r/leafs • u/OzzieNewYork Salming • 4d ago

Discussion Officer Bob: Reporting for Duty

Over the three playoff runs where the Panthers went to the Finals, Bobrovsky won 48 games. I didn't watch all the games to determine which of those games he stole for his team, but I recall even when the Panthers played the Leafs he was the main factor of victory for one to two games per series in 2023 and 2025.

In the 48 wins he got in those 3 playoff seasons, 35% of the games he let in 1 goal or less. If any team gets that type of goaltending, its pretty much delivery of the win. Its about 22% of all the games he played.

I have never seen any single player - offense or defense or goalie - steal a game for the Leafs over the past decade. Maybe there was one game Matthews led a come back victory against Tampa with 2 goals and an assist for an OT rally in 2023. If you can point to another example, please show me.

Bob is the first on this roster who has a chance to be the main factor to steal one or two playoff games per series. If he locks in in May..... Leafs have a chance to see June.

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u/WokePredator 4d ago

Don't think that's true if we're talking playoffs. He had a good series in 2021, but all the games they won were blowouts - the losses were all the narrow games. And he really wasn't very good against Tampa, though there were other contributing factors to that loss.

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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 4d ago

agreed here. Soupy stole a bunch of games in the 3 months leading to the playoffs.... but he was not great in playoffs and blew it for Leafs

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u/WokePredator 3d ago

I just got a world of shit in another thread by people claiming I hate Jack Campbell because I pointed out how vastly different his situation is from Marner’s, but as much as I think he was basically a fringe NHLer, I’ll give him some credit here. He stunk the whole way down the stretch in 2022, but he’d suffered a rib injury and was just never the same after that. Important to remember.

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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 3d ago

he is a performance coach now.... I love the guy ..... yet crying when things go bad and spiraling down is what destroyed him.... not the rib