GDT: HNIC | Börje "The King" Salming Appreciation Night | Leafs Vs Canucks | 7 p.m. EST

[Cleetus]

Dubas has built a ________ team. Anyone want to fill the blank?

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[wired14]

This is the type of game where you need someone to throw a hit to get the team going. That would have helped last night too while we just watched the clock tick away while we flicked the puck into the corner and rather than punishing the defenceman who went to get it, we would try to stick check him. The lack of heavy play is making us an easy team to play against.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

time to put shambles in marners brain

How the f*** does anyone put shambles in someone’s brain anyway. Doesn’t he mean his brain is in shambles?

Kid is a dumbass

 

[namttebih]

MacLean is so cringey

Fire him into the sun

 

[Teeder Keon]

Imagine if the players cared about this team as much as we do?

For how shit Montreal is, those players give their all and wear that sweater with pride. Haven’t seen that in a very long time in Toronto.

Especially this year …
I just don’t get the aversion to having at least a line of complimentary hard nosed tough players and a couple of Dmen with sone grit ??
That out of everything is what puzzles me the most that they haven’t figured that one out ..
It’s like we are actually going the other way with that thought process???

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Dubas has built a ________ team. Anyone want to fill the blank?

Rhymes with mussy

 

[Obo]

Draft Kings can #### right off.

 

[Menzinger]

Going balls out and lose is one thing and not showing up and lose is another.

Do these players even care about honor, pride, tradition, and the history of wearing our crest.
Clearly they collectively have not shown it tonight.

Even if they come out and win the game in the next two periods, it’s really sting that they didn’t compete from the get go. This is not just another HNIC game, this is Salming’s tribute.

Nylander seemed to be one of the few guys to be actually invested in the pregame ceremony. Seems to actually have a bit of respect for the teams proud swedish connections

 

[Bellefour20]

Is it me or is hf being a sack of shit with clicks leading to ads and popups?

 

[PromisedLand]

Choose one.

a) Lack of talent
b) Lack of system

c) all of the above

 

[Teeder Keon]

Forsure. I'll never hate the crest or team but some people on this team lately... you really are looking at them going wtf are you doing. 15 games in now... I usually give it about 15 to 20 and it's starting to look like a shakeup somewhere is needed and I don't say that often.

I really hope they find a way here.

If I'm Keefe ... kallgren isn't playing anymore tonight. Get the kid in.

I can’t disagree

 

[The Apologist]

Especially this year …
I just don’t get the aversion to having at least a line of complimentary hard nosed tough players and a couple of Dmen with sone grit ??
That out of everything is what puzzles me the most that they haven’t figured that one out ..
It’s like we are actually going the other way with that thought process???

The NHL would just suspend them all anyway anytime we threw a hit.

 

[Canadian Finn]

well, at least Montreal is winning.

Great to see their success after they were smart enough to go out and sign Xhekaj.

 

[leafsfan5]

if tonight continues the way it is, we will be tied in points with Montreal

We are so bad

 

[Antropovsky]

time to put shambles in marners brain

He's definitely hanging up on Paul tonight.

 

[Al14]

Every single Leaf player should come out for the 2nd period with a black eye thanks to Tiger Williams!!!

 

[ToneDog]

Dubazz should be fired for his handling of the goalie situation at the start of the season.

Who TF goes out and signs a guy who has a significant injury history?? Oh but wait, Dubazz has the Soo connection with Murray.

What an idiot.

And to do it a year after signing an injury waiting to happen, Mrazek. Pure genius.

 

[hockeyes]

Are we at least winning the all important possession stats though? Those are the only stats that matter. Not goals. Not preventing goals. Not winning. Just have the puck on our sticks longer than they have it on theirs.

Just checked and no, they are not.

 

[Confucius]

Canucks look like they want to win.

Playing for their coach who is on thin ice…

 

[Teeder Keon]

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Physically and mentally weak

 

[93gilmour93]

Start the night with an emotional tribute to a leafs legend, sing the anthem and drop the puck. And here come the leafs in the first period…

 

[Marshy]

time to put shambles in marners brain

Take some from Matthews stick.

 

[Optimist]

 

[Mickey Marner]

Is it me or is hf being a sack of shit with clicks leading to ads and popups?

Ditch safari or chrome. Brave, DuckDuckGo, opera all block the ads

 

[Stephen]

It’s a shame. At the end of his career, he’d no doubt be the best Maple Leaf of all time. But if this team can’t get it together there’s no way he will stay. I’d rather not lose him for nothing, though.

Retain 50% on him and trade him for a ransom

Matthews' struggles is one of the major reasons why the team has hit the ditch. When your 60 goal man regresses to a scoring rate of 32 goals for 20% of the season, your team will not have success.