Will Leafs Make the Playoffs?
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Interesting article from January 2019. Fast forward to January 2020 and Marner's ATOI under Keefe is north of 22:00 which would be just about identical to the ATOI for McDavid and Draisitl. (P.S. Maybe Leafs would would have beaten the Oilers to-night if Matthews had a higher TOI?)
"There is one National Hockey League forward, Florida’s Aleksander Barkov, who averages more than 23 minutes of ice time per night. But Connor McDavid, who ranks second among NHL forwards at 22:50, has exceeded 24 minutes of ice time nine times this season."
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sky-high-ice-time-oilers-stars-cause-concern/
"There is one National Hockey League forward, Florida’s Aleksander Barkov, who averages more than 23 minutes of ice time per night. But Connor McDavid, who ranks second among NHL forwards at 22:50, has exceeded 24 minutes of ice time nine times this season."
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sky-high-ice-time-oilers-stars-cause-concern/
Sorry, just saw this now.
On NHL.com stats you can pick date ranges for stats, for Babcock, I did the beginning of the season to Nov 20, and for Keefe Nov 21 to present.
The question is how much gas will still be in the tank when (if) the Leafs make the playoffs? Marner, Matthews and Tavares are logging more ice time than any 3 forwards on other teams in the Atlantic Division. Rielly has been playing hurt all season. Andersen has allowed 3 goals on 19 and 12 shots in the past two games.
The question of how much gas left will be pointless if they don’t make the playoffs. One big reason why Matthews can play more minutes since teaming with Marner and Hyman is it forces the opponent to defend more and they don’t have the biggest defensive liability in Nylander on that line. This also leads to a much better two way game for Matthews.
Montreal is pacing themselves so that they don't overwork themselves when the playoffs start and they're not in it.
Dart likes the way Babs coaches. Save the big boys for when they make it to the 2nd round. No point overworking them in the 1st round. Give the 4th line plenty of ice time because the big boys need to rest in order to play well with Bieber.
Dart likes the way Babs coaches. Save the big boys for when they make it to the 2nd round. No point overworking them in the 1st round. Give the 4th line plenty of ice time because the big boys need to rest in order to play well with Bieber.
It's a dilemma. Do you use as much of your stars as possible to make the playoffs (no "load management") or do you "save" as much of them as possible so you can go deep in the playoffs? Here is an example. In their last 5 games, Marner's TOI is 110.51, Connor McDavid's TOI is 107.57.
(Using the Raptors as as example, their policy of load management for Kawhi Leonard last year paid off huge in the playoffs.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/12/24/21036024/kawhi-leonard-clippers-load-management)
No, it's not.
If you don't make the playoffs, it doesn't matter.
In their last 5 games, MM16 played (if my math is correct) 3:54 more than CMc97.
Give or take, that's one shift more/game.
Who gives a flyin' patoot?!?!?
You love posting after a Leaf loss. Spoiler alert: it does not make you look any smarter than you already aren't. Wait! What?
There was nothing wrong with Andersen. There was a lot wrong with the "static" defense, though.
Yes, that too. You win as a team and you lose as a team.
BTW: Interesting article about ice time.
https://theathletic.com/1474834/201...nd-auston-matthews-plus-tyson-barrie-emerges/
I'm taking a wait and see. It could be glory or disaster or anything in-between.
I have both scenarios covered. My head says disaster but my heart says glory. I’ll adjust if it’s something lies in between.
