Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 4-2

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Not good enough again.

Is it too early to say Berube is basically Keefe with all his negatives but without all of his positives?


This isn’t it. They have structure and identity, it’s just a terrible chip and chase strategy that was outdated a decade ago. It destroys offense and yet they continue to play this way every night.
 
No first rnd pick for 3 yrs

MSLE have refused to build around the core 4 since we got them. I won't single out any player but we are as a team are going in the wrong direction.

Not big enough, not good enough, not tough enough, not fast enough, and not enough heart
Impatient, had to trade away picks to go for it. Rather than just cruise with the 4 and hope to augment them with their future picks. Team would have been better with prospects playing their arse off to make it instead of old hired guns looking for a victory lap.
 
that snake oil salesman ruined the leafs by first anointing the absolute JOKE in dubas and then telling the core4 none of them are going to be traded its like WTAF!

The only good news this season has been Tre growing some balls and asking Marner to waive the NTC/NMC
Relax, don't forget what the fan base was told this offseason "it's not about selling jerseys".

Heheh. Leaf fans bought that hook line and sinker.
 
This team is probably the worst of the core 4 era. The Vezina caliber goaltending we got in the first half will be what carries us to the playoffs.
Elite goaltending early in the season is what makes good teams lazy by the end of the season. We relied so much on the tendy's we forgot how to put in a hard effort because we didn't need to.
 
This isn’t it. They have structure and identity, it’s just a terrible chip and chase strategy that was outdated a decade ago. It destroys offense and yet they continue to play this way every night.
We play like we're the Florida Panthers. We're not, we cannot forecheck anywhere close to the level they can

The amount of times we dump it in for the opposing defenseman to easily clear is infuriating
 
Why would he be the pariah? Mathews and Nylander are by far the weakest of the Core 4.

Marner has been the best of the bunch then followed by Tavares
Who cares who’s better or worse ? They’re a bunch of individuals who don’t lead the team like they’re paid to do. They care more about getting paid than the crest on the front of their sweaters. They’re soft and huge chokers who are way too used to losing and just accept it. No pride.
 

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