LeafFever
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- Feb 12, 2016
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Yes, leafs are going through a slump right now. But watch the games prior to the slump. He has an uncanny ability to recognize when moment swings in our way the second we gain some momentum Marner/Tavares or Mathews goes out and the other coach cant put their best players on because they usually have played half the shift against the leafs kadri line or even the 4th line and surprisingly lost momentum.
For a stretch of games Babcock mastered the sequence of having 3 leaf lines consistently carrying the momentum and the opposing coach couldnt handle it. He lost that for a bit hence why Marner and Mathews are together, grass is always greener on the other side. I see so many dumb mistakes and flustered moves from the other coaches panicking trying to alter and scramble their lines mid-game due to Babcocks line matching then people comment after the game on how they outcoached babcock yet leafs still won lol.. When I watch both coaches and the linematching, tactics, line usage I see Babcock has them fooled more games than not.
He has Matthews playing 18:06 minutes and Marleau and Hainsey playing far too much. This team should be much better. No excuses. The talent is there.