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

[PromisedLand]

The most frustrating part of all this is that Boston isn't really that good of a team. They're well-coached and have elite goalies but that's not a juggernaut in any fashion

We just throw away the game and they know that'll happen so they wait and pounce on our errors

This series has CBJ series written all over it. I see the similar things happening this time around.

 

[Superstar]

You inform them there is no extension.

JT can come back for 1 or 2 mil, reduced role and no C.

Marner can walk.

Playout next season as a bridge season before building for 25/26.

Clear out cap space for McDavid...that would be ideal.

 

[seventieslord]

For JT and Marner they only have to stay for one more season. At the end of the day they have full control of where they want to move next.

Correct. They have full control of where they get traded to. And they technically could choose not to be traded at all. But in reality no player ever makes that choice. Ever. We need to stop acting like players and their contracts are unmovable. We traded David f***ing Clarkson.

 

[francis246]

Toronto is WAY, WAY softer on its players than the big American markets, I'm sorry.

Boston would set these guys' cars on fire.

Ya ya ya ya. People ain’t soft on Marner, he gets burried left right and Center. Most of it deservedly so. But people try and act like the market is soft on the players. Yes they are to an extent but not when it comes to Marner.
Matthews gets off wayyy easy

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

I didn't even have the heart to start a fight with the few goofs wearing Boston jerseys at the bar. Team is what it is.

 

[Nineteen67]

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Coach saying that was a fine hockey game they played?

It was a decent effort but they lack talent and are what they are.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Ya ya ya ya. People ain’t soft on Marner, he gets burried left right and Center. Most of it deservedly so. But people try and act like the market is soft on the players. Yes they are to an extent but not when it comes to Marner.
Matthews gets off wayyy easy

Marner gets crap from the fans because he deserves it and then some.

Montreal would grind his bones to make their bread.

 

[PromisedLand]

For like the fiftieth time... WHY WAIT IT OUT?
Get rid of him now. Why are we just okay with burning off one more year of Matthews' prime with a roster that can't win? We should be doing anything that we have to do to get rid of JT.

I share your frustration but the NTCs and NMCs on Tavares and Marner contracts are something that is a reality.

Options are you wait them out; request them to waive or be absolutely STONE COLD and just pressbox them and force them to request a trade.

Last option is the nuclear option and one has gotta use that option with proper optics so as to not to scare anyone to come here I suppose and have a bad rep

 

[LeafsBlowByYou]

We have to beleaf guys. If we don't, no one will.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Oh my word looking at all of it like that makes it look even worse. Barf.

There's more as well in all honesty included Marleau for Seth Jarvis.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Ya ya ya ya. People ain’t soft on Marner, he gets burried left right and Center. Most of it deservedly so. But people try and act like the market is soft on the players. Yes they are to an extent but not when it comes to Marner.
Matthews gets off wayyy easy

Remember when him and his agent shit all over the first Matthews signing...Pepperidge Farms remembers.

 

[Squiffy]

So positives:

Woll was good in third.

Nice goal Marner, he was good last half of game finally.

And meteor didn’t strike earth.

 

[darrylsittler27]

If you let the fans dictate how you run your business you will inevitably fail.

Unless you are the Leafs. Any fan could have done better. This is utter failure. Mathews never wins a cup here.

 

[Cleetus]

Toronto is WAY, WAY softer on its players than the big American markets, I'm sorry.

Boston would set these guys' cars on fire.

I listen to Zolak and Bertrand on NBC Boston most mornings, your post is very accurate!

 

[CelticDruid]

I didn't even have the heart to start a fight with the few goofs wearing Boston jerseys at the bar. Team is what it is.

But,dude you were at Boston Pizza!!

 

[BraveCanadian]

Piss poor effort.

The talented guys just won’t force their way to the dirty areas and Boston is collapsing and taking away everything else.

Another neat and tidy game by Boston where our special teams were outplayed.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I share your frustration but the NTCs and NMCs on Tavares and Marner contracts are something that is a reality.

Options are you wait them out; request them to waive or be absolutely STONE COLD and just pressbox them and force them to request a trade.

Last option is the nuclear option and one has gotta use that option with proper optics so as to not to scare anyone to come here I suppose and have a bad rep

I think Tavares and Marner are in very different situations.

JT is not going to waive and no one wants that contract. Marner could help a lot of teams and needs a fresh start desperately.

 

[francis246]

Remember when him and his agent shit all over the first Matthews signing...Pepperidge Farms remembers.

How did his agent shit on the Matthews deal?

 

[seventieslord]

I share your frustration but the NTCs and NMCs on Tavares and Marner contracts are something that is a reality.

Options are you wait them out; request them to waive or be absolutely STONE COLD and just pressbox them and force them to request a trade.

Last option is the nuclear option and one has gotta use that option with proper optics so as to not to scare anyone to come here I suppose and have a bad rep

I can't help but notice that you mentioned other options in that post other than waiting them out.

In other words, you agree that it's not the only thing that we can do with those guys.

If we've come to the conclusion that we can't win with them, then what are we f***ing waiting for?

 

[PromisedLand]

What happened to matthews?

yea... I was so mad, then depressed, then trying to justify to myself why its good and it would be better for the future... that I completely forgot about Matthews didn't return in the 3rd

what happened?

 

[MSZ]

Correct. They have full control of where they get traded to. And they technically could choose not to be traded at all. But in reality no player ever makes that choice. Ever. We need to stop acting like players and their contracts are unmovable. We traded David f***ing Clarkson.

Clarkson isn't a good example because he was on LTiR.

I mean even Sundin didn't waive his NMC on a bad Leafs team. Like I said nothing is guaranteed.

 

[Evilhomer]

Toronto is WAY, WAY softer on its players than the big American markets, I'm sorry.

Boston would set these guys' cars on fire.

Philly fans wouldn't even bother with the cars. They would just set the players on fire.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Edit: double post because my phone is garbage

 

[ToneDog]

If you let the fans dictate how you run your business you will inevitably fail.

It won't matter for the bottom line.

They have and will bend to fan pressure. See Larry Murphy, bring back Wendel, fire Wilson etc.

 

[Rare Jewel]

But when you have to refer to yourselves as grown men, unconvincing.

Especially when you still look like a middle schooler.