Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-2

[Arzak]

I enjoyed the physicality on Pasta .. some big hits laid

They were targeting him properly !!!

Then again Pasta is Marner size and ate it well... if it was in reverse we would have 20 pages crying about Broons targeting poor Mitch and not a Reavo

 

[rumman]

I agree. Can't even say hello to anyone without them looking at you like you're crazy. Stay the f*** away from the city

Funerals are the only reason I’ll visit the sewer now, it’s not the city I grew up in that’s for damn sure…….

I mean, plenty of people go to things they don’t give a shit about. Especially events like these that become the talk of the city. A status thing and also to take in the spectacle.

You can easily go and not give two shits about the Leafs themselves

Roger that, most are corporate tickets, therein lies the problem………

 

[janesy12]

Leafs are 1 for 11 with the man advantage, or 9%.
Bruins are 5 for 10 with the man advantage, or 50%!!!!!

Leafs save % is 0.895%.
Bruins save % is 0.940%.

That's the series in a nutshell. There's no point in trying to decipher anything else. Special teams and the Bruins goaltending has been nearly unbeatable.

 

[rumman]

Yep, we need you to coast around on the ice avoiding contact at all cost.

He'll not be able to score any better than Matthews !!!

Roger that…….

 

[rumman]

I'm going to be honest, I'm not getting a warm fuzzy feeling about paying Liljegren this offseason

He's not worth 3M, let alone 4M or 5M

Have to be nuts to resign him, the cowardly lion……..

 

[BraveCanadian]

Leafs are 1 for 11 with the man advantage, or 9%.
Bruins are 5 for 10 with the man advantage, or 50%!!!!!

Leafs save % is 0.895%.
Bruins save % is 0.940%.

That's the series in a nutshell. There's no point in trying to decipher anything else. Special teams and the Bruins goaltending has been nearly unbeatable.

Oh yes every year no matter the opposition it is the other teams goaltender that magically gets super hot… orrrrr maybe the Leafs offense just sucks when things tighten up and they have to go to the net and collect garbage.

 

[rumman]

f*** it, at this point you might as well swap out Lily for Brodie or Gio.

The Bruins would be up 3 games to none if Brodie was in the line up, I’d give Gio a shot, but sadly his tank is empty…….

Fixed it for you.

Roger that……

 

[Arzak]

Swayman makes the same as Samsanov...

Drafting one is the easiest way to get one, outside that, buying low and hoping they rebound/develop.

Getting goalies is hard.

Is it ?

Bruins had Tim Thomas, Rask, and now Swaymen + Ullmark.


Swayman was already were promising young goalie and they still went out there and got UFA Ullmark. We went Foligno or some other bust we already suppressed from our collective memory...

I don't want to hear about how hard getting goalie is. We don't care about goalies... UFA Vezina winner? Crickets.. Getting JT to play 2 C hear? We sure as hell need to win that sweepstakes...

Leafs are 1 for 11 with the man advantage, or 9%.
Bruins are 5 for 10 with the man advantage, or 50%!!!!!

Leafs save % is 0.895%.
Bruins save % is 0.940%.

That's the series in a nutshell. There's no point in trying to decipher anything else. Special teams and the Bruins goaltending has been nearly unbeatable.

Nope. You are comparing Bruins scoring on their 2-1 chance vs Marner panic floaters. You are also ignoring the fact that Bruins have no issues letting us shoot meh shots from outside in 4:1 game...

Sammy sucks, Swayman is great, but that's hardly the main reason we lost.

Your post is Deserve O Hope Meter crap without the picture...

 

[HamiltonNHL]

1) special teams is sinking us

Keefe cant adapt.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a power-play percentage of 13.8 in their last 20 games.


pathetic.

Boston's power play was bad UNTIL they met the Leaf's terrible PK.

Keefe needs to step down.

 

[rumman]

Embarrassing photo, clowns at heart…….

 

[janesy12]

Is it ?

Bruins had Tim Thomas, Rask, and now Swaymen + Ullmark.


Swayman was already were promising young goalie and they still went out there and got UFA Ullmark. We went Foligno or some other bust we already suppressed from our collective memory...

I don't want to hear about how hard getting goalie is. We don't care about goalies... UFA Vezina winner? Crickets.. Getting JT to play 2 C hear? We sure as hell need to win that sweepstakes...



Nope. You are comparing Bruins scoring on their 2-1 chance vs Marner panic floaters. You are also ignoring the fact that Bruins have no issues letting us shoot meh shots from outside in 4:1 game...

Sammy sucks, Swayman is great, but that's hardly the main reason we lost.

Your post is Deserve O Hope Meter crap without the picture...

No, but it is a large reason. Swayman was amazing. Read my post and you can see I said special teams AND goaltending.

 

[rumman]

f*** you Shanahan

The one true person to blame for destroying this franchise’s best chance at a cup………..

Think it's time for Liljegren to sit and bring Brodie / Timmins back in.

Jesus, out of the frying pan and into the fire………

 

[Jojalu]

Oh yes every year no matter the opposition it is the other teams goaltender that magically gets super hot… orrrrr maybe the Leafs offense just sucks when things tighten up and they have to go to the net and collect garbage.

This year they have done a good job at that. Yet they are still shooting it into the goalie. Unbelievable.

 

[rumman]

No thanks, he needs to get traded at the draft.

Yup, the Leafs have to replace Lily, Brodie, Gio, Boosh, and Edmonson with younger players on reasonable contracts, I’d shop Rielly too if he’d waive……..

 

[Jojalu]

Embarrassing photo, clowns at heart…….

Sure is awful to put on a performance forckids

 

[Nineteen67]

I honestly feel we are the better team, but the Bruins (and almost any other playoff team) do not have the breakdowns like we do that give the opponent such easy access to, or clean looks at, our net.

That makes them the better team.

 

[Rob Brown]

Sure is awful to put on a performance forckids

Not to mention they weren't the first Leaf players to do it. Some people just complain about everything.

 

[ACC1224]

lots to complain about in a game that seemed winnable.
Won’t be popular but Matthews needs to show up more than once every 3 games.

 

[rumman]

Nah, they are still at the end of their rope. They have good goaltending, but won't beat either team in the next round. We are just that bad.

Bruins are still a great team, good D, good goaltending, sure they lost some offence, but they make up that loss with hard work and dedication to winning…….

 

[Nineteen67]

I don’t have much energy to complain about our goaltending after going 0/5 on the PP. We don’t score enough in the playoffs, same story all the time. The team was never going to have amazing goaltending. But they were the 2nd highest scoring team in the league, yet can’t score when it matters.

Insane that Nylander has not missed games for injury in like 7 years and now can’t play in the playoffs, we’re so cursed man.

Keefe’s PP

 

[rumman]

If you were Anaheim, would you do that deal?

Intriguing, but Mac is injury prone, in and out of the line up with injuries……..

 

[Gallagbi]

Had some time to digest last night, here's where my heads at

Officiating - obviously had a tough night but ultimately didn't impact the game. That Frederic goal isnt a result of the missed calls and we had ample chances to offset

Goaltending - Sammy made big saves and allowed bad goals. With our construction a .910 should be enough to get to OT or win

PK - This is our biggest issue. You can handle a bad powerplay as a good ES team, but not a bad PK. Bad decisions, bad execution. Two guys on the wrong side of the puck just can't happen in a playoff game let alone 2 minutes into the period. That's not a systems issue, that's a thinking issue. The players know the PK is an issue and are playing like it.

PP - Looks awful and disjointed. We're clearly missing Willy and it's like we're waiting for him to return. I don't like Bert and JT together, it forces too many low percentage shots and takes Matthews out. Everything is running through Marner on his offside and he can't make a seam pass currently. I'd consider two balanced units similar to their ES lines (throw Jarn out on D, Maybe Robertson too)

 

[rumman]

How is Edmonton able to score on the PP with their eyes closed game after game and we struggle to get a single SOG on some PPs
The special teams is a f***ing joke. Whoever is in charge of that needs to get canned
All this star power and they are f***ing trash on the powerplay

The curse of Hyman……..

Can't see Marner waiving for a non-playoff team.

It sure would remove a lot of questions about Mitch’s post season play though……..

 

[Nineteen67]

lots to complain about in a game that seemed winnable.
Won’t be popular but Matthews needs to show up more than once every 3 games.

He was noticeable, but had the puck bouncing over stick on that terrible ice. Especially in the 2 nd period.
He can at least compete in these games and gets A- grade after the first three games.

 

[rumman]

What a steal of a deal Hyman has turned out to be.

Dubas didn’t appreciate what Zack brought to the team, so sad……..