Yep, because their first bad week throughout Keefe’s entire tenure as coach (A week which they got .858 SV% goaltending from Andersen and Hutchinson) completely erases their longer stretches of success before it and the core is selfish and overpaid and rotten again. Nevermind the fact Matthews is injured, and Marner, Tavares, and Nylander are still producing. Got it.It's the same overpaid spoiled apathetic core. Changing up some league minimum players won't amount to much.
I think Dubas had a genius plan this offseason. Surround the spoiled selfish overpaid core with grizzled veterans that simply won't tolerate their narcissism. And it appeared to be working. And, like you, I thought the reined in core could be something special.
But I fear things have already come back to normal, and will stay this way. Hope I'm wrong.
No he doesn’t.Marner needs to stop forcing the "cute" passes
They just have zero swagger right now. Hockey isn't looking too fun lately after a few games didn't go their way...and then they started losing the good habits from earlier in the year
Ahh Keefe adding Hyman to the first line. Smart, but now we're just a one-line team Keefe.
Yeah the Leafs don’t have any ability to break down a collapsing defense. They don’t even space out properly to open up seams. Just funnel everything to the slot and negate your own skill advantage.
That wrist is in his head.Matthews your supposed to be the 2nd best player in the world
Stop sucking
Marner needs to stop forcing the "cute" passes
Swap Marner and Nylander already and see if we can be a 2 line team.Better than being a zero line team?
For supposedly being a good skater he spends an awful lot of time coasting around slowly in circles in his own zone.Everytime the puck gets to Rielly it dies. What happens to him?