Post-Game Talk: Craig Anderson does it again(Leafs fell asleep also)
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TheDoldrums
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The team has straight up destroyed Liljegrens confidence after trading for 3 new defensemen, sitting him for multiple games and basically telling him that any mistakes will get him out of the lineup. It's insanity how they handled the young Swedish defensemen who were having excellent seasons before the deadline.
Yep he looks total 180 than how he did before
I do not understand how he isnt planted as no.2 RD through all of this
But i really havent understood a lot of this since acquiring oreilly to be honest.
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I don't think the 11-7 plan is responsible for this low effort loss.
I'm totally expecting the defencemen to get sorted out a bit over the next little while. And I have no issue going with 7 in a game until that happens. It's just showing that they're experimenting with different pairs and options. This is the time to do that testing. Not an issue.
I'm totally expecting the defencemen to get sorted out a bit over the next little while. And I have no issue going with 7 in a game until that happens. It's just showing that they're experimenting with different pairs and options. This is the time to do that testing. Not an issue.
ACC1224
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IMO, they should do their experimenting game by game, not shift by shift.
There is lots of time to rotate scratches and give pairs entire games to gel.
CabanaBoy5
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Small sample size using someone other than Rielly to make any definite conclusions. I think there may be other issues with the PP (which btw may not be many given we're #3 in the league) but Rielly is definitely the biggest issue. This season he has ONE powerplay goal, only 13 in his career. Heck, Dougie Hamilton and Roman Josi have 8 this year alone. When defencemen like Heiskanen, Theodore, Petry, Skjej, Faulk have more goals than Rielly on the PP this season, you know you're not having a banner season. He's hesitant to make passes, has low offensive IQ, doesn't get shots through, doesn't shoot for a tip or rebound, and has only 12 assists on the #3 PP in the league. Now that we have Gustavsson, might want to give him a run with it.
Acquiring O’Reilly, Acciari, McCabe and Lafferty made a lot of sense. Moving one of Engvall or Kerfoot also made sense to clear up cap space. The rest of the moves were really unnecessary. Gio looks gassed out there yet he’s still a better option than Gustafsson.
Timmins might have made Sandin a little expendable but it’s also a little disappointing even while we’re going with 11 forwards and 7 defenceman, Timmins keeps sitting out when he played really well for us when in the lineup.
I know it’s only been a few games but Timmins to me has looked a lot better than Gustafsson on both ends of the ice and has actually contributed offensively.
Clark4Ever
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And trading away his best bud on the blue line in Sandin. He’s really been put in a shitty position here. Went from looking like our best D to someone who has no clue what’s going on anymore, and I can’t really blame him.
Keefe said our goalie has been great. Now if he knew how to do his job this might be a better team
If Sandin asked for a trade, which I’m guessing he did, it makes a lot of sense. I’d have preferred they got a young forward for him but whatever
Also getting a guy like Schenn for just a 3rd is very useful.
If Sandin wanted out, that’s obviously a different story. Like you said, ideally we would have acquired a forward who can slot into that second or third line but at least we acquired a 1st in a pretty deep draft.
I’m not against the Schenn trade, but I’ll have to see more of him in order to judge the move. He’s looked solid in his very limited ice time so far and I do love the physicality he brings. Is his overall game really an upgrade over Holl or Liljegren though? We’ll have to wait and see…
Schenn should play over holl
I’m not against that, it’s just hard to believe Keefe will take Holl out of the lineup given that he does play a pretty important role on the PK for us.
Realistically Keefe will take Liljegren out which I think is a mistake.
Subway Schenn
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Keefe is and will continue to make this more complicated than it has to be
Outaide of rotating gio for holl down the stretch for rest there isnt much to f*** with in my opinion
Reilly brodie
Mccabe liljegren
Gio schenn
You know as well as I do, Lilly might play game 1, score, and never see the ice again for the rest of the season.
Even tho, leafs had good scoring chances in 1st period, they were not playing well. When you see, led by marner the giveaways, treating the Puck like a hot potatoe, that game is usually a loss. They looked tired, just not Into it . The core is very talented, just not very professional. Again doesn't bode well for the playoffs. That game was just to hard to play. Soooo hard.
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Brodie and McCabe must be put back together and left alone.
Who is taking a 7 million dollar contract that hes apparently earned every penny?
I was advocating to acquire McCabe for a while here. If Keefe wants to experiment this year with different combinations, I would try Rielly - McCabe. Otherwise stick to McCabe - Brodie. Next season play around with different combinations such as McCabe - Liljegren which I think would work really well. But we’ll need McCabe and Brodie to go up against Tampas top line.
Thinking about this loss... I see it this way.
People are often saying, ah Tampa lost to Anaheim or Phoenix too...
There is a difference between something you do, and something you are. Lose to a bottom feeder once, it is something that happened, something you did. Lose to bottom feeders more often than not, it is something you are.
This core is wrought with weakness lacking any sort of killer instinct. Period.
Cheering for them to find a way to win come playoff time, but honestly not really expecting it.
People are often saying, ah Tampa lost to Anaheim or Phoenix too...
There is a difference between something you do, and something you are. Lose to a bottom feeder once, it is something that happened, something you did. Lose to bottom feeders more often than not, it is something you are.
This core is wrought with weakness lacking any sort of killer instinct. Period.
Cheering for them to find a way to win come playoff time, but honestly not really expecting it.
In Keefe world, having a “balanced roster” means going with a 9/9 format.
I say do away with the conventional 12/6, and obviously 11/7 isn’t working and then going 10/8 would be entirely too predictable.
Keefe mus show himself to be the trailblazer that he is and become Master of the 9/9 lineup.
Legendary I tell you!!
I say do away with the conventional 12/6, and obviously 11/7 isn’t working and then going 10/8 would be entirely too predictable.
Keefe mus show himself to be the trailblazer that he is and become Master of the 9/9 lineup.
Legendary I tell you!!
I believe Keefe is doing some experimenting to see what works and what doesn't before the playoffs. Problem is he is doing an extremely poor job of it and it's needlessly costing the team. The more I see the more I realize the guy just isn't that good of a coach. Sucks, I had high hopes for the guy replacing Babcock.
