Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-2

[Nineteen67]

Honorable mention to that penalty on Jarnkrok that started that whole thing.

That Arizona d-man dropped his stick so easily .. such a soft call at that point in the game. But "game management".

That’s a no doubt about it penalty. They weren’t battling for a puck.

 

[Shooter2x]

I missed most of this, tuned in when Holl didn't clear.

Was the xGF show in period 1 and 3 intense chances or the boring spread sheet padding muffin stuff.

 

[saffronleaf]

Someone tell Malgin this ain't Davos

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Overall, it was a complete lack of execution offensively that killed us. Our top 6 had like 3 shots combined through 2 periods and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn despite being all over them. Literally the only thing that changed in the last like 5 minutes of the game when we scored all of our goals was that we finally hit the net.

It is just executing fundamentals right now: Hitting the net. Making basic passes. Clearing the puck (and no, that does not just apply to Holl when Gio flubs a clear less than 20 seconds before).



This sums up our year so far. Our top line has not been good enough, and was a much more glaring issue in this game than anything else. This time, the 2nd line wasn't able to pick up the offensive slack.

 

[Al14]

Except Holl was on his forehand...

Yep, and shot it like he has the strength of a 2 year old!!!

 

[rocketman588]

I have zero interest in watching KAB and ZAR play 20 mins a night while listening to Babs pimp them after every game , lol .

Honestly it would kinda be hilarious at this point

 

[DarkKnight]

I wonder if the Swiss Miss gets waived like a Barabanov. He's like a 2.5 line player who can't play top 6 or bottom 6.

We can keep him around now no? Good depth.

I find the Malgin-nation defensive stuff on here tonight hilarious, sorry for noting he was benched and hasn’t had a shot for three games playing with Nylander. Sheesh. Why do people die on a hill for a guy we’ve seen before and dumped? Especially when there is a high touted kid sitting in the wings, appearing ready for a shot? It’s a storyline this year, you can comment and still think the big guns need to do more, that’s self evident.

 

[egd27]

Impossible to do with this generation. If the players don't want to, or don't feel like it, they just don't. What hammer does the coach have?

Figure out how to make them want to or feel like it.......maybe "coach" them

 

[rocketman588]

Well that last PP they scored on was the catalyst to coming back.

But a soft penalty against late in a game isn't something you usually see. Typically d-men at chopping trees out there and that's fine.

We got the 4th pp on a dive by Matthews so kinda evens out

 

[Gallagbi]

Correct Dr. Fever......he's nothing but hockey cliches and f-bombs. What's this season 4 where they can't succeed against a team that collapses and clogs up the lanes?

Not on the coach at this point. Theyve been in a position to succeed year in and year out with the "right" players and havent succeeded.

This early season has been filled with poor decision making and bad execution, not much a cosch can do there

 

[Shooter2x]

I'm a bit salty if it's Nylander not performing they call him out specifically in the media but if it's the others they get the cryptic "players" mention.

 

[LeafSteel]

Can anyone spot the real NHL coach and the AHL coach???

Enough of the amateur hour Keefe coaching.

Get a real one already….

 

[egd27]

Keefe doesn’t sound like a guy with a lot of runway left. The team is unresponsive emotionally and isn’t showing the progression in process. Doesn’t look motivated or organized. And he’s snapping on them. I don’t know that it’s his fault. But I don’t think he has the answers.

I'm quite certain he doesn't have the answers. I have been for quite some time now.

 

[Nineteen67]

I wish we had Trotz

I know it’s only four games, but the script is reading exactly like the last two years.

They should do it.

 

[Osmows OReilly]

Edit.

 

[Advanced stats]

More interested in the response and lineup changes next game than I am at rehashing this game.

 

[Dreakmur]

Figure out how to make them want to or feel like it.......maybe "coach" them

Pretty much. It’s called accountability. That’s the thing Dubas obliterated when he told the players they were untouchable by firing Babcock when they stopped trying.

 

[notbias]

Possibly but part of the reason we own the time of possession is our love of passing it around the outside.

It often works sometimes does not

It's why packing the middle is a winning strategy against us

I think we have been a lot more of a perimeter team this year so far, but last year, I don't remember it being as bad.

Packing the middle is not a winning strategy, at least not last year, just based on our record.

 

[DarkKnight]

Correct Dr. Fever......he's nothing but hockey cliches and f-bombs. What's this season 4 where they can't succeed against a team that collapses and clogs up the lanes?

And one of the best in the game was sitting there, but our loyalty program and cozy relationships wouldn’t dare replace a guy who was literally out coached three years in a row. Glad it’s a training ground while our prime years rot away. He’s a middling coach at best, why are treating him like some guy with a pedigree that has earned the benefit of the doubt. Go get Trotz, there’s an elite coach.

 

[rocketman588]

I missed most of this, tuned in when Holl didn't clear.

Was the xGF show in period 1 and 3 intense chances or the boring spread sheet padding muffin stuff.

3rd was good

We had 5 shots in P1

 

[Racer88]

More interested in the response and lineup changes next game than I am at rehashing this game.

There will be some minor shuffling of the deck chanson the titanic

 

[hotpaws]

I don't get how they didn't show up and hammer this team , can't even blame the goalie to make me feel a little better about this loss .

 

[rocketman588]

I think we have been a lot more of a perimeter team this year so far, but last year, I don't remember it being as bad.

Packing the middle is not a winning strategy, at least not last year, just based on our record.

To start the year we were very similar if I remember correctly.

A lot of teams aren't going to do it in the regular season unless they're trash

 

[Racer88]

And one of the best in the game was sitting there, but our loyalty program and cozy relationships wouldn’t dare replace a guy who was literally out coached three years in a row. Glad it’s a training ground while our prime years rot away. He’s a middling coach at best, why are treating him like some guy with a pedigree that has earned the benefit of the doubt. Go get Trotz, there’s an elite coach.

Shanny is guilty of the same thing with Dubas

 

[Balthazar]