Other than a booming, accurate shot and taking their pants down in public, do Ricky Vaive and Matthews have other similarities?
GDT: Start of the November hot streak part 3 - Tampa visits Toronto
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DarkKnight
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Knew this would happen, second line cools off a bit, they get hot. We've been doing this for years now. Let's see if we found a third line here...
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SprDaVE
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I noticed a couple decent plays from him. He's been OK, which is fine. Lagesson has been pretty good.
Stephen
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Yep that was always the downside. Doesn’t seem to have matured or developed so chances are he’ll just be an up and down unpredictable goalie.
SprDaVE
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They desperately need a goal from the supporting players, it's not even about the 2nd line.
Dragao6
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YupLolol but you have interest in posting on hfboards about the game , just not watching it ?
It’s what this team does to people
Teeder Keon
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I’m extremely serious here for a second
I really haven’t seen a worst D man in hockey defensively than #3
That’s over 60 plus plus years
I truly mean that
I really haven’t seen a worst D man in hockey defensively than #3
That’s over 60 plus plus years
I truly mean that
keonsbitterness
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TheMadHatTrick
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Did Tyler Bertuzzi just forget how to play hockey? We've wanted to acquire this guy for years and he's been a total dud as a Leaf.
Martin Skoula
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Enjoying Lagerssons bite
Lagesson/Benoit playing pretty decent
93gilmour93
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The Hyman and Mo commercial is so bad 
DarkKnight
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Lagesson has really come up big, considering we expected nothing from him on the big club. Keeping it simple and steady. Thankfully too, we need some depth.
TMLeafer
Rest in Peace Johnny Bower
Teeder Keon
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Aashir
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He kills every line. He doesn’t gel anywhere
He has yet to find any role or place on the team
Rewatching some replays of the goals allowed again:
1st goal. Week play by Bertuzzi on the boards starts this mess. Tavares in his zone can't decide which player to engage with so he just sits in the lane and doesn't take anyone. Bertuzzi, despite not doing much, got tied up on the board and wasn't there to backcheck and I'd like a save there. Maybe it was the end of a shift, but all 3 forwards didn't show much effort getting back.
2nd goal allowed. Why are all 3 Leaf forwards on the far side of the ice for so long? Nylander can't be that far to the right when no one is covering the left side of the ice (Tampa had guys there on the rush). then even in the D-zone, Giordano fades to the far side again leaving his zone open on the left. They really don't know how to stay positionally where they should be and its so easy for the opponents to find open spots on the ice because the Leafs (mostly the forwards) just float seeming to wherever they want to.
3rd goal allowed. Good shot, would like a save there. Not a huge fault of anyone, but they seemed to be over-rotating a bit. Stay a little more sound positionally and Kucherov won't be so open or have so much time.
The most disturbing thing here is Paul comes and parks himself in front of the net...providing a major screen AND having both hands free to deflect a shot or be right there for a rebound. He is there for at least 10 full seconds before the goal is scored without anyone even noticing him.
4th goal allowed: PP, again over-rotating, they don't know what each other are doing out there. Puck goes to the near boards side, both Toronto defenders face and chase the pass there, leaving Point wide open for the shot.
To me, The Penalty killers chase the puck instead of holding the box together, and its like they have no coaching or ignore the coaching because too many times they get easily turned around or 2 players are drawn out of position at the same time leaving someone open.
As far as the forwards, awful positioning, no one stays on their side of the ice, they just float round, not much effort to backcheck (its almost like if they see 2 leafs D-men in the zone, they figure that is enough and they don't have to skate hard to get back).
Matthews is just going to have to outscore the lack of effort and the mistakes made by the rest of the team.
1st goal. Week play by Bertuzzi on the boards starts this mess. Tavares in his zone can't decide which player to engage with so he just sits in the lane and doesn't take anyone. Bertuzzi, despite not doing much, got tied up on the board and wasn't there to backcheck and I'd like a save there. Maybe it was the end of a shift, but all 3 forwards didn't show much effort getting back.
2nd goal allowed. Why are all 3 Leaf forwards on the far side of the ice for so long? Nylander can't be that far to the right when no one is covering the left side of the ice (Tampa had guys there on the rush). then even in the D-zone, Giordano fades to the far side again leaving his zone open on the left. They really don't know how to stay positionally where they should be and its so easy for the opponents to find open spots on the ice because the Leafs (mostly the forwards) just float seeming to wherever they want to.
3rd goal allowed. Good shot, would like a save there. Not a huge fault of anyone, but they seemed to be over-rotating a bit. Stay a little more sound positionally and Kucherov won't be so open or have so much time.
The most disturbing thing here is Paul comes and parks himself in front of the net...providing a major screen AND having both hands free to deflect a shot or be right there for a rebound. He is there for at least 10 full seconds before the goal is scored without anyone even noticing him.
4th goal allowed: PP, again over-rotating, they don't know what each other are doing out there. Puck goes to the near boards side, both Toronto defenders face and chase the pass there, leaving Point wide open for the shot.
To me, The Penalty killers chase the puck instead of holding the box together, and its like they have no coaching or ignore the coaching because too many times they get easily turned around or 2 players are drawn out of position at the same time leaving someone open.
As far as the forwards, awful positioning, no one stays on their side of the ice, they just float round, not much effort to backcheck (its almost like if they see 2 leafs D-men in the zone, they figure that is enough and they don't have to skate hard to get back).
Matthews is just going to have to outscore the lack of effort and the mistakes made by the rest of the team.
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