How wonderful you brought up GSAA! Demko did do pretty good, he was 9th in the league. One thing you shoulda checked when you looked that up, however, was that 7th and 8th were Campbell and Mrazek. Yeah, I bothered to look at analytics. So yes, Campbell and Mrazek were better than Demko, one in the same division and one in another 'harder' division or whatever garbage north narrative you wanna try to spin there.
Pettersson is not at Matthews level. He's very good, but he's not, and to think otherwise is hilarious. Matthews leads the league in every single goalscoring metric that exists except one since he entered the league. And that is just raw totals because Ovie has 6 more goals in 20 more games played.
Boeser and Miller are good, but they're about as good as Nylander. Garland is also good, but a 60 point pace at 25 years old isnt exactly eye popping when you realise that Nylander did that in his 1st full NHL season at 5 years younger. Hoglander and Podkolzin are unproven kids who may or may not be good. And a defensive 4th line C counts as depth now? You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
Yes, i mean to tell you that the canucks are bad and not even close to the leafs especially at forward.

How wonderful you brought up GSAA! Demko did do pretty good, he was 9th in the league. One thing you shoulda checked when you looked that up, however, was that 7th and 8th were Campbell and Mrazek. Yeah, I bothered to look at analytics. So yes, Campbell and Mrazek were better than Demko, one in the same division and one in another 'harder' division or whatever garbage north narrative you wanna try to spin there.
Pettersson is not at Matthews level. He's very good, but he's not, and to think otherwise is hilarious. Matthews leads the league in every single goalscoring metric that exists except one since he entered the league. And that is just raw totals because Ovie has 6 more goals in 20 more games played.
Boeser and Miller are good, but they're about as good as Nylander. Garland is also good, but a 60 point pace at 25 years old isnt exactly eye popping when you realise that Nylander did that in his 1st full NHL season at 5 years younger. Hoglander and Podkolzin are unproven kids who may or may not be good. And a defensive 4th line C counts as depth now? You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
Yes, i mean to tell you that the canucks are bad and not even close to the leafs especially at forward.

lol, get off your high horse.

Yes your forward core is better.
Yes your defense is better.

But you can't be so delusional as to force the issue to say your goaltending was better.

How did Demko have a 8.09GSAA and Campbell have a 7.82…
I think your numbers are wrong.

You are clearly in denial and to call a top defensive center a fourth liner is sad. Is Danault a fourth line center? They are basically similar players… Pettersson was injured for 30 games this season. He is in the same league as Matthews when he is healthy and will cost about 4 million cheaper. Garland is not known for his poor producer. You can’t use points for everything which I guess makes sense you think that as a Leafs fan. The only thing bad about the Canucks is the defense and once they clears up, they will have a much better time in the playoffs than the no depth leafs…

i mean, it was. by both traditional metrics and the fancy ones Campbell was better. You can check them yourself if you want

Danault is one of the best defensive players in the league, and his worst offensive season is better than Dickinson's best. He's a much better player than Dickinson. So yes, a guy who can only defend and only has one season with a positive Corsi Rel is not as good as him, and by proxy not similar to him.
And again, Pettersson is not in matthews league, he isnt. Matthews is just that good and you're gonna have to deal with it. Garland is know to be a point producer and yet he still hasnt produced 40 of them or a season where his pace was above a 2nd liner. He's 25 now, not 21, he is what he is.
Oh and if you want to talk about things other than points, all 4 of the leafs big 4 are, at worst, good defensive players. Marner in particular is a very good PK guy on top of being a top play maker in the game who can still score 20 goals.

Put it this way, would you rather have Campbell in your net, or Demko?

We know Campbell had a pretty darn good team in front of him, and although good, it was inflated by that winning streak that you tried to argue inflated Demkos game.

Vancouver was hot trash absolutely everywhere OTHER than the net last year. Minimal defensive help, and certainly no offensive help - we were always stuck in our own zone. Demko stole multiple games that should have been the other team's win. Our success almost entirely relied on him being in that net.

So yes, if you want to pick and choose needles out of haystacks to back your claim, go ahead. It only takes logic to know which goaltender is better.

Again, points done mean anything for a defensive first player. We are going to pay Dickinson to shut down other teams lines. You don’t understand rolls. You have 4 very good point producers and a bunch of other random role players. Garland is by no means known to be a point producer. He is known to be a scrappy winger with extreme work ethic and playmaking ability. 25 is also not even that old. You could make the case and say Kaprizov is not that good cause he only has one season under his belt at 25. I also never said that Marner was bad defensively so I don’t know what that’s about. Pettersson Miller Horvat Hoglander Garland and Boeser all have good defensive awareness and defensive game. I will do as another person has said and that is to let the play do the talking. If the Leafs can win a round this next year then I don’t know what to say…