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The "Mr. T" Man of the Match Thread, 2013 edition

Game #37: PHI vs. TOR: 5-3 Flyers.  MotM: van Riemsdyk (5/1).  HM: Liles (0/3).  Others: Kadri (1/1), Kulemin (1/0), Kessel (0/1).
Game #38: TOR vs. NJD: Leafs 2-1.  MotM: Reimer (19/1).  HM: Komarov (1/12).  Others: McClement (0/3), Franson (0/2), Kessel (0/2).
Game #39: NYR vs. TOR: Leafs 4-3.  MotM: Kessel (17/3).  HM: van Riemsdyk (3/12).  Others: Kulemin (0/3), Bozak (0/1), McClement (0/1), Reimer (0/1).
Game #40: TOR vs. NYR: Rangers 3-2 SO.  Motm: Kessel (16/2).  HM: Reimer (2/14).  Others: Franson (0/1), Fraser (0/1).
Game #41: MTL vs. TOR: Leafs 5-1.  MotM: Komarov (8/1).  HM: Kessel (5/2).  Others: Bozak (0/4), McClement (0/3), van Riemsdyk (1/1), Kadri (0/2), Grabovski (0/1). Phaneuf (0/1), Reimer (0/1).
Game #42: NJD vs. TOR: Leafs 2-0.  MotM: Reimer (24/0; unanimous).  HM: Kessel (0/11).  Others: Franson (0/7), McClement (0/4), Phaneuf (0/1).
Game #43: TOR vs. WSH: Caps 5-1.  MotM: Scrivens (4/2).  HM: Grabovski (3/3).  Others: Hamilton (1/2), McClement (0/3), Komarov (2/0), Phaneuf (0/1).
Game #44: NYI vs. TOR: Isles 5-3.  MotM: Kessel (8/0; unaninmous).  HM: Lupul (0/7).  Others: Franson (0/1).
Game #45: TOR vs. OTT: Leafs 5-1 4-1.  MotM: Reimer (14/2).  HM: van Riemsdyk (0/8).  Others: Franson (3/3), Kessel (2/0), Lupul (0/1).
Game #46: TOR vs. TBL: Lightning 5-2.  MotM: Kessel (8/0; unanimous).  HM: Lupul (0/3), Bozak (0/2), Colborne (0/1), Franson (0/1). MacArthur (0/1).
Game #47: TOR vs. FLA: Leafs 4-0.  MotM: Reimer (6/1).  HM: Kessel (2/7).  Others: MacArthur (1/0), Komarov (0/1).
Game #48: MTL vs. TOR: Habs 4-1.  MotM: Kessel (6/0; unanimous).  HM: Komarov (0/4).  Others: Phaneuf (0/1).



No. of games receiving votes No. of games played Percentage of games receiving votes
Forwards
42 Tyler Bozak 14 46 0.304
18 Mike Brown 0 12 0.000
32 Joe Colborne 1 5 0.200
39 Matt Frattin 7 26 0.269
84 Mikhail Grabovski 16 48 0.333
48 Ryan Hamilton 1 10 0.100
43 Nazem Kadri 25 48 0.521
81 Phil Kessel 27 48 0.563
47 Leo Komarov 11 42 0.262
41 Nikolai Kulemin 12 48 0.250
19 Joffrey Lupul 9 16 0.563
16 Clarke MacArthur 8 40 0.200
38 Frazer MacLaren 1 34 0.029
11 Jay McClement 17 48 0.354
28 Colton Orr 7 44 0.159
20 David Steckel 1 13 0.077
21 James van Riemsdyk 12 48 0.250

Defensemen
4 Cody Franson 18 45 0.400
45 Mark Fraser 8 45 0.178
51 Jake Gardiner 2 12 0.167
36 Carl Gunnarsson 4 37 0.108
55 Korbinian Holzer 3 22 0.136
8 Mike Komisarek 1 4 0.250
53 Mike Kostka 2 34 0.059
24 John-Michael Liles 3 32 0.094
23 Ryan O'Byrne 0 8 0.000
3 Dion Phaneuf 18 48 0.375

Goalkeepers
34 James Reimer 20 33 0.606
40 Jussi Rynnas 0 1 0.000
30 Ben Scrivens 11 19 0.579
 
There's an MVP thread already so here's the final MotM standings if anyone wants to use it to bolster an argument for a particular player.

POINTS
Kadri 29
Kessel 24
Reimer 22.5
van Riemsdyk 19
Lupul 12

ACCOLADES
Kadri 15
Kessel 15
Reimer 11
van Riemsdyk 10
Lupul 7

NUMBER OF GAMES RECEIVING VOTES
Kessel 27
Kadri 25
Reimer 20
Franson 18
Phaneuf 18

PERCENTAGE OF GAMES RECEIVING VOTES
Reimer 0.606
Scrivens 0.579
Kessel 0.563
Lupuk 0.563
Kadri 0.521

MISCELLANOUS NOTES
* Kadri was running away with the Points race a month ago.  He fell off badly after that and Kessel closed most of the ground.  Reimer also did well this last month.

* Defensemen never get as many accolades as forwards or goalies, so my measure for them is Number of Games Receiving Votes and Percentage of Games Receiving Votes.  Franson and Phaneuf were far and away our best defensemen this year.  I think Franson's percentage of 0.400, while not in the top 5, is pretty impressive.

* Van Riemsdyk's numbers continued to reflect his boom-or-bust play.  In the 12 games he got votes, he won accolades in 10 of them.  It seems either he was great, or he was invisible (although somebody posted a good point -- he rarely gets credit for screening a lot of shots).  All in all, though I wanted to see more from JVR, he did his job.

* The play of my pick for MVP, Jay McClement, is not well-represented in the MotM voting.  Again, as someone pointed out in the MVP thread, he alone is not responsible for the improved PK.  But I stick with him as my personal pick for MVP.  Many nights he got the PK off to a great start by winning a puck battle and then getting the puck out of the zone so the PKers could change.  He was terrific.
 
R1G1:

MotM: Bozak.  Won faceoffs even though he still looks hurt.
HM: Grabovski.  He competed like Kadri and Lupul didn't.  They need to take notes.

Shoutout to JVR too.
The defense was awful except for Franson ... who must have gotten dinged since he never seemed to be on the ice for the last 2 periods.

Reimer also let in a softie but otherwise was good.
 
R1G1: Boston 4-1.  MotM: van Riemsdyk (4/1).  HM: Komarov (0/4).  Others: Grabovski (2/1), Bozak (1/1), Reimer (1/0).
 
R1G2: Lupul, HM JVR

A shoutout to Kulemin too - only 1 assist on the scoresheet, but he played well.  I saw him outmuscle Lucic, which is no small feat, at least twice.
 
louisstamos said:
R1G2: Lupul, HM JVR

A shoutout to Kulemin too - only 1 assist on the scoresheet, but he played well.  I saw him outmuscle Lucic, which is no small feat, at least twice.
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Good kudos to Kulemin.  He almost buried that backhander too.

And Drummond: good HM to Gunnar, he rarely gets recognized but deserves it.

MotM: Lupul.
HM: Grabovski ... but with a very large tip of the hat to Phil Kessel and James Reimer.
 
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