Leafs Injury Updates
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Potvin29 said:
His last non-Leafs season in the NHL was 2008-09 when he was the Penguins 4th line centre. He only played in 22 games before an injury ended his season. He averaged 2:51 on the PK that season, 2nd among Pens forwards to only Jordan Staal. He was injured in their first game in December, and their PK during Oct/Nov was 83%. That would have been good for 6th in the league that year.
Zigomanis played the entire month of October as a Leaf in 10/11 where he averaged more time than any other Leafs forward. The Leafs PK was 84.8% that month, which was good for 13th in the league at the time. Had that kept up all season, it would have given the Leafs the 6th best PK.
Since I haven't pimped Ziggy's tires much lately, I figured I'd expand a little on my last post to include his Phoenix years. The following is the amount of PK time Ziggy received and his teams PK% while on the team:
* - Those numbers are of course assuming that the teams PK percentage would have remained the same had Zigomanis played a full season in 07/08, 08/09, and 10/11.
He had a few years in Carolina prior to this but received little-to-no PK time early in his career. 06/07 was his only full season here so for that year I just used the teams year-end PK%. For the others his play was largely kept to certain months so I was able to just look at the teams PK% for that month.
In 07/08 and 10/11 he was sent to the AHL after playing 33 and 8 games in those respective years. As I mentioned his season was cut short due to injury in 08/09.
It's hard to read too much out of this, especially considering the sample size of most of those seasons. But he has played a large role on multiple PK units throughout his career and put up decent results. Then again he was send to the AHL while doing that by two separate teams.
| Year | Team | GP | SH Ice-time | Team PK% | League Rank* |
| 10/11 | TOR | 8 | 2:01 | 84.8% | 6th |
| 08/09 | PIT | 22 | 2:51 | 83.2% | 6th |
| 07/08 | PHO | 33 | 2:58 | 81.6% | 20th |
| 06/07 | PHO | 75 | 3:05 | 78.4% | t-28th |
* - Those numbers are of course assuming that the teams PK percentage would have remained the same had Zigomanis played a full season in 07/08, 08/09, and 10/11.
He had a few years in Carolina prior to this but received little-to-no PK time early in his career. 06/07 was his only full season here so for that year I just used the teams year-end PK%. For the others his play was largely kept to certain months so I was able to just look at the teams PK% for that month.
In 07/08 and 10/11 he was sent to the AHL after playing 33 and 8 games in those respective years. As I mentioned his season was cut short due to injury in 08/09.
It's hard to read too much out of this, especially considering the sample size of most of those seasons. But he has played a large role on multiple PK units throughout his career and put up decent results. Then again he was send to the AHL while doing that by two separate teams.
GhostofPotvin29
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Perfect! My internet is terrible at home so I avoid doing any research here if I can.
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L K
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TML fan said:
That would be my take. Ziggy can be great at winning faceoffs, but the Leafs are still awful at getting the puck out of the zone. Ziggy can stick with his man and not wander off into oblivion, but it doesn't stop Schenn/Komisarek/Phaneuf from chasing guys into the corner and leaving the net wide open.
bustaheims
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You know what else you can see from those numbers? The more a team needs to use Zigomanis on their PK, the less successful their PK becomes - not necessarily due to his play, but, having him on the roster playing such a prominent role is an indication of the quality of the team.
Busta Reims said:
I said it's hard to draw much of a conclusion from those stats, so I'm not really sure that's a foregone conclusion. Especially since there really isn't that much time separating those first 3 years.
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CarltonTheBear said:
Not on a per game basis, no, but in terms of total PK TOI, there are pretty significant gaps between them. I'm not saying it's a foregone conclusion either, but, it certainly appears to be a trend.
bustaheims
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L K said:
Burke said this afternoon that the bronchial infection is making it difficult to determine what is causing which symptoms.
GhostofPotvin29
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lamajama said:
Brown will be back Saturday.
bustaheims
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Potvin29 said:
Komisarek might be as well.
maplesyrup
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Zee said:
Would you rather Holzer? Komi does not replace Dion but if he can't go, the timing is perfect and Komi is probably the most solid option.
bustaheims
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Sarge said:
And, he was playing very well before he got hurt. He wasn't the Komisarek we saw the previous 2 seasons - he was much closer to the Komisarek the Habs saw before the Lucic incident.
maplesyrup
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Busta Reims said:
Yeah, he was okay there for a while... I haven't been blown away or anything but he certainly didn't make as many bonehead plays as Phaneuf and Schenn did (and have) for a stretch there before he went down.
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Sarge said:
He's slow, and is a totally different player than Phaneuf. People complain about Dion from time to time but he brings a whole different element to the Leafs with his ability to pinch on plays and create scoring opportunities. Having him out is gonna be a big blow especially if slow footed Komi is the replacement.