tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post498118001418769348..comments2023-12-26T02:50:32.816-05:00Comments on Bitter Leaf Fan Page: Two Minutes (to midnight)MF37http://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-91289151767710398682009-02-20T12:14:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:14:00.000-05:00blurr1974 - Nice post!While poor goaltending is ob...blurr1974 - Nice post!<BR/><BR/>While poor goaltending is obviously a big part of the poor PK this year, the skaters haven't helped things much either. How many times do the Leafs have possession of the puck and not clear the zone on the PK? It's a crucial skill that all good PK players have. Unfortunately, the Leafs don't have any good PK players, in net or out of it, and that explains their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-8487593760853373912009-02-19T18:28:00.000-05:002009-02-19T18:28:00.000-05:00Don't know if this helps your upcoming post about ...Don't know if this helps your upcoming post about PK efficiency rates, but this is the team PK rankings for the last two Ron Wilson coached teams:<BR/><BR/>SJ:<BR/>2007-2008 – 1st<BR/>2006 2007 – 14th<BR/>2005-2006 – 23rd<BR/>2003 2004 – 7th<BR/>2002-2003 – 30th (RW’s first year with the team)<BR/><BR/>Wash:<BR/>2001-2002 – 24th<BR/>2000-2001 – 13th<BR/>1999-2000 – 7th<BR/>1998 – 1999 – 15th<BR/>bkbladeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993067848904779017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-69004681453921138652009-02-19T11:31:00.001-05:002009-02-19T11:31:00.001-05:00This is actually really interesting. And I'm glad...This is actually really interesting. And I'm glad to see it, if only because I don't really want to have a clone of the Anaheim team here, I want something else, because it's virtually impossible to duplicate the make up of that team. <BR/><BR/>Still, Eyebeleaf has a point about the PK. I think it's more than just the goalies, they are incredibly passive out there for some reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-23944995807824216822009-02-19T11:31:00.000-05:002009-02-19T11:31:00.000-05:00This post may make some run to the hills! Ron Wil...This post may make some run to the hills! Ron Wilson and his infinte dreams are aces high with discipline. Bring your daughter to the slaughter gang, because if this goaltending continues to play like cross-eyed mary, that PK number could sink to something akin to the number of the beast. But remember tomorrow will be a different world.<BR/><BR/>for those not in the know, try and spot the Ironblurr1974https://www.blogger.com/profile/09703655873980666899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-72205132745428925472009-02-19T09:08:00.000-05:002009-02-19T09:08:00.000-05:00Eye - I went all the way back to the 1999-2000 sea...<B>Eye</B> - I went all the way back to the 1999-2000 season and in that time no team has finished the year with a PK rate lower than 77%. The 2001 Thrashers at 77.9% had the lowest rated PK, the Leafs are really on to something.<BR/><BR/>I still contend that much of the Leafs PK issue is tied to their goaltending. Fix the garbage between the pipes and I bet their PK results bounce back.MF37https://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-47058998014340081522009-02-19T08:45:00.000-05:002009-02-19T08:45:00.000-05:00Interesting. So Wilson has the Leafs playing more ...Interesting. So Wilson has the Leafs playing more disciplined hockey, but does it matter when his team can't kill a penalty?<BR/><BR/>I don't recall any Leafs team killing penalties for the year at a 73.5% rate.Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.com