing how they could fit into the Leafs playoff lineup. No wonder the Leafs performance statistics are dropping. That is ok – Leaf fans can be grateful for another Leaf successful regular season. Guess the playoffs might be short & sweet again – who knows?

  3. Liljegren wouldn't be in my game one starting lineup either. He's kind of cracking under the pressure of the team having skill and depth on the back end.

  4. Glad to see your new video – thank you!

    I'm hoping you'll find time to put out much more content during the playoffs as we value your analysis.

  5. Dress 7 dmen in the Playoffs and that 7th dman needs to be Shenn. As the Canuck players said, "Shenn makes us feel half a foot taller when he is on the ice.

  6. welcome back hope you are doing well , i have to agree liligrin should not be a starter in the ploffs , gustafsson is bigger stronger and more experienced and schenn is #7 not going to sugar coat it he hasn't played well under pressure and he knows it

  7. I mean I could be stretching but keefe could he mixing up stuff so that Tampa is left guessing in terms of footage and what to expect

  8. There is an acclimatization period trying to absorb 5-6 new guys into your structure. I think Keefe has done what he should be doing to facilitate that process. I'm assuming with 6-7 games left he'll likely start playing the group that will start the post-season, but the great thing is he has multiple options. People forget during Keefe's 1st season that was interrupted by the pandemic in March 2020, then re-started with that idiot "play-in" round in the east bubble, that by halfway through the deciding game 5, the Leafs were down to only 4 D due to injuries. Those 4 D were Rielly, Barrie, Ceci & the inimitable Martin Marincin. Freddie, yet again in a clutch "for-all-the-marbles" deciding game let another dog-shit goal in when they were only down 1-0. In his defence they didn't score any goals, so it likely wouldn't have mattered, but you never know. This team is waaaay better & deeper, so I'm bullish on the post-season.

  9. Just a note, NHL people who have experienced success in the post-season have all indicated that having 9 NHL capable D-men is pretty much what you will likely need to get through 4 rounds of the playoffs. The Leafs now have that, so why do some people keep thinking it's problem? It's not, it's likely essential, so good work Dubas.

  10. As of today Liljegren isn't making opening night line up ether. Big hopes for the futre, but long wa to go.

  11. Bunting Matthewā€™s Marner
    Jarnkrok Tavares Nylander
    Accari ROR Lafferty
    ZAR Kampf Kerfoot

    Brodie McCabe
    Reilly Schenn
    Holl Gio

    Samsonov

    The bottom 6 forwards can change a bit as long as we go with the 4 strong centres. I want to see Reilly with a stay at home defenceman and I think schenn can be this guy with his playoff experience. I wouldnā€™t shelter Reilly too much as he did a great job in playoffs before. We saw how valuable he was when muzzin was out.. I also wonder about Holl and gio, this seems like a great shut down line however, I havenā€™t really seen them use this line Iā€™m not sure why.

    Samsonov earned number 1

  12. Nice! Just subscribed. Can you do a video on the fanatics nhl jersey? You have a awesome collection. Thnx

  13. Need better strategy. Control the game from the point like Boston, take higher probability shots from better angles, expend energy where required so available when needed to boost .

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