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Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-3 in OT, Samsonov terrible game
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They may get a playoff spot, but first round exit is imminent. Marner/Matthews suck. I feel for Knies who fights for every puck and these two morons just doing nothing.
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Backcheck, Forecheck, Paycheque.
The Leafs are the “gimme” team in the playoffs. They’d manage to lose to the worst ECHL team in a playoff series.
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Gotta agree with you on Knies. If Marner and Matthews put forth nearly the same effort as Knies every game then that line would be scary.
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You’re right, for some reason I forgot they play tomorrow.
Matthews is completely MIA and has been for some time now
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Yes, 34 has been on vacation. He has been useless.
Luke Richardson said postgame that top 6’s usually match up but with the injuries he went with the Dickinson line vs AM & MM. and told them pregame that both often sulk getting back into coverage when they lose the puck. Play transition with speed and you should get opportunities.
He was spot on.
Also said he told the team to be more physical than they have been. That Toronto doesn’t handle physicality well.
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I'd like to see Marner with Domi and Robertson and Matthews with Knies and Jarnkrok. The 2nd line is too good to touch even though they didn't score today.
For real, he said that??
Except the 2 Hawk goalies were the best 2 goalies in the arena today. EBUG Foster might be 3rd. … Maybe Woll is ahead of Pang.
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This team won’t win a championship with Keefe, he’s just not getting it done for whatever reason.
I’m not sure this is a systems issue more so than it is something else.
I don’t think he has lost the locker room because he seems to be very buddy buddy with the players
but something is missing and they have been very underwhelming this season.
I’m not sure this is a systems issue more so than it is something else.
I don’t think he has lost the locker room because he seems to be very buddy buddy with the players
but something is missing and they have been very underwhelming this season.
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Jimmy Firecracker
Backcheck, Forecheck, Paycheque.
I'm starting to think his wedding and all the planning and events leading up to it threw off his usual off-season routine and his game is suffering for it. Not saying he shouldn't have gotten married or anything like that, but it's hard to deny he's off his mojo right now.
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how many players get married in the off season and turn out fine. I feel like we always have an excuse for these guys when they are under performing. What they go through other NHL players go through.
Hopefully Knies never crosses paths with Patty Marleau.
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The downside of the Matthews Marner partnership is Matthews is prone to mirroring Marner’s floof game and doesn’t make use of his size, power, drive and starts deferring the shot. He starts playing like he’s a 6’0” 180 skill guy slaloming around traffic and making little give and go plays when he should easily just drive right through traffic, shoot in volume. If there’s one linemates he needs to take after is Knies, who still has that young bull play style Matthews used to possess in abundance.
100% he didn’t do shit the off-season , he partied all summer based on his instagram post ( for a guy not social media)
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Yup, inside out deke, skate hard for a couple strides and a backhand that hasn't scored in years.
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