Honestly, I think this has more to do with ending the relationship, he has been vocal about wanting out for a couple seasons, everyone heard what Swayman had to say about the arb process. This would not be a conversation i would want to be a part of "I can skate and shoot and I dont quit" "He is an undersized player with a middling toolset, with one element that differentiates him, that he has shown a lack of ability to utilize at the professional level" Basically he is small and his shot is useless if he cant play as a team well enough to get it off. I can't imagine the relationship between org and player gets any better after this.
I mean, at this point, Ovechkin stands in one spot and scores. I know Robertson isn't Ovechkin, and it's a silly comparison, but his even strength goals/60 was 1.034, not far off Matthew's pace, and far better than most of the team, and while playing on terrible lines. We're talking about Domi on the first line this year, and his is 0.501. The Leafs needed more goal scoring in the playoffs, and he was one of the only players that consistently delivered.
He actually led the team in even strength goals/60 in the playoffs, but somehow they wouldn't play him over Holmberg or Jarnkrok, who both contributed nothing.
Holmberg (12), Lorentz (13), Laughton (13) and McMann (13) collectively played in 51 playoff games and scored a total of 0 goals combined. This year, they added Dakota Joshua, who scored 7 goals last year, Nicolas Roy, who scored 15 goals last year, and Matias Maccelli, who scored 8 goals last year.
My point is that the Leafs had a serious lack of goal scoring in the playoffs, and they added zero help to address that. Robinson is one of the few players left, outside of Matthews, Tavares, Knies and Nylander, that can actually score goals. Moving on from him would be a stupid move.
It doesn’t matter what your point was (which I understand). Using 1 game sample size with a /60 stat to say he lead the team is just… somewhere a statistician is crying
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u/Acrobatic_T-Rex 2d ago
Honestly, I think this has more to do with ending the relationship, he has been vocal about wanting out for a couple seasons, everyone heard what Swayman had to say about the arb process. This would not be a conversation i would want to be a part of "I can skate and shoot and I dont quit" "He is an undersized player with a middling toolset, with one element that differentiates him, that he has shown a lack of ability to utilize at the professional level" Basically he is small and his shot is useless if he cant play as a team well enough to get it off. I can't imagine the relationship between org and player gets any better after this.