There’s no doubt that if I were chasing “awesome!” ratings on today’s Systems Analyst post, I would break down William Nylander’s unbelievable effort on the Toronto Maple Leafs second goal against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. But I find the real thing with these Systems posts is that the most unbelievable, amazing plays rarely make for interesting reviews because everyone can see what happened: one player made a world-beating play, and that’s all there is to it.



Here’s that whole post: after a great backcheck Nylander saw Zach Hyman curl out of the zone and assumed he’d go to where he always does — the crease. From there it was just about setting up the “I’m gonna drive this hard across the front of the net” decoy, assuming he had Hyman in his back pocket. He did. It was an absolutely special play by a special player.



But since that took all of one paragraph, let’s take a look at...