I don’t usually watch post game interviews anymore but I saw a clip online with keefe saying that he can’t fault the team for lack of effort? Is that from last night? Is he kidding?
Post-Game Talk: Could've been worse. Leafs go down 3-1 in the game and the series.
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rumman
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BallardEra
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Even coming into the playoffs the team was more worried about getting Matthews #70 and Willy #100 for points.
Focus instead should have been on playing a sound defensive playoff type of game.
Focus instead should have been on playing a sound defensive playoff type of game.
Drytoast
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Nobody had the Leafs beating Boston. We came into this as the underdog. Boston dominated the regular season match up with Toronto 4-0. At no point did we ever have the lead against Boston and Boston was a few points out from being the president's trophy winners.
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Really? Toronto has to play the likes of Florida, Tampa and Boston in the first round against world class goaltenders. All Vezina trophy winners. Yet, the Oilers get to stat pad against Talbot again lol. What a joke, what is it…3 years on a row now against the Kings. Come on man.Grow up! I know that sounds tough for you to do but look around, Edmonton is actually showing up and playing their asses off. What the f*** is this lazy ass core doing? Simple answer for ya. SHIT ALL! Just cheque collecting every 2 weeks. Think about what you just said about 2nd round, They actually make the 2nd round on multiple occasions, not once in 20 f***in years. You think Toronto is the holy grail of cities? Its not, its a nice city that I visit quite a bit and load up on my Leafs gear because theres very little here that isnt Matthews. But it aint paradise that you think it is.
Everywhere I go Torontonians are great people even on this page, well except you. Grow up, quit acting like a pathetic child.
I agree with you on the fact the Leafs do no show up and the core players are embarrassingly bad. They just don’t seem to care. I don’t get it. I think it has something to do with the worst goalie in the NHL Samsonov in net. It is deflating knowing you have that loser in goal and that every shot has a chance to go in. No excuses though, this team is done.
In regards to cities, you can not compare Edmonton to Toronto. Toronto is a world class city. Edmonton is well..yeah. Yes, I do hate the Oilers and that fanbase. They do nothing but troll and flame the Leafs and the fans. I hope they lose to the Kings.
HamiltonNHL
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Have you ever had a high ankle sprain? It doesn’t just magically disappear after 4 weeks my friend.
That being said, the ankle has no impact on how he gave up on plays last night. Mobility was impacted but his effort level was disgusting in the first two periods
BallardEra
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From the predictions I saw, Leafs were slight favorites as most cited the loss of talent in Boston along with the added "grit" from the Leafs additions.
Also many mentioned this is finally the year after they won a round last season.
Either way, Leafs have no excuses for not beating Boston this season.
rumman
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If “if’s and but’s” were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas……..
hamzarocks
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Marner was injured on March 7 2024. Its been almost 2 months since his injury
The high ankle sprain didnt change his mobility the first 6 games back.
And his play style this year is just loke tampa, only difference is Swayman isnt as bad a Vasilevsky was letting marner accumulate points
None of our core can produce against a hard styled trapping/defensive team
Tampa series were good luck for the big 4
They got to pad their stats vs a declining crappy defensive team
Boston has exposed them again for what they are
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I guess I would be ok with them losing if it meant they would make some serious changes.
I just don't see any evidence that they will.
So they had better come back and win this series and the next
I just don't see any evidence that they will.
So they had better come back and win this series and the next
rumman
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Great song, great band, but the Leafs aren’t closer to anything imo, our Stanley Cup will be getting a new coach, president, and hopefully moving on from a flawed core……..
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I think the switch to Woll will have a positive impact on the way they play. That said, coming back to win this series would likely result in Keefe returning, and I don't think that would be a good thing for the team.
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The leafs are going to get everyone hopes up and win game 5 and 6 just to lose game 7 embarrassingly. Respect to everyone who has hope but after 8 years I am not believing in them coming back. I’ll cheer them on and watch but very skeptical.
No this does not make me any less of a leaf fan than someone who just constantly positive and believes they can do everything. 8 years of the same end result just destroys your faith in the team.
No this does not make me any less of a leaf fan than someone who just constantly positive and believes they can do everything. 8 years of the same end result just destroys your faith in the team.
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Smack this hope out of your head, you'll thank me for it.
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And he would be right, as our "Core Four" have no idea what that would look like.
Tavares has been called Mr. Consistent, so doesn't matter what time of year it is, his play stays the same.
AM, WN, and MM were mentored by Marleau...
BallardEra
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Won't matter one bit if the PP and PK don't improve and they also actually start scoring more than 1.5 goals per game or whatever hey've been averaging in this series.
Slept on it, woke up and still feel disgusted by this team. I genuinely find it difficult wanting to cheer for them in game 5.
Rare Jewel
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So.... how does a series 11 years ago have any barring on this one now?
What has this team done to deserve this optimism?
What a complete and utter JOKE of a team effort last night Keefer .. now you are BSing us .. I hope u r fired today and we try something different for Tuesday night .. Shanny u r next my friend .. axe Keefer today .. switching tenders won't change anything here .. anyone else would help .. at least we could drop into a prevent defense and play for a 0-0 game and wait for a break .. what we r doing now has ZERO chance for success .. worst coaching display EVER .. worst team effort I have seen from this pathetic collection of individuals .. take ur 2nd best 4th line and just kill it completely putting a useless Robertson on its wing OMG that alone deserves a firing .. Dewar was playing well and you take him out OMG ur are a very stupid man .. and ur now an embarrassment to our crest by lying to us .. or maybe ur are even more dense than I thought .. time for firing action now
Shanny take over bench ur self .. drop Brodie into da abiss .. insert Gio asap .. play a high and hard game up da glass and ice puck .. use Rielly only in offensive zone faceoffs .. and then have him exit to bench asap .. Rielly is playing a completely useless game .. since his suspension he has been our worst defender (next to Brodie and lily) .. basically go 4 D and dump puck all da time .. it will be crappy hockey but our wingers are next to useless on da walls .. and our Cs can't handle da overload
Upfront put JT on 3rd line LW asap .. use Mitch as 3rd line C with anyone really and play them once or twice a period max .. tell Willy to hang out on blue line and start throwing high bombs up to him .. he might beat some D once and score .. pretty much our only chance to get 1 goal i think .. give Bert Domi and Matty 50% of ice time and tell them this is it .. press score and fight .. if they don't get 2 goals we lose pretty simple .. lay it out there for 3 of them .. tell Reavo it is time to destroy someone early in game .. look for fights early .. and then demolish whoever takes da challenge
Shanny take over bench ur self .. drop Brodie into da abiss .. insert Gio asap .. play a high and hard game up da glass and ice puck .. use Rielly only in offensive zone faceoffs .. and then have him exit to bench asap .. Rielly is playing a completely useless game .. since his suspension he has been our worst defender (next to Brodie and lily) .. basically go 4 D and dump puck all da time .. it will be crappy hockey but our wingers are next to useless on da walls .. and our Cs can't handle da overload
Upfront put JT on 3rd line LW asap .. use Mitch as 3rd line C with anyone really and play them once or twice a period max .. tell Willy to hang out on blue line and start throwing high bombs up to him .. he might beat some D once and score .. pretty much our only chance to get 1 goal i think .. give Bert Domi and Matty 50% of ice time and tell them this is it .. press score and fight .. if they don't get 2 goals we lose pretty simple .. lay it out there for 3 of them .. tell Reavo it is time to destroy someone early in game .. look for fights early .. and then demolish whoever takes da challenge
3blizzard4
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Yeah we pushed it to game 7....and then lose in the most embarrassing fashion in all of sport?
Bringing up 2013 is no solace.
HamiltonNHL
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Another reason Keefe has to go.
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