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Free PP lol

Kirill the Thrill!

Or shortstop

Easy day for AM34

Jake McCabe forgot he was a Leaf for a bit and basically gave the Sabres a free cycle

2LW Tavares

Just two first overall picks who grew up in non-traditional hockey markets as a middle child between two sisters.

Injured doing what

Vancouver just waived Raty This frees up an SPC while gaining NHL-centre depth (if you were considering Quillan to be a winger the way it looked like the front office seemed to be) Are we trying to woo Connor Bedard?

He's basically another winger with Nylander's toolkit, which in theory helps and complements Tavares. the only issue with the original Nylander was his weaknesses were compounding with Tavares', while not really optimizing strengths all that much. I think Marchenko can be a really good fit for...

Oh fun

McKenna - Paul - Marchenko or Nylander would work out nicely over time. Hiller sounds like he might step back from 11/7 tonight.

I see why the Leafs are going 11/7 right now. With Rifai as an option back there, they're basically splitting Rielly's original assignments into defense deployment (Rifai) vs offensive deployment (Rielly) whenever there is control available. Rielly still managed to pick up multiple dashes on his...

A snippet from a Jonas Siegel article about how Matthews is looking healthwise these days: If you have a smartwatch or fitness tracker of some sort, this will be familiar: an algorithm that calculates a readiness score based on some current measures relative to baseline (heart rate...

It’s two different play sequences we’re talking about. Forwards slowing up the forecheck is on dump in retrievals so defense can start breakouts and shed the first forecheck layer to create mini numerical advantages up ice. Defense gapping up is on attempted controlled entries, which would...

Identical setup to the Marchenko chance but Willy had more room in the slot (Utah D had zero clue and three players bit hard); Marchenko serving as an option but really a decoy for the goalie. Pretty sure a third of Marner's career PP goals came from Nylander shot-fakes.

Willy has a pretty heavy pass and did well to find the lane and get this through the sticks. I think Marchenko anticipated would be a tipping weight pass (see blade angle aiming for the upper blocker side) and sort of got caught between options (one-time vs soft catch and release) when he saw...

I think they know how but often can't because of the speed differential the forecheckers are coming in with. Utah doesn't have the star power at the same luminosities as the Leafs top 6, but they have tremendous forward depth of speed and length and they did a good job forcing breakdowns. What...