Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose the opener 4-3

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One game. Also true, our d core looked real slow. Muzz was in cement, Holl was slow and dumb, and maybe more surprising Gio looked slower than last year and he wasn’t fast then.

It’s an open question if we’re still a “fast” team, the bottom six too looks unremarkable and warm body esque.
Yeah to me specifically Kerfoot and Engvall are super vanilla. Need to replace these two with aggressive big guys who have decent enough hands to pot 10 each
 
What bugs me more than anything with this team is that they weren't up for game. Where was the passion? This is the f***ing Habs! They are f***ing rivals. They beat you not too long ago in a playoff series. This is f***ing something. Get angry. Wake up.
I could give them a pass if it wasn’t a trend, or if was a Weds night game in February, but that was season opener.
 
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Playing Holl is like playing hot potato with a hand grenade. He might get a few passes off which some here will praise but you know it's going off.
 
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Positives:
  • Malgin looked good with Willy.
  • Brodie had a nice game.
  • Engvall is just so good at clogging up lanes, glad he's healthy.

Negatives:
  • The glove hand taketh away.
  • Caufield might be the real deal.
  • AM and MM looked real bad (kind of like the start of last year - not worried).
  • Jake Muzzin does not look like an NHL calibre defenceman anymore. .
  • The 4th line was much less competitive than I thought they'd be.
 
Matthews and Marner didn't show up. Like, at all. Pretty much impossible for this team to win without them being dominant.
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Murray's glove arm is partially paralyzed, Muzzin is cooked, Holl still sucks and the top line decided to go for a leisure skate today. Oh and we look old and slow
yep old a slow and sub par goaltending funny Freddy still winning lmfao

#FireDubas
#FireShanny
#FireKeefe

Once again the casual observer was right about Muzzin/Holl and Keefe was wrong.
agree hate hate Dumbass and Keefe
 
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Positives:
  • Malgin looked good with Willy.
  • Brodie had a nice game.
  • Engvall is just so good at clogging up lanes, glad he's healthy.

Negatives:
  • The glove hand taketh away.
  • Caufield might be the real deal.
  • AM and MM looked real bad (kind of like the start of last year - not worried).
  • Jake Muzzin does not look like an NHL calibre defenceman anymore. .
  • The 4th line was much less competitive than I thought they'd be.
caufield a young guy like Their Captain and Xjakive and Guley get to play in Montreal where Leafs play oldies on their way out and no young players this is on Dumbass and Keefe the two stooges add shanahan and you complete the 3 stooges lmfao !
 
So is Dubas gonna do something about the defense and goaltending? Caufield beats Murray glove side how many times last night? Anderson and Suzuki score on a 2 on 3 in the last minute of play? Do Marner and Matthews guys think they have clinched a playoff spot? Is this team gonna have energy left by April? How many days does Keefe have left?
 
caufield a young guy like Their Captain and Xjakive and Guley get to play in Montreal where Leafs play oldies on their way out and no young players this is on Dumbass and Keefe the two stooges add shanahan and you complete the 3 stooges lmfao !
You really think you sound funny and intelligent, don't you?
 
Aston-Reese, Auber-Kubel and Jarnkrok not much but warm body impressions for me.
ZAR and NAK actually finished their checks, something not seen in these parts since God knows when. Agreed nobody impressed but I take that as Keefe constant blendering of the lines more than anything.
 
We can talk about goaltending all we want, but we won't win games like this:

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Matthews, Tavares and Marner all were quiet as a mouse, and a team built this top heavy isn't going to compete most nights when 3/4 top guys are having a bad night.

Props to Malgin and Willy.
 
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Yeah to me specifically Kerfoot and Engvall are super vanilla. Need to replace these two with aggressive big guys who have decent enough hands to pot 10 each

Engvall? He's a depth player who is effective and plays a good 2 way game. He'll get 10+ goals easy. I'd wager he could get close to 20 goals this year.

Kerfoot on the other hand... yuck. He's so average at everything that it hurts. I still can't believe that he's what remains of Nazem Kadri. Gosh Kadri was everything that we have been desperate for these last few seasons. That will go down as one of the worst trades ever. courtnall for kordic territory.
 
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