GDT: Leafs@Flyers 7PM SNO (8:08 puck drop)

[Warden of the North]

Well at least Kadri is winning the corsi column.

 

[Trapper]

Stevens played the same game everyone else did, and wasn't even huge. Lots of players did what he did. Different era.

That was the way the game was played and accepted.
You can add guys like Samuelsson, Kasparitis,Hatcher,Tinordi to the list.
To be a Power forwards you hit, scored and fought, 4th lines had goons.
Right or wrong that's how it was.

 

[Raging Bull]

i swear Babcock's gameplan was for us to shoot more

Something about leading a blind horse to water.......

 

[Narow]

Leafs seem uncoordinated :/ especially between forwards and defenders

 

[6ix]

Philly isn't giving the Leafs a lot of room to work with out there .. They're clogging up the neutral zone and have good D coverage in their own zone. Leafs just need to keep working and win those battles for the puck. Need to get a couple greasy ones and hopefully it opens up a bit.

It’s because Babcock can’t adjust. Same reason we can’t beat Ottawa. Babcock has no answer for the trap.

 

[Al14]

Marleau is a ghost of late.

Not earning his pay cheque at all!

 

[fahad203]

Marleau is a ghost of late.

I don't see the speed. I was hoping so much from him. Like a long pass from Matthews while flies by the D

I dream too much

 

[DarkKnight]

Philly isn't giving the Leafs a lot of room to work with out there .. They're clogging up the neutral zone and have good D coverage in their own zone. Leafs just need to keep working and win those battles for the puck. Need to get a couple greasy ones and hopefully it opens up a bit.

We're also not getting out of our zone crisply, with any speed...Philly isn't exactly a defensive juggernaut.

 

[ErnieLeafs]

That was the way the game was played and accepted.
You can add guys like Samuelsson, Kasparitis,Hatcher,Tinordi to the list.
To be a Power forwards you hit, scored and fought, 4th lines had goons.
Right or wrong that's how it was.

Correct. And there oughtta be more scraps when called for. The game is soft.

 

[2 Slick]

Ugh, Babcock has turned a once exciting team to watch into a snoozefest of a team that couldn't score goals if they had a wide open net for 60 minutes.

Castrated his offence to improve defence. Guess what, Mike, your D sucks worse than your offence does. So, it's NOT working.

 

[Koolboss]

The most boring hockey I have witnessed... time to flip the channel

 

[egd27]

Ya because that's the typical Matthews start to the game....

Strike a nerve there Mongoose?

 

[Erdinger]

It’s because Babcock can’t adjust. Same reason we can’t beat Ottawa. Babcock has no answer for the trap.

Yes he does. Nik Lidstrom in his prime

 

[Critical13]

Kadri so good

 

[DarkKnight]

Not earning his pay cheque at all!

Everyone on Kadri, to me Marleau is the one to look at on that line. I still like the signing but he's just skating around, not engaging, zero fire or initiative, and it's been that way for weeks.

 

[keonsbitterness]

That ad makes me want to have Pro-Line banned.

 

[Erdinger]

Not earning his pay cheque at all!

Good in the locker room

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Philly isn't giving the Leafs a lot of room to work with out there .. They're clogging up the neutral zone and have good D coverage in their own zone. Leafs just need to keep working and win those battles for the puck. Need to get a couple greasy ones and hopefully it opens up a bit.

The Leafs have become predictble. They really need to go back to a speed and stick handling style through the neutral zone. Babcock has neutered them.

 

[Critical13]

Who else thinks they have no idea what corsi is?

Romanuk thinks it’s what you take when you go to school in Italy

 

[Leafsdude7]

That was the way the game was played and accepted.
You can add guys like Samuelsson, Kasparitis,Hatcher,Tinordi to the list.
To be a Power forwards you hit, scored and fought, 4th lines had goons.
Right or wrong that's how it was.

Worth pointing out that the NHL has made it clear that at least 90% of Stevens hits would be still be considered clean today.

The one (major) exception would be the Kariya hit. Even back then that was borderline dirty. Today, that'd be a 5+ gamer even in the playoffs.

 

[weems]

We're also not getting out of our zone crisply, with any speed...Philly isn't exactly a defensive juggernaut.

Plus its not like its just a 1 game trend.

We've looked slow for quite some time.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Who else thinks they have no idea what corsi is?

*puts hand up*

 

[DarkKnight]

88, also your IQ Greg.

 

[Gallagbi]

Was that before or after he got caught flat footed standing on the redline? Such a frustrating player.

What did you want him to do? He steps up to break up the play.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Any time the Leafs try to get speed through the neutral zone and stickhandle through, Philly has a man on them tight. That's the issue right now.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

This is brutal hockey