Matthews whipped a shot off the crossbar from range with a defender standing in front of him, so...
Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose to Caps 3-1
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Game resembled previous playoffs...opponent plays with speed, and checks hard and Marner/Matthews struggle. Nylander looks good because of his incredible skating. Nylanders game seems to transfer to any style of game.
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So is that the standard for Matthews ? Come on now.Matthews whipped a shot off the crossbar from range with a defender standing in front of him, so...
This is what kills me with our team. Way too cute and im sure Berube was talking to Matthews, Marner and Nylander when he said "not north enough".
These were consecutive shifts, Matthews line then Tavares after. Marner and Nylander both elect to not shoot in prime spots, instead they elect to hold the puck and pass to defenders. Both defenders shots are blocked. Marner actually had the space to attack the net and get a close rànge shot but he took the outside right away and looked pass the entire time.
In tight checking games with 20 shots on goal, its critical to take the shots when you have them. Stop looking to create a highlight reel.
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Nylander:
These were consecutive shifts, Matthews line then Tavares after. Marner and Nylander both elect to not shoot in prime spots, instead they elect to hold the puck and pass to defenders. Both defenders shots are blocked. Marner actually had the space to attack the net and get a close rànge shot but he took the outside right away and looked pass the entire time.
In tight checking games with 20 shots on goal, its critical to take the shots when you have them. Stop looking to create a highlight reel.
Marner:
Nylander:
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notDatsyuk
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Prime spot to shoot from is one thing, and having something to shoot at is another.
I could be wrong, but are you saying Marner and Nylander had nothing to shoot at?
notDatsyuk
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It's entirely possible - neither of us was in a position to judge, but they were.
That's not even possible. There's always an opening. As Gretzky once said..you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I get playing a tighter system, a more robust & tight checking game that's better suited for the playoffs. HOWEVER, if it comes at the sacrifice of any kind of offensive we're back to where we usually end up in the playoffs anyway, not being able to generate offense and get goals.
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They would have to wait for a game in the States to do that, because match fixing is legal in Canada.
That’s the point of starting early and hoping to get comfortable in them and clean our game up and round our team performance
notDatsyuk
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Have you not played hockey? "There's always an opening" is total bs
In case you haven't noticed, you miss most of the shots you take too, particularly when there's nothing to shoot at.
Do you even know what hockey is?... literally impossible. A goalie cant take up the entire net and the players cant predict a goalies movement. Maybe if the goalie came out in butterfly and was 2 inches from the puck. Robertson just picked a corner against one of the biggest goalies and best goalies in the NHL (Vasy) from a worse angle than both Nylander and Marners spots (attached below).
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