Post-Game Talk: Could've been worse. Leafs go down 3-1 in the game and the series.

[LaPlante94]

The "Shitty" new players are out scoring the amazing Dubas players....so that kind of throws the "Dubas knew best" routine out of whack.


Did Marner get smaller over the last couple of years or is he so afraid of injuring himself and screwing up his contract year that he is playing with eggs in his pockets. He seems unusually weak on the puck and makes Kessel look like Hyman along the boards.

No clue. I'm hoping for his sake that it's his injured ankle not fully recovered.

 

[egd27]

And yet the Galaxy brain of Keefe still has them passing it off to him on a zone entry just in time for him to get swarmed and lose the puck. It's insanity at this point.

THIS.....everybody in the arena and watching at home, knows that's exactly what they are going to do. #firekeefe

 

[usernamezrhardtodo]

THIS.....everybody in the arena and watching at home, knows that's exactly what they are going to do. #firekeefe

They can't come up with a new idea? Seriously....like how friggen stupid do you have to be to not realize they know what your going to do?....it's not Guy the PP guy...it wasn't Carberry....Justin Bourne said last night on Leafs Talk that its on Keefe at this point since it has happened with 3 different PP coaches...he is the common denominator in all of this.

 

[notbias]

The "Shitty" new players are out scoring the amazing Dubas players....so that kind of throws the "Dubas knew best" routine out of whack.

5 players Tre acquired are on the ice for more goals against than goals for.

1 is on the ice for more goals for than goals against.

3 are neutral.

5 players from Dubas are on the ice for more goals against than goals for.

3 are on the ice for more goals for than goals against.

2 are neutral.

Take the info how you want, but Domi and Bert scoring but being on the ice for a lot of goals against doesn't help the team a lot.

No one has been good, that is the issue, and call out whoever you want, but saying stuff like the above when they haven't helped the team win is just funny to me.

 

[Evilhomer]

Yes it was Matthews that was barely able to use his left leg to skate off. He was shuffling. I am surprised that more people aren't pointing that out. He probably had his ankle frozen and it wore off ...that would be my guess.

Is there video of this?

 

[hfman]

70s, you young whippersnapper!

I was a systems designer for over 30 years, including PC, mainframe, and internet.

And get off my lawn!

big career, I always envied that sort of thing. I always saw that sort of career as one of the most intelligent careers someone could have

Since 1999

The leafs have missed the playoffs 10 times
Have 6 first round wins, 1 conference finals appearance, 2 second round wins, 7 first round exits.

So no the knicks have been way worse than the leafs since 1999. Want me to do the Dallas Cowboys, Sacramento Kings for you?

Leafs have had some disappointments but other franchises are way worse.

Since 1999

The leafs have missed the playoffs 10 times
Have 6 first round wins, 1 conference finals appearance, 2 second round wins, 7 first round exits.

So no the knicks have been way worse than the leafs since 1999. Want me to do the Dallas Cowboys, Sacramento Kings for you?

Leafs have had some disappointments but other franchises are way worse.

 

[usernamezrhardtodo]

Is there video of this?

I saw it during the game and they showed the replay. I guess they are telling Sportsnet to not show it or something...I can't find it anywhere. I think it was at the end of game 2...which would explain the last 2 games being bad for him.

 

[hfman]

Since 1999

The leafs have missed the playoffs 10 times
Have 6 first round wins, 1 conference finals appearance, 2 second round wins, 7 first round exits.

So no the knicks have been way worse than the leafs since 1999. Want me to do the Dallas Cowboys, Sacramento Kings for you?

Leafs have had some disappointments but other franchises are way worse.

I like how you backed it up to 1999 lol

I said the last 20 years, not the last 25 years

Now do the last 20 years and let's see what it's like for Toronto

 

[egd27]

Oh man.....

The illness gets worse when he asserts himself on the ice? oh FFS........someone tell this lunk to just stop talking.
Send someone with an IQ higher than an eggplant to do the media availabilities.

 

[rumman]

Brodie was an elite defender, who has aged and lost a good deal of his effectiveness. But Rielly has never, ever been a good defender, let alone elite. It could be ugly for him real fast. We might be stuck with Keith Yandle for six more years.

Signing Tavares was the biggest mistake this whole regime made. But another was the ongoing mischaracterization of Morgan Rielly as a #1 defenseman. He's never been one. But we play him like he is, and we pay him like he is. When we look back at what went wrong in this era, that's going to be a huge part of it.

agree........

2 months till July 1st

What's the over/under of Keefe getting dumped before that and some huge roster moves? Or is it "run it back again"

I think I am warming up to the idea of investing my free time doing something else in the evening instead of just Leafs LOL

you could try hitting your thumb with a hammer as a hobby, wouldn't be as painful as following the Leafs..........

 

[rumman]

The guys paid to actually produce are not but let's put the blame on the supporting cast lmao

this narrative is so old yet they keep going to the well with it..........

 

[Niagara Bill]

If you want to see speed
If you want to see players following a system
If you want to see passion
If you want to see players playing their position
If you want to see core players leading

Watch Jets vs Avs.

 

[rumman]

Everyone needs to watch the clip again with Matthews and Nylander ripping Marner.

Focus on Bertuzzi.

“I’m out boys!”

this years ROR, who wants to be around this cancer..........

 

[djdev]

Any chance you have a link to that? Couldn't find it.

 

[rumman]

No, the worst thing was a tie, hiring Shanahan and then Dubas.

here's the worse thing:
incompetent ownership hires incompetent President who hires former stick boy to be GM, who hires useless coach and all become complete jokes at their jobs, all while overpaying underachievers and allowing failure to be more than acceptable. I think that sums it up quite nicely............

Jay nailed it imo...............

 

[djdev]

borje salming would be ashamed of the excuses this group and coaching staff keep giving.

 

[tmlfan98]

So expected wins.

Expected losses actually

 

[notbias]

If you want to see speed
If you want to see players following a system
If you want to see passion
If you want to see players playing their position
If you want to see core players leading

Watch Jets vs Avs.

The Jets are averaging almost 6 GA/G while having the best goalie in the league, and the Avs are almost at 4 (their goalie sucks).

Really?

 

[PromisedLand]

Barring some serious health concerns to Matthews for not coming out in 3rd period and same for Nylander in the first 3 games....

i don't know how to reply to the below....

 

[rumman]

Barring some serious health concerns to Matthews for not coming out in 3rd period and same for Nylander in the first 3 games....

i don't know how to reply to the below....

They’re not men, their entitled boys who haven’t learn that to achieve success one needs to bear down, embrace the suck, and do what needs to be done regardless of tummy aches, headaches, and sore ankles…….

 

[notbias]

Barring some serious health concerns to Matthews for not coming out in 3rd period and same for Nylander in the first 3 games....

i don't know how to reply to the below....

Boston fans also complained that he was terrible and they wished he didn't play.

 

[HockeyVirus]

i really hate how we're on year 8 of this and this team is still dump and chasing

you have all this offensive capability and the strategy keeps making no sense

Huh? We were a score off the rush team before Keefe. Babcock's system was stretch passes and odd man rush scoring chances and that didn't work. Everyone said we need to learn to dump and chase. So they slowly retooled the roster and play that way.

Now people say we need to play off the rush...

Barring some serious health concerns to Matthews for not coming out in 3rd period and same for Nylander in the first 3 games....

i don't know how to reply to the below....

The Dr pulled him. You realize that he literally cannot do anything to play right?

 

[BallardEra]

To me the dressing room seems fractured and where is the leadership coming from?

 

[TheGreenTBer]

There have been so many quotes from different sports including hockeh that goes along the lines of...

"practice hard so the games become easy"

"heart is what separates good from great"

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

"practice like you are playing the game; games become natural"

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

"good habits are only built as part of your natural instinct if done continuously"

"work ethic in everything leads to disciplined life and performance because its part of your life you don't have to think; you just do"

etc....


The culture that was nurtured by dubas was the biggest cancer as far as I am concerned. It will take time to undo this

Great post.

You know how the morning after uh, certain events, you have feelings of regret? The forum equivalent would be to wake up the next day and regret one's own highly reactionary posts.

Right now it's the opposite. I just wish we could sink this entire boat into the lake and build a new one.

 

[BallardEra]