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Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose. Thornton on the first PP unit. Weak. Nice work keefe. Do better.
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That era is long gone. Dougie would be suspended every other game. He was no angel
3 drinks in, gonna survive, one game. Bring on saturday. Oh and a new Hip album coming tomorrow, cant wait.
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I don't think he did. They made structural changes which helped us get some better chances, but Sandin himself did practically nothing to contribute at all... Which is effectively what you got with Rielly the past few months. If you simply swapped out Sandin for Rielly or even Dermott, I doubt the results would have been any worse.
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Keefe played Marner : 27:23 almost 1/2 the game and that doesn't include the 2 minutes he was in the box or he would have been out more and other than his one scoring change that was a below average game overall.
He only gave Nylander 16:40 and I thought he was more effective tonight not only because he scored the goal, but had better looks at the net and made some better decisions with the puck.
Thinking Sandin was the answer to Leafs struggling PP, for a player with no playoff experience and hardly played even in the regular season was a head-scratcher and game changer but for the other team is it turned out.
I feared going into this series that Keefe was the weakest link on a deep talented team, and some of his coaching decisions (rather mistakes) were questionable and cost the Leafs the game.
Play Engvall, Gally and call up Robertsson.
Not time to panic? it's the perfect time to panic. Don't wai ttoo long to make changes like last year or the year before
Nash, Thonrton and SImmonds can GTFO
Not time to panic? it's the perfect time to panic. Don't wai ttoo long to make changes like last year or the year before
Nash, Thonrton and SImmonds can GTFO
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Galchenyuk in for Tavares
Engvall in for Thornton
Dermott in for Sandin
Marner to second PP
Nylander to first PP
Monitor Rielly on the first powerplay. If he over plays the pucks to the left side, switch Matthews to the left Half-board instead of the right for the one timer. Nylander switches sides with Matthews whenever.
Marner goes away from the point/sideboard. He has no shot threat, get him in behind the net/close to the net for him to make some plays.
Engvall in for Thornton
Dermott in for Sandin
Marner to second PP
Nylander to first PP
Monitor Rielly on the first powerplay. If he over plays the pucks to the left side, switch Matthews to the left Half-board instead of the right for the one timer. Nylander switches sides with Matthews whenever.
Marner goes away from the point/sideboard. He has no shot threat, get him in behind the net/close to the net for him to make some plays.
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Yeah, like Rielly, Sandin was also passing up shots from the point...and then didn't have the speed to catch Byron on the shorty. I guess Keefe had seen enough and put Rielly back on the #1 unit on the Leafs' last PP.
Not trying to beat up on Sandin as I love his upside. He can’t pivot and reach top speed well. Everything else I love his upside. Rielly has great skating/recovery speed.
Agreed. This is the least angry I've been after a playoff loss other than Game 5 against Columbus. That didn't bother me one bit.
Allow me to remind you he lost to a Zamboni driver
He was shut out twice at home ice
His pp has been utter trash for months now with the top goal scorer in the this league
who are you? Just a nobody on a hockey forum like you. Didn't realize this was high school territorial bullshit. Move along
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Campbell played well enough for us to win. No real weak goals. 2 breakaways.
Rielly looked better than he has been lately. was able to get pucks through.
Changes for game 2:
Jumbo should sit. There is no reason Galchenyuk should be in the press box.
Dermott for Sandin. Looked out of place out there and slow.
Rielly looked better than he has been lately. was able to get pucks through.
Changes for game 2:
Jumbo should sit. There is no reason Galchenyuk should be in the press box.
Dermott for Sandin. Looked out of place out there and slow.
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Maybe he's still young, but he needs to work on his explosiveness the first couple of strides.
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well the thing is right, you have to play a lot of games to get used to things
Him and Lilly cannot be ready for playoffs, they haven't played enough
There were many opportunties to play them during regular season
On top of that, hes still a young D
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Most of the people that post on the Leafs board don't watch other teams play hockey except when they play the leafs or just watch corsi bullshit instead of watching other teams actually play hockey
- I did not even want Foligno I wanted either Palmieri. That said, having Foligno is still not that bad IMO - he can now shift to center with JT out.
Tampa also gave up 1st rounders for grit but their core players do not play soft (Point, Kucherov, Stamkos, Hedman)
Here is a list of trades from last season for Tampa
History of NHL trades by the Tampa Bay Lightning for 2019-20 - NHL Trade Tracker
The only difference is Tampa added players that were 26-30 year range. Seasoned enough but also not too old about the right amount of experience and physicality.
Leafs added OLD players who cannot skate fast enough but may be because the Leafs core is too young to lead on its own.
He’s never gonna be a great skater at Rielly’s level. Now, it’s not like his IQ can’t make him a better player.
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