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asq2 wrote:cas wrote:asq2 wrote:cas wrote:mattshock wrote:Who is going to score goals??... Will the puck ever see the other end of the ice?
Grabovski and Hagman are good for 30+ while Poni K and Blake are good for 20. Add in and average 10 apiece from the other 8 forwards + 30 from the defense and you're already in the 210 range as a conservative estimate. If they get even 35 from the 1st two + 25 from the 2nd two + an extra 15 from the rest of the regs + 5 from callups, thats 250 - well within respectability.
Grabovski's more of a playmaker than a goalscorer. I think they're hoping for Kulemin to score more this season.
That said, you have to anticipate that if the Leafs are serious about implementing a defensive system (at all), many of the forwards' numbers will go down from this season. Plus, they lost Kubina who is pretty good offensively.
Adding Kessel makes a lot of sense for them because they don't really have anyone who can carry an offence for them. Just a lot of second/third line scorers.I see... Still you'd expect him to put up 20+ this season which puts the Leafs realistically within 200-240 goals. If they top 220 and lower their ga to somewhere in the 26-270 range, they could be a bubble team.
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That same defensive system got Cheechoo 56 goals, so we'll see if it really hurts their numbers that much.
What I was trying to say is that Wilson did not have the Leafs playing a lick of defence this past season, and I think that inflated the team's numbers offensively (but obviously, they weren't great in the goals against category).
If they're still going to try to implement a run and gun system, they made completely counter-productive modifications to their blue-line this past off-season. This leads me to suspect that they're going to clamp it down a bit, which should lead to a decrease in scoring.
I still like how the team is set up for the future, but I have a hard time imagining they're going to be defensively honest and still score nearly as much as they did last season.
Fair enough. I'm sure you're right about that. Wilson now has reason to clamp down on other teams. Protecting the monster is the most important thing for that organization going forward.
The talk about being known for "building winners" is always pluralised 
for no apparent reason. He's been co-architect of one team that won one Cup in extremely controversial fashion. No team since the lockout has come anywhere near getting the officiating help/breaks the Ducks did. 
for no apparent reason. He's been co-architect of one team that won one Cup in extremely controversial fashion. No team since the lockout has come anywhere near getting the officiating help/breaks the Ducks did. 
