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The "Mr. T" Man of the Match 2022-23 Edition: Once more into the breach

Nylander
Woll

Congrats to Nylander's 40th, Acciari's 100th, too bad that Marner and Matthews didn't hit their historical marks.

Also a special thank you to Leafs's video coaches. They were on fire tonight.

Knies didn't looked out of place it all.

RoR: please Dubas resign him, he and Gio were by far the best deadlines additions in years...
 
G69: TOR v OTT: Leafs 5-4 SO.  MotM: Murray 9/0 (unanimous).  HM: J?rnkrok 0/8.  Others: Bunting 0/1.
G70: TOR v NYI: Isles 7-2.  MotM: Marner 1/2.  HM: McMann 1/1.  Others: Lafferty 0/1.
G71: TOR v FLA: Leafs 6-2.  MotM: Murray 5/0. HM: Matthews 2/5.  Others: Tavares 0/2.
G72: TOR v CAR: Canes 5-3.  MotM: Matthews 4/0 (unanimous). HM: Bunting 0/2 (switched my vote to break tie).  Others: Tavares 0/1.
G73: TOR v NSH: Leafs 3-2.  MotM: Tavares 4/4. HM: Woll 4/3. Others: Kerfoot 0/1.
G74: FLA v TOR: Panthers 2-1 OT.  MotM: Matthews 3/2. HM: Aston_Reese 1/4.  Others: Brodie 3/0, Samsonov 0/1.
G75: TOR v OTT: Leafs 3-0.  MotM: Samsonov 10/0 (unanimous).  HM: Brodie 0/5.  Others: Bunting 0/3. Zahorna 0/1, Kerfoot 0/1.
G76: DET v TOR: Red Wings 5-2.  MotM: J?rnkrok 2/1.  HM: Abruzzese 0/2.  Others: Timmins 0/1.
G77: CBJ v TOR: Leafs 4-2.  MotM: Aston-Reese 6/0 (unanimous).  HM: Kerfoot 0/3 (changed my vote to break tie). HM: Liljegren 0/1, K?mpf 0/1, Lafferty 0/1.
G78: TOR v BOS: Bruins 2-1 OT.  MotM: Samsonov 5/1.  HM: K?mpf 1/4.  Others: Lafferty 1/1. Brodie 0/1.
G79: MTL v TOR: Leafs 7, Chris Wideman & Co. 1.  MotM: Marner 3.1.  HM: O'Reilly 1/2.  Others: Alexander 2/0, Gustafsson 0/2, Tavares 0/2, Simmonds 0/2.
G80: TOR v FLA: Leafs 2-1 OT.  MotM: Samsonov 12/0 (unanimous).  HM: Tavares 0/7.  Others: Schenn 0/2, Bunting 0/2, McCabe 0/1.
G81: TOR v TBL: Leafs 4-3.  MotM: Woll 9/1.  HM: McCabe 0/7.  Others: Nylander 1/2.
G82: TOR v NYR: Leafs 3-2.  MotM; Nylander 7/1.  HM: Woll 1/7.  Others: none.

MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
26 Nick Abruzzese 0 0 1 1 1 2
52 Noel Acciari 0 0 1 1 2 3
28 Joey Anderson 0 1 0 1 1 3
12 Zach Aston-Reese 2 1 2 5 8 18
96 Nicolas Aub?-Kubel 0 0 0 0 1 1
58 Michael Bunting 1 1 6 8 15 26
43 Kyle Clifford 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Pierre Engvall 1 1 1 3 9 15
29 Pontus Holmberg 0 0 0 0 2 2
20 Dryden Hunt 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 Calle J?rnkrok 1 1 1 3 10 16
64 David K?mpf 0 0 3 3 9 12
15 Alexander Kerfoot 1 1 4 6 13 22
23 Matthew Knies 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Sam Lafferty 0 0 0 0 3 3
62 Denis Malgin 0 1 3 4 5 10
16 Mitch Marner 7 6 8 21 35 76
34 Auston Matthews 2 5 8 15 24 48
74 Bobby McMann 0 0 1 1 1 2
88 William Nylander 7 0 5 12 26 52
90 Ryan O'Reilly 0 0 2 2 2 4
89 Nicholas Robertson 1 0 0 1 2 5
24 Wayne Simmonds 0 0 0 0 2 2
46 Alex Steeves 0 0 0 0 1 1
91 John Tavares 5 2 8 15 23 50
53 Radim Zahorna 0 0 0 0 1 1
 
Defensemen
18 Jordie Benn 0 0 1 1 2 4
78 T.J. Brodie 0 0 0 0 5 5
55 Mark Giordano 0 1 3 4 15 24
56 Erik Gustafsson 0 0 0 0 1 1
3 Justin Holl 1 1 1 3 11 20
81 Mac Hollowell 0 0 0 0 1 1
82 Filip Kral 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 2 0 10 14
22 Jake McCabe 0 0 1 0 4 6
98 Victor Mete 0 0 0 0 1 1
8 Jake Muzzin 0 0 0 0 1 1
44 Morgan Rielly 0 2 3 5 7 19
38 Rasmus Sandin 0 1 3 4 10 19
2 Luke Schenn 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 Conor Timmins 0 1 3 4 6 15
 
Goalkeepers
40 Jett Alexander 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
40 Nick Chenard 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
50 Erik K?llgren 1 0 0 1 4 7.0
30 Matt Murray 10 1 2 13 16 50.0
70 Matt Onuska 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
80 Keith Petruzzelli 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
80 Samuel Richard 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
35 Ilya Samsonov 8 5 4 17 24 62.0
60 Joseph Woll 1 0 3 4 5 11.0

And that wraps it up for the regular season.  Some analysis in the next post.
 
MotM/Win MotM/Loss HonMen Accolades Times Voted Points
Forwards
26 Nick Abruzzese 0 0 1 1 1 2
52 Noel Acciari 0 0 1 1 2 3
28 Joey Anderson 0 1 0 1 1 3
12 Zach Aston-Reese 2 1 2 5 8 18
96 Nicolas Aub?-Kubel 0 0 0 0 1 1
58 Michael Bunting 1 1 6 8 15 26
43 Kyle Clifford 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Pierre Engvall 1 1 1 3 9 15
29 Pontus Holmberg 0 0 0 0 2 2
20 Dryden Hunt 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 Calle J?rnkrok 1 1 1 3 10 16
64 David K?mpf 0 0 3 3 9 12
15 Alexander Kerfoot 1 1 4 6 13 22
23 Matthew Knies 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Sam Lafferty 0 0 0 0 3 3
62 Denis Malgin 0 1 3 4 5 10
16 Mitch Marner 7 6 8 21 35 76
34 Auston Matthews 2 5 8 15 24 48
74 Bobby McMann 0 0 1 1 1 2
88 William Nylander 7 0 5 12 26 52
90 Ryan O'Reilly 0 0 2 2 2 4
89 Nicholas Robertson 1 0 0 1 2 5
24 Wayne Simmonds 0 0 0 0 2 2
46 Alex Steeves 0 0 0 0 1 1
91 John Tavares 5 2 8 15 23 50
53 Radim Zahorna 0 0 0 0 1 1
 
Defensemen
18 Jordie Benn 0 0 1 1 2 4
78 T.J. Brodie 0 0 0 0 5 5
55 Mark Giordano 0 1 3 4 15 24
56 Erik Gustafsson 0 0 0 0 1 1
3 Justin Holl 1 1 1 3 11 20
81 Mac Hollowell 0 0 0 0 1 1
82 Filip Kral 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Timothy Liljegren 0 0 2 0 10 14
22 Jake McCabe 0 0 1 0 4 6
98 Victor Mete 0 0 0 0 1 1
8 Jake Muzzin 0 0 0 0 1 1
44 Morgan Rielly 0 2 3 5 7 19
38 Rasmus Sandin 0 1 3 4 10 19
2 Luke Schenn 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 Conor Timmins 0 1 3 4 6 15
 
Goalkeepers
40 Jett Alexander 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
40 Nick Chenard 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
50 Erik K?llgren 1 0 0 1 4 7.0
30 Matt Murray 10 1 2 13 16 50.0
70 Matt Onuska 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
80 Keith Petruzzelli 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
80 Samuel Richard 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
35 Ilya Samsonov 8 5 4 17 24 62.0
60 Joseph Woll 1 0 3 4 5 11.0

Overall points:
Marner 76
Samsonov 62
Nylander 52
Murray 50
Tavares 50
LAST YEAR: Matthews, Marner, Campbell, Nylander, Rielly

Most MotMs (Win):
Murray 10
Samsonov 8
Marner 7
Nylander 7
Tavares 5
LAST YEAR: Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Campbell, Rielly

Times Voted:
Marner 35 (out of 81 GP ? 43%)
Nylander 26
Samsonov 24
Matthews 24
Tavares 23
LAST YEAR: Matthews, Marner, Campbell, Nylander, Tavares

Best defensemen:
Giordano 24
Holl 20
Rielly 19
Sandin 19
Timmins 15
LAST YEAR: Rielly, Sandin, Liljegren, Brodie, Giordano

Some observations:

We used a helluva lot of players!!

MVP: Mitch Marner, but not a slam dunk ? Samsonov had a terrific year.

Murray helped carry the team before he got hurt ... his 10 MotM (Wins) votes speak to that.

The goaltending overall was far superior to last year.  Both main goalies racked up lots of accolades, and both Woll and K?llgren did all right in limited duty.

Matthews not finishing in Top 5 in points ... wow, who would have predicted that?  His two-way game was great, though, and he still managed 40 goals.  A superstar's "off year."

Nylander and Tavares continued to be consistent producers.  Kerfoot and Bunting had plenty of criticism from pundits but they were the two best forwards outside of the big guys.  ZAR had a fine year; so did J?rnkrok.

Much-maligned Holl did all right in the voting, and deserved to.  OTOH Brodie disappeared from our collective radar.  Rielly had a down year.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Matthews and ZAR having the same amount of MotM's in wins is pretty wild.
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Yep.  Matthews never really carried games on his back this year.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Much-maligned Holl did all right in the voting, and deserved to.  OTOH Brodie disappeared from our collective radar.  Rielly had a down year.
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Missing 24 games to injury might not have helped but I'd still call Brodie our best defenceman this season by a pretty decent margin. His game obviously doesn't exactly translate well to this.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Much-maligned Holl did all right in the voting, and deserved to.  OTOH Brodie disappeared from our collective radar.  Rielly had a down year.
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Missing 24 games to injury might not have helped but I'd still call Brodie our best defenceman this season by a pretty decent margin. His game obviously doesn't exactly translate well to this.
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Bolded very true.  He's a workhorse, not a showhorse.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Much-maligned Holl did all right in the voting, and deserved to.  OTOH Brodie disappeared from our collective radar.  Rielly had a down year.
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Missing 24 games to injury might not have helped but I'd still call Brodie our best defenceman this season by a pretty decent margin. His game obviously doesn't exactly translate well to this.
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Agree. And Holl, like nylander in the past, is the hero of the counter-narrative, so that tends to move votes.

Reliable, well regarded defensive minute eating players aren't going to stand out generally. It's almost like two votes are needed - top6+goalie and bottom6+defense.

This was fun though, thanks Z.
 
I'm actually shocked Murray has more MoTM wins than Samsonov.  Would not have expected that.
 
Thank you ZBBM for doing this again.  I know it's lots of work to keep up with.  I don't always vote, usually forget and just go to bed. 

Thank you again. 
 
You all are most welcome.  I enjoy doing it.  It does provide some insights into our collective eyeball tests.

I'll clean out the Excel and re-load for what I hope is a long playoff run.
 
Rob said:
Thank you ZBBM for doing this again.  I know it's lots of work to keep up with.  I don't always vote, usually forget and just go to bed. 

Thank you again. 
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Yes thanks ZBBM...
 
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