GDT: Arizona @ Toronto. 7:00 on TSN.

[All Mod Cons]

Maybe missing the playoffs shows them to never take it for granted?¿

I doubt most of these players would get that message to be honest

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

The good news is we're not going to blow a lead in the third

Don't sell the leafs short. They can easily get a lead and blow it

 

[DarkKnight]

Lack of urgency

At this point, do you really want to see "this team" in the playoffs?

Well this is the thing isn’t it. Can we make the dance? Absolutely. Does this team look a true cup contender? Absolutely not. Isn’t that all that matters?

 

[Merrrlin]

I can't believe I looked forward to this all day. This is terrible hockey to watch.

True, this is some awful entertainment right now. It got better under Keefe but were drifting back to boring hockey in my opinion.

 

[The Kessel Run]

It's mostly just corporations at the events in Toronto now, corporations paying other corporations, very few real people get to attend these things.

I think I saw Dio's hologram in one of the private boxes...

 

[18leafsfan18]

Honestly leafs we controlling that period completely and just didnt finish.

Coyotes didn't have a shot for like 8 minutes.

Happens in hockey all the time. Team is getting chances and cant finish, other team comes down and scores.

The goal was a lot of mistakes by multiple players.

I think they dominate the 3rd and win by 2 or 3

 

[nuck]

So is this on the goalie or the billionaire boys club or are we still blaming Babcock Free Gallant? Sometimes even a pretty good coach can't get the game out of a group of players. These guys look mediocre and we don't have the crutch of the porous Hutch. I blame the players more than the coach for the sad sack start. They are still sad sack. If only the young guns were half as talented as their agents insisted they were.

 

[keonsbitterness]

At this point, do you really want to see "this team" in the playoffs?

Always. History shows that any team can get hot in the playoffs and go on a run.

Not that I'm making a prediction.

 

[Stephen]

So is it ok to panic yet? I think we need a retool honestly. Sell Barrie for a first and retool over the summer. Balance out the cap a bit and let's try again next year with a full Keefe training camp.

We’ve been panicking since November. This is who the Leafs are.

 

[Gallagbi]

I can't believe I looked forward to this all day. This is terrible hockey to watch.

I feel like that's on you at this point. I'm basically doing what I can to avoid watching full games (and failing, clearly)

 

[Merrrlin]

Seems like this team thinks they are way better than they are and they will make it and just coast in.

I think that's you projecting.

 

[DarkKnight]

Glass half full thought, one of Gauthier’s stronger outings tonight.

 

[Kiwi]

Maybe missing the playoffs shows them to never take it for granted?¿

It's cute you think this overpaid bunch of suck would care

 

[Sniper99]

I would not want to watch Arizona night in and night out. I do like their D mind you.

thats what the locals say around the Phoenix area too. yet somehow the league still thinks its successful in Glendale

 

[Dave92]

So who's next to get blamed for Dubas' incompetence? Trump? Corona Virus? Babcock again?

 

[CincoHolio]

I can't believe I looked forward to this all day. This is terrible hockey to watch.

Agreed about the terrible hockey bit. Can't say I was looking forward to it. I hate when they play the Yotes. Always a snoozefest.

 

[Al14]

Expecting a much better 3rd. Come on boys!

Too bad our Leafs are all exhausted from having to play in the 1st and 2nd periods!

 

[56 Years No Cup]

So is Keefe already going Babcock? Leafs aren't scoring, staying to the outside, no offensive momentum, yet no in game line adjustments.

Enough.

Never go full Babcock.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

This team isn't even good enough for another 1st round exit.

 

[Erdinger]

Don't sell the leafs short. They can easily get a lead and blow it

That would be even more annoying so yes I can see that scenario

 

[Leafy Undergrowth]

I'm beginning to think "60 minute effort" is a mythical concept from ages past. If it were real it would've manifested by now in one of these games through pure chance.

 

[MSZ]

Agreed about the terrible hockey bit. Can't say I was looking forward to it. I hate when they play the Yotes. Always a snoozefest.

5 wins in their last 13 home games against Arizona.

 

[Al14]

So who's next to get blamed for Dubas' incompetence? Trump? Corona Virus? Babcock again?

I would say blame has to fall at the feet of the one that hired him... Shanahan!

 

[HamiltonNHL]

It's cute you think this overpaid bunch of suck would care

This.

Fans are dreamers

Matthews can't show hustle while on the ice.

Getting outplayed by a team on a back to back

 

[The Kessel Run]

Too bad our Leafs are all exhausted from having to play in the 1st and 2nd periods!

A back-to-back-to-back night. That many consecutive periods and we still hold this lofty expectations!