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FiftyyearsofFailure

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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 13, 2021 at 1:29 p.m.
Thread: fix the powerplay smh
After the trade, I went back and started watching the CBJ games that my PVR picked up. I feel like we all kind of know what Foligno is, but I wanted to really watch him and see if there were tendencies or things that I haven't noticed about him. The thing I was most pleasantly surprised with was his play on the PP and I think it'll help the Leafs if they utilize him in the same way. He was playing in the 'bumper' position, where you currently have JT, and that's right where I would leave him (assuming the same personnel):

(Net)
Tavares

Foligno

Matthews Marner

Rielly

What I really liked about him in that position was that he was always moving his feet, which I think has become an issue on the Leafs PP. He follows the flow of play and creates movement among the defenders. I think he'd really help in opening up lanes, particularly the cross ice to AM that we're all so familiar with, and barring that play being available, Mitch going down low to JT and Foligno crashing the net could create all kinds of havoc.... I like the potential of that unit.

Edit: Aww, my PP setup didn't show up as planned.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 13, 2021 at 1:05 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 6, 2021 at 12:05 p.m.
Thread: TDL moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FiftyyearsofFailure</b></div><div>he doesn't need to look that good beside bogo, he's 6'7 255 and loves throwing the body, nobody is gonna wanna go up against those 2 together lool, and bogo has actually. been a very good skater and distributor this year so I wouldn't even mind this, exactly the type of player that's affective in the playoffs</div></div>

Bogo has been decent this year, and he's been a decent distributor with about 90% of his passes going to Dermott. I can't really say I remember one bone crunching hit he's thrown this year, but he's been a bit physical.

I don't mind Oleksiak, but neither him or Bogo should be the main puck mover on their pairing. They would get plenty of opportunities to hit, as they'd spend the majority of every game together hemmed in their own end.