Quoting: Juiceman
I run? Ok bud don’t talk to me about 1 good run because that is all Campbell had last year in an even more embarrassing North Division. Demko is and elite goalie and Campbell is at most a fringe starter…. If you bother to look at analytics, Demko has one of the highest GSAA on a terrible Canucks team. If you actually think that Campbell is better than Demko then I don’t know what to tell you. Vancouver has way more depth than the Leafs. Pettersson is at Matthews level. He will become a top 5 center in the league. Boeser and Miller are also great. Tavares is gonna start declining and Boeser is gonna hit his prime soon. Garland is extremely underrated and was on pace for 60 points this season. Hoglander and Podkolzin are better than any of your young players in your middle six. Dickinson is one of the best defensive centers in the entire league. You really mean to tell me that the Leafs forwards depth is better. All jokes man you must not know a lot about other teams…
How wonderful you brought up GSAA! Demko did do pretty good, he was 9th in the league. One thing you shoulda checked when you looked that up, however, was that 7th and 8th were Campbell and Mrazek. Yeah, I bothered to look at analytics. So yes, Campbell and Mrazek were better than Demko, one in the same division and one in another 'harder' division or whatever garbage north narrative you wanna try to spin there.
Pettersson is not at Matthews level. He's very good, but he's not, and to think otherwise is hilarious. Matthews leads the league in every single goalscoring metric that exists except one since he entered the league. And that is just raw totals because Ovie has 6 more goals in 20 more games played.
Boeser and Miller are good, but they're about as good as Nylander. Garland is also good, but a 60 point pace at 25 years old isnt exactly eye popping when you realise that Nylander did that in his 1st full NHL season at 5 years younger. Hoglander and Podkolzin are unproven kids who may or may not be good. And a defensive 4th line C counts as depth now? You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
Yes, i mean to tell you that the canucks are bad and not even close to the leafs especially at forward.