Post-Game Talk: Leafs make a trash goalie look great, this is a recording. | 3-2 Florida in OT

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These games may be meaningless as far as the standings go, but it shows to me what they are going to be like in the first round of the playoffs.

I don't see that killer instinct, that passion to overcome, that drive to be the best, just middling along and playing okay is what they do best.

This team has NO chance of making it past the first round. NONE.
Totally agree. for the people passing this game as an excuse of it’s a meaningless game, how many times over the years have we seen this leaf team blow late game leads or always let in a late goal. Killer instinct means finishing checks, playing good defence and holding those leads. cup champions don’t continually blow,leads like the leafs do.
 
JT's greatest strength is only really apparent when the game has been isolated into a half court game of ball hockey. He basically wants to be grinding around below the hash marks using his hands to create little separation moments, or whipping the puck like a tennis ball top corner, deflecting, etc.

The guy's game is completely antithetical to Nylander's, whose 100% about flow, whether that's blowing the zone early for a rush opportunity, cycling around the perimeter looking for openings or attacking with speed and then sniping.

When you put both out there it doesn't enhance either player and their defensive weaknesses come through. It's a poorly constructed left over 2nd line.

I hope they can split them up when ROR comes back. Put a ROR JT thing together as your retro night line and let them grind away and create something else for Nylander on a 2B unit. Or even put him with Marner and Matthews. I just hate seeing the two together.
Agree with you completely. Willie excels with North South players. JT like you said works best when he is cycling in the ozone.

Having JT and Willie on a line will still be dominant when they have the puck and playing offence but on defence they struggle.

He's like a stylistic cross between a Brodie and a Muzzin, maybe at a lower level, but he's healthy unlike Muzzin.
Muzzin when he was healthy and younger was a beast. McCabe will never be that beast but he can hold his own which is what you need and want in a Dman
 
Only the tanned guy behind the leafs bench was good. He is from greece and he looks really tanned again. Still. He has a facebook group also.
Glad he's still alive, haven't seen him in ages. I see his tanned seat-buddy there quite often still.
Right? Where have I heard that before.
Where do we start... lol.

Nylander trying for some sort of highlight goal that was never there and it cost us… he better not do that in the playoffs.

There's no shitty 3-3 overtime so that won't be an issue.
 
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Right? Where have I heard that before.

Meh, other than being legally required to play them, why do they matter?

They can't win the division, and they aren't likely to be caught for 2nd, even if they were caught for 2nd their playoff opponent is locked is.

The only reason to play these next 7 or 8 games is because you are legally required to.

The fact is they are essentially pre season games they mean nothing.
 
Tavares kinda caused the first goal as well.

Couldn’t receive a pass

What? That was a brutal passing sequence by McCabe and Brodie, that was in the feet of Tavares. How can you receive a pass that is at your feet and not on your stick?
 
We dint start on time a broken record
We score to make the game 2 - 1
Them stop skating or try to play defense and to hold the lead
When is Keefe going to realize that our top end guys cant play a shut down game.
We are a team the needs to turn it up when we have a team on the ropes just don't be careless with the puck . No pinching by dman no drop passes .
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN A SHUT DOWN TEAM
 
Glad he's still alive, haven't seen him in ages. I see his tanned seat-buddy there quite often still.

Where do we start... lol.



There's no shitty 3-3 overtime so that won't be an issue.
He is sisire. And very, very well and rich still. Very tanned
And they already put a picture of the Greek on facebook. Thats HARD.
 
We dint start on time a broken record
We score to make the game 2 - 1
Them stop skating or try to play defense and to hold the lead
When is Keefe going to realize that our top end guys cant play a shut down game.
We are a team the needs to turn it up when we have a team on the ropes just don't be careless with the puck . No pinching by dman no drop passes .
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN A SHUT DOWN TEAM
Our bottom 6 guys are coached to try and play like our top 6. Keefe cannot coach a 3rd or 4th line to shut down. With a 1 goal lead the puck is played along the boards and out. Your frigging D does not lead a breakout or even join in the rush.
896 save % is NEVER good enough.
Nylander is typical. He thinks he can be a showoff because he doesn't feel pressure, WRONG. He shows off because he avoids the pressure by not accepting it. His father was the same which is why he changed teams so often. Any real coach would NEVER accept that type of play. It is disrespectful to ALL team mates. Of course there are a number of players unwilling to accept the punishment that must be taken to win.
 
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Good game, Lyon pulled out an uncharacteristic performance. Impressed by the 4th line last night.

Good thing there’s no 3v3 in the playoffs, it’s a pretty meaningless lost regular season point.
 
Why are we wearing bieber jerseys? Embarrassing to the team I cheer for.
Who cares if our best player is best friends with beibs? Wear the blue and white.

Don’t really care that we lost, honestly this whole year I’m just waiting for the playoffs to start since the regular season doesn’t really matter now a days. Find myself half watching the game and half doing something else which is shocking because I used to love the little details of the game but now it’s just a perimeter skill fest zzzzz
 
Anybody gonna talk about the brutal McCabe give away? Seriously what was he thinking. Thought Liljegren played a solid game but the puck is still bouncing a little to much on his stick.
 
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Meh, other than being legally required to play them, why do they matter?

They can't win the division, and they aren't likely to be caught for 2nd, even if they were caught for 2nd their playoff opponent is locked is.

The only reason to play these next 7 or 8 games is because you are legally required to.

The fact is they are essentially pre season games they mean nothing.

Yes the games mean nothing - we all know that.

There are two general schools of thought here - one - that none of this matters and so there should be no implications of any of these games on our post season play this year. Two - that everything is a sign, an opportunity to prove, to show, to tighten, and prepare for post season hockey, and failing now indicates greater potential to fail then too. You sound like you believe the former. I believe the latter.
 
How long had Marner been on the ice when the tying goal was scored? Giordano took the penalty at 17:40- he was on the ice and had been on for what was close to a full shift. Marner stayed on to start the penalty kill and was still on when goal scored 1 min 20 secs later. He must have been on for more than 2 mins Why????

Leafs cleared it once a slow roller that just missed the empty net. Plenty of time to change. No one changed on that clear.

Penalty kill 101, fresh legs any time you can change them
 
Totally agree. for the people passing this game as an excuse of it’s a meaningless game, how many times over the years have we seen this leaf team blow late game leads or always let in a late goal. Killer instinct means finishing checks, playing good defence and holding those leads. cup champions don’t continually blow,leads like the leafs do.
Toronto Maple Leafs Record when Leading after 2.. 32-2-4

Your thought process is wrong, the more concerning stat when it comes to the Toronto Maple Leafs, they rarely win games when trailing after the 2nd period.
 
Anybody gonna talk about the brutal McCabe give away? Seriously what was he thinking. Thought Liljegren played a solid game but the puck is still bouncing a little to much on his stick.
And the marner giveaway in last minute to allow tying goal.
 
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