bustaheims
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Frank E said:So it seems season starts a week from Wednesday...when do final rosters have to be set?
Noon the day before the first game (to allow for players on waivers to clear).
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Frank E said:So it seems season starts a week from Wednesday...when do final rosters have to be set?
bustaheims said:Frank E said:So it seems season starts a week from Wednesday...when do final rosters have to be set?
Noon the day before the first game (to allow for players on waivers to clear).
Rielly didn't have a role on the power play in Wednesday's opener and has not practised on the man advantage the last two days. Jake Gardiner and Nikita Zaitsev have been the quarterbacks on Babcock's four-forward units. The coach was coy when asked whether, like last year, Rielly may get more power-play time later in the season.
"Yeah, (smiles) sure," Babcock said. Is he worried about overworking Rielly, who played a team-high 25:45 against the Senators? "I guess, how would I say this, Riels and I have talked," Babcock said with a grin. "How's that."
In the past, the left-handed Rielly has been asked to play on the right side, but it appears that will not happen as much this season.
"I like Rielly on the left way better and so that's why we're trying to play him there as much as we can," Babcock said. That means that lefty Martin Marincin will have to play primarily on the right unless Babcock makes a change in pairings or personnel.
Probably the next in line to score 4 goals in one game...Highlander said:When with Roman do as the Matthews does.
Play him on the damn PP! Reilly is our guy, if he's not, add 4 years to the rebuild.herman said:Rielly not on PP lines (as previously discussed on the GdT):
http://www.tsn.ca/andersen-thankful-for-leafs-vote-of-confidence-1.585423
Rielly didn't have a role on the power play in Wednesday's opener and has not practised on the man advantage the last two days. Jake Gardiner and Nikita Zaitsev have been the quarterbacks on Babcock's four-forward units. The coach was coy when asked whether, like last year, Rielly may get more power-play time later in the season.
"Yeah, (smiles) sure," Babcock said. Is he worried about overworking Rielly, who played a team-high 25:45 against the Senators? "I guess, how would I say this, Riels and I have talked," Babcock said with a grin. "How's that."
In the past, the left-handed Rielly has been asked to play on the right side, but it appears that will not happen as much this season.
"I like Rielly on the left way better and so that's why we're trying to play him there as much as we can," Babcock said. That means that lefty Martin Marincin will have to play primarily on the right unless Babcock makes a change in pairings or personnel.
If we are going to run Rielly on the left, why trot out Marincin at all in a sub-optimal position when Corrado is languishing in the press box?
The isolation of Hunwick is already underway. Safe to bet this will continue to get worse. #Leafs
? Sean Tierney (@SeanTierneyTss) October 20, 2016
So how does one read this chart? Is Zaitsev bad but fun or fun and just not as good as Gardiner? Is Gardiner good and dull?herman said:The isolation of Hunwick is already underway. Safe to bet this will continue to get worse. #Leafs
? Sean Tierney (@SeanTierneyTss) October 20, 2016
Crake said:So how does one read this chart? Is Zaitsev bad but fun or fun and just not as good as Gardiner? Is Gardiner good and dull?
herman said:Crake said:So how does one read this chart? Is Zaitsev bad but fun or fun and just not as good as Gardiner? Is Gardiner good and dull?
The x-axis measure Chances Against/60, while the y-axis measures Chances For/60.
Good = Higher chances for + Lower chances against
Fun = High chances for + High chances against
Dull = Low chances for + Low chances against
Bad = Low chances for + High chances against
Good: Carrick, Gardiner
Good Fun: Rielly
Fun: Marincin, Zaitsev
Dull: No one
Bad: Hunwick
cabber24 said:Play him on the damn PP! Reilly is our guy, if he's not, add 4 years to the rebuild.
herman said:
The chart shows the player #s With or Without You CF60/CA60 relative to Hunwick. See previous post for determining what Good, Fun, Dull, and Bad mean.
Black boxes show when they are playing with Hunwick, Red is when they're not with Hunwick, and Blue is what Hunwick's numbers are with each player. The table on the right shows the number of minutes played with and without our good buddy Hunwick.
I hate to dump on a player (especially in small sample sizes), but this is a problem. Only Rielly and Gardiner are doing okay with him, but that's because they've only spent 3 minutes (~10 shifts) with him. Poor Zaitsev...
Full video. Transcription is by me, so if there are errors, that's my bad.I thought he was real steady, played real hard, and we know what he is. He played for us last yea, he competes hard for us, he's a real good penalty killer, he's a real good man, a team leader, and as hard as it is on him, you know, we're trying to figure out what we got here and he knows that.