Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-2

[Confucius]

We have 3 goalies developing well and Woll... it's hard to draft one in general.

That seems to be the case around this club as well, big expectations from our prospects which seldom pan out. We need numbers and maybe one in 8 will be what we are looking for.

 

[Apex Predator]

If someone saw Bryan Hayes in the arena, stab him in a non-life-threatening area like the calf or forearm or something.


That f***ing asshole was at the game again tonight, and he's been present for every single home loss the last 4 years.


That, and fire the PP and PK coaches while you're at it.

Pathetic.


How the f*** does a PP not allow a single shot to be taken by the best goal scorer in a generation who just scored 69 goals in the season?

What kind of shit is that???


For f*** sakes

don’t listen to them. Don’t stab hayes.

 

[AvroArrow]

Who runs the PP ? Boucher ? Dude should never get a coaching job in the NHL ever again, how do you go 0/5 on the powerplay, at home in a pivotal game like that ? And generate nothing ? We are at like 9% or something stupid like that .

 

[NJG]

That “spacing” problem has reared its ugly head on special teams. They all just seem so bunched up and in terrible body positioning to make anything happen.

Yep. But like they say when things arent going good and things arent going your way just get traffic in front and put it on the net. We didn't do that either, which makes no sense especially when we were getting out goalie'D. The game plan should have been to get the puck to the point and put it on the net, every time.... never mind passing it around for 40 seconds straight trying to make something out of nothing.

 

[notbias]

There is absolutely no way Leafs are gonna be able to comepete next season IMO given the way the "high AAV" players perform in the playoffs. They apparently need help; they can't get their line mates going; they need someone to get them going while making ridiculous AAV

and since all core4 cap hits (including matthews and nylander raises) are gonna count against the cap next season its almost next to impossible to compete next year. Four forwards with 11AAV+ next season... how does one even expect to have balanced line up? And the core4 offense doesn't show up in the post season at least based on the evidence we have especially in elimination games

The only way out of it is the core4 make their line-mates better driving their own lines; which given past evidence doesn't seem likely....

Leafs have to at least wait out the Tavares contract.

The raises are just Brodie + the cap raise...

They have a ton of cheap players next year

 

[HamiltonNHL]

a decent goalie

like ?

 

[Aashir]

Wait he can shoot in the regular season?

he scores and paces for 30+ for 3 years in a row somehow

but like clockwork he becomes a pointman in playoffs

 

[Pavel10]

Yeah Marchand looked real great disappearing in the second half of round 1 last year.

We lost because of shit goaltending and power puff Liljegren and Swayman making big saves. Not Marchand

Yes literally the all time leading playoff scorer for his club.

Hell Jake debrusk shows up more than Nylander and marner combined.

 

[ruaware41]

What nicknames do you have for players on this team?

Mitch Whiner
William Contractlander
Auston Cashews
Ilya Swimsonov

 

[Kurtz]

How so?

It shows that it's not for the lack of our player's ability. In the playoffs, both coaches have ample time to set up a strategy specifically for the opponent, and every season our strategy/tactics seem to be inferior to the opponent's.

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Only down 2-1, so I'll be optimistic until next game. We win, it's a series, we lose, game over.

Unfortunately, I just can't shake that feeling that this is going to 7 and it's got all the emotions of a Leafs/Greek tragedy coming up.

 

[Blanka]

Not all on Sammy, but...

That first goal was absolutely hideous.
The second goal, he can't catch a puck in his glove.
The third goal was a nice shot and he had no stick; give him a slight pass on that.

Nah. This was pretty much on him again.

 

[wingman75]

Too many players on this team just don't seem to care. No heart, no desire, no intensity.

I've seen peewee teams execute better than the Leafs.

Heart, intensity and desire have little to do with execution. They had lots of the former and brutal execution in specific areas.

I mean c'mon they are playing hard, just typically dumb as well.

 

[Cleetus]

@ThrowDemTongs here is tweet you would agree on lol

 

[TIGERCOOL]

Assuming that Matthews line had just got out.

We have one good defensive pair of D despite having 8 defensive D and Rielly.

They changed PP1 last game and scored... they kept that going.

The Matthews line had a full shift before they scored. Keefe was playing a hunch they'd be fired up for another goal. Galaxy brain at it again

 

[wingman75]

Nah. This was pretty much on him again.

PP was 0 for 5...

 

[colchar]

Leafs are clearly the better team 5 v 5

Oh yes, that is really translating on the scoreboard eh?

 

[notbias]

The Matthews line had a full shift before they scored. Keefe was playing a hunch they'd be fired up for another goal. Galaxy brain at it again

How much time were they on for?

 

[sxvnert]

How can Woll be worse than Samsonov?

Leafs D is blocking everything. Put Woll in. Samsonov get's exposed every PK because he can't control a rebound and the Leafs have less skaters.

Might as well since Ullmark will start on Saturday.

 

[Apex Predator]

Too many players on this team just don't seem to care. No heart, no desire, no intensity.

I've seen peewee teams execute better than the Leafs.

I feel like there’s more heart than other years. This was a tough loss but not bad or embarrassing like other games.

 

[NJG]

How can Woll be worse than Samsonov?

Leafs D is blocking everything. Put Woll in. Samsonov get's exposed every PK because he can't control a rebound and the Leafs have less skaters.

I have to agree it can't really get much worse, can it? Let Woll play at this point.

 

[wingman75]

Bonsie is right here

When you've seen the same show for 8 years, your excitement wanes... It's human nature. Not saying he is wrong, but that crowd is a pretty good representation of us...

 

[AvroArrow]

1) special teams is sinking us

2) swayman > sammy

3) marner is not built for the playoffs

This right here.

 

[wingman75]

It shows that it's not for the lack of our player's ability. In the playoffs, both coaches have ample time to set up a strategy specifically for the opponent, and every season our strategy/tactics seem to be inferior to the opponent's.

Or is it the execution?

 

[Cleetus]

When you've seen the same show for 8 years, your excitement wanes... It's human nature. Not saying he is wrong, but that crown is a pretty good representation of us...

its exactly hfleaf posters! great point!