12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
I was going with females, but now I sound sexist. I was picturing this:GirlDrinksTea.JPG
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
So after year one of the Tavares era, it appears as though he did not help the Leafs at all. They were not as good as they were the previous year.
17/18
Eliminated in round 1 of playoffs
105 points during the regular season
+40 in goal differential (270 GF, 230 GA)
18/19
Eliminated in round 1 of playoffs
100 points during the regular season
+37 in goal differential (286 GF, 249 GA)
Considering the Leafs will have to dismantle their team this summer to try and get under the salary cap, their best player signed a 5 year contract to become a UFA as soon as allowed by the CBA and the fact that the Leafs are one of two NHL teams to have zero playoff series wins since the salary cap so teams should be looking elsewhere for guidance on how to rebuild a franchise.
I'll prefix this by saying I'm no Leafs "fan". Possibly a victim of Stockholm syndrome due to having MANY fantasy players traded there through the years and rooting them on but I have to say, it's a stretch to say the Leafs weren't a more dangerous team this year with Tavares than previously regardless of the playoff and regular season outcomes.
I'm sure more people would find blame with the lack of effective RHD all season and Kadri missing 5 games in the playoffs to their early exit and I would agree more on those points than putting any blame on Tavares.
I have some other thoughts on why they lost and on other scapegoats who will be getting worked over but I'll just leave that since this is a John "The Snake" Tavares thread. Of course one of those scapegoats will rhyme better with that "nickname" but whatever, he'll probably go elsewhere and become an absolute beast Burnsy like.
10 team full keeper roto 4C/LW/RW,6D,2G
G,A,P,+/-,PIM,SOG,GWG,PPP,SHP,Hit,Blk,FOW
W,GAA,SV,SV%,SHO
C-Aho,Couturier,Matthews,O'Reilly
LW-Ehlers,Giroux,Panarin,Rust
RW-Kucherov,Palmieri,Pastrnak,Wilson
D-Burns,Carlson,Gudas,Josi,Nurse,Pietrangelo
G-Fleury,F.Andersen,Markstrom
BN-Zacha
Under 250 gp farm
Beaucage,Berggren,Bokk,Brisson,Chytil,Dugan,Foerst er,Foote,Frost,Grewe,K.Johnson,Lindblom,Mikheyev,N ybeck,Peterka,Pospisil,Protas,Ranta,Raty,Stankoven ,Suzuki,Tuomaala
Alexeyev,Brook,Foote,Graves,Poirier,Sanderson,Seid er,Wilde,Woo,Zamula
Berdin,Brossoit,Commesso,Ersson,Husso,Knight,Koche tkov,Lafontaine,Oettinger,Primeau,Sandstrom,Stolar z,Ustimenko,Vladar
World cup Canada team just got way better if johnny , marner and reilly want to avoid southern ontario for a month
I said and meant it last summer, it still stands today.
Until the Leafs fix their backend, they wont do much in the playoffs. Dealing Nylander and even Kadri should be able to bring them back a solid defender or two. They don't need offensive Dmen, they got those already. I've always said, the Leafs need a couple guys like Vlasic or Slavin type guys to fix what ails them. Until they get those quiet defensive gems, they will struggle. They lose the games in their own end and clearly, all the offense in the world cant fix that.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Auston Matthews made a trade out of Toronto even more likely now then it was on July 1st by signing a 5 year contract extension instead of the 8 year deals that superstars coming off entry level contracts typically sign. I left that part of my previous post out because it had no bearing on how much John Tavares did not help the Leafs at all.
The Leafs are in deep cap trouble and it's because they are spent $11,000,000 per season on a player that did not fill any of their needs. They have $47,000,000 in forward salaries for next season and their #1 forward does not yet have a contract.
I have faith in Pridham... I think saying it more like this: the Leafs are in "cap trouble" - is appropriate.
Gillman's a pretty decent cap AGM as well.
I'd be more worried about Winnipeg's cap situation than the Leafs TBH.
They'll need to move $$ out to make it all work, but they need to move salary for a Dman anyway.
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The Leafs were 4th in GF/g this season and 4th in GF/g last season. Sure they may have scored 16 more raw goals this year, but the NHL as a whole also scored more goals this season. Last year they scored 20 goals in 7 games, this year they scored 17 goals in 7 games. Objectively over an 89 game sample , they really weren't a more dangerous offensive team this year with Tavares.
The defense thing is correct though. Last year they gave up the 20th most GA/g, this year they gave up the 12th most GA/g. Tavares was never what they needed, but at least they got to tweet out that picture of him in his PJs.
yeah you never need a #1 center