EF expects the Marner to Vegas trade to happen today. Let’s just get this done and move on to the next chapter.
So they can bring in Roy, a big body who doesn’t use it (less playoff hits than Marner) and can’t actually play center because his FO% sucks (47.7%).
Looking like a wild card, 1st round exit kind of season.
You can always choose to not watch or talk about it.
Roy averages 218 hits / 82 games in the playoffs by the way.
Marner averages 118 / 82 playoff games and let’s be honest – no one has ever felt one of his hits.
But Roy isn’t equivalent to Marner and that’s not the comparison that’s being drawn out.
Roy’s 82 game playoff average:
10G, 23A, 3 GWG, 14:26 ATOI, 49.9% FO%, 49 Blocks, 211 hits, 46 Takeaways, 49 Giveaways
Kampf’s 82 game playoff average:
9G, 7A, 2 GWG, 14:15 ATOI, 54.3% FO%, 21 blocks, 136 Hits, 21 Takeaways, 30 Giveaways
That’s a decent upgrade in an area where we need more physical presence.
Nic Roy has had 3 deep playoff runs of 19 games or more; on the entire Leafs team these are the players who have had more games in a single playoff:
Carlo – once
OEL – once
Jarnkrok – once
Tanev – once
Reaves – once
That’s it. I’ll take the experience and the acumen. I’m still not sure this thing is happening, but if it does – I’d rather get something than nothing and Roy is a decent 3C option.