Zman5778
Moderator
I didn’t see this last game, but I keep hearing how bad the effort was at certain points. This is my opinion, but as a team that had culture issues and whose goal is to improve the culture around the team, the very last thing I want to hear about is questionable effort. I can stomach losses because difference of talent or better coaching. There is no reason as an organization we should still have questions about effort.
That was my big takeaway. That said, the Leafs were playing a LOT of guys on the bubble, and we weren't. A few of our bubble guys -- most notably Bailey and Wilson -- played well.
Yes, it's preseason. Yes, many of the Leafs had a lot to play for. But holy cow did the Matthews line just dominate. The Eichel line had its moments, but not like that.
If we get efforts like that in the regular season.......yikes.