Post-Game Talk: Rookie Tournament: Leafs vs. Sens || combined with GDT

[member 147413]

Agreed. And overall, this is just one game. Can't write off a prospect or call someone great just based on this. Still, i am disappointed with how the team as a whole as responded to the adversity tonight. Instead of pushing back in a game that is most certainly important to every one of them, they've kinda just lost their wheels and gone blah.

Motivation and rallying typically relies on the Coach.

Woah, tiny font for some reason.

 

[HarrisonFord]

To put this in perspective, we've got most of our best prospects up in the press box

 

[TMLife*]

This is disgusting.

 

[Cappayne]

good shift boys /s

 

[abdew29]

Havent been following but how come rielly hasn't played for the last 2 games?

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

To put this in perspective, we've got most of our best prospects up in the press box

One of Steve Spott's finest coaching strategies.

 

[Cappayne]

One of Steve Spott's finest coaching strategies.

So you're saying you don't live Steve Spott?

 

[leafsrule123]

Havent been following but how come rielly hasn't played for the last 2 games?

Because he'll be playing in all of the training camp for the big club

 

[hockeygeek]

Havent been following but how come rielly hasn't played for the last 2 games?

He's going to the main camp...What's the point

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

Havent been following but how come rielly hasn't played for the last 2 games?

Hasn't played.

 

[hockeygeek]

It took all of one game for posters to go full Pejorative Slur on Spott and Bibeau

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

So you're saying you don't live Steve Spott?

 

[Neil Hamburger]

Steve Spott is the worst coach ever OMGZZZ111!

 

[TMLife*]

HOLY ****!!! MacWilliam just pounded Robinson!

 

[FifthLine]

It took all of one game for posters to go full Pejorative Slur on Spott and Bibeau

Yupp, thats most Leaf fans

Leaf fans like the extremes. We're either winning the cup, or we are the worst team in the league and we should trade everyone

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

Steve Spott is the worst coach ever OMGZZZ111!

Yes. He's the AHL/CHL equivalent of Rotten Ronnie.

 

[hockeygeek]

I really like that response from MacWilliam. I think this guy should get some serious consideration for Marlies captain

 

[ChrisCall]

It took all of one game for posters to go full Pejorative Slur on Spott and Bibeau

Good thing Bibeau has a couple years at least to make a case for himself.

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

Yupp, thats most Leaf fans

Leaf fans like the extremes. We're either winning the cup, or we are the worst team in the league and we should trade everyone

Watch all of Canada's games during the 2013 WJC, including the pre-tournament ones. Some choice highlights to look out for are his insistence on using Malcolm Subban in goal despite being the worst of the 3 or 4 goalies at camp. Using one of his top offensive talents in Nathan MacKinnon on the 4th line. And lets not forget, using Morgan Rielly as his bottom pairing defenseman, despite leading the D in both +/- and points. All of these things combined into one epic fail when his team lost to the Americans 5-1 in the semifinal with Subban giving up 4 goals on 16 shots.

 

[Communal Blood]

It took all of one game for posters to go full Pejorative Slur on Spott and Bibeau

Par for the course on this board.

 

[Benttheknee]

No offense guys, but the Sens team has had more development time than the ones the Leafs are icing. Zeke pointed out the ages in another thread.

Also, the Sens have a lot of AHL firepower playing. Price, Pageau, Stone and Petersson are all polished AHL scorers.

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

No offense guys, but the Sens team has had more development time than the ones the Leafs are icing. Zeke pointed out the ages in another thread.

Also, the Sens have a lot of AHL firepower playing. Price, Pageau, Stone and Petersson are all polished AHL scorers.

It's not the fact that we lost the game, it was how it was lost. No fight, no effort, no heart, something that falls squarely on coaching (and also terrible goaltending).

 

[zeke]

impressive 3rd period from the Sens prospects.

Prince, Dunn, Stone, Pageau all looked really good. Really exposed the Leafs' weak links. And Hammond was unbeatable in net.

My good first impression of Bibeau faded pretty quick - he was exposed pretty badly at the end there. But it wasn't all his fault, the Leafs' patchwork D didn't look great.

Game turned on special teams in the middle there - PPgl, SHgl, PPgl and suddenly a 2-1 lead was a 4-2 defecit. Then the quickie 5th goal right off the faceoff and it was all over.

Wish we could have seen more of Percy and Rielly on the PP points instead of Spott giving all that time to invites Murphy and Yuen....but I guess that's what rookie camp is for, to get a look at those kinds of guys. Unfortunately for those two, this performance probably means they didn't earn a contract and will have to go back to junior somewhere.

But hey, at least the Leafs beatdown the Sens in all the fights!

p.s. sens team was way too old for this tourney anyways. #cheaters

 

[zeke]

It's not the fact that we lost the game, it was how it was lost. No fight, no effort, no heart, something that falls squarely on coaching (and also terrible goaltending).

leafs nation is the best.

 

[hockeygeek]

Watch all of Canada's games during the 2013 WJC, including the pre-tournament ones. Some choice highlights to look out for are his insistence on using Malcolm Subban in goal despite being the worst of the 3 or 4 goalies at camp. Using one of his top offensive talents in Nathan MacKinnon on the 4th line. And lets not forget, using Morgan Rielly as his bottom pairing defenseman, despite leading the D in both +/- and points. All of these things combined into one epic fail when his team lost to the Americans 5-1 in the semifinal with Subban giving up 4 goals on 16 shots.

Your assuming things would have been different if he made all the choices you wanted. Which would make you some kind of hockey coaching prodigy. Maybe you should take up the profession and show everyone how it's done