Post-Game Talk: Ladies and Gents- The Core of the Maple Leafs does it again. Leafs lose
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This. Love the player, but offensively he can't hang in there.
GoonieFace
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Yet he has 3 goals, same as Matthews and Marner has 1. He has also been a beast, which is more I can say for the other 2
3blizzard4
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I think a loss on Saturday in Boston triggers major changes to this squad.
Like cutting Reaves ice time to 7 min.
Hold on to your butts leafs nation!
Like cutting Reaves ice time to 7 min.
Hold on to your butts leafs nation!
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I’ve noticed he botches a lot of plays. They tried McMann last night with those two so I’d try it a little while.
Or maybe switch Marner with Nylander.
The complaints about Knies on the first line are hilarious. This man is on a line with 24 million dollars in the players and Knies is the guy not good enough?
Really?
So Nylander can logically say my line mates are like a 3C and a top 9 winger.
Put Marner on the 3rd line with Tavares. Move Roberson up to Matthews line. Run 3 equal lines.
Really?
So Nylander can logically say my line mates are like a 3C and a top 9 winger.
Put Marner on the 3rd line with Tavares. Move Roberson up to Matthews line. Run 3 equal lines.
Trapper
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The Leafs are the masters of deception.
They will crush the Bruins and everyone cheers all is good. You can’t trust Pelley and Shanahan. Same for the team. Believe a while before they gut punch you.
Oh Knies definitely is not the problem on that line. There are other changes I'd make first. Just speaking about the player in isolation, I've noticed a lot of plays die on his stick. It's a tall order going up against the other teams top pairs every night, not sure he's ready. But at the same time not many other options. Sort of like Hyman in his earlier years.
Wouldn't it have been nice to send a message and sit those guys in the 3rd? Saying he wasn't impressed but didn't change up or alter anything is a whole lot of meh.
rumman
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Which one? Guy was blocking some real bullets. No one, and I mean no one xan sustain that punishment game in, game out let alone a thirty something vet…….
Stephen
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Before the Panthers run in 2023 they struggled a lot with the new Paul Maurice system. I’m not expecting a miraculous transformation into a killer team in the end but I do agree that the bad habits are basically baked into their DNA and you can see the complacency at the very top of the roster. They are who they are.
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Stephen
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This team has looked extremely high end for long stretches most seasons but continue to be plagued by that low floor game where they just play terrible pickup hockey and forget all coaching. It’s a Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Rielly and Nylander problem as a group and as individuals.
Trapper
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I hope he’s not Jake Muzzin part 2.
Both are what we need but their health track record is sketchy.
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dangomon
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Nothing quite beats small sample sizes where an unnecessary stat distracts from the real problem (our top guys stink right now): Leafs are currently undefeated (2-0) with Reaves out of the lineup and 2-4 with him.
Stephen
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Yeah Knies is a bull in a China shop and looks like he’s early days in the Hyman evolution. Power forwards need some time for it all to catch up and usually you see an offensive explosion with the good ones a little later in their 20s. It’s really up to the other two superstars to help him along, and pretty sure they don’t.
stickty111
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Marner's A should go to Nylander.
Trapper
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He will catch up as he gets more experience. Maybe not always on the top line right now. Manage him effectively so he grows properly. His style is built for the playoffs and we need that desperately.
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It’s not that he’s not good enough but he might be better served elsewhere. He does bobble the puck a lot.
the squared circle
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This may be the best example ever. Lucy of course being the Leafs, and we the fans as Chuck. Always promising, never delivering. And with a smile on her (their) face.
p.s. I hope everyone this week watches Its The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Have people ignored how disengaged he is defensively this year? It's the worst I've seen.
Stephen
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That whole top line needs to be dismantled. Matthews and Marner are too complacent together and they shouldn’t be run out as automatic Kariya and Selanne. They’re lazy, cute, complacent and doesn’t help the third wheel.
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