Post-Game Talk: Another week, another embarrassing loss

[PromisedLand]

If the Leafs had Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari there would have been more push back against hard working tighter checking teams, because otherwise its like Kryptonite against skilled Leafs players.

Hopefully there is enough time to re-integrate them and settle on lines and systems and playoff strategy.

Tavares and his 11 AAV behind needs to get engaged.

Tavares is like 40th in terms of ppg among all skaters in the league; but his cap hit is among top 5 if am not mistaken
In terms of even strength production Tavares is not even in the top 50 players for all skaters

Tavares' stats are propped up by PP points (he is 8th in the league in terms of PP points production).

For 11 AAV player we need more from Tavares

 

[notDatsyuk]

1st goal its liljegren who cover parise, mccabe saw it and try to go on the opposite side to pressure mayfield, lilly let parise alone and also moved in the other side to pressure mayfield and let parise all alone... Mccabe tried to came back to defend parise but was already too late. So he took his man and switch for an other one for no reason and put his team in bad position with a poor fecision making... thats lilly fault

2nd lilly was just soft, thats it

5th liljegren was in perfect position, he didn't clear the front of the net + lost his 1v1 battle... no reason to see holmstrom touch that puck, just clear it in the corner, thats was the play to do

And the fact that Tavares left his man alone and he was the one who scored has nothing to do with it?

"Lilly was just soft". Bumped the Isles player, took the puck away, and misfired on the pass.

If you have to blame Liljegren, that's your issue.

 

[PromisedLand]

With Brodie out, not sure why you play Gustafsson over Schenn. Actually I’m not sure why you play Gustafsson over Schenn in general.

Liljegren probably needs to go back to playing with Giordano on the third pair given that Keefe has absolutely crushed this kids confidence right now.

Holl is a pending UFA; am not sure what this organization thinks propping up a pending UFA at the expense of young D-man who is the future gonna do for team results in general.

Its not like Holl is some elite 2-way dman either.

its baffling what Lily's been put through IMO

I'm starting to think Kyle may have royally f***ed up here.

he was always going to do what he did to save his job IMO.

its more to do with MLSE and President (Shanny) allowing futures to be sold in the hope of winning 1 round.

but hey what do I know; am just some random poster on the internet

 

[Enniskillen]

Samsonovs planning their baby for April is hilarious. Like people plan birth dates right? Their family, their business, but it directly affects his employer.

 

[andora]

Holl is a pending UFA; am not sure what this organization thinks propping up a pending UFA at the expense of young D-man who is the future gonna do for team results in general.

Its not like Holl is some elite 2-way dman either.

its baffling what Lily's been put through IMO



he was always going to do what he did to save his job IMO.

its more to do with MLSE and President (Shanny) allowing futures to be sold in the hope of winning 1 round.

but hey what do I know; am just some random poster on the internet

In theory mccabe and liljegren should be our 2nd pair for the next 3 years.. play the shit out of them

Samsonovs planning their baby for April is hilarious. Like people plan birth dates right? Their family, their business, but it directly affects his employer.

Not when that one random evening she looks good coming out of the bathroom

 

[budzz]

I know, I know, but this is the same song and dance we have seen before with this team. Intensity ramps up, they fold. It’s not like this core has given us any reason for the benefit of the doubt. We will see how it goes 3 weeks from now, I guess.

Yes fair enough, gawd knows us fans have every reason to hesitate on this team, for some good reasons. But we are still pretty darned good, I guess we'll see, as you say, in 3 weeks.

Keep in mind also in the past few weeks, Boston lost to Detroit 5-3 and Chicago 6-3, and Tampa lost 5-3 to Buffalo and 6-0 to Carolina, so pooh happens, even to good teams with good goalies.

 

[ACC1224]

Samsonovs planning their baby for April is hilarious. Like people plan birth dates right? Their family, their business, but it directly affects his employer.

Most people plan and most don't get a 4/5 month vacation window.
It really shouldn't be difficult to do the simple math and have the birth fall into that window.

 

[andora]

Yes fair enough, gawd knows us fans have every reason to hesitate on this team, for some good reasons. But we are still pretty darned good, I guess we'll see, as you say, in 3 weeks.

Keep in mind also in the past few weeks, Boston lost to Detroit 5-3 and Chicago 6-3, and Tampa lost 5-3 to Buffalo and 6-0 to Carolina, so pooh happens, even to good teams with good goalies.

Too much focus on other teams and their losses.. it doesnt matter

It is the way this team is playing..

 

[budzz]

Not when that one random evening she looks good coming out of the bathroom

Yeah doing the math, it was a warm night in July during the off-season when she looked at him, and he looked at her.....

 

[mikeyz]

I mean, at the same time TB lost to Montreal but I didn't see either game so...

TB has also won twice as many cups as we've won playoff rounds in the last 3 years.

They have more then deserved and earned the benefit of the doubt in the regular season because they've proven that they can kick it up a notch in the playoffs.

 

[andora]

Yeah doing the math, it was a warm night in July during the off-season when she looked at him, and he looked at her.....

And.....
Lol

 

[Sypher04]

TB has also won twice as many cups as we've won playoff rounds in the last 3 years.

They have more then deserved and earned the benefit of the doubt in the regular season because they've proven that they can kick it up a notch in the playoffs.

Tampa’s previous success means sweet f*** all in regards to this incarnation of the Lightning. They have lost a lot of vital players from their cup winning teams. They should be worried like anyone else by playing this poorly this late in the season. They are by no means a lock to be able to ‘kick it up a notch’ come the playoffs

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Tavares and his 11 AAV behind needs to get engaged.

Tavares is like 40th in terms of ppg among all skaters in the league; but his cap hit is among top 5 if am not mistaken
In terms of even strength production Tavares is not even in the top 50 players for all skaters

Tavares' stats are propped up by PP points (he is 8th in the league in terms of PP points production).

For 11 AAV player we need more from Tavares

he is trying his hardest .. everyone knew it was gonna happen .. this is no surprise .. once ROR gets back JT will move back to LW but I think he needs to move back NOW so he can practice his wall play which we will need exits in playoffs

 

[Hellcat]

Clearly the Leafs were playing ( I use that word loosely) to pick the B's opponents in the 1st round.

We didn't play bad because our coach is a shit for brains idiot, we played bad because we are setting up our bracket

Since the TDL, this defensive power house is 24th in GA/G , 18th in pts/g, 17th in PK, -26 in shot differential good for 22nd, 26th in hits differential , sounds to me like a team ready for the playoffs.

We wasted the best years of Marner, Matthews, Nylander and Tavares on Keefe. The standard for the coach has to be much higher than beating up on teams who are having bad nights. Fire this guy now and bring in Quenneville.

 

[ACC1224]

TB has also won twice as many cups as we've won playoff rounds in the last 3 years.

They have more then deserved and earned the benefit of the doubt in the regular season because they've proven that they can kick it up a notch in the playoffs.

100%

 

[Gary Nylund]

Yeah doing the math, it was a warm night in July during the off-season when she looked at him, and he looked at her.....

Then I looked at her, and she at me
Well, that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola

TB has also won twice as many cups as we've won playoff rounds in the last 3 years.

They have more then deserved and earned the benefit of the doubt in the regular season because they've proven that they can kick it up a notch in the playoffs.

The math is off. You could multiply the PO rounds we've won in the last 3 years by a billion and we'd still be at zero.

Not sure if that makes your point even more valid, or just means that this franchise has been a playoff embarrassment lately. Probably both.

 

[mikeyz]

Tampa’s previous success means sweet f*** all in regards to this incarnation of the Lightning. They have lost a lot of vital players from their cup winning teams. They should be worried like anyone else by playing this poorly this late in the season. They are by no means a lock to be able to ‘kick it up a notch’ come the playoffs

LMFAO ohhhh dude. I know that you love the Leafs. So do I, but, come on.

 

[Ciao]

Samsonovs planning their baby for April is hilarious. Like people plan birth dates right? Their family, their business, but it directly affects his employer.

No, honey, we have to wait. The playoffs start in ten months!

Oh, sure. That's how it works, eh?

 

[Ciao]

Samsonovs planning their baby for April is hilarious. Like people plan birth dates right? Their family, their business, but it directly affects his employer.

No, honey, we have to wait. The playoffs start in ten months!

Oh, sure. That's how it works, eh

 

[thusk]

And the fact that Tavares left his man alone and he was the one who scored has nothing to do with it?

"Lilly was just soft". Bumped the Isles player, took the puck away, and misfired on the pass.

If you have to blame Liljegren, that's your issue.

1st came off a faceoff, tavares didn't have to follow mayfield, his man came off the faceoff was the guy at blue lone and it was a clear 2v2 in front of the net... tavares did his job, liljegren took a poor decision and both of lilly and mccabe became useless because of it

Lilly had to know he had someone behind him unstead of taking all the time of the world to make a play. This goal happened because he was slow to make decision. He had abaolutly no good reason to lose the puck that way when youre the last guy behind.

 

[Sypher04]

LMFAO ohhhh dude. I know that you love the Leafs. So do I, but, come on.

What I said has quite literally nothing to do with the Leafs. It’s an assessment purely about Tampa and where their team is at. They lost their top match up D, Hedman is playing poorly this season as a result, they lost Palat who was a key cog forward. Stamkos is out injured. Hell, even Rutta they didn’t replace. Their D is dramatically weakened.

 

[andora]

1st came off a faceoff, tavares didn't have to follow mayfield, his man came off the faceoff was the guy at blue lone and it was a clear 2v2 in front of the net... tavares did his job, liljegren took a poor decision and both of lilly and mccabe became useless because of it

Lilly had to know he had someone behind him unstead of taking all the time of the world to make a play. This goal happened because he was slow to make decision. He had abaolutly no good reason to lose the puck that way when youre the last guy behind.

To me it looks like tavares mccabe not communicating

They talk parise gets tied up.. if liljegren is going you gotta talk and adjust

 

[thusk]

To me it looks like tavares mccabe not communicating

They talk parise gets tied up.. if liljegren is going you gotta talk and adjust

More liljegren whos not communicate with mccabe. Liljegren was covering parise, Mccabe and/or tavares had no reason to believe than liljegren will let his guy going uncover and chase mayfield exactly like what Mccabe was trying to do... if you doing it switching player that way, you need to be sure to cut the passing lane.

 

[andora]

More liljegren whos not communicate with mccabe. Liljegren was covering parise, Mccabe and/or tavares had no reason to believe than liljegren will let his guy going uncover and chase mayfield exactly like what Mccabe was trying to do

But thats what i am saying.. the two veterans watch the kid go.. they need to clean up

I agree with liljegren part.. but you need to recover by talking to each other

 

[thusk]

But thats what i am saying.. the two veterans watch the kid go.. they need to clean up

I agree with liljegren part.. but you need to recover by talking to each other

But like i said when i edited my message, if liljegren seitch from parise to mayfield, he need to cut the passing lane in front of the net...not the shot from no angle