Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 5-2

[PromisedLand]

Am I the only one fearful Keefe is inadvertently training us to suck through his "process".

This is a total shit show that can only make us out of sync and full of bad habits for round 1

Nope you are not the only one. I have ZERO confidence in Keefe as a coach especially in playoffs. He has got outcoached by opposition 3 times (Torts with CBJ; a nobody against Habs, and then Cooper with the bolts last season).

he kept playing Holl with Matthews' line entire night tonight given that we were trailing most of the game. Thats not a coach that gives you confidence who has ZERO ability to adjust based on the flow of the game

 

[Cleetus]

ZAR>Lafferty

 

[Stolie the Goalie]

poor moleman

 

[PromisedLand]

It’s amazing that they don’t often lose games where you can say they played well.

The only game from this season I can remember is the games against the Canes

 

[Suntouchable13]

Nope you are not the only one. I have ZERO confidence in Keefe as a coach especially in playoffs. He has got outcoached by opposition 3 times (Torts with CBJ; a nobody against Habs, and then Cooper with the bolts last season).

he kept playing Holl with Matthews' line entire night tonight given that we were trailing most of the game. Thats not a coach that gives you confidence who has ZERO ability to adjust based on the flow of the game

He is just a deer in the headlights. Has no clue what to do, while real coaches coach circles around him, even a nobody like Dom Ducharme.

 

[htpwn]

The shot clock flattered them. So many weak floaters from the perimeter with no traffic up front.

The vendetta against Bunting is obvious for all to see at this point. Just like Kadri before him. As Friedman said in the post-game, the Leafs need to get this sorted out, both in getting Bunting to control himself and in talking the league to get the zebras to actually do their jobs.

Hopefully Murray is okay. Samsonov was going to start game 1, and I am comfortable with Woll based on the year he's had, but it leaves really little margin for things to go wrong (Woll / Kallgren for a playoff game? Yikes).

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Never mind.

 

[ClarkSittler]

Wonder if Woll gets the start Tuesday.

 

[Gilmour1996]

He is just a deer in the headlights. Has no clue what to do, while real coaches coach circles around him, even a nobody like Dom Ducharme.

Looks decent in a suit though and not a bad conversationalist but we're supposed to have a hockey coach, not a waiter.

 

[Kiwi]

We weren't good enough, we looked like a bunch of guys marking time until the playoffs start

Can't blame the guys, I'm in exactly the same head space

Just hoping we stay injury free and do enough to get home ice, other than that?

Meh, let's see the boys when things start to really matter

 

[PromisedLand]

He is just a deer in the headlights. Has no clue what to do, while real coaches coach circles around him, even a nobody like Dom Ducharme.

Ducharme was not even available for the habs for last couple games if I remember correctly. Keefe was absolutely BRUTAL in that series as a coach

 

[Leafblooded]

Why did we acquire Lafferty again? It's not that I miss Engvall but man, speed and nothing else really doesn't do much for you.

Overall the deals were sideways at best, completely unnecessary at worst.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Ducharme was not even available for the habs for last couple games if I remember correctly. Keefe was absolutely BRUTAL in that series as a coach

Well, I mean he can even outcoach him sitting on his couch at home with COVID. What does that tell you?

 

[Cleetus]

Ducharme was not even available for the habs for last couple games if I remember correctly. Keefe was absolutely BRUTAL in that series as a coach

yep it was Luke Richardson

 

[MSZ]

Leafs should’ve done it.

The team officially denied it.

God knows what was really going on down there.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

So if Murray is out, Woll gets more games. I kinda trust Woll more at this point tbh.

If he gets LTIR'd, I hope they bring up some forwards so the core 4 can be rested.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Wonder if Woll gets the start Tuesday.

He should.

 

[Stephen]

Perhaps it was less about the player and more about cap hit?

It hasn't been a win on the ice for the Leafs.

I legitimately wonder how Leafs pro scouting identifies their bottom six guys.

 

[Gilmour1996]

We weren't good enough, we looked like a bunch of guys marking time until the playoffs start

Can't blame the guys, I'm in exactly the same head space

Just hoping we stay injury free and do enough to get home ice, other than that?

Meh, let's see the boys when things start to really matter

Some of these guys are making over $100,000/game and being watched by fans who have to scrimp to afford a few games each year, if that. Even a lazy mutt respects the ones feeding him.

 

[Stephen]

Kyle cannot helps himself when offered a BOGOF deal.

Lafferty was such an internet hipster pick too a couple of months ago. I can't imagine anyone watching too many Hawks games to have actually been watching what his game looks like...

 

[ULF_55]

Keefe likes Leafs' process as playoffs loom: 'Things are really coming together'

The Leafs had an up-and-down March going 7-5-2, but Sheldon Keefe believes they've turned a corner of late.

www.tsn.ca

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Keefe likes Leafs' process as playoffs loom: 'Things are really coming together'​

The Leafs had an up-and-down March going 7-5-2, but Sheldon Keefe believes they've turned a corner of late. "I have been really pleased with the process through the last week to two weeks," the coach said. "We are controlling play really well. That is a sign that things are really coming together." The focus is now on eliminating some of the big mistakes that have been leading to goals against.​

 

[DraftSchmaft]

Sens game predicted this mess. They skated circles around us even though we won. Check the metrics for yourself.

I'm not even trying to troll or be a hater. We objectively stink for weeks now.

 

[ULF_55]

Sens game predicted this mess. They skated circles around us even though we won. Check the metrics for yourself.

I'm not even trying to troll or be a hater. We objectively stink for weeks now.

Around the same length of time as Nylander has been MIA.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

I don't know how big of a deal home ice is but the Leafs have decided to make it interesting, 1 game in hand with a 4 point lead over Tampa. One of our remaining games being against them which I believe now is pivotal for home ice. If there's any way Tampa ties us in points, they will definitely have the first tie breaker (RWs). The team needs to take these last few games seriously. Both teams have a mixed final schedule of good and bad teams.

 

[egd27]

The goaltending isn’t good enough to overcome the 3 or 4 critical mental errors that this team makes regularly.

4 goals on 21 shots? Hmmmm