Leafs win a game they didn't deserve to win.
Carlo must be wondering what he got traded into
- Azuredoom
If you want to be realistic about a small portion of it, Carlo hasn't figured out how to play here yet either. Laughton also hasn't really blended with his line yet either. Both will take a bit of adjustment and time. Laughton feels like a fit for McMann and Domi on paper at least. Carlo is another story. Would he work better with OEL? Plop Rielly to the third pair with Myers or Benoit? Taking a look at GA/60 for our existing pairs or opportunity pairs, this is what we see (the league average, for context, is 2.24; the best in the league is Bean - Pachal in Calgary with 1.31; Benoit - Timmins was 6th at 1.51
Simon Benoit as a left-side partner
In 56.4 minutes Benoit-Tanev had a GA/60 of 1.06 with a GF/60 of 2.13
In 436.8 minutes Benoit-Timmins had a GA/60 of 1.51 with a GF/60 of 1.51
In 87.7 minutes Benoit-Myers had a GA/60 of 3.42 with a GF/60 of 2.05
OEL as a left-side partner
In 215.7 minutes Ekman-Larsson-Tanev had a GA/60 of 1.11 with a GF/60 of 2.78
In 121.5 minutes Ekman-Larsson-Timmins had a GA/60 of 1.48 with a GF/60 of 2.96
In 23.5 minutes Ekman-Larsson-Myers had a GA/60 of 2.56 with a GF/60 of 2.56
In 78.4 minutes Ekman-Larsson-Benoit had a GA/60 of 3.83 with a GF/60 of 3.06
McCabe as a left-side partner
In 118.5 minutes McCabe-Rielly had a GA/60 of 1.52 with a GF/60 of 2.03
In 476.8 minutes McCabe-Tanev had a GA/60 of 2.01 with a GF/60 of 3.27
In 54.9 minutes McCabe-Myers had a GA/60 of 2.19 with a GF/60 of 2.19
In 117.1 minutes McCabe-Benoit had a GA/60 of 2.56 with a GF/60 of 4.1
In 151.5 minutes McCabe-Ekman-Larsson had a GA/60 of 2.77 with a GF/60 of 3.17
In 49 minutes McCabe-Timmins had a GA/60 of 3.68 with a GF/60 of 4.9
Rielly as a left-side partner
In 40.2 minutes Rielly-Benoit had a GA/60 of 1.49 with a GF/60 of 1.49
In 79.7 minutes Rielly-Timmins had a GA/60 of 2.26 with a GF/60 of 3.01
In 237.2 minutes Rielly-Myers had a GA/60 of 2.53 with a GF/60 of 1.26
In 475.6 minutes Rielly-Ekman-Larsson had a GA/60 of 2.65 with a GF/60 of 2.4
In 139 minutes Rielly-Tanev had a GA/60 of 3.02 with a GF/60 of 3.02
In 29.7 minutes Rielly-Carlo had a GA/60 of 4.04 with a GF/60 of 4.04
In 23.2 minutes Rielly-Hakanpaa had a GA/60 of 5.17 with a GF/60 of 2.58
The conclusions I draw from the above: OEL is below average on the right side, Rielly - in a very small sample size - was tolerable with Benoit and it would reduce his exposure. Rielly - Myers is a bit below league average pairing, but of the available options for Rielly, until they dump his ass, third pairing with Benoit/Myers might be the best way to setup the D.
McCabe - Tanev
OEL - Carlo
Rielly - Benoit/Myers