Post-Game Talk: Leafs Eliminated.

[CabanaBoy5]

Matthews Marner and Tavares just not good enough. Trade any of the three, keep Nylander and Mo. Trafe Keefe. Matthews by far the biggest disappointment this series.

Looking forward to changes. Two goals from those stiffs the entire series. Yet come October they’ll score a boatload. Big f***ing deal.

 

[seventieslord]

There’s no way Matthews deserves 15-16 million a year. Dude coasted through this whole game

He's gonna get it though. It just better not be from us.

 

[Contenderorpretender]

Only four power play opportunities in the last 3 games for the Leafs. That just seems insane to me for the second most penalized team in the NHL.

 

[Racer88]

Mathews must've been playing hurt because he sucked this round.

That’s a lame excuse that gets used way to often to cover Matthews indifference

 

[Apex Predator]

KEEFE doesnt optimize our lines. Uses Holl too much.
Never starting on time with him! NOT ONCE THESE PLAYOFFS other than gm2 vs Bolts

Babcock at least lost the room,

KEEFE NEVERRR HAD THE ROOM

That was also a Babcock problem. What’s the common theme between babcock team and Keefe team?

 

[Suntouchable13]

Don't get me wrong, I think Keefe is a terrible coach but Babcock was also very problematic. .

He was, but I think he was right all along about Dubas and this core. He was too mean for them, so they tuned him out.

 

[Smif]

They still won't dump Dubas. They'll say they are getting close. Marner should be gone. He was the worst on the team in the playoffs.

If only we could fire fans with bad takes...

 

[7even]

The elephant is that Auston Matthews is pound for pound the best player to have ever worn the Leaf and he's just not close to good enough.

 

[diceman934]

Time again to get away

 

[hockeyes]

I'm over matthews. Marner sucked as well but you could at least see him trying. Matthews was out for Sunday skates the entire 2nd round, f*** him, a goal or two would have been the difference.

Nylander is clearly the best of the 4

 

[Larcos_Unal]

It's been a pleasure gents, I have had a great time talking hockey with you all. Despite differences of opinion, what unites us dummies is a love and faith for this loveless and faithless team. May the gods grant us a blessing of a long run at one point in our lifetimes.

 

[Havoc]

How can you say not willing to go to the dirty areas and then say they should not trade Nylander in the same post. He never throws checks he is a player who only gets involved if he has a chance to score. Not any other time. He needs to go and I hope the Gm we trade him to feels the same as you do.

Island by yourself buddy. Stop embarrassing yourself.

 

[Apotheosis]

Don't get me wrong, I think Keefe is a terrible coach but Babcock was also very problematic. .

He was a head strong guy but he may have been right. The idea of forcing these guys to play a two way game was the right approach come playoff time but he was entirely right about them being primadonna's with no balance to their game.

 

[Eye Test]

When you play on the perimeter you don’t score enough goals

34 and 16 love the perim, fkin gutless losers.

 

[stickty111]

Effort was good. Couldn't score enough like before. Core needs a change and it should be Marner

 

[34]

Matthews just played his last game as a Maple Leafs. Take that to the bank. He will be traded before July 1 and you cannot blame him guys. He will be getting a one-way ticket the f*** out of Toronto tonight.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

nothing beats Muskoka though, paradise that place. zoomers, especially, love it

Have you ever been to Costa Rica?

 

[BertCorbeau]

I could have lived with a hard fought series loss for the record but this core showed all of their warts in this series and why they need to be blown up

 

[mcleex]

What a waste of a year. Waste of time

 

[hoglund]

At least the Leafs looked like they gave some effort the past 2 games. Florida won tonight, but the Leafs were the better team. The 1st 3 games the Leafs just mailed it in.

 

[seventieslord]

Oh, boy, I'm really looking forward to going through the mid-90's again! Another playoff team that can't make the playoffs, go!

What the hell mid 90s are you referring to? The 1890s???

 

[ULF_55]

Mo and Willy showed up.

Woll made a very good case for himself.

Some of the d-corp showed their age in this series, Brodie has lost a step and Giordano is getting by on smarts alone while skating in quick sand.

 

[leafs in five]

The entire arena "ughing" Holl was nice though

lmao

 

[Cleetus]

ill say this Morgan Rielly had a heck of a playoff, that man is a f***ing warrior!

 

[ponder]

Well f***. Honestly though I thought the team played a great game, were the better team by a wide margin, just didn’t get the bounces (or the calls). And for the series as a whole, really every game could have gone either way, all down to the wire.

This is the first playoffs with this group where I thought we played very well. Tampa and Florida are both strong teams, both series were super even. We got the bounces vs. Tampa, didn’t get them vs. Florida. I was on team “blow it up” after the Columbus and Montreal series, but honestly this year we played well IMO.

I’d fire Keefe, and make some changes to the roster, but certainly wouldn’t blow it up. Highest impact change would be paying someone to take JT, and making way better use of that cap, but realistically there’s likely very little chance he waives his NMC.