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PromisedLand said:
The floating on perimeter is also why our offense dries up when opposition plays tight checking game. We gotta learn to play body and not wuss out. Fancy hockey only works when there is no tight checking (even strength or PP)
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Remember Matthews hat trick goal vs Ottawa ... Chabot collected the puck behind the net, when he looked up Galchenyuk was about to run over him. Chabot dropped the puck to turtle from the hit. Marner picked up the loose puck and passed it to Matthews who scored.

Those are postseason goals.... but we rarely see those types of plays.
 
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Don’t take our first unit off until they score and move the puck quicker with more flow. Short support,break some coverage, throw the predictability off. Its just a easy read. It’s the same pressure from every team. Coaching staff is caught with no answer. Hows that for between the ears keefer.
Coaching staff problem
 
OB34KNH said:
Joe Thornton has never been removed from the PP, the entire season.

He must be mind controlling the leaf's staff. Keefe is a closet-homo, and, Jumbo is blowing him off in the bathrooms.
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It’s on the coaching staff. It’s their fault. Fix it coach. We are watching
 
Guy Boucher said:
The main problem is that both Rielly and Marner are sub-par shooters.

The game plan is simple:
1. Take away Matthews shot.
2. When Rielly/Marner have the puck, let them shoot but take away their passing lanes.

The other issue is that the Leafs don't try to create downlow plays/backdoor passes. So the PK just has to be aggressive against the points (Rielly/Matthews/Marner) because the Leafs aren't even thinking about trying to create high-t0-low plays.
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I think this is more the issue. Matthews is up way too high so when he gets the puck, he needs to skate into a better spot before getting a shot and the lane is gone by then. Same with Marner. He is up too high and the defense closes in before he gets to where he needs to be to make a play besides passing it to Rielly. Rielly is resorting to passing to these guys who are not in dangerous positions or forcing something that almost never works.

The solution is that Marner and Matthews have to set themselves up better off the puck and let Rielly get them in places where the quick plays (Matthews shot, Marner pass) can happen and lead to goals. We have had a few opportunities like that (even on the 4 minute PP we had a couple), but for some reason they have mostly strayed away from that since Matthews' injury... Even though Matthews is healthy again.

Rielly should be given more ice up top to wheel and have guys in positions down low for him to get it to them. Marner should be closer to the hashmarks rather than at the blueline like he is another defenseman. Same with Matthews. Unless Rielly has chosen to wheel down low or is really committing to one side and there is no lane to the opposite side anymore, those guys should not be at the blueline. Ever.

Rielly doesn't have a Weber shot but if he is in space and can skate into his wrister, or even gets a one-timer between the dots and anywhere below the top of the circle, that shot needs to be respected. Even if it doesn't go directly in, it leads to great rebounds, easy tap-ins, and easy deflections. Another thing they have stopped doing unless Marner is setting Rielly up because they have no better choice. Rielly should never be the first choice when you have Matthews, but he is still dangerous if he gets the puck in space.

It's really not a huge adjustment, but it has been the difference between our 40% PP and our 4% PP.
 
Aashir Mallick said:
Brodie can’t make a proper pass to the left, he’d always pass it into nylanders feet when he was in his 1-T Side.
like it or not, Rielly is the best option on the PP
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I'm willing to try it. Rielly is QBing one of the worst PPs in the league right now and gives up SH breakaways at an alarming rate.

I'd even try Dermott in his place right now. Could literally not do any worse.
 
Marshy said:
I'm willing to try it. Rielly is QBing one of the worst PPs in the league right now and gives up SH breakaways at an alarming rate.

I'd even try Dermott in his place right now. Could literally not do any worse.
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Fair enough. I agree with experimenting, we keep in trying to get Marner the puck and have him do a magic beans play to score.
I think we should try the big 4 and Rielly, have Matthews and nylander on the half boards, non shooting hands, Tavares bumper and Marner behind the net, nylander should ideally look to feed the puck across to Matthews, or down low to Marner, behind the net, Marner, with his vision, would have options to every skater so he’d be pretty lethal down there. We need to try things apart from Matthews Rielly and Marner playing hot potato until one decides to shoot, we need to play with purpose on the PP, and I know that’s easier said than done, but it’s becoming very alarming as it’s been costing us games, and with this talent, you shouldn’t be struggling to score on the PP.
 
cookie said:
the breakout we have with the single/double drop pass is actually pretty effective at gaining zone entries with possession but that isn't the issue with the PP, but it's concerning that they haven't decided to vary up their entries.
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Ya I totally agree. I think the fanbase looks at these drop backs when they don't work and freak out because the puck is going backwards on our own accord. But realistically, it has not been the issue. Gaining the zone hasn't been the issue at all. Its the p***y footing with the puck around the umbrella. The working it around to Matthews who tries to throw a dart through 4 bodies, or him walking to the top of the circle only to backhand it back up to Reilly for a rinse and repeat. We don't get the penalty killers moving. The PK has consistently been able to have 2 high + 2 low and we never make the high guys work below the dots. We have a a guy in front of the net screening shots that never come through. And a guy in the bumper who barely touches the puck. Working the puck down low has been something I've been saying for almost a month now. Mike Johnson just recently demonstrated how effective that system can be. Hopefully the Leafs are just playing possum on the league, and are going to bring in a new PP system to start round 1. Catch teams off gaurd doing a pre-scout on this current shitty system. Its the only reason I can think of why they continually are implementing this current system. Legit have had the worst PP in the league since March I believe. So starting a new system at the start of R1 is really not that big of a risk. Who knows. Very frustrating
 
I don't know how you cant... honestly our special teams has been increasingly worse throughout the season. What can be worse than last? What can we lose by making a change?
 
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The dam sabres and red wings have a better success then we do. And one thing I see constantly is when they throw the puck back to marner or mathews to use speed to enter the zone. Watch just how far back they are when they get the puck. They are so far back the rest of our players are standing still. Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose. The idea is to bring puck up get the team backing up cause they have to respect the guy coming from the rear with speed it doesn’t mean you give him the puck every time and have everyone standing still. Use some deception have more then one entry. Have options something we don’t seem to have under the guidance of malhotra
 
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attackfan71 said:
The dam sabres and red wings have a better success then we do. And one thing I see constantly is when they throw the puck back to marner or mathews to use speed to enter the zone. Watch just how far back they are when they get the puck. They are so far back the rest of our players are standing still. Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose. The idea is to bring puck up get the team backing up cause they have to respect the guy coming from the rear with speed it doesn’t mean you give him the puck every time and have everyone standing still. Use some deception have more then one entry. Have options something we don’t seem to have under the guidance of malhotra
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Technically, no it doesn't - since the purpose is as you described - to hit a puck carrier with speed while the opposition is forced to stop. But they are completely predictable out there - that is for sure. The zone entries are one thing, the lack of an effective dump and chase is another, the absolute zero high slot or point shot threat is a third, the inability to move around and open up lanes is a 4th, the over-reliance on that play down low where they constantly hit the guy standing to the side of the net who's not moving and has no chance of doing anything useful with it is a 5th... I'm sure we can find more.
 
Malhotra had one strategy: cross seam pass from Marner to Matthews. As soon as other teams realized it, Malhotra ran out of ideas.

Now all they do is pass around the outside waiting for the cross seam pass, and when it doesn't materialize magically, Reilly throws a muffin into skates.
 
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stop the damn dropback pass at least for a few games...and also maybe win ONE faceoff in the offense zone?? lol
 
LastOne2100 said:
Malhotra had one strategy: cross seam pass from Marner to Matthews. As soon as other teams realized it, Malhotra ran out of ideas.

Now all they do is pass around the outside waiting for the cross seam pass, and when it doesn't materialize magically, Reilly throws a muffin into skates.
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Don't understand how a career penalty killer is drawing up these power plays.
 
Fire the coaching staff and it will be fixed tomorrow. This has never been an issue with this core in the past.
 
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