Stolarz held the fort as long as he could. Once they got to him, it was game over. Regular season games but being outclassed by two of the top 5 best teams in the league back to back does not give me confidence that we are not in for another first round exit.
I agree that the Leafs were outplayed, but I didn't think that Stolarz played well, he allowed two soft goals take away that they don't pull the goalie and allow 2 empty netters and win the game 4-3.
He may or may not have allowed soft goals but the Leafs winning after 2 was only because of Stolarz. The guy can only do so much and is the main reason this team isn’t in 9th place in the conference.
This could be the time you find out how good this team really is. At some point all great goaltending dries up for a period of time and you see the warts this team has.
I’ve noticed the same thing. Woll does it quite often as well. Both goalies are good when they’re quiet between the pipes. This sliding beyond the posts is counterproductive and is a recent trend for Stolarz. He wasn’t doing this earlier in the season. Is someone coaching them to do this?
I disagree, they have the talent, but the talent doesn't perform.It's not there talent wise either. They lack #1 D and D depth as a whole until this year, depth is weak ever since the goofs signed these awful contracts, and ZERO leadership at any levels. They have a couple of skilled players, that's it.
In some ways, this team makes me love the sport more. Because operations like this always come up short and embarrass themselves as it always should in hockey. It's like karma.
It used to be the Leafs doing it to the Senators, then in a SICK twist of fate they made a fanboy of those Senators the GM.The rest is history.
Yes he started off bad but he turned it around and held the fort. They hardly had a SOG in the 2nd.
Not as easy to play goal when you have no Tanev and more Rielly, Meyers and Benoit in front of you.
I'm confident the Leafs will cave and give Marner what he wants.
His movement seemed loose, but I wouldn't rely on cameras for how much net is there. Puck angle is always MUCH different than the views we get
Agree totally, but this is a positional thing I've noticed. Stolarz hanging on the post on a San Jose goal, reacting slowly to a puck off the boards because he drifted too far the other way, looking small in the net , etc are things I didn't notice earlier from him earlier in the season.
Our goalies have not proven they can carry the mail. They have so far, but we are starting to see cracks. Even if Tanev is healthy, if our goalies are not stellar, it will likely be another quick exit.
Not sure what is worse. Four more years of Trump or overpaid Marner. Let the loser get his pot of gold elsewhere already. Me first, selfish prick is not winning any cups here even if your crystal balls tell you different.
I think Tanev blocks a ton of shots which helps out the goalies immensely. Let's see how they perform once he's back.
Last night he seemed really aggressive early. Almost to get rebounds out past the net front traffic and prevent deflections. Then with the lead sat back in hopes his D could absorb some of the pressure.
