Analysis

The Maple Leafs were 10 seconds away from a shootout in Detroit before some overly cautious defending gave up the winning goal.

How did the Leafs forward corps do at gaining the zone with possession in 2013-14?

Zone exit stats for Toronto Maple Leafs forwards through the first 46 games of the 2013-14 season. See which forwards are helping move the puck out of the defensive zone and which are not contributing as much.

Zone exit stats for Toronto Maple Leafs defencemen through the first 46 games of the 2013-14 season.

As we head into the next phase of the Hockey Analytics Revolution what is ahead on the horizon and why?

Many have argued - and continue to - that Franson is going to be "overpaid" in a year. Is that valid?

I've been making use of dCorsi for a long time and have yet to put together any sort of formal discussion around it's value, derivation or usefulness. Let's fix that....

Or: It's Not Entirely Randy Carlyle's Fault.

There's a lot to say about this year's Toronto Maple Leafs; much of it was said before the first game and too much of it was said between games.

The positioning of the Leafs' wingers undoubtedly made it harder to break up opponents' forechecks and start decent breakouts.

Tracking the development of possession metrics of Toronto Maple Leafs players over the past 3 seasons.

A trip down memory lane revisits a look Randy Carlyle vs. Ron Wilson and shot distance from way back in February of 2013.

The Toronto Maple Leafs blew another third period lead against the Boston Bruins but who was responsible? Why do these things keep happening?

Face offs are one opportunity for the coaching staff to implement set plays. Unfortunately, in a crucial time in last night's game, the play didn't really seem up to snuff...

David Clarkson was signed by the Leafs to much fanfare on July 5th, 2013. Things were going so well by December that Chemmy wrote a post about the cost of buying out the Monster from Mimico after his first season. I happened to be thinking of the very same thing

Much of what you observe while watching a game is coincidental rather than causal but that's not how much of it will be conveyed.

Well - January was almost a complete flop in terms of Expected Results - let's see how February works out

There is some good to be gleaned amidst all the statistical noise.

Another stab at predicting the Leafs upcoming results

Have things changed, or is it just me?

'Inconsistent' is one way of describing their work in this regard.

The Sharks' forwards were one reason the Leafs had a hard time gaining the offensive zone.

For a fun exercise, here's a look at the Toronto Maple Leafs' projected results using the log5 method first devised by Bill James.

The problem of late with the Toronto Maple Leafs' penalty kill isn't necessarily that it is struggling but that our expectations may have been out of line.

A look at which defencemen are exceeding defensive expectations after a quarter of the 2013-14 season has been played with a focus on the Toronto Maple Leafs' defence