bustaheims said:
Coco-puffs said:
Bozak has been a mainstay on the PK- especially for faceoffs.
Only for faceoffs. Last season, he averaged 12 seconds of PK time per game. The season before? 41 seconds. He hasn't been one of the team's top 4 PK forwards since 12/13.
Yup, goes to show just how distracted I was during the last year - harder to pay close attention games with a newborn around!
Based on this (sorted by Fenwick-Against per 60):
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/ratings.php?disp=1&db=201516&sit=4v5&pos=forwards&minutes=1&teamid=28&type=fenwick&sort=A60&sortdir=ASC
Our PK forwards should be Komarov (50.24 FA/60), Hyman (51.53 FA/60), Holland (57.19 FA/60), Froese (58.76 FA/60) with Bozak (97.45 FA/60!!!) taking faceoffs and getting the hell off.
Lots of those guys have small sample sizes so you can't assess them much, but Bozak's stats are funny.... A very high rate of unblocked shot attempts against per 60 (and its been above 90 for the last 3 years), yet, zero goals against. Freddy the Goat... 20 minutes shorthanded, also zero goals against (68.90 FA/60). Pretty good for a 20 yr old rookie.
BTW, Komarov was 2nd best in the league for forwards with over 100 mins PK time. Winnik was 3rd. A FA/60 of approximately 72.0 looks like the league median among forwards and defenseman.
Interesting stats among defensemen, Leafs and otherwise, with over 100 mins PK time:
Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Ellis, FA/60 of 46.43 and 46.90 respectively, best in the league. (Subban is slightly ahead of Weber, both hovering at league average)
J.M. Liles: 52.40 (4th)
Seidenberg: 60.65 (8th)
Phaneuf: 61.64 (10th)
Quincey: 61.84 (12th)
Marincin: 62.43 (13th)
Polak: 63.06 (15th)
Hunwick: 65.69 (23rd)
Russel: 65.78 (24th)
Rielly: 66.85 (29th)
Hamhuis: 68.75 (39th)
Demers: 82.48 (121st)
Hedman: 84.55 (124th)
Keith: 89.30 (125th, last)
Other Leafs D, some with sample sizes that shouldn't make us draw too many conclusions:
Carrick: 31.72 (in 7:34)
Corrado: 59.35 (in 26:17)
Gardiner: 62.69 (in 26:48)
None of the Leafs defensemen were below league average. Pretty good coaching our PK has.