Nick Kypreos, Justin Bourne and Sam McKee start with a recap of the Leafs’ win over Philadelphia last night, Ryan Reaves’ role within the team and much more! Renaud Lavoie stops by to weigh in on Patrik Laine, Lane Hutson and the optimistic Montreal Canadiens.
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0:00 – Leafs/Flyers Recap, Reaves’ Role & Stellar Woll
35:40 – Midweek Mailbag!
49:07 – Renaud Lavoie on Montreal Canadiens Optimism
1:22:38 – NHL Champions League Ratings
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Totally agree with Sam, that Hartford Whalers jersey was sweet 😎
COILERS only if hell freezes over 3 times to Win the Cup they wouldn't even get a SNIFF to the finals
This show is going to be even more amazing when Trump finally incorporates Canada into the United States 😂😂😂
The fires were predicted Trump and rogan and others have been saying this would happen but the woke environmentalists in government would not clean up and listen this was preventable god bless
Only leaf fans would laugh about how cowardly Tie was @4mins
Loving the Whale picture
on the PP, if Willys shots didn’t slingshot out of the zone 75% of the time that would help.
Sammy … Utah does have the rights to Yeti…. there is a certain ice chest company that wants to keep that name. They have offered a partnership with the club but those damn Mormen don't like to share……
Reaves needs to fight or sit him!
Great star players don’t win cups, good teams win cups!
Rielly isn’t liking the new system, it shows that he is a good player but not a star player. He has no shot, doesn’t seem to been able to get pucks through on the pp and doesn’t play pk. I hope he finds his way in this new system before the playoffs.
Willy in floating mode. Just like every year. Pucks are not staying on his stick, can’t shot, can’t stop pucks coming around the boards, can’t receive a pass.
Love this podcast with Kyper. He's the meat and potatoes of the podcast.
1:24:55 WATCH MORE HOCKEY BOYS. THE STARS ARE A GREAT WATCH. Caps LOCKS proof!
Truth is Hockey Canada is still defending their player choices for the world juniors, in spite of the absolute failure of those choices two years in a row. The powers that be that control hockey, from minor hockey on up, needs to be overhauled. It's like a protected boys club with no accountability.
Reaves is useless. No big hits, no fights. Nothing. Stop dressing him.
The PP problem is self-inflicted because they refuse to split up the 4 horseman. They have pulled JT off for Knies. They have pulled Rielly off for OEL (but he's the 5th member here, not the top 4). The only other time we've seen variation is AM being out on injury, and surprise that ended up clicking the best. What the leafs need to do is split the PP into 2 and I'll explain why / who. Keep in mind, what I'm about to share could be PP1 or PP2, the order doesn't matter so don't get hung up on the names in either. My belief would be to make them compete against each other such that the PP group that scores more becomes PP1 and gets more PP time. Make it a competition between them and every time they get on the ice they will be hungry to succeed – something the PP1 lacks today compared to PP2 (Domi + Robinson + etc.).
For the PP to succeed, you need two things to take place:
1) You need to split Matthews and Marner. That seems like a stupid idea, I completely understand but hear me out. Marner is creative and you don't want him to be creative to only 1 player. Everyone on the ice needs to be an option for Marner, not just the best shooter. If everyone out there is considered a lesser shot or talent than Marner, all the sudden Marner's creativity flies – he makes the plays. Further to this, Marner needs his touches. If he's not handling, then it's not an effective PP. On the front of Matthews, he needs his touches as well, and so does Willy. They both want to have the puck too but they also approach shooting differently than Marner. So I believe you split Marner from the other two and you will then create a dynamic where Marner drives one PP, and Willy or Matthews can drive the next PP.
2) Rielly will shoot, but not to score in most cases (a slightly better version of Kaberle for those who remember). You need him to have a dominant net front present who is effective at tipping. You've probably noticed that chemistry with Knies a lot on 5 on 5 lately. It's also there with JT. For this reason, you should put Rielly with JT and Knies on the same PP. Knies is down low / net front, JT is high slot / bumper. This will see Rielly suddenly become a shooting threat with creative off the boards or wide angle lofters that those other two can redirect to the right place.
With that settled, we can actually slot how the PPs should look. Knowing that one PP will have Rielly, Knies & JT, you probably don't want Matthews on that since you'd rather him attempting shots than Rielly. So here's how that settles:
PP1:
Net front: Knies
High Slot: JT
Left Wing: Marner
Right Wing: Domi
Defense: Rielly
PP2:
Net front: McMann / Pacioretty
High Slot: Robinson / McMann (If Robinson is out of the lineup)
Left Wing: Nylander
Right Wing: Matthews
Defense: Timmins / OEL
Why would this work? PP1 is driven by Marner, followed by Domi or Rielly. All three are pass first type of players which means the "scoring" threat will be thought to be the two in front. However, this will make the best defense against this PP to rush those players: take away the time and space of Marner, Domi or Rielly. But that's exactly why they will do well. When charged, they can use their creative vision to make a fast play that allows you to take a 5v4 to be a 4v3 to possibly a 3v2 situation or 2v1 situation. This is how you create scoring opportunities from that pressure. If the defense doesn't charge, then it just creates more chaos and confusion for the goalie which leads to better results from tips and perimeter shots. Knowing that you have two big front present members in JT and Knies, the goalie won't be able to track the flow of the puck. Marner will be able to dance and see things, force things that the defense can't see or stop. If lanes don't open for creative passes, eventually it gets on Rielly's stick with the goal to take an off angle shot for tips and crashing the front – something both Marner and Domi will do this season, along with clearly Knies and JT. It's an effective PP that's going to ask a lot of a PK to skate and get on them.
PP2 on the other hand will see multiple shooting threats, which will create a lot of box or diamond movement. This will lead to openings in the seams that Willy and Matthews can exploit with cross ice passes. If a position opens to McMann / Pac / Robinson, Willy and Matthews will get it on their stick. And if the defense tries to cover them instead, well now you have two elite shooters in Matthews and Nylander that you're giving them room to setup for a good shot. If McMann is positioned well for the screen, it can be an effective way to drive a shoot first type PP. Finally OEL or Timmins are both players that will shoot without question so this makes it so the defense have to rotate to setup in the block at all times. This movement creates gaps which creates opportunities for this PP to exploit with all the capable shooters.
That's my take. Thanks for attending my TED talk. lol
Johnathan Toews – 3rd line center
Reilly and reaves, two of the biggest let downs this season. Reilly is well past his prime and needed to be traded 3 years ago.
What’s with all the revenge for McCabe crap. McCabe instigated a fight and got one. He got tuned up, that’s how it goes.
Moose 🫎 is getting the bag 💰 in Colorado for sure, I don’t see a universe where they let that guy walk!! 😅
Come on over to the Sharks 🦈 Moose 🫎 we’ll give ya $14 x 5 =$70 mil sheets 🏆 I want Granny to stay but a trading him plus a 1st in 2027, or 2x a 2nd in 2025/2026 I’d do that 🎉😊 essentially Granny+Blackwood+2nd for Rantannen would be 🌶️ ❤😮 (as you’d be sending a 2nd back that already came via Colorado)😅
Utah Blizzard 🥶 with a Yeti snow creature as the mascot & sponsor (YETI arena) imho 😊 Utah Freeze or Utah Frozen could work just as well with Disney sponsorship (Disney arena???)
Reavo had to fight last night for sure or at least make it look like he wanted to eh
thanks for timestamps !
Knies for a big guy is not great in puck battles and gets knocked off the puck way too easy for his size.