Quote:
Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Domi had 22 total hits in 80 games and his career high is 53 so he’s not going to provide too much physical grit though I do agree he’s a solid faceoff man and when he scores it’s because he’s going to the tough areas and is known to take chippy PIMS. Still though it’s not like he’s his dad in terms of grit, Reaves was brought in to try to help these guys play taller and I don’t know if he moves that needle anymore, especially in todays game.
|
Hit stat is very subjective. Kerfoot apparently threw 54 hits last year. But as a Leaf fan I'm looking more at chippy after the whistle stuff. Bruins, Lightning, Panthers in the playoffs are constantly pulling that crap. League never cracks down on it. Leafs have tried to play the clean game. But the League constantly wants to call games even. Each team gets the same amount of PPs. Leafs are always near the bottom of the league in PPOs every single year. Why? Because they don't commit a lot of penalties so the refs don't want to give the opposing team too many PPs. I'm liking Tree's approach. Bring in a bunch of #### disturbers. Get more PKOs but Leafs will also get more PPOs because of how Reffing works in this league. Plus it's a much more entertaining brand of hockey. I didn't even watch the last 3 months of Leafs hockey last year because the matchup was set and the games were just so boring. Nothing interesting ever happened. I'm all for bringing some juice back to this team.