Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 4-2 to Pittsburgh.

[Stephen]

Matthews is playing the bumper on the PP. Either his wrist is not alright OR they are f***ing galaxy braining shit again

Keefe, Carbury and probably Dubas saw all the Ovechkin and Stamkos PP set plays, compared notes with Matthews double Rockets and decided to change the whole recipe. They just want to be smarter than everyone else.

 

[leafsfan5]

You are not wrong, but the Canucks are a tire fire at the moment. Man, a loss to them would be embarrassing.

Well we all know how tomorrow will go then

 

[Stephen]

It's Vancouver. That team owns Toronto since the end of the Pat Quinn era.

This has Markstrom shutout and a Canucks route written all over it.

 

[On-the-Fly]

Lol it’s going to happen again in the playoffs. Other team will box out or clog the middle and we won’t get to the dirty areas required to score.

We’re a regular season team.

Only positive I saw was malign was okay and lilly was solid.

Bang on.

Yet I keep waiting for a masterful stroke from the head coach that will right all the wrongs. Where is the forward thinking, progressive and imaginative coach we were sold? Swapping a first line LW and a 3rd line LW, then mixing up the lines for a shift seems to be the limit of his novel approach.

It sucks realizing that this may well be the limit of the brain trust.

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

Personally don't think this team has the galls to do anything in the playoffs even if they make it

I'd personally look to deal marner; This team will not win F all with marner. his body language and attitude is way too negative

then....

if both matthews and nylander don't sign before their NTC/NMCs kick in at a reasonable cap hits; I trade them too.

But before all of that I'd prefer a new GM to make these moves.

And I do not care if they go somewhere else and win cups or whatever. They are not doing that shit here with this GM and coach and the attitude they carry which is fostered by the management

You reading minds now?

 

[Burnie97]

I expect better at this point.... so if they make the playoffs... better chance.....





f*** sakes... let's go Leafers... too much talent

 

[PromisedLand]

I’m not really a Marner fan. If he wasn’t a Leaf he wouldn’t be a player I go out of my way to follow for fun, or a player I’d circle as a must have for the Leafs. I’m very happy with him in a sidekick role if there are others like Matthews in the lead playing the Batman to his Robin. But I find when he’s elevated to an alpha dog on this team alongside Matthews it doesn’t work. And when Matthews is not playing well either it’s just a boring mess.

Its probably one of the worst days in Leafs history with hockey gods making another mockery of the Leafs when in the lotto Leafs missed McDavid by just by last number and then drafted marner.

 

[MSZ]

You are not wrong, but the Canucks are a tire fire at the moment. Man, a loss to them would be embarrassing.

They lost to SJ, LA, Anaheim and Arizona already. Adding one more to the embarrassment list means shit to this group of players.

 

[ToneDog]

This has Markstrom shutout and a Canucks route written all over it.

Don't you mean Demko or Martin ??

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Line chemistry and psychological aspect are lacking from this group. But at the same time we have a goalie carousel making things more drastic. Weird game tonight not a lot to be happy about.

 

[Smif]

This season our top 5 players +/-:

Marner -2
Tavares -4
Nylander -3
Matthews -3
Rielly -3

 

[Americanadian]

Robertson’s really riding the roster protection from that 2 goal game. He hasn’t been good.

 

[ToneDog]

They lost to SJ, LA, Anaheim and Arizona already. Adding one more to the embarrassment list means shit to this group of players.

100%. It might get management to make a move though.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

It’s time to start Petruzzeli. There’s something I never thought I’d see myself type. We’re in a poor state when I feel our best hope is a goalie that I had to google for name confirmation.

I’d rather Petruzelli start than the Leafs rush Murray because they’re desperate. Not worth hurting him again for one game.

 

[Al14]

One of the big 4 cap pigs have got to go for a d-man!

 

[Gallagbi]

Were just not playing good hockey and it feels like the team needs a change.

Maybe this is a step back year where they retool

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

That was a really frustrating game. Thought they played well at times but hardly anyone could handle a puck tonight. I thought the 4th line was good but rest were fumbling a lot. Pens were putting their sticks on everything but man we need a better strategy than shoot from far out. Oh well, regroup and hope they handle pucks better tomorrow.

A real chess game by sullivan and keefe. crosby shadowed our 34 very well. Easily. They know that if the cros can shadowbox our suckas, then mally malkin will score those two goals instead of crosby. Easy tactique.

 

[PromisedLand]

I don't think it's his wrist, or at least I hope it's not. Continuously injuring his biggest asset is a major concern

If true then I don't get why is Matthews the best shot on the team playing bumper position.

I'd rather split the PP1 and PP2 if they gonna keep Matthews in bumper with muffins from Marner on the right wall

 

[Mr_Fun]

Robertson’s really riding the roster protection from that 2 goal game. He hasn’t been good.

He's being given more than fair opportunity to produce right now. Something has to click soon or he's gotta go.

 

[Stephen]

Don't you mean Demko or Martin ??

Oh yeah. I was having 2020 flashbacks.

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

I wonder what Sundin is thinking

A comeback like claude lemieux did about 2008? He did not play hockey for almost 6 years. At all. Then he flew to china. Played with china sharks, then to sharks ahl team and then to sharks. He played in the regular season and even in one PLAYOFF GAME that season....even the british football news wrote about him. Making a comeback... at 43 years old. Not playing for 5-6 years. And looking like a grey beard. That is the biggest sports story i have ever witnessed. Still.

 

[hockeyes]

I don't know why anyone would be surprised or upset about tonight, the team legit is not that good. You can pay me 11 million per year also but I still won't win you a cup.

 

[Stephen]

Robertson’s really riding the roster protection from that 2 goal game. He hasn’t been good.

He’s not quite good enough and the team isn’t quite good enough to put him back on the Marlies.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

Honestly it may just be time to rebuild. I really want the team to win a cup but this team looks further away then they've been in years.

 

[Gilmour1996]

Looks to me that there is something going on behind the scenes with a few of the players. Not sure what it is but I hope they clean up their act soon because it's starting to show on the ice. Perhaps a major intervention is needed because this status quo stuff ain't working.