GDT: New Jersey @ Toronto - Tuesday 7:30 - TSN

[Mr_Fun]

I'm young enough to remember when JT won battles in the corners and made some slick little feeds. Now it's just put the head down, try and plough through, and shoot, regardless of where he is.

 

[Torontonian]

Awful play in their own end, given up so many high chances, and odd man rushes... Doesn't matter how good you look in o-zone if you can't put anything together in ur d-zone

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Games may have no implication on standings and home ice but meaning is found in competing well and always challenging yourself to be the best. No team is ever 100%, no player is always 100% but a team that struggles to find reasons to compete like Toronto have deep cultural problems. And we do.

This is right. You don't just show up in the playoffs and turn a switch and play faster and harder. You need to practice that play before the playoffs and ramp up.

 

[Stephen]

They are simply playing to the level of their opponent. New Jersey is pond hockey, so the Leafs joined in. I wouldn’t look too much into it

That’s an established team character trait/flaw.

 

[frizzer1]

Tavares is the best pker on on our PP

We all know he should just stand in front of the net.
But they pass it to him on the left wing and he proceeds to turn it over.
Doesn’t the brain trust see what we see?

 

[PromisedLand]

Tavares is done like dinner!

 

[BertCorbeau]

Games may have no implication on standings and home ice but meaning is found in competing well and always challenging yourself to be the best. No team is ever 100%, no player is always 100% but a team that struggles to find reasons to compete like Toronto have deep cultural problems. And we do.

"The way you do anything is the way you do everything".

They're just a pond hockey team that has no culture of what it takes to actually be a Cup threat.

 

[Gabriel426]

Defence or Goalie?

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Second Period goals

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TD]2nd[/TD]
[TD]04:51[/TD]
[TD]TOR[/TD]
[TD]Even[/TD]
[TD]Auston Matthews (59) wrist shot, assist(s): Ilya Lyubushkin (7), TJ Brodie (20)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2nd[/TD]
[TD]05:35[/TD]
[TD]NJD[/TD]
[TD]Even[/TD]
[TD]Timo Meier (24) wrist shot, assist(s): Jesper Bratt (49), Nico Hischier (34)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2nd[/TD]
[TD]13:05[/TD]
[TD]NJD[/TD]
[TD]Even[/TD]
[TD]Max Willman (2) wrist shot, assist(s): Chris Tierney (7)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

You missed Willy's But thank you this is great!

 

[keonsbitterness]

I predict the 3rd period will go ahead as scheduled.

 

[Stephen]

This is right. You don't just show up in the playoffs and turn a switch and play faster and harder. You need to practice that play before the playoffs and ramp up.

Yeah, like an airplane doesn’t slow down on the runway when trying to take off.

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Yeah, like an airplane doesn’t slow down on the runway when trying to take off.

I can concur I've not seen this happen before.

 

[Gabriel426]

He’s dangling all the time. I like the confidence but he’s got to pick his spots better

I think Knies is overplaying and taking more risks as he doesn’t want to lose playtime or out of the line up.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Now 4 goals on 20shots, if they win tonight It's in spite of Woll he has been absolutely pathetic tonight.

HE is letting them down tonight.

 

[Aashir]

From watching the goals

1st goal is incredibly weak by woll, that cannot go in for a first shot

2nd-4th goals are just awful coverage/pinches. 2 on 1, down low pass, and a rebound from a pile. You'd love to get one save, but got to be tighter there

as for the other shots, idk who got the shot but the heat map on moneypuck shows a decent amount of slot shots

 

[GoonieFace]

That’s an established team character trait/flaw.

I mean they have played really well lately, they have just got caught up in this type of game

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

The Leafs and Rothschilds working in concert to destroy my 11 leg parleezy

 

[ryno23]

I don't understand why Keefe was barking at his team after the Devils tied it up 3-3. Leafs get 2 quick goals and have momentum. What does Keefe do put his 4th line vs their top line and then bam 44 seconds later its tied?

If I was Matthews and the big guns I would tell Keefe to F off. Keefe always makes stupid matchup mistakes

 

[HamiltonNHL]

You missed Willy's But thank you this is great!

fixed

 

[MoreMogilny]

JT sucks. Putting pucks right into legs and sticks. He knows it’s not going through.

He’s declining so ridiculously fast.

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Now 4 goals on 20shots, if they win tonight It's in spite of Woll he has been absolutely pathetic tonight.

HE is letting them down tonight.

I mean he hasn't been great no doubt but the team is playing trash in their own zone.

 

[ACC1224]

Now 4 goals on 20shots, if they win tonight It's in spite of Woll he has been absolutely pathetic tonight.

HE is letting them down tonight.

There are far more than him letting them down.

 

[Fogelhund]

Sloppy hockey - coaching

Throw the fourth line out anfter scoring, against the other teams top line and get scored against again. Coaching

PP. coaching

PK. Coaching.

 

[kevsh]

HE is letting them down tonight.

He's faced more high danger shots than ... I can't find a comparable but the Leafs are hanging him out to dry tonight.

 

[LeafsFan89]

After 8 years, I really believe this team's issues go well beyond a coaching issue; it's a personnel problem. It's a willingness to compete, and we always lack this.