Pre-Game Talk: TOR @ VAN Jan 20

[wingman75]

No way, they're lucky it's not 5-0 already.

5-2 maybe? Demko made a couple nice saves.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Oh to be a fly in that locker room:
-Mitch checking tiktok
-Willie checking tinder
-Auston checking NFL app
-Tavares sitting silent, staring into space

 

[All Mod Cons]

I think we should pay our guys less.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Who know's how much of a problem Keefe really is but this is a results oriented business and the team has looked pretty bad thru 40 or so games and too many nights just looks like they hardly even care.

Keefe has certainly been able to deliver better results than this, so it's unfair to pin it all on him. The roster construction is abysmal. But as you said, he needs to deliver results and he just isn't. He didn't deserve to go into this season as coach, and certainly doesn't deserve to keep his job after how thr season has gone

 

[leafs in five]

40 games? Try 5 years

jfc

 

[KPower]

Jones is done. He had a good run but he’s toast.

Hopefully they bring in Berube. Our depth is still ass but he might be a spark.

 

[Rare Jewel]

Hi to all the lurking Vancouver fans, btw.

Hopefully, you find the validation you seek.

 

[Al14]

Bert and JT can FK right off. No jam , no finish. Wastes of space. It's embarassing Nylander has to play with them. What a waste of 17 million in cap space.

What's embarrassing is Nylander's new contract next season. Since signing it he's been mostly INVISIBLE !!!

 

[Cleetus]

Oh to be a fly in that locker room:
-Mitch checking tiktok
-Willie checking tinder
-Auston checking NFL app
-Tavares sitting silent, staring into space

this is pretty much whats probably happening lol

 

[theTTC]

3 goals on 9 shots.

Jones is a gutless coward

Whats your point? Leafs are built to outscore their opposition - period. Not out-goalie them or via tight defensive 2-1. Core Fore are the gutless cowards.

 

[Antropovsky]

It's astonishing how bad Dubas f$$$ed this team. Our cap situation messed, our veteran depth gone, draft picks purged, the culture of this team destroyed, coaching terribad. It's just shocking.

Even if we get rid of the mediocre coach, I don't even think the best coach in the world could coach this sad bunch of losers to a cup. It's only getting worse next year when Nylander, who's closer to a 9 million dollar player than a 11.5 million, contract kicks in (and I really like Nylander).

Very few things I like about this team, Woll, Knies and Matthews and that's about it (considering their contracts).

 

[Aashir]

40 games? Try 5 years

even last year, tampa got unlucky that vasi imploded

they should've won the 4-3 game and really shoud've won the 4-1 game

cooper, torts, f***ING DUCHARME, maurice all run circles around this buffon

it's not all him though, he has a 40 million core that plays like they make 4 dollars

 

[alliuk12]

Has Nylander done anything since he signed the new contract

wasn't that the same as when he signed his last contract he didn't do anything untill his new contract needed to be signed

 

[MoreMogilny]

Lafferty?

He was one of them. He’s been awesome for them

Apparently we didn’t need him because he played fast and physical

 

[Larcos_Unal]

I think we should pay our guys less.

Pretty crazy, don't think they ever considered this

 

[Mopar]

This team is basically unwatchable.

This is what YEARS of bad decisions look like.

No goaltending. No defense. Awful coaching.

Hoping the losses pile up at this point just so we can get some changes. I don't cheer for losses but something has to give here.

 

[Al14]

The only good thing about that period is that it ended after 20 minutes. We had absolutely nothing to offer in both ends of the rink.

Just another NHL team PROVING how over-rated and over-paid our Leafs really are !!!

 

[Mr_Fun]

I think the next 40 will be worse

Maybe. First 5 minutes will probably tell the story. Vancouver was wired for that 1st period whereas the Leafs didn't have 1 player who looked game ready. Not one.

 

[Confucius]

Whats embarrassing is Nylander's new contract next season. Since signing it he's been mostly INVISIBLE !!!

Right winger making 11 million, let’s have 2.. Looks like we’ll have cap space for 2 11 million dollar dmen . Too bad we will have to wait until 2025

 

[klmdg]

I don't know why people are shitting on Jones

Management has run him into the ground playing him all but 1 game the past month

 

[All Mod Cons]

Not sure what they're waiting to do anymore.

It's pretty clear the team is what it is.

Need 2 d men forsure for an upgrade and trade some of the guys upfront for picks to free up cap space and play some young guys. It can't be any worse then this

Keefe gone too.

All this seems pretty obvious at this point. Tre needs to do something if they want to try and salvage the season. Wait too long and they're in big trouble.

It's not a panic move. It's been almost a month now playing like this.

I don't think Tre has any want to do much until the offseason. There's so much to be done.

Honestly though, what assets do we have to trade away for help?

 

[Aashir]

He was one of them. He’s been awesome for them

Apparently we didn’t need him because he played fast and physical

tbh this game isn't miraculously 1-0 us, its still probably 3-0 vancouver

this team can't have 1 player added to fix it, maybe gretzky, lemiuex, orr. We need 2 top 6 wingers and 2 bottom six players. we need 2 top 4 dman and a starting goaltender

 

[JKG33]

jfc

Tell me I'm wrong. This is the exact same loser, 0 give a shit team that's been making early playoff exits the last 7 years. I'll give them a pass on the first 2 cause they were teenagers.

Seriously, what's changed? Same shitty work ethic, same shitty coach

 

[Niagara Bill]

It's astonishing how bad Dubas f$$$ed this team. Our cap situation messed, our veteran depth gone, draft picks purged, the culture of this team destroyed, coaching terribad. It's just shocking.

Even if we get rid of the mediocre coach, I don't even think the best coach in the world could coach this sad bunch of losers to a cup. It's only getting worse next year when Nylander, who's closer to a 9 million dollar player than a 11.5 million, contract kicks in (and I really like Nylander).

Very few things I like about this team, Woll, Knies and Matthews and that's about it (considering their contracts).

This is not about cap, this is about players unwilling to hive it up, it's about room issues, it's about coaching

 

[therealkoho]

I'd like to see Will Arnett drop them with Bieber and Matthews