Post-Game Talk: You get a blown lead! You get a blown lead! Everyone gets a blown lead!
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hunwick played 22mins!! Gardiner and Carrick ~18mins switch thise numbers Gardiner has more chance to stick longer here than Hunwick let him try to defend last 5 mins if you have to pick 1 of the 2 Hunwick is not good enough.
LeafingTheWay
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Can't put Kapanen with Kadri because he's their 'shut-down' guy. I'd put Marner with him because he's been great defensively.
I think Bozak and Kadri's line needs changing up.
Komarov - Kadri - Marner
Hymen - Matthews - Nylander
JVR - Bozak - Michalek
Martin - Holland - Brown
Are you upset your troll thread was closed?
For a young player, it shows a positive outlook when they're getting chances. More often than not, their luck will help out and they'll be finishing more of the those chances in future games.
Wafflewhipper
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Maybe Babcock plays Polak and Hunwick to show the kids how not to play the game. Everything is a learning experience.
Nylander and Matthews are gems. For sure. They both have the killer instinct.
I flip flop on Marner. People complaining about a fifth goal, if Marner actually shot the puck instead of trying to make the highlight reel, fifth goal would have been scored and the win sealed. That guy better learn that wins are important. That play pissed me off tonight. I hate when players lose sight of the main goal (win) and focus on being pretty. It's like they're not mentally where everyone else.
Maybe he still wants to play junior so he do all kinds of globe trotter garbage (while Nylander shoots from anywhere and Matthews will take any garbage goal).
I flip flop on Marner. People complaining about a fifth goal, if Marner actually shot the puck instead of trying to make the highlight reel, fifth goal would have been scored and the win sealed. That guy better learn that wins are important. That play pissed me off tonight. I hate when players lose sight of the main goal (win) and focus on being pretty. It's like they're not mentally where everyone else.
Maybe he still wants to play junior so he do all kinds of globe trotter garbage (while Nylander shoots from anywhere and Matthews will take any garbage goal).
It's fine to be pissed, believe me I know it's frustrating. But at the end of the day this is still a rebuilding team full of rookies. Defence is a huge concern right now that needs to be addressed. Most likely through the draft and development of defencmen through past draft. I'm happy as long as I see improvement and despite the blown leads it's very evident the talent on this team has increased 10 fold.
as i said on other page even try Valiev and Corrado, to keep Dermott and Nielsen learning with the marlies. They may not be better than those 2 but man just give it a try
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This is very true. The team, dare I say it, looks pretty good ridiculous meltdowns notwithstanding. Im especially impressed with Willy the Kid, he's been bringing it every night.
Hunwick with (yet another) bad pinch, it was a poor read by Zaitsev but Leo is the real headscratcher, he's floating down the ice looking for something to do, with no thought of protecting the lane behind him. The guy who's part of our so-called "checking line".
Matthews tied for 2nd in league scoring and Nylander tied 3rd thats what makes me happy with these games our important future players are finding ways to score even with tip dmen playing against them. As said above we will fix the D when the time is right but the kids are playing great
SeaOfBlue
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I think Hunwick-Zaitsev will work out eventually, it just needs time. Maybe just reduce the amount Hunwick has to do. He's only getting paid 1.2 mill., do you really expect him to play 23 minutes a night at a high level? That's what 4-6 million dollar players get paid to do.
Knock Hunwick off the PK as well. Rielly, Trouba, Polak and Marincin would be a pretty strong PK group. Zaitsev is pretty good in his own right as well. You could use Hunwick in case of emergencies really.
Hunwick with Zaitsev and playing not much more than 20 minutes would probably lead to him being a lot more successful. Zaitsev can still get his 23 minutes or whatever from all of the extra PP or PK time he'd get.
Right now, I just think Carrick needs some time out of the lineup. He makes quite a few risky pinches, and most of the time they don't work out. He's a wonderful puck handler and can shoot the puck and all of that, but we have Rielly, Gardiner (or Trouba can do it as well) and Zaitsev to do that. Heck even the other three guys in the lineup aren't terrible at it. He's not a dumpster fire in his own zone, but he's not exactly great there either. Also he has 65% offensive zone starts, so it's not like he has much time to look bad back there either. I think if the Leafs are going to improve, they need to have guys like Polak in the lineup more often. Yes don't use Polak in the crunch time situations, but when you need a strong PKer or a shutdown guy throughout the game, Polak is pretty damn effective. Carrick is not.
Compared to who? I'd argue that Gardiner is the one who gets hit the hardest despite being the best defenseman on the transition.What?
This entire board has wanted Hunwick's head on a pike since halfway through preseason.
Hunwick, if anything, is viewed as a natural fixture on the top/mid-pairing. It's ridiculous.
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Just lose the game from the drop of the puck. Stop teasing us with these late in the game leads.
It's frustrating being so close to a win, then, have the carpet pulled out from underneath us.
very disappointing. It's like his mind is else where. He should be afraid to lose and he's not. He wants to look picturesque. He's not in the same league as Matthews/Nylander. He has the skill but those guys wouldn't do ***** like that.
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BertCorbeau
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Leo's looked lost this year .. Before he was a pure heart and hustle guy who hit everything, and last year had a crazy good first half scoring .. Now it seems like he can't figure out if he wants to hit or be a scorer
Hope it's not the start of a decline for Uncle Leo - physical players can start declining around his age
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I agree. Nielsen for sure Dermott,Loov can be brought up as well, Babcock seems married to Hunwick despite everything.
Al14
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He's just trying to keep up with the Mathews and Nylanders on this team. He just needs to play a simple game and stop looking for the fancy, picture perfect goals!
BertCorbeau
F*ck cancer - RIP Fugu and Buffaloed
But yes to add some positivity, it appears Matthews and Nylander are future top tier players in the league for many years Both look dynamic out there
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