"In the past two seasons combined, Nick Robertson played a total of four minutes and 37 seconds on the penalty kill. So far this season, he's played 1:51. It's not much, but he's been in the rotation the past few games on a third pairing with Bobby McMann while Scott Laughton recovers from injury and only one of Steven Lorentz/Calle Jarnkrok is in the lineup at a time."
"So far this season, Brandon Carlo has the highest offensive-zone faceoff percentage of his career at 57 percent. He's still losing the shot-attempt battle on the ice and is even in goals at 6-6, which falls in line with his expected goals percentage of 50.7. It's not a good use of a player who has never even hit 20 points in the league and is turning 29 next month."
"He has a long way to go before he proves anything as a penalty killer either way, but in the bigger picture, they need to get more out of him. If Robertson is going to have much of a future in the league, he needs to add different elements to his game (this is partially the byproduct of not developing properly in the AHL first). He is a decent goal scorer, but not good enough to get by as a one-trick pony."
The Maple Leafs went 2-0-1 this week, with comments by Anthony Stolarz after the overtime loss to Seattle becoming the dominant storyline. Nick Robertson has seen very limited penalty-kill time over recent seasons and has played sparingly this year while filling a third-pairing role alongside Bobby McMann during Scott Laughton's injury. Robertson has one assist in six games and has been outscored at five-on-five, indicating a need to add elements beyond goal scoring. Brandon Carlo owns a career-high 57 percent offensive-zone faceoff rate but is losing the shot-attempt battle and offers limited puck-moving confidence beside Morgan Rielly.
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