GDT: Leafs @ Ottawa, Saturday, Feb 10th

[horner]

I don’t see any resemblance of structure in either zone. It’s all just pass to the best player and hope for a goal. D zone. It’s just let the other team cycle with barely any resistance.

Combination of bad coaching and lack of personnel.

Seattle had better structure and heart then we have as an expansion team .
It can be done

 

[WTFMAN99]

Tell me again why we should trade the 1st? Is that 1st getting us at least 4 players? Because this team needs at least 4 new players.

Right now we're picking 22nd and it's not far fetched to think that it could get to 16-18 range either at this point.

 

[Confucius]

How do you make a $6m 3rd line center work?

Promote him to 2nd line give him 11 million, 3rd line problem solved

 

[leafs in five]

Tre looking at how much draft capital he has and how much was squandered by glasses

weird that cap space became meaningless, and Draft Capital became the only realistic way to improve your team as soon glasses left the Leafs with like 20m in cap space and the next guy used it to get worse in every way

 

[MSZ]

Getting embarrassed by one of the worst teams in the eastern conference playing without their best defenceman…

They won 2 in 11 games against OTT, BUF, CBJ and NYI this season. This isn't anything new.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

I'd fire keefe and if that doesn't help I'd start trading upcoming UFA's and even RFA's if the right price is met. I'd give this team zero help and make them really earn a playoff spot.

 

[Racer88]

I'd fire keefe and if that doesn't help I'd start trading upcoming UFA's and even RFA's if the right price is met. I'd give this team zero help and make them really earn a playoff spot.

 

[Mr_Fun]

This hasn't been Benoit and McCabes finest hour, MM has been awful in his own end, Jones hasnt been great and hasn't had much help (see previous comments).

Good news - We should get a PP or two this period. Bad news - one of them likely comes with under 23 seconds left.

Prediction -- If we win pull this one out, Bert and/or Domi will have scored.

 

[Leaf4Life79]

Only 1 worth the money Is mathews
Dubas curse will plague tye leafs for yeard

For yeards and yeards

 

[leafsfan5]

it is what it isssss

Maybe we can actually get WC1, Florida would destroy us so it's the best outcome

 

[theTTC]

Fortunately NewGM is here to the rescue by extending Keefe, allowing Marners NMC to kick in, backing up the brinks truck for willy, and signing the likes of Bertuzzi, Klingberg, and Domi, who are collectively worth negative value

Look up. Who is at the top of our hockey management pyramid? Shanahan, aka Chauncey F***ing Gardener, that's who. There's your culprit.

 

[LeafParade]

If we were watching a real contending team we’d be entering the third period confident of a comeback

We know this Leafs team will fold. Finally score 6-3

The read contenders are probably phoning the Leafs GM to see if they are ready to deal players for picks yet.

 

[Gabriel426]

Can Keefe just go already.

Also, it is not the defense but just careless and unforce errors from the forwards.
Then JT getting out muscled in front of the net just shows how weak he really is.

 

[Gallagbi]

weird that cap space became meaningless, and Draft Capital became the only realistic way to improve your team as soon glasses left the Leafs with like 20m in cap space and the next guy used it to get worse in every way

He made bad choices it and the team has suffered as a result. Really easy to see, but some are stuck on the previous GM

 

[saffronleaf]

Can Keefe just go already.

Also, it is not the defense but just careless and unforce errors from the forwards.
Then JT getting out muscled in front of the net just shows how weak he really is.

He's really leading by example

 

[hfman]

They're playing good, good enough to win

bounces haven't gone their way yet

 

[Carltons Cup]

This team has ZERO speed.

Outside of Willie, Gregor and Robertson - this team can't keep up.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

This team has ZERO speed.

Outside of Willie, Gregor and Robertson - this team can't keep up.

Slow soft and purposeless

 

[Coffee]

How do you make a $6m 3rd line center work?

Trade Bertuzzi to San Jose, he’ll waive. There’s mutual respect between him and Leafs management

 

[BTP]

Wildcard 1 is the much better position to finish in. Give me Rangers all day long tbh

 

[WTFMAN99]

This team has ZERO speed.

Outside of Willie, Gregor and Robertson - this team can't keep up.

A lot of us have been saying it since the end of the Florida series.

I think people still identify the Leafs as a speedy skill team...but jokes on them, we're pretty skilled but we're not fast, not overly gritty and we don't do anything else particularly well.

 

[Notsince67]

The Leafs should take a page out of Lou's book and make Keefe suffer the same fate as Ftorek...but earlier.
He got the boot with 3 weeks until the playoffs and they ended up winning the cup.

 

[Rare Jewel]

With all the talk of Markstrom, perhaps this team needs to really look at getting another goalie in.

 

[Confucius]

So far it’s been one of those games where I’m really not watching. It’s just background noise and I take note of the goals, pretty boring

 

[Racer88]

Wildcard 1 is the much better position to finish in. Give me Rangers all day long tbh

First is the best spot