William Nylander is giving the Toronto Maple Leafs strong early returns. But the Justin Holl-Jake Muzzin defence pairing remains a work in progress. Here are some Leafs trends after two games. (By jtbourne)
' 2021-22 season is under way, and it wouldn’t feel right if everything was hunky dory. Some things are decidedly not, including a surprisingly off D pair, a goalie’s groin and a few forwards, all of which we’ll get into below.
In my time as a video coach I loved to find and clip trends, and this one was absolutely blinding, so I thought we’d have a little GIF party today. They’re all really short, it’s just crazy there’s so many; you’d usually need a half dozen games to find this many clips of one player being this assertive on the puck.This isn’t the great point, but we’ll start with an offensive play just to show his comfort in traffic. Nasty little slip, and 85 in front can’t slow him down.
Below he’s still thinking about the puck while the Montreal defender has his hands full just trying to contain the body.Under sticks, winning back pucks.Confident taking it across the net, and stays in pursuit. At 25 he’s physically matured, and is as strong as any offensive forward in the league. Expectations will be high because we all know that now...much to his chagrin. When he’s on like this – as he has been for some stretch in a row now – he’s an absolute force.One thing about resentments, is that they start with expectations.
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