The Leafs Geeks Podcast

Charlie O'Connor from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the many ways we can go about evaluating defencemen in the modern era.

1:58 – How to evaluate defencemen in the modern era.
13:02 – The importance of transitional play (zone exits/entries)
21:12 – Radko Gudas…how the hell does he drive possession?
39:14 – That 3rd pairing D with ridiculous microstats (e.g. Mackenzie Weegar, Julius Honka)
52:57 – Trading for Alex Pietrangelo.
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James Mirtle from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the Leafs' performance this season, and how they can go about upgrading at RD.

1:00 - The impact of “Chemistry”
4:46 – How good are the Leafs?
10:45 – Trading for a Top 4 RD (e.g. Pietrangelo/Parayko)
20:08 – Less sexy potential targets at RD.
29:08 – Wrapping things up with important #content (Leafs puns, Marleau’s junior days, and Mirtle’s beer league woes)
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Jordan Samuels-Thomas from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the William Nylander signing and how it affects the Maple Leafs.
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Dom Luszczyszyn from The Athletic joins me this week as we grade each Leaf's performance a quarter way through the season.

3:56 – Kasperi Kapanen.
8:23 – Auston Matthews.
13:14 – Patrick Marleau.
18:40 – Mitch Marner.
23:24 – John Tavares.
28:26 – Zach Hyman.
33:01 – Nazem Kadri.
35:31 – Connor Brown.
40:39 – Par Lindholm.
42:32 – Andreas Johnsson.
47:02 – Ennis & Leivo.
50:12 – The Goat.

54:05 – Morgan Rielly.
59:08 – Travis Dermott.
1:05:16 – Jake Gardiner.
1:09:22 – Nikita Zaitsev.
1:15:46 – Ron Hainsey.
1:17:10 – Igor Ozhiganov.

1:20:20 – Frederik Andersen.
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Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to break down the Leafs' defence so far this season.

3:07 – How should we evaluate defencemen?
7:38 – Morgan Rielly’s play this season?
13:15 – The Gardiner-Zaitsev pairing (why is it so bad?)
28:34 – Our love for Travis Dermott.
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Jeff Veillette joins Ian Graph™ this week to break down some current and former Marlies - most of whom are Swedish 🇸🇪

2:35 – Kapanen’s upside.
12:34 - Johnsson and Gauthier.
25:27 – Liljegren and Sandin.
41:17 - Ranking Toronto’s defensive prospects:
47:43 – Rosen and Borgman.
54:28 – Trevor Moore and Mason Marchment
1:04:23 – Grundstrom and Engvall.
1:10:28 – Bracco and Timashov.
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Murat Ates from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the similarities between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets...despite what Jim Hughson might think.
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Meghan Hall joins us this week to break down the Leafs power play this season, and how it differs from last year.

1:00 – PP Research on Toronto’s top unit last year
5:14 – This year’s top unit PP
16:35 – 2nd Unit
22:05 – Pros & Cons of stacking your top unit.
31:26 – Age Curves & the Leafs elite young talent.
39:01 – Andreas Johnsson.
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Jonathan Willis from The Athletic joins us this week to go break down every team in the wonky Western Conference.

Central Division
1:59 – Nashville Predators.
5:58 – Winnipeg Jets.
11:47 – St Louis Blues.
18:38 – Dallas Stars.
22:39 – Minnesota Wild.
26:55 – Chicago Blackhawks.
31:09 – Colorado Avalanche.


Pacific Division
34:20 – San Jose Sharks.
Vegas Golden Knights.
42:35 – LA Kings.
46:28 – Anaheim Ducks.
51:54 – Calgary Flames.
57:40 – Edmonton Oilers.
1:08:30 – Arizona Coyotes.
1:13:50 – Vancouver Canucks.
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Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to break down every team in the Eastern Conference heading into the 2018-19 season.

Atlantic Division
1:13 – Tampa Bay.
7:28 – Boston Bruins.
13:00 – Florida Panthers.
13:30 – Montreal Candiens.
29:25 – Buffalo Sabres.
35:12 – Ottawa Senators.
38:11 – Detroit Red Wings.

Metropolitan Division
41:24 – Pittsburgh Penguins.
44:57 – Columbus Blue Jackets.
50:23 – Washington Capitals.
55:39 – Philadelphia Flyers.
1:01:07 – Carolina Hurricanes.
1:05:21 – New Jersey Devils.
1:08:58 – New York Islanders.
1:13:22 – New York Rangers.
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