One of the reasons Tavares is invisible is because Marner stopped shooting.
Tavares likes to read the play and knows where to be. As long as his wingers are shooting, he'll clean up the rebounds or get to the shots that get blocked.
Marner needs to take a deep breath, simplify his game and stick to the fundamentals. Always going for the "wow" play instead lately (or this new thing where he throws the puck away).
Also not liking how Nylander Tavares and Matthews think they can stick handle through that trap. Not even Crosby is getting through that. They need to make some plays and work as a team. Short passes move as a unit like in the games we beat boston.
Hopefully they spoke about all this and bring a cleaner game tonight.
Yup... enough with trying for the pretty play.
Get the pucks on net and get a rebound. They're faster than Columbus and they can get plenty of goals that way.
Columbus clogs the middle of the ice when the Leafs attack and keeps them to the outside. Its harder to get a shot through... but eventually Leafs are going to get a bounce.
They also need to move the puck quicker and as soon as it's on the guys stick it needs to be at the net.
Last game they seemed to want to pass 15 times before a shot.. or they'd hold on to the puck way to long and the goalie would easily be set for the shot.
You can attempt a lot of shots at the net and pinch with the D... as long as the forwards are covering on the counter attack from Columbus.
If Leafs do a better job of this they should start crushing Columbus.