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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12, 2021 at 2:54 p.m.
Thread: Should we be worried
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LeafsFanZay</b></div><div>Can you send the stats for how many times Marner factored into Matthews' goals?? Im curious</div></div>

Would love to actually.

Through 50 games this season Matthews has 65 points (40G, 25A). Now the breakdown:

52 EV strength points - 35 of them Marner has factored in on (67.3%)
13 powerplay points - 5 of them Marner has factored in on (38.4%)
65 total points - 40 of them Marner has factored in on (61.5%)
40 total goals - 25 Marner has recorded an assist on (62.5%)
40 total goals - 15 of them Marner had the primary assist on (37.5%)

One thing I didn't mention last comment is the amount of playing time each player has with each teammate which is also extremely important:
Draisaitl has played with McDavid 47.6% of the time on ice.
Matthews has played with Marner 96.4% of the time on ice.

So the only category here where McDavid helps Draisaitl less than Marner helps Matthews is EV strength points. And that's highly affected by the fact that Marner and Matthews play together almost all the time. If Draisaitl was so good, wouldn't he still be able to produce without McDavid since Draisatil plays without him more? But then why does McDavid factor into Draisaitl's points so much?

Here's a little more info on the both of Matthews and Draisaitl to help determine who's better (all stats a 5v5 to make it easier to compare):

Matthews:
xGF - <strong>32.2</strong>
xGA - <strong>13.6</strong>
corsiFor - <strong>53.9%</strong>
FenwickFor - <strong>55.2%</strong>
oZS - 57.6%
shooting % - <strong>18.7%</strong>
takeaways/<strong>giveaways</strong> - 47/<strong>52</strong>
hits - <strong>56</strong>
blocked shots - <strong>46</strong>
faceoff % - 51.9%


Draisaitl:
xGF - 16.1
xGA - 26.7
corsiFor - 51.7%
FenwickFor - 51.7%
oZS -<strong> 54.7%</strong>
shooting % - 18.5
<strong>takeaways</strong>/giveaways - <strong>52</strong>/69
hits - 36
blocked shots - 12
faceoff % - <strong>55.8%</strong>


Matthews is better than Draisaitl in 8 of 11 categories here. The ones I've picked were to help show different areas of the game and not just pure offence. Some of its defence, some of its offence, and some of it is physical play to help show the more complete player. Matthews comes out on top in most categories.

Matthews &gt;&gt; Draisaitl (and it's not close anymore).

Drasaitl had his big year last season, but this year he's proved that without McDavid he's not the elite player he's hyped up to be because of one good season the year prior.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2021 at 1:45 p.m.
Thread: Should we be worried
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div><strong>I think that goes to Marner.</strong>

Who are you kidding. The regular season doesn't mean anything.
You are foolish if you think the two of them can't take a series over. Period.
They are the most dangerous team in the North. Because everyone is chasing and playing on their heels because they know those two can break out at any time.
People been trying to doubt that team all year. But you know they are dangerous. Because when you have a guy who can go out there and put up 3-4 point games like it's nothing, it can really turn games fast.</div></div>

Got a good laugh outta you calling Marner the most overrated player in the game when he's better than Draisaitl. Marner's still 3rd in league scoring and he's MILES better than Draisaitl defensively. But sure, think what you want :tearsofjoy

Leafs are clearly the most dangerous team in the division. They have the depth and the defensive system to prove it. Without McDavid or Draisaitl on the ice the Oilers are nothing more than an AHL team. Toronto has 2 lines that would be a top line on most teams in the league, along with defensive depth in the bottom 6 to shutdown teams -- again, they literally shut down McDavid and Draisaitl for 3 straight games. They've had the entire division chasing them all season but never surrendered first place. Toronto is the hottest team over the last 10 games in the division at 7-1-2 where Edmonton is the third hottest at 7-3-0. So Toronto is actually playing better hockey right now. In fact, since March 27 Toronto is 14-4-3 in 21 games where Edmonton is only 13-5-2 in 20 games since the same time. So saying Edmonton is the most dangerous team or the hottest team in the North is purely false.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2021 at 10:11 p.m.