Bloody Brian Burke
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Didn't watch Saturday but don't believe anyone on Boston received a call.I don't read the fancy stats, but my eyeballs tell me the Leafs spend way WAY too much on the perimeter. Laine can score 100 goals a game and I don't care, I love Matthews' game.
And the forwards seem to go in far too deep, and are missing rebound opportunities. Usually standing around each goal post when a shot is directed at the net.
Has the BOS POS that nudged Marincin into the boards received a call from DoPS yet?
Can't really blame the forwards or shot selection for last night though. Varlamov was just on a bounce-back mission after that nightmare in Montreal the night before. Leafs win that game 9 times out of 10, and maybe not this year but maybe next or the year after 40+ shot totals will be the norm and more will be going in. It'll happen soon enough.
And yeah, ignore the "Leafs should've taken Laine" nonsense. Matthews' shooting percentage is 12.4% right now. He's 8th among forwards in shots taken and 3rd in shot attempts. If that percentage crawls up to the 14-15% range elite centres in the league tend to hover around you're looking at a guy who will be potting 40 goals a year on a regular basis and that's without mentioning his good possession stats or his ability to create chances for linemates.
Giving him a better LW than Zach Hyman would be help, too.