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# Back to Excited Hockey Podcast: Episode 51 -  Babcock’s Toys
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-podcast-back-to-excited-playoffs-bruins/
- Published: 2019-02-17T16:39:11.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-17T16:39:11.000Z
- Description: We talk about math, forward lines, and more
- Author: Arvind S
- Tags: Back To Excited, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

Welcome back to another episode of Back to Excited. Today, we discuss:

- The Leafs poor performance against Arizona \[0:56\]
- William Nylander has been the Leafs best forward for about 2 weeks \[4:38\]
- The impact of the weak competition they face on Nylander’s and Kadri’s success \[7:02\]
- We talk about math, and the strengths and weaknesses of the models used to assess play driving, factoring in the context in which a skater plays \[9:02\]
- How we feel about Mike Babcock’s toys (Hainsey/Zaitsev/Brown) \[28:45\]
- Frustration among Leafs fans with Babcock \[35:21\]
- The fear that the Leafs will end up in the same spot as last year (losing to Boston in Round 1) \[37:00\]
- What SHOULD Babcock do differently \[44:30\]/

As always, you can find the podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, and anywhere else.

Thanks for listening!