1: try using Kadri.
if you can trust using him to shut down units why not have him on the penalty kill?
(this negates the fact that Kadri got suspended).
2: Try using Tavares (or train matthews to be a good PKer. even if we lose - which we did, it can put him into more of a better two-way player which he wants to be)
take the draw and get back to the bench.
3: use healthier people
you know, Rosen, Petan?
4: try anything else
if you suck at it - why not try something else. try anything else. at least if you tried it and it sucked you can legitmately say "hey you know. our penalty kill was kinda awful all year, we tried everything, every combo at our disposal, we mixed it up all the time, and it still burned our biscuit - now it's Dubas's play to get us something more dedicated to the penalty kill, and/or fire the PK guy and get something else."
It's not a strawman argument when you say "use facts." and I'm telling you that basically from his time from Detroit there were serious issues that arose in the playoffs with those teams which are evident here. - some that got negated when he got a younger/healthier/more talented team (especially this year) but still faced the same issues he's been facing 7 out of what?9-10? first round matches? Being reactionary, having poor playoff speciality teams. not adjusting fast enough. not getting out of the first round. and you just want to make this about Boston's powerplay making everyone looking stupid.
TWO YEARS IN A ROW Boston flat out said from coach to player said "We were surprised that we kept doing X, and they didn't change." on a multitude of things. this year Leaf fans say "um yeah, Babcock why you not try anything a little bit different, even if it doesn't work, you've tried it.." Babcock goes "well i'm in the winning business." doesn't really do a lot of things (some - that'd admittedly was taken out of his hands because of Kadri's suspension and Nylander not playing very well, but then playing the injured players more than the healthier ones) and you're telling me my argument is a strawman when the argument literally:
TRY SOMETHING ELSE and/or DON'T BE REACTIONARY MOST OF THE TIME.
I never said the something else would have been better or we would have won - but he didn't even try - not to mention that two times when we had a chance to press (like we had complete domination, he pulls the goalie way too early, we don't have possession, and poof. game is ov-er. that's on him.
I even said that some of the options was because Kadri was suspended. I never said Babcock was a dufus or anything else that you're implying. But just like Kadri a good chunk of why we lost was due to the coaching staff, which is Babcock's territory. and a lot of the issues that were compounded in the first round (again) wasn't rectified in the regular season. (again). and by the time he did make a change it was way too late.
If you don't believe this. then fine. that's your prerogative.
If you think i'm wrong then fine. it's simply just my opinion after all.
but don't say i am a strawman for stating something that everyone (including Boston) keeps saying "why if we are doing the same things, the Leafs aren't doing anything to change." and just put it on Leaf fans thinking they know better or their way is better, which isn't even the case at all. it might not even be better but you won't know until you try (and practice), and Babcock didn't do it. again.
