GDT: St Louis @ Toronto - 7pm - TSN

[NastyKnies]

Reaves is especially slow this year. Is he injured again? Does he not train in the offseason? This is the second slow season start in a row

He's been a lot more usefull then half this team..

 

[Gary Nylund]

To a certain extent they are but we are watching the same kind of thing we have seen for multiple coaches, now GM’s.
At some point we have to admit that maybe it’s not the coach, maybe it’s the players and the construction of the common denominator (core)

Give 'em a few more years, a few more tens of millions of dollars and a chance to play for a few more coaches. They'll eventually figure out just like WSH did, we're well on track to win the cup when Matthews is 33 years old or thereabouts.

 

[Racer88]

Marner starting to get booed. Lol

Gee not like some of us predicted that in the off season

 

[hamzarocks]

So far in this thread we've turned on our starting goalie coming into the year, the coaching staff, our core, Tanev, and probably more. The cause? 2 losses in a row in October lol

4-4 record, offense and defense lpoking bleak, not much help on the way

Concerning how this team can be so bad after a the big tampa win

Winning the division & conference which was Key for us seems tougher now if this type of play extends to game 12-13 of the year

 

[Dave92]

What a f***ing leader our Captain is. You'd never know he's played in 6 game 7's is without ever scoring a goal.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Truly great teams don’t need excuses. We aren’t there

It’s early for both good and bad. Truth may be that we end up on either end

But I’m tired of acting like this team is any different than it has been for decades

Truly great teams never have 2 games of poor effort in a row, especially early in a season? Can you list examples of teams that never had 2 poor efforts in a row?

 

[stickty111]

Timmins will shoot it 99% of the time, even though he's usually not in a great position to do so. Oh, and he's awful defensively.

Yeah but his name isn't Liljegren, so it doesn't matter

 

[Aashir Mallik]

They played hard and were the better team all 6 of the first 6 games. 7 and 8 are the outliers. We also know there is a bug going around the room when all of a sudden the energy drops. Just saying

Man you try and cover up for the team so much it’s almost nauseating

 

[wingman75]

Probably has more to do with the players at this point.

If they get the credit for the wins, they get for the losses. Zero question theae two games are earned losses.

 

[thewave]

He wasn't... Johnson said they were yelling shoot

His time is running out.

 

[notbias]

Gee not like some of us predicted that in the off season

It isn't happening... Johnson said they yelled shoot... some of you are hoping and hearing things.

 

[Smif]

Last two games remind me of the end of the Babcock era,

Remember the 42 games of Peter Horachek??

 

[Leafs87]

He's 37, was always slow and is like 230lbs

He was actually pretty quick and always allowed him to get into good hitting positions. This year and most of last it’s like he could line anyone up because someone else gets to covering them faster

 

[fahad203]

I predict we will make it close to like 4-3 for moral victories

 

[Cleetus]

puck shoot net goal now

I Turned TV OFF see ya'll Saturday

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

What a f***ing leader our Captain is. You'd never know he's played in 6 game 7's is without ever scoring a goal.

He's not my captain.

 

[DarkKnight]

Gee not like some of us predicted that in the off season

lol they yelled shoot.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

I Turned TV OFF see ya'll Saturday

 

[peconcan]

Looks like nobody will be able to bitch about having Reaves in the lineup for awhile

 

[MoreMogilny]

Truly great teams never have 2 games of poor effort in a row, especially early in a season? Can you list examples of teams that never had 2 poor efforts in a row?

I said great teams don’t need excuses at the volume this team apparently does. It’s always something to minimize their poor performance. I don’t think there’s a team with more to prove than this one and yet here they are

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Matthews can’t even get a one-timer off good Lord.

 

[McSnypsky]

matthews has been off

 

[GoonieFace]

Yeah but his name isn't Liljegren, so it doesn't matter

Did you order Liligren pajamas or something?

 

[Gallagbi]

lol they yelled shoot.

Sounds like there's both

 

[Leafsfan74]

Leaf fans already back down to earth?

Guys, it's been eight years with this core, did you really believe it was the coach that caused them to choke and not be able to play a playoff type game?

It's way to early to determine but if history is any indication, well, what's the definition of insanity again?