Cool, i dont care. He was bad that year and was carried by elite rd, worse the year after

yeah point out guys like Nic Petan and Malgin who won't even make the taxi squad

I agree that the Canadiens are built for the playoffs, but I also think we still have some inner growth to achieve what we want. In comparison to Toronto ( a poorly constructed team) Montreal walks all over them, but that doesn't mean we can beat any team in the league

Looks like someone got caught in a lie and is now backing out, ok have a nice day! Next time make sure what you are saying has some facts behind it.

Turns out you havn't really looked into those Matthews/Hyman defensive numbers either. They are all pretty good.

CapFriendly is projecting Petan to be on the Taxi Squad

Considering the lies you've been telling in here with your 'stats', you shouldn't be calling for 'facts'.

Now compare them to Montreal's top line and enjoy!

What lies have I told?

okay then..

Matthews 2nd in takeaways as mentioned.

Matthews corsi last season was 53.9%

Matthews on ice save percentage was only 90.9% last season and his PDO was 101.5% suggesting that he was slightly unlucky do to inconsistent goaltending.

Matthews expected goals for was 64.7% (86th percentile - thats good) and his expected goals against was 49.2% (57th percentile - above league average) for a difference of 15.5% (very good)

All while putting up 80 points in 70 games (1.14 PPG) and 47 goals in 70 games (.67 PPG) which would've had him finish with 93 points and 55 goals had the season not been cut short.


If that's not elite, please tell us what is with your bias glasses off.

That Bogosian played the 7th most of Tampa defensemen in the playoffs last season. That's a false statement in every way.

You stated that Matthews and Hyman's defensive stats wern't good. That is a false statement in every way.

You've been lieing and hoping no one would double check but we have and here we are. You are full of ****.

Yes, that's definitely what I was implying reworded to also insult the Maple Leafs.

My original point was that the Canadiens only got past a miserable Penguins team in the playoffs, mostly due to Price's performance instead of the overall team composition. Their acquisitions add a lot of what-ifs with positive outcomes, but I don't believe they are "built for the playoffs".

You can look the stats up yourself but ok hoss, ignorance is bliss and all that . Enjoy your crappy new defender

well he won't be.

I definitely can look up stats myself, and I will if I need to vindicate my opinion. That being said, I'm not going to do somebody elses homework for them in order to "prove" me wrong. That's not how a discussion works, but carry on with your day

Who do you think is going to be on the Taxi Squad

hockey-reference.com

one of the most used sites for analytics.

Another lie.

Look at scratches. I'm assuming it's the same thing, although I could be wrong

Sandin
Liljegren
Engvall
Barabanov
Boyd
Dell

You've been doing a lot of 'assuming' in this thread but havn't had very good accuracy. Maybe you should stop.

If you're gonna sit there behind mommy and daddy's computer and bash talk everyone for "not knowing our stats that we should look up first before commenting" I would think that you would know where to find your stats at. Otherwise you're highly immature and a waste of time.

ZH - AM - MM
IM - JT - WN
NR - AK - JV
WS - JT - JS

MR - TB
JM - JH
TD - ML

ZB

Taxi
Sandin
Liljegren
Dell
Engvall
Boyd
Barbanov

Danault's corsi last season was 59.5% (better than Matthews)
Danault's xGA was 35.8 (better than Matthews)
Danault's FF% was 59.2% (Matthews was 53.7%)

Matthews started 59.6% of his stats in the offensive zone (very surprised by this actually, didn't think Matthews was that sheltered)

Truth is, we can cherry pick stats back and forth, but the fact that Danault actually has Matthews beat in many stats is concerning considering Matthews is "one of the best players in the world"