GDT: Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1 - Gm 5. Bolts @ Leafs; 7:30 pm EST

[egd27]

I am really not nervous at all.

I have gotten to the point with this team where I am expecting a loss and disappointment with every massive game.

Expect the worst and hope for the best. That should be your mind set with them right now until they prove otherwise.

Exactly, after 50+ years of being a Leaf fan the faith in them winning is all but gone. The boat should be in the water by Saturday.

 

[Jmo89]

• Holl was the odd man out the first 2 games
• Holl gave momentum to Tampa in Game 3 by directly causing 2 goals against
  • taking a moronic penalty
  • stupid pinch that led to offensive zone face-off for tampa and a goal when the puck should have been in the tampa zone
• Holl Gm 4 -> directly once again responsible for the goal against this time giving away the puck
  • momentum shifts in Tampa's favour
• Momentum is IMPORTANT in the playoffs. The clips in these tweets do not signal anything "special" that other d-men could not do
• Holl also played the least amount of minutes among defensemen in Gm 4
• Holl is not the guy that drives offense or drives his pairing no matter what Keefe says.
• Gio's impact since Holl partnered up with him has been net negative. That d-pairing is not involved in offensive pressure like it did when Lily was in the line up
• Muzzin-Brodie are already in a sense a defensive d-men pairing in a sense; they do not engage in offensive cycle as often. That leaves only Rielly and Lyubushkin pairing. No wonder we do not get any offensive cycle going either.
• We got Gio here to help some offense while playing sound defensively. We did not get Gio to play defensive d-men role.

The tweets that you posted is by a major Dubas homer and stat BS guy. Like mirtle they sell fake BS narrative and monetize their fake BS. Eventually people will stop buying the BS they are selling.

But according to Keefe he was a driver in a game they lost 7-3.

 

[Rude Dog]

Well I guess we will know by Saturday if we are in store for another 12 months of crap, or if I finally get to post in a Leaf 2nd round GDT.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Tampa basically takes the momentum whenever they want it with their physicality.

All the Leafs do is react to it and turtle. And our coach's solution to it is to take the guys out of the lineup who could possibly do something about it.

Except for when they lose, then Tampa just didn't want to take the momentum because they were tired and not trying or whatever.

 

[SprDaVE]

• Holl was the odd man out the first 2 games
• Holl gave momentum to Tampa in Game 3 by directly causing 2 goals against
  • taking a moronic penalty
  • stupid pinch that led to offensive zone face-off for tampa and a goal when the puck should have been in the tampa zone
• Holl Gm 4 -> directly once again responsible for the goal against this time giving away the puck
  • momentum shifts in Tampa's favour
• Momentum is IMPORTANT in the playoffs. The clips in these tweets do not signal anything "special" that other d-men could not do
• Holl also played the least amount of minutes among defensemen in Gm 4
• Holl is not the guy that drives offense or drives his pairing no matter what Keefe says.
• Gio's impact since Holl partnered up with him has been net negative. That d-pairing is not involved in offensive pressure like it did when Lily was in the line up
• Muzzin-Brodie are already in a sense a defensive d-men pairing in a sense; they do not engage in offensive cycle as often. That leaves only Rielly and Lyubushkin pairing. No wonder we do not get any offensive cycle going either.
• We got Gio here to help some offense while playing sound defensively. We did not get Gio to play defensive d-men role.

The tweets that you posted is by a major Dubas homer and stat BS guy. Like mirtle they sell fake BS narrative and monetize their fake BS. Eventually people will stop buying the BS they are selling.

This is just game tape stuff showing why they liked Holl last game, isolating his shifts to what he did well. You can kick and scream about homer this and bullcrap that with a bunch of random bullet points when the facts don't lie.

 

[mapleleafs34]

11F & 7D should be the solution. This way you get Holl for PK & Lily for 5v5 play. Lyb & Holl rotate with Rielly at 5v5.

Rielly-Lyb/Holl
Muzzin-Brodie
Gio-Lily

 

[supermann_98]

Giordano is probably wondering -> If he is the driver wtf am I

Stabilized the penalty kill? Am I blind or did they not score 3 PP goals in game 3 and one last game? BOTH with Holl in the lineup

 

[egd27]

Giordano is probably wondering -> If he is the driver wtf am I

IMO Keefe is trying too hard to defend Holl.

 

[mapleleafs34]

Ice your best 11 F
Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Kerfoot
Engvall-Kampf-Nylander
Blackwell-Kase

Matthews/Tavares/Kerfoot/Kampf can all rotate at 4C.

 

[ryno23]

Keefe is getting outcoached again. 1st game Matthews and Marner matched up with Stamkos and Kucherov then Cooper adjusted and had Cirrelli and Point against them and Matthews and Marner and getting caved in.

Keefe is like matchup don't matter if we are rolling and not playing on our heels.

Geezus when you see the other coach matching up and your line sucks hello Danault move the line around.

 

[budzz]

delete

 

[Rude Dog]

Why does it feel like we’re down 3-0 in the series?

Thank god they didn't blow game 3.

 

[ACC1224]

Well I guess we will know by Saturday if we are in store for another 12 months of crap, or if I finally get to post a Leaf 2nd round GDT.

I would love nothing more than to skip game 7 and attend game 1 of round 2 instead.
I'm really torn on attending game 7, if it gets there.

 

[Cor]

Giordano is probably wondering -> If he is the driver wtf am I

Giordano had far better numbers than Holl did last game.

That statement is utter BS. Same with the one about Gio-Holl being the best pairing even though it was clearly Muzzin-Brodie

 

[Trapper]

Ready or not, this is what we got.
Not looking for a hero, just a team that keeps Tampa at a zero.

 

[Jmo89]

Giordano is probably wondering -> If he is the driver wtf am I

Holl is driving the 18 wheeler right off the cliff.

 

[deprw]

Guy is such a tool lol

His such arrogant prick, maybe they want to win so much because they can't stand him when they lose and can't get rid of him anymore.

 

[All Mod Cons]

This guy provides a decent explanation for keeping Holl for the penalty kill.
Also makes a case for 11 F 7 D.

Cannot stand that guy. Just my opinion. No one asked.

 

[Joe n]

• Holl was the odd man out the first 2 games
• Holl gave momentum to Tampa in Game 3 by directly causing 2 goals against
  • taking a moronic penalty
  • stupid pinch that led to offensive zone face-off for tampa and a goal when the puck should have been in the tampa zone
• Holl Gm 4 -> directly once again responsible for the goal against this time giving away the puck
  • momentum shifts in Tampa's favour
• Momentum is IMPORTANT in the playoffs. The clips in these tweets do not signal anything "special" that other d-men could not do
• Holl also played the least amount of minutes among defensemen in Gm 4
• Holl is not the guy that drives offense or drives his pairing no matter what Keefe says.
• Gio's impact since Holl partnered up with him has been net negative. That d-pairing is not involved in offensive pressure like it did when Lily was in the line up
• Muzzin-Brodie are already in a sense a defensive d-men pairing in a sense; they do not engage in offensive cycle as often. That leaves only Rielly and Lyubushkin pairing. No wonder we do not get any offensive cycle going either.
• We got Gio here to help some offense while playing sound defensively. We did not get Gio to play defensive d-men role.

The tweets that you posted is by a major Dubas homer and stat BS guy. Like mirtle they sell fake BS narrative and monetize their fake BS. Eventually people will stop buying the BS they are selling.

Also don't know what all the talk about stabilizing the penalty kill is about since Lilly played 9 minutes of PK and wasn't on the ice for a goal against.

 

[IPS]

Exactly, after 50+ years of being a Leaf fan the faith in them winning is all but gone. The boat should be in the water by Saturday.

Nobody:
egd27: After 50+ years of being a Leaf fan

 

[Mugzy97]

Yeah Lets try same lines with Tavares and Nylander... Doing the same mistake over and over must be the recepie for success.

You’re an idiot if you think changing the lines up is the difference maker

 

[danron1376]

7:30pm can't come fast enough

 

[francis246]

no simmonds or Clifford is a big mistake.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Please god let us score on our first powerplay and let that powerplay be for us in the early start of the game

 

[francis246]

11F & 7D should be the solution. This way you get Holl for PK & Lily for 5v5 play. Lyb & Holl rotate with Rielly at 5v5.

Rielly-Lyb/Holl
Muzzin-Brodie
Gio-Lily

you never play 7 d in the playoffs...