Are the Leafs a better TEAM without Matthews?
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therealkoho
Him/Leaf/fan
Just a small anecdote.
In the recent Buffalo game the Sabres had just pulled their netminder. The Matthews Knies Marner line was out and had created a turnover in their defensive zone at the left halfwall. Marner was able to shovel the puck up to Matthews who was fighting off a check. It allowed Marner to get ahead of the puck and break the blueline out into open ice. Matthews got across the blueline and elected to shoot on the open net even though he had Sabres ahead of him cutting off shooting angles and a Sabre still harrasing him from behind. Marner who was closing on the redline had about 50 Sq ft of open ice around him and in a much better position to shoot. Instead the puck missed the open net by 10ft and created an icing.
Sometimes I think we can be a better team with Matthews, and then I see small things like this, and think sometimes not!
In the recent Buffalo game the Sabres had just pulled their netminder. The Matthews Knies Marner line was out and had created a turnover in their defensive zone at the left halfwall. Marner was able to shovel the puck up to Matthews who was fighting off a check. It allowed Marner to get ahead of the puck and break the blueline out into open ice. Matthews got across the blueline and elected to shoot on the open net even though he had Sabres ahead of him cutting off shooting angles and a Sabre still harrasing him from behind. Marner who was closing on the redline had about 50 Sq ft of open ice around him and in a much better position to shoot. Instead the puck missed the open net by 10ft and created an icing.
Sometimes I think we can be a better team with Matthews, and then I see small things like this, and think sometimes not!
