Are the Leafs a better TEAM without Matthews?

[Evilhomer]

I mean he was posting that New Jersey was taking all perimeter shots in the first period, when posters were showing that the shots were indeed high danger shots, and still could not admit he was wrong lol

I was saying that Jersey's shots were really not all that dangerous regardless of the number or where they were from, and then others pointed out today that on re-watching the game they noticed that the Leafs did a good job of collapsing down low and not really allowing prime chances in close. That is part of Berube's system. Of course Stolartz also did his job, but both things can be true at the same time. Jersey did very little in the dirty areas of the ice, which is to be expected because that is not the type of team they have.

 

[LeafEgo]

In carreer outside of habs series so in 47 of his 54 playoff game, Nylander had 1 5v5 goal against any opposite top 6 line and it was a bad angle shot who never should goes in.... and like 3 to 5 assist.

If that's true, the parameters keep changing, I don't think it matters much if it was the second or third line on the ice when he got the game winner in the third period against Boston or what should have been the game winner in the third period in game 7 a few months ago.

He was just the guy we could put over the boards to win us the game.

 

[Apex Predator]

positive regression is coming soon. he's not going to keep shooting around 10-11 % all season. he will bounce back. patience is key and it seems many on these broads dont have it.

To be fair I think a lot of people have been more than patient with the leafs. After 8 years of playoff failure patience runs a bit thin.