Auston Matthews

2022 - 10 - 18

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Toronto Maple Leafs: Auston Matthews Has Somehow Gotten Better (Editor In Leaf)

Toronto Maple Leafs: Auston Matthews Has Somehow Gotten Better. The guy is unreal. Best player in the NHL, and I include McDavid.

Last year, when he won the Hart, he posted a shots-for of 59%. He posted the best individual NHL season by a skater since Mario Lemieux in 1996. the Leafs have outshot their three opponents 30-16 for a shots-for percentage of 65%. I know some people don’t think much of “advanced stats” but even they must admit that a team that has the puck for seven out every ten minutes is probably going to win most the time in the long run. Instead of three goals so far, he has just one. The Leafs were 3rd last year in 5v5 goals per minute, and this year, so far, they are 18th.

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Maple Leafs Commentary: Who's Hot & Who's Not? (The Hockey Writers)

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a 2-2 record on the regular season. In terms of review, who on the team is hot? Who on the team isn't?

Matthews (68.7 percent) and Marner (68.4 percent) are the best while Aston-Reese (20.1 percent), Aube-Kubel (21.9 percent), and Kampf (26.4 percent) are the worst. The best two are Rielly and Brodie, both at 60.8 percent. The first character lǎo (老) means “old,” and the second character shī (師) means “teacher.” The literal translation of lǎoshī is “old teacher.” That became his pen name. He’s a Canadian boy, who has two degrees from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate from the University of Texas. Marner is in the same boat. Muzzin is a distant second at 40 percent. Aube-Kubel is the worst at 12.5% (two high-danger chances for, fourteen against). Marner is just outside the top three at 62.1 percent. Kampf is the third-worst at 22.2% ( four high-danger chances for, fourteen against). Next is Kampf at 38.5 percent, and Aube-Kubel at 38.9 percent. They are the only three players under 50 percent as Pierre Engvall is next at 53.5 percent. If a player has 60 percent, it means his team has 60 percent of the shot attempts and the other team has 40 percent while he is on the ice.)

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