Re: Toronto Maple Leafs
Originally Posted by
tweetdrivr
Hope you’re right. Their penalty kill last night was just so bad. Very few players are hustling or working for loose pucks. I wonder about a trade to get a little better on the back end. Agree - Holl looks terrible. The game is to fast for everything about him.
Holl is...ugh. Watch him, with a little pressure he gets rid of the puck by just going up the boards. Which, is ok, until you realize he doesn't look before he does it. He just throws it up the boards regardless of who's there or not. The guy doesn't think, he relies on muscle memory EVERY time he gets pressured. Then once the puck is turned over, he can't recover fast enough because again he doesn't think, he's defending off muscle memory. He should be limited to 3rd pairing minutes with penalty killing. He's saved by his ability to block shots, shoot righty, and his $2m cap hit.
Holl reminds me of Marincin somehow. He plays the same role, but on the right side. However, Holl tries to do more, and gets more minutes which reduces his overall ability because he's stretched too thin.
I keep saying he could win the Stanley Cup for the Leafs and I still hate him. I'm irrational at this point with him. But I know his value from a cap perceptive, and I get he is needed by the Leafs. But the guy is a 3rd liner. He needs less minutes. However, the Leafs can give his minutes to anyone right now. Liljegren needs to come back, but it's not like he was better last yr when given more minutes. If Toronto can get Chychrun, it helps a lot, but I don't want to spend the 2 1sts+prospects price tag for him.
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