Pride, hustle, heart. An NHL 12 Leafs BAGM

[bthomp05]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dynasty

Thanks Bt, I didnt feel a need to change much, though I did look at bringing in a verteran D man (EG Willie Mitchell) but the cost wasn't worth the trouble. As for the cup, if Phil Kessel has his way we will, he has been on fire in the past six games, two hat tricks and the rest 2 point games.

Really, GO KESSEL GO!!!

[Dynasty]

End of season update: PLAYOFF TIME!

Team record: 47-23-12 / 5th in NHL / 4th in East

After a strong season the Toronto Maple Leafs has finally made it into the Promised Land and the timing couldn't be better. With Multiple high priority players up for contract renewal, along with their GM and head coach it was important for the Leafs to make it this season, not to mention, give their diehard fans what they have wanted for so long.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2014
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Phil Kessel	82	56	36	92	35	7	35	378	13.5%
Rick Nash	86	30	55	85	7	5	73	309	9.7%
Kyle Turris	82	29	55	84	32	6	24	201	14.4%
Nazem Kadri	76	27	48	75	23	2	24	207	13%
Mike Ribeiro	82	21	48	69	24	1	14	198	10.6%
Magnus Paajarvi	70	28	28	56	22	2	22	235	11.9%
Luke Schenn	71	6	35	41	35	1	78	83	7.2%
Mark Streit	65	3	33	36	35	0	23	94	3.2%
Paul Gaustad	82	9	20	29	12	3	41	97	9.3%
Kyle Beach	75	12	16	28	10	3	38	129	9.3%
Cody Franson	68	6	22	28	18	2	13	103	5.8%
Viktor Stalberg	82	15	12	27	21	2	31	123	12.2%
Justin Abdelkader	63	10	17	27	7	3	12	89	11.2%
Marc-Andre Bergeron	82	7	19	26	21	4	16	123	5.7%
Samuel Pahlsson	81	6	14	20	3	3	8	89	6.7%
Theo Peckham	57	4	12	16	11	0	22	48	8.3%
Kurtis Foster	78	5	11	16	28	2	25	68	7.4%
Kevin Porter	73	7	6	13	-13	0	27	87	8.0%
Mike Weaver	58	2	9	11	-6	0	2	36	5.6%
George Parros	49	5	5	10	-8	0	81	66	7.6%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Sergei Bobrovsky	63	40	21	0	2.35	3834	1701	.919%	5
Chris Mason	15	6	9	0	3.38	905	414	.890%	0

Man games lost to injury: 127

Many bright spots here in one of the strongest years seen in Toronto since pre lock out years.

Phil Kessel took the league by storm this season, producing his best numbers of his career, alongside many other contributors having career years another stand out would be Sergei Bobrovsky showing the hockey world he is a legitimate number one goaltender in today's league.


Pretty play

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 17, 2014
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Phil Kessel	56		1. Eric Staal	68
	2. Alexander Ovechkin	52		2. Ryan Getzlaf	61
	3. Marian Gaborik	46		3. Jonathan Toews	60
	4. Sidney Crosby	45		4. Henrik Sedin	59
	5. Jarome Iginla	44		5. Nicklas Backstrom	59
Points		P	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Alexander Ovechkin	97		1. Phil Kessel	35
	2. Phil Kessel	92		2. Mark Streit	35
	3. Eric Staal	91		3. Luke Schenn	35
	4. Jarome Iginla	89		4. Corey Perry	33
	5. Sidney Crosby	88		5. Kyle Turris	32
Wins		W	Goals Against Average (41+ GP)		GAA
	1. Jonathan Quick	45		1. Marc-Andre Fleury	2.10
	2. Cam Ward	43		2. Carey Price	2.11
	3. Marc-Andre Fleury	43		3. Corey Crawford	2.11
	4. Sergei Bobrovsky	40		4. Henrik Lundqvist	2.15
	5. Carey Price	39		5. Josh Harding	2.28
Save Percentage (41+ GP)		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Marc-Andre Fleury	.930%		1. Henrik Lundqvist	12
	2. Carey Price	.927%		2. Cam Ward	8
	3. Henrik Lundqvist	.926%		3. Corey Crawford	7
	4. Corey Crawford	.925%		4. Jonathan Quick	7
	5. Josh Harding	.924%		5. Rick Dipietro	7

Congrats to Phil Kessel on winning the goal scoring race, it wasn't until the last four games in the season that he pulled away from Alexander Ovechkin.

League rookie scoring:

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 16, 2014
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Jordan Schroeder	21		1. Jordan Schroeder	36
	2. Brett Maclean	20		2. Zac Dalpe	34
	3. Zac Dalpe	19		3. Thomas Hickey	21
	4. Blake Geoffrion	14		4. Adam Larsson	18
	5. Rhett Rakgshani	13		5. Brett Maclean	17
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Jordan Schroeder	57		1. Jordan Schroeder	23
	2. Zac Dalpe	53		2. Thomas Hickey	20
	3. Brett Maclean	37		3. Kyle Beach	10
	4. Blake Geoffrion	29		4. Anton Rodin	8
	5. Kyle Beach	28		5. Nicholas Petrecki	8

Playoff preview:

West:

(1) LA VS (8) NSH

(2) CGY VS (7) DET

(3) CHI VS (6) SJ

(4) ANA VS (5) VAN

East:

(1) CAR VS (8) FLA

(2) PIT VS (7) OTT

(3) MTL VS (6) PHI

(4) TOR VS (5) NYR

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 16, 2014
Toronto's top scorers (forwards)		PTS	New York's top scorers (forward)		PTS
	1. Phil Kessel	92		1. Marian Gaborik	83
	2. Rick Nash	85		2. Brad Richards	80
	3. Kyle Turris	84		3. Brandon Dubinsky	49
	4. Nazem Kadri	75		4. Wojtek Wolski	46
	5. Mike Ribeiro	69		5. Ryan Callahan	38
Toronto's top scorers (defense)		PTS	New York's top scorers (defense)		PTS
	1. Luke Schenn	41		1. Michael Del-Zotto	38
	2. Mark Streit	36		2. Daniel Girardi	35
	3. Cody Franson	28		3. Marc Staal	33
	4. Marc-Andre Bergeron	26		4. Steve Eminger	21
	5. Theo Peckham	16		5. Ryan Mcdonagh	15
Toronto's goaltenders (Bobrovsky)		Starter	New York's goaltenders (Lundqvist)		Starter
	1. Wins	40		1. Wins	33
	2. Losses	21		2. Losses	21
	3. Goals Against Average	2.35		3. Goals Against Average	2.15
	4. Save Percentage	.919%		4. Save Percentage	.926%
	5. Shutouts	5		5. Shutouts	12
Toronto's goaltenders (Mason)		Back up	New York's goaltenders (Ellis)		Back up
	1. Wins	6		1. Wins	10
	2. Losses	9		2. Losses	9
	3. Goals Against Average	3.38		3. Goals Against Average	2.51
	4. Save Percentage	.890%		4. Save Percentage	.912%
	5. Shutouts	0		5. Shutouts	2

TSN prediction: Toronto in seven games due to Toronto being a higher scoring, more physical, younger and faster team.

Toronto Marlies Season:

Team record: 44-28-4 / 7th in AHL / 5th in West

Toronto Marlies Stats - 2014
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Oscar Moller	76	29	52	81	19	5	24	217	13.4%
Marcell Mueller	76	35	44	79	2	6	104	228	15.4%
Joe Colborne	76	30	49	79	-7	3	39	247	12.1%
Oscar Osala	59	29	28	57	7	6	34	175	16.6%
Kristopher Berglund	10	5	47	52	14	0	12	97	5.2%
Austin Watson	54	14	32	46	4	1	31	140	10.0%
Jerry D'amigo	76	14	26	40	5	3	30	115	12.2%
Jake Gardiner	56	9	23	32	-19	1	10	112	8.0%
Mike Brown	76	11	18	29	-11	0	246	130	8.5%
Andy Bathgate	76	13	13	26	-5	5	8	125	10.4%
Kenny Ryan	57	6	13	19	-6	0	43	82	7.3%
Jamie Devane	76	7	12	19	1	2	74	51	13.7%
Stefan Noesen	76	3	15	18	-7	0	20	85	3.5%
Garrett Clarke	76	1	16	17	-3	0	59	38	2.6%
Alex Basso	68	9	6	15	-7	2	20	116	7.8%
Nick Parker	66	6	9	15	-5	1	4	52	11.5%
David Broll	52	6	8	14	3	0	20	82	7.3%
Korbinian Holzer	67	4	7	11	18	1	125	74	5.4%
Andrew Crescenzi	13	1	3	4	1	0	2	13	7.7%
Wade Brookbank	27	2	1	3	16	0	114	31	5.9%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Franky Palazzese	70	39	23	0	2.84	4034	1600	.890	1
Mark Owuya	11	5	5	0	2.63	570	225	.898	1

Very nice season for the Marlies, a couple things to key on here. Joe Colborne with 79 points in 76 games and Austin Watson with 46 points in 54 games.

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 16, 2014
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Joshua Hennessy	35		1. Oscar Moller	52
	2. Marcel Mueller	35		2. Joe Colborne	49
	3. Tim Brent	32		3. Kristopher Berglund	47
	4. Maxime Sauve	31		4. Marcel Mueller	44
	5. Joe Colborne	30		5. Riku Hahl	44
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Oscar Moller	81		1. Kevin Montgomery	37
	2. Joe Colborne	79		2. Rob Davison	27
	3. Marcell Mueller	79		3. Matus Matis	25
	4. Joshua Hennessy	71		4. Roman Josi	24
	5. Kyle Palmieri	69		5. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	24
Wins		W	Goals Against Average (35+ GP)		GAA
	1. Franky Palazzese	39		1. Brent Krahn	1.95
	2. Drew Macintyre	32		2. Braden Holtby	2.11
	3. Calvin Pickard	29		3. Leland Irving	2.19
	4. Leland Irving	29		4. Dany Sabourin	2.29
	5. Braden Holtby	28		5. Patrick Ehelechner	2.32
Save Percentage (35+ GP)		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Brayden Holtby	.926%		1. Leland Irving	10
	2. Leland Irving	.922%		2. Joey Macdonald	7
	3. Brent Krahn	.921%		3. Drew Macintyre	6
	4. Patrick Ehelechner	.920%		4. Braden Holtby	5
	5. Brian Elliott	.915%		5. Iiro Tarkki	5

[Dynasty]

Game one vs rangers:

The New York Rangers came out hard early on but fall to a speedy yet physical Toronto squad.

New York Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs
Jan 1, 1 2 3 F NYR (0-0-0) 0 1 0 1 TOR (0-0-0) 0 3 1 4 Three Stars Sergei Bobrovsky GAA: 1.00 SV% .968% Saves: 31 Phil Kessel Goals: 1 Assists: 1 Justin Abdelkader Goals: 1 Assists: 1	Team Stats Comparison NYR TOR Shots on Goal 32 28 Hits 12 26 Faceoffs Won-Lost 20 10 Penalty Minutes 6:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 3 Time on Attack 4:16 4:45
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD TOR P. Kessel (1), (R. Nash, M. Bergeron) TOR K. Turris (1), (P. Kessel, J. Abdelkader) NYR M. Zuccarello (1), (M.Sauer, A. Anisimov) TOR J. Abdelkader (1), (K. Beach, P. Gaustad) THIRD PERIOD TOR N. Kadri (1), (M. Paajarvi)
New York Rangers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Henrik Lundqvist 29 24=5 83% 4.00
New York Rangers - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM M. Sauer 19:33 0 1 -2 1 0 A. Anisimov 13:43 0 1 0 3 0 M. Zuccarello 10:09 1 0 0 3 0
Toronto Maple Leafs - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Sergei Bobrovsky 32 31 97% 1.00
Toronto Maple Leafs - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Justin Abdelkader 10:47 1 1 0 1 0 Phil Kessel 22:26 1 1 2 2 0 Paul Gaustad 10:51 0 1 0 2 0 Rick Nash 20:40 0 1 2 3 0 Magnus Paajarvi 15:44 0 1 1 4 0 Kyle Turris 21:40 1 0 2 1 0 Marc-Andre Bergeron 18:38 0 1 2 1 0 Nazem Kadri 20:52 1 0 1 5 0 Kyle Beach 10:51 0 1 0 1 0

Post game media scrum with the first star G Sergei Bobrovsky:

Yeah, they (the Rangers) came at us really hard out of the gate and really pushed us back on our heels I felt.

The guys started to get back on their feet when Luke (Schenn) put Boyle through the glass there in our zone, that really seemed to spark everyone, After The Thrill (Phil Kessel) snapped the wrister past Lundqvist it was over.

I am glad we were able to do this on home ice for the fans, they have really deserved it.

Plays of the game; as selected by you the fans:


Kessel snaps one past Lundqvist around traffic



Team Captain Luke Schenn throws his weight around



The one that got away, Turris sneaks an ugly one past Lundqvist

[Dynasty]

Game two VS Rangers:

Pre game interview: Coach Gilmour

We played a really solid game in game one, just a couple of adjustments I would like to see for game two, we need to start the game as we finished our last game and I would like to see us play tighter defensively.

We played a fast and physical game after about the midpoint of the first, but that's to be expected, a lot of our guys here are getting their first taste of playoff hockey and it's easy to get away from the game plan.

New York Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs
April, 17 2014 1 2 3 F NYR (0-1-0) 0 0 0 0 TOR (1-0-0) 2 0 1 3 Three Stars Sergei Bobrovsky 0.00 GAA 1.000% SV% 28 saves Magnus Paajarvi 2 goals 5 shots +3 Theo Peckham 1 assist 6 hits +1	Team Stats Comparison NYR TOR Shots on Goal 28 22 Hits 18 32 Faceoffs Won-Lost 18 13 Penalty Minutes 2:00 10:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 5 1 Time on Attack 3:58 4:15
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TOR M. Paajarvi (1), (N. Kadri, M. Ribeiro) TOR K.Turris (2), (M. Streit, L. Schenn) THIRD PERIOD TOR M. Paajarvi EN (2), (J. Abdelkader, T. Peckham)
New York Rangers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Henrick Lundqvist 21 19 90% 2.01
Toronto Maple Leafs - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Sergei Bobrovsky 28 28 100% 0.00
Toronto Maple Leafs - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Magnus Paajarvi 15:13 2 0 3 5 0 Mike Ribeiro 16:45 0 1 1 1 0 Justin Abdelkader 8:17 0 2 2 3 4:00 Theo Peckham 22:17 0 1 1 1 0 Mark Streit 19:00 0 1 2 1 2:00 Kyle Turris 15:29 1 0 1 2 0 Nazem Kadri 16:21 0 1 1 2 0 Luke Schenn 22:25 0 1 2 2 0 Henrick Lundqvist 21 19 2.01

Post game interview: Marian Gaborik
It was a very frustrating game, Henrik gave us the saves we needed to win but we failed him.

They (the Leafs) came out fast and hard and put two in really quickly, then after that they were able to play a trap and chip and chase game, rolling four lines. They were able to stay fast and play physical the entire game.

We got a lot of opportunities having five power plays, but couldn't beat Bobrovsky, now were down two games heading home. This needs to be fixed.


Plays of the game: Chosen by you the fans


A little luck, a little skill and it's a goal. Paajarvi shows some shooting power


Bobrovsky comes up huge on PK, preserving the shutout

[Dynasty]

Game three in New York:

Pre game interview with coach Gilmour:

Way too many penalties last game. Luckily for us Bob came up larger than life and stopped them all, that was a frustrating game to watch from the bench.

We came out really fast in the first and were able to push them (the rangers) on their heels like they did to us in game one, just we found the back of the net twice quickly, from there we rolled four lines trying to keep everyone playing short fast shifts.

The biggest thing heading into this next game here is we continue to utilize our strengths which are speed and physical play



Franson picks up a juicy rebound and makes no mistake

Ugh, I forgot to not exit the game to get stats I’m sorry but no box score for this one.

Game score ended up being a 4-0 win, rangers have played flat all playoffs and Henrik can't do it all himself.

Rick Nash got his first goal of the post season and Phil Kessel added two goals, Cody Franson also got his first. sorry again

Post game reaction: Brad Richards:

We gotta come out harder here, we didn’t play a successful 82 game season to get into the playoffs and get swept out right away.

This failure is on us skaters right now, Henrik has done everything possible on his end of things, now we skaters have to pick it up and get our heads in the game, because right now it's looking pretty bad out there.


Nash finds a quiet area on the ice and rips a one timer, half clapper top cheddar baby!

Post game interview: Phil Kessel

Yeah it's great to put a couple in, but it's better to see the guys firing on all cylinders out there, our guys are clicking well and finding the holes in the Rangers game right now.

Well, were up 3-0 now and I think it's important we keep pushing and finish them off next game here, when you got a good team like these guys down and playing below where they should it's important to seize that opportunity and not let them back up.

[bthomp05]

Way to go man, 3 games up. GO LEAFS GO.

3 players over 80 pts and Kess wins the Rocket, awesome....

[Tazer19]

Nice job Dynasty, solid stuff.. Finish them off.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Way to go man, 3 games up. GO LEAFS GO. 3 players over 80 pts and Kess wins the Rocket, awesome....

Quote: Originally Posted by Tazer19

Nice job Dynasty, solid stuff.. Finish them off.

Thanks guys, I have been kinda surprised how easy the rangers have been, very little push back.

Going to jump up sliders a notch to see if it helps.

It could be a lot worse as they have outshot me almost every game but Bob has been a wall in net.