Leafs have no one to blame but themselves when they can't score a powerplay goal worth a damn with all the skilled players on this team. Someone mentioned the Leafs have the 8th most PP opportunities this season so far and if they can't take advantage of all those chances then that's on them.
Post-Game Talk: Leafs embarrass Berube again
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Matthews and Marner way too cute as usual.
Imagine Matthews was worth even half his contract? Just embarrassing, honestly. At his best he’s definitely a 13+ million player but the thing is, players should get paid that much for consistency, not potential. Brutal.
Imagine Matthews was worth even half his contract? Just embarrassing, honestly. At his best he’s definitely a 13+ million player but the thing is, players should get paid that much for consistency, not potential. Brutal.
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Bieksa is the only person I can stomach on that panel.
Weird what they’re trying to turn hockey into lol.
Doesn’t have to be an eye for and eye? We also don’t need you on the panel aside from a corporate DEI check mark
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Like I said before. Gone through 3 head coaches, and now the 6th PP coach. At what point does it fall on the players?
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He’s the only one that occasionally has something to say that isn’t a tired cliche.
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8% PP is unacceptable, 3rd line has been non existent. Reaves shouldn’t be in the lineup every night.
It is amazing how the Leafs just follow the playbook that we all know. Up and down, very frustrating team that will start the season slow, eventually get it together enough to make the playoffs, play no-where near the best team in the league....I could go on and on but it is the same every year.
The stars are simply paid too much for what they give you. Paid too much to allow for the bottom of the roster to be filled with a little more help.
We are on repeat, its groundhog day with this team year...after year..after year.
The stars are simply paid too much for what they give you. Paid too much to allow for the bottom of the roster to be filled with a little more help.
We are on repeat, its groundhog day with this team year...after year..after year.
I think the title is a little harsh. The 1st and 3rd were solid, although not dominant, periods. We did end up out-shooting them 38-26 and a few bounces in the 1st could've/should've put us up 2 or 3-0. The problem tonight was in the 2nd: they got filled in and couldn't recover.
I liked the effort in the second half of the 3rd. The McCabe hit was a beaut. Lorentz managed to pull us within one with a little help from Kampf at a time when our forward group looked snake-bitten.
Sucks that the officials decided again to tilt their hands on the scale in this one (Matthews penalty should have been evened up at worst and a lot of blatant interference, hooks, grabs, and even what looked like might have been a high stick in the last couple minutes).
Don't know where to begin with the PP. It continues to be beyond atrocious.
I liked the effort in the second half of the 3rd. The McCabe hit was a beaut. Lorentz managed to pull us within one with a little help from Kampf at a time when our forward group looked snake-bitten.
Sucks that the officials decided again to tilt their hands on the scale in this one (Matthews penalty should have been evened up at worst and a lot of blatant interference, hooks, grabs, and even what looked like might have been a high stick in the last couple minutes).
Don't know where to begin with the PP. It continues to be beyond atrocious.
Big assumption we are making it.
Things are going to have to change for us to easily make it.
And, of we are in a playoff race I expect us to crumble like it's a round 1 game 7.
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Can't move out the players on the PP though, unless they want to be traded.
I really like Bieksa, but overall I like pretty much everyone on the panel and think they're probably the best group of people in covering and analysing the teams, players and the league these days.
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The best thing Matthews did tonight was take a roughing penalty and I don’t even mean that sarcastically. This is going to be a lost season for him the way things are going. Terrible response for having the captaincy and biggest paycheque in the league.
Yeah, you need a 5th for depth if the first four aren't producing.
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If the PP rate stays at 7.9% they ain't making the playoffs.
Pittsburgh missed out the final playoff spot last year because of their PP inefficiencies, 15.2%, ranked 30th.
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Was watching CFL playoffs so didn't see game.
I understand the Leafs boycotted their powerplays?
I understand the Leafs boycotted their powerplays?
Matthews4Calder
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Ya but maybe send a message and leave them on the bench with the man advantage. Quit catering to them. People are blaming Savard. You have 54 million dollars on the ice and it looks like crap.
