Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 5-2

[Cleetus]

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[LastOne2100]

This soft perimeter play creeping back into our game at the end of the season will cost us dearly if it is allowed to continue into the playoffs. Tons of weak low danger shots with no presence in front of the net is not the way to win anything.

I wish we could make setting up in front of our net half as difficult as the Red Wings made it tonight.

Not many positives tonight. Also Holl is awful and better not play game 1 now that we have better options.

 

[ACC1224]

Burn the tape.
How many tapes have they burnt now?

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Playoffs need to come. I need to see if this team can turn it on when game 1 begins, because as of now they don’t seem to have that switch

 

[fahad203]

Laugh it off.

 

[TMLife17]

Weekly sad effort game is out of the way, maybe we can beat Columbus now?

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Weekly sad effort game is out of the way, maybe we can beat Columbus now?

Depends, is laine still playing Center?

 

[BertCorbeau]

Self inflicted mistakes early cost them .. but were also unlucky to only get 2 goals. Didn't seem to get the bounces.

 

[saffronleaf]

all the excuses are there: back to back, many players sitting, random injury to murray and sammy coming in cold, not much to play for, etc.

but still what a sad performance. team is stumbling into the playoffs. hope they can correct course but this situation does not inspire much confidence.

 

[MSZ]

Scheduling loss, I expect a better effort against CBJ.

 

[Havoc]

Objectively well played by Keefe. Rested too many guys for any hate to be admissible.

Onto the next one.

 

[pcruz]

Can the Leafs just forfeit the remaining games?

At least that way they can avoid injuries....

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Furlatt was the ref tonight. We’ll remember him calling the pick on Holl in Game 7 last year, along with other BS non-calls like the two interferences along the boards that allowed Tampa to score their two goals, and the non-call trip on Willy (I think) while we were on the PP that would’ve given us a 5 on 3.

No surprise he has an axe to grind and took it out on Bunting. Refs in this league blow. They’re thin-skinned, vindictive, and unprofessional.

 

[Stephen]

Burn the tape.
How many tapes have they burnt now?

Burning so much tape there's now an ecological footprint to consider.

 

[ULF_55]

How long before we read about how, based on irrelevant stats, they should have won this one walking away?

Need a lot more ...

 

[TMLife17]

Depends, is laine still playing Center?

Not sure it matters tbh. Either we decide we want to win or we float into the playoffs and hope everything just magically clicks.

 

[Leafblooded]

Detroit's the latest team to win their cup in Toronto this season. That puck is going to the very top of Larkin's mantle.

Our team is supposed to be good enough to win these games.

 

[PromisedLand]

Leafs kept to the outside and they couldn't get their offense going (This is a Recording!!!)

Also, Keefe's inability to adjust is beyond amazing. The dude doesn't know how to get his guys going when playing from behind. He keeps playing Tavares with his prime players (Matthews/Nylander) when Tavares has absolutely SUCKED 5 on 5 this season.

Enough coddling. Put tavares on the 3rd line. In the playoffs this is what I wanna see

Jankrok-Matthews-Nylander
Bunting-ROR-Marner
Kerfoot-Tavares-Acciari
ZAR-Kampf-Lafferty

I don't care how much Tavares makes, that he has a "C" on his jersey or whatever. The dude is abysmal 5 on 5; you cannot waste your superstars' minutes by forcing them to play with Tavares

 

[saffronleaf]

Burning so much tape there's now an ecological footprint to consider.

Rogers & Bell ESG scores plummeting

 

[Havoc]

Am I the only one fearful Keefe is inadvertently training us to suck through his "process".

This is a total shit show that can only make us out of sync and full of bad habits for round 1

 

[LeafalCrusader]

 

[Stephen]

Self inflicted mistakes early cost them .. but were also unlucky to only get 2 goals. Didn't seem to get the bounces.

I only watched the third but looked like a lot of perimeter play. Hit a couple of posts but if you're not driving to the inside and making a point to live there you won't really get the bounces.

How was Murray before he got hurt? Brutal or unlucky?

 

[leafan11]

all the excuses are there: back to back, many players sitting, random injury to murray and sammy coming in cold, not much to play for, etc.

but still what a sad performance. team is stumbling into the playoffs. hope they can correct course but this situation does not inspire much confidence.

Meaningless game , not worried at all .

 

[meefer]

Only saw the last 12 min or so. What happened to Murray?

 

[TMLife17]

How do you guys think CZE almost won the WJC? Chemistry.