Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 5 -1

[DuklaNation]

Marner has to be more assertive with the puck. Playing scared. That 4 on 3 PP was disgusting.

 

[shaner8989]

Do we really care though? We already knew this

f*** this team
f*** this orgainzation

Hopefully 0 members are back next year

 

[HamiltonNHL]

They just kept Dubas too long. And why is Shanahan still here?

source: Shanahan's biggest gaffe shows he's out of touch: revisiting the "Discounts" quote

 

[Maplebeasts]

And, for some reason, Matthews is excluded from the blame? The excuses for his underperforming in the playoffs need to stop imho.

I mean yeah you ideally want him to bury the puck but he was the team's best forward.

 

[mcleex]

How do these spineless f***s go into the post game and give the same cliche stupid shpeel

I'd be disgusted in myself and the team and not even want to talk to the media. This team is f***ing shameful. An absolute disgrace

"Yea I think we had a couple good looks"
STFU, no you didn't. Nothing was good

 

[hfman]

oh man was i ever angry lol

 

[34]

Nylander needs to f***ing be in next game.

Can he play goalie? Unless he can this series is OVER

 

[Racer88]

London just swept Kitchener, BTW.

They swept them Thursday

 

[pcruz]

Is Matthews hurt?

Likely just a herniated disk or 2 from carrying this team into a playoff spot this past year.

 

[34]

How do these spineless f***s go into the post game and give the same cliche stupid shpeel

I'd be disgusted in myself and the team and not even want to talk to the media. This team is f***ing shameful. An absolute disgrace

"Yea I think we had a couple good looks"
STFU, no you didn't. Nothing was good

Fully agree. They are losers

 

[CelticDruid]

What is it about this team that makes them just addicted to embarrassing themselves?

Keefe.

 

[colchar]

Don't want to see the grit experiment again.

Yeah, because it totally doesn't matter in the playoffs. That has been proven time, and time again. We need a small, skilled team like a hockey savant such as Kyle Spreadsheet Dubious would build. That, right there, is the ticket to success.

Oh. Wait a f***ing minute................

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Jays winning.

 

[Antropovsky]

Marner with 5 playoff goals in past 37 games. That's about a 12 goal pace over 82 games. Pretty sure all 3 from the 2023 postseason were from the blueline... shockingly bad...11 million.

Kampf with 4 in last 28.

 

[Aus34Matt]

Samsonov isn't the problem:

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who makes this s*&t up? seriously if the 3 post the Bs hit in the 1st went in, would you still believe some BS chart?

 

[Dragao6]

We need to get Lawson crouse, josh Anderson types

Where is the playoff Bertuzzi??

And some real defenders

And a real goalie lol

 

[notbias]

Keefe.

Ah yes, I miss the the good times with Babcock.

This team has had issues with multiple coaches and managers.

 

[TiMo15]

Missing Nylander wasn't an excuse to lose game 1. This team was just pathetic to support. The result was so predictable.

 

[DitchMarner]

I'm pissed but not surprised and I'm so used to this kind of shit by now from this team that I can shrug it off pretty fast.

I'll say a few things:

They need Matthews to score. When he gets hot some always get carried away and start comparing him to Connor McDavid again. Then McDavid proves again why he's in a different tier. The loss isn't all on him and he wasn't terrible, but he is paid to score and he needs to do it in games like this. A goal before BOS' second goal (which was scored on a PP that was awarded because of a stupid and pointless penalty he took) would have changed the complexion of the game. He came close. But it can't be like that every year. He's years into his prime now and needs to score some memorable goals. Gilmour had that OT goal against STL. Sundin had that OT winner against OTT. Matthews needs his defining moments.

I hate seeing my team get pushed around as well, but physicality is just a means to an end. If the end result is still an embarrassing loss, throwing 100 hits isn't going to save face. I remember reading comments before the game poking fun at Nylander. Yeah, he can be soft/inconsistent, but at least he can f***ing score in the playoffs. That's what he's paid to do. Scoring is the hardest thing for skaters in the NHL. That is the reason the best scorers are paid over ten mil per season and guys like Reaves are paid peanuts in comparison. Marner again didn't put anything on the board. That has to change. Tavares simply isn't a very good Captain and I'm looking forward to moving on from him, but he can at least score when he gets his chances around the net.

The goaltending situation really worries me now. BOS seriously could have had like eight goals in this game. TOR will be hard-pressed to score three or four, it seems.

I'm not that impressed by BOS, though. They're going to get curb-stomped in round two again. TB made a joke of them in 2020 and FLA or Tampa will do the same this year.

 

[PeteBestondrums]

It'll be kinda suss if Nylander shows up no worse for the wear on Monday.
I hate to say it, but he strikes me as the kind of guy who'd pull a suckout routine for being made to play on the third line.
I might be way off though...

 

[theTTC]

Mitch full of excuses, he talks like the Leafs total hot mess will be so easily rectified. What a f***ing douche interview.

 

[notbias]

We need to get Lawson crouse, josh Anderson types

Where is the playoff Bertuzzi??

And some real defenders

And a real goalie lol

We could get Anderson for free... we don't need those types.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Likely just a herniated disk or 2 from carrying this team into a playoff spot this past year.

Lol Mcdavid draisaitl and kucherov do this shit yearly and they produce but go off with the excuses

 

[Brown Dog]

This was kind of expected. I still think it will be a long series.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Did any of you really expect them to win this game (or series)?

Come on now.