Maple Leafs Analysis

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Who Should Win The Norris?

clrkaitken May 3 2013, 9:00a

Laying out a possible methodology for determining who should win the Norris Trophy and the pool of candidates.

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Phil Kessel Dominates All Bruins But Chara

Eric T. 23 days 12

Friend of the Blog Eric T. writes about how the Leafs' superstar has done against the Bruins, Zdeno Chara, and Patrice Bergeron

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Leafs Add Ryan O'Byrne - Stuck In Reverse

Steve Burtch Apr 3 2013, 5:30p

The Leafs Have Traded a 2014 4th Round Pick For Notably Slow and Ineffective Defender Ryan O'Byrne

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Shut Down Index v 2.0 - Revisited

Steve Burtch Mar 26 2013, 11:00a

How Do We Assess Defensive D Men In Context - Advanced Stats Might Help

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Learn To Love Cody Franson

Draglikepull Mar 18 2013, 11:00a

How can the Maple Leafs improve their defence? Maybe they should try giving Franson a larger role.

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Carlyle on Grabovski and Kulemin: Fact or Fiction?

SkinnyFish Mar 13 2013, 10:46a

The first installment of an ongoing series in which we look back on comments made by coach Carlyle. Today's installment - Grabovski and Kulemin's lack of offense.

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Randy Carlyle Coaching Myths

Steve Burtch Feb 25 2013, 11:00a

An analysis of Carlyle's results in Anaheim vs. those of Ron Wilson in Toronto - along with an update on Carlyle's early returns with the Leafs

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What Are The Odds That Reimer's Legit?

Steve Burtch Feb 12 2013, 4:01p

Using Goaltending Comparables and Math - Reimer's On The Road To Success In The NHL

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Kessel's Shot Distance and Shooting Percentage

Steve Burtch Feb 4 2013, 1:30p

Where is Kessel shooting from and is this making an impact on his expected goal scoring?

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We Have Lift Off

Steve Burtch Feb 1 2013, 7:56a

The Where & Why of Frattin and Kadri's Production In The Early Going

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Joffrey Lupul's Injury Is A Good Thing

Steve Burtch Jan 25 2013, 9:04a

The Leafs Can Turn Lemons Into Lemonade If They Make Proper Use Of This Special Opportunity

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Nazem Kadri Strugglin'

Steve Burtch Jan 18 2013, 9:43a

If Nazem Kadri is struggling to make the NHL - more NHL prospects should WISH they could struggle like he has.

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Passes - Yet another stat you'll find interesting

Steve Burtch Jan 17 2013, 10:00a

Rob Vollman was busy over the lockout break - helping us prove yet again that Kessel and Grabovski are probably a tad under-rated.

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Leafs Looking Up: Hockey Prospectus 2012-13

Steve Burtch Jan 13 2013, 1:04p

Reviewing the Hockey Prospectus 2012-13 Edition

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Luongo the best option for Leafs in goal

Steve Burtch Dec 6 2012, 7:44a

Is his age the factor people are making it out to be?

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What year would you pick for a Leafs All-Star team

Steve Burtch Nov 18 2012, 11:25a

The Leafs of the past 30 years apparently chose to peak in 1992-93, when the vast majority of them weren't actually skating for Toronto. If only more of them had been, maybe Wayne Gretzky and Kerry Fraser wouldn't have ruined our hopes and dreams.

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Checking In With Josh Leivo

Steve Burtch Oct 16 2012, 11:30a

The early returns for Josh Leivo are encouraging for the future.

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Tyler Biggs and Josh Leivo have a lot to prove

Steve Burtch Oct 1 2012, 12:30p

Are Tyler Biggs and Josh Leivo potential solutions to the Leafs Power Forward problems in the years to come? Are they even capable of making a dent at the NHL level? What are they showing so far this year?

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AHL success during a lockout predicts NHL future

Steve Burtch Sep 27 2012, 11:00a

Kids posted some big stats in the AHL the last time the NHL locked out its players. How did they fare in the future? What should we look for this time around?

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Intro To Advanced Statistics - PDO

Steve Burtch Aug 2 2012, 9:00a

PDO - what is it? How the heck does it measure luck? Why is it useful?

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Intro To Advanced Hockey Statistics - Fenwick

Steve Burtch Jul 25 2012, 10:00a

A definition and exploration of Fenwick and Fenwick Percentages. A close correlate of Scoring Chances in the NHL, Fenwick is another of those Advanced Stats people aren't really sure of when they read it for the first time. What does it mean?

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Intro To Advanced Hockey Statistics - Corsi

Steve Burtch Jul 23 2012, 11:32a

Advanced Statistics are a complicated area of hockey these days. All of the new numbers thrown around by stat geeks can really complicate a conversation about who the best players are. Hopefully with this series of explanatory postings, everyone can get up to speed on what the terminology means. Pay close attention!