WAYNEINIONA
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Arn said:
Parking lot attendant ?
Panthers @ Leafs - Oct. 27th, 7:30pm - TSN4, Fan 590
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Parking lot attendant ?
bustaheims
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Arn said:
Water boy/cheerleader?
GhostofPotvin29
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For all the Martin griping he does have a 50% CF with one of the lowest OZ start %'s on the team.
bustaheims
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Nik the Trik said:
Yeah. He's basically been the type of guy you can usually get on cheap one year deals every summer. He's overpaid and signed for too long, but he's not a detriment on the ice. He's just not really much of a positive, either.
Nik the Trik said:
Komarov and Martin are 5th and 6th in the league in hits. I don't really think either have been all that physical though this season.
Nik the Trik said:
I think that applies league-wide basically. Hits always tend to be over-counted, especially with guys who have a reputation for getting lots of hits.
GhostofPotvin29
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CarltonTheBear said:
I wonder if, at least in Martin's case, it is partly by design? With NYI he was with Clutterbuck and they could both sort of be freight trains on the loose. I guess it's possible the Leafs don't want him being quite so reckless out there? Though then you would wonder why he was brought in. Maybe just to have that potential to ramp up the physicality if needed.
I think I've seen him out there a few times on the PK and actually have thought he looked pretty good on it.
herman
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He tried to goad Petrovic into confrontation a couple of times after the D-man smushed Marner. Other than that, he skated the puck up the ice (straight) with regularity and helped keep it hemmed in the OZ for a small stretch with zero threat to score.
I don't hate him. He's just in the way of better options.
I don't hate him. He's just in the way of better options.
herman
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Our defense wasn't that good last night, and Andersen actually did bail them out on several occasions.
The intermission crew pointed this out, but it looks like the Leafs are still thinking a lot about their defensive positioning, and it's using up their CPU threads in lieu of things like checking their man. That should iron out once positioning is more ingrained as a flexible structure, and then they can pay more attention and adjust to the incoming attack.
The intermission crew pointed this out, but it looks like the Leafs are still thinking a lot about their defensive positioning, and it's using up their CPU threads in lieu of things like checking their man. That should iron out once positioning is more ingrained as a flexible structure, and then they can pay more attention and adjust to the incoming attack.
herman said:
I think Soshnikov is a top 6 guy and at worse top 9 guy. He has too much offensive ability to put on the 4th line. I could agree with maybe Rychel but let's not forget, we need Martin's physicality in the lineup to do just what he did last night for Marner. No one else except Polak brings that and do we really want one of our 6 d-men doing that and sitting in the box? Especially when he's one of our PK guys?
I'm ok with Martin for now.
I do hope the Leafs bring up Soshnikov soon. I thought he was really good at the end of last season. He could slot right into Kadri's line and pushing Komarov onto the 4th line. That'd be a really good 4th line with say Ben Smith in the middle.
Speaking of Ben Smith, I really like his game. He hustles and hits. He skates harder than Holland.
I also really liked the vision of Seth Griffith. I think he is not a 4th line guy and could probably offer more on a scoring line.
No.92 said:
But, Petrovic DID got after one of our star guys.