You just didn't (I suspect intentionally) go back far enough.
How is this possible when you have one of the greatest PKer in the history of the NHL and they were close to 100% while he was out?
Special teams, clinging to players way past their best-before date, working his ass off to avoid playing any kids in favor of washed veterans, throwing players in situations they're guaranteed to fail at...
I don't blame Keefe entirely here. Mo's muffin of a shot is not a threat. They needed a shot this season to open up a bit more ice down low. It's so glaringly obvious what's needed.
They've both been underwhelming but at least Boosh plays like he gives a shit and will throw the body. Brodie is out there for a f***ing leisure skate ffs.
I feel like Boosh was supposed to be much better than he has shown so far. Pretty unimpressed with him...I guess he seemed like such a revelation in his first go around because we had ZERO players that would body check anyone and now he seems timid compared to McCabe and Benny. Very disappointed with him...but Brodie scares me more.
This is why for the short time they had Lilj on the PP this year, it was more dangerous; Lilj has a shot and he's willing to use it. PP unit 1 has two major issues Keefe doesn't seem to see; 1) Marner and Reilly are redundant, and the PP would function way better if one of them were bumped to PP 2 and replaced with a guy who can shoot (preferably Reilly, as Marner is a much more dangerous passer), and 2) Tavares doesn't go to the front of the net the way he used to, which was why Bert was more effective for the short time he was there; Bert's actually willing to fight for position in front and screen the goalie.
And even then they only won because a bad angle shot that was going to miss the net by two feet deflected in off a defender's skate.
LAST WEEK? LAST WEEK? Nylander's looked done with HOCKEY for a month you moron! And isn't it your job to do something when players look like they've checked out?
But honestly, the message that should be taken from Keefe's latest press conference is that Keefe only cares about one thing; the employment status of Sheldon Keefe. Hence why he's locked into "studying Boston early", because he KNOWS if they're out in round one he's fired. And he basically threw the last few games of the regular season for the playoffs. Now watch Boston outcoach his ass because for the longest time it looked like the Leafs were going to get Florida and so Keefe's strategies are all based on playing Florida...
The only series the Leafs have have won with him is a series where he had THREE MONTHS to plan for the opponent.
If you're trying to imply that bounce goals like that somehow degrade the win because "luck", it's worth mentioning that our opponents this year score around 80% of their goals that way.
Apparently versteeg missed last years playoffs. Made numerous mistakes which kept the panthers in the series.
