Post-Game Talk: Leafs 5, Pens 0 - Would You Like Fries with that Crap Sandwich?

[KIRK]

The good: Nothing

The bad: Everything to varying degrees

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[Bingo71]

There comes a point when the “bad bounces” excuse doesn’t work anymore.

This is that point.

 

[Ryder71]

Wow! What a difference a week makes!

 

[madinsomniac]

Meh could have been worse.... i mean it could have, right?

 

[flaneur]

- team

 

[crossicepass]

refund

 

[AverageJoeFan]

The good: Nothing

The bad: Everything to varying degrees

4th line wasn't horrible. There something positive..lol

 

[Ryder71]

Maybe we should decline the home games.

 

[Ogrezilla]

"At first we didn't know it was poop, but then somebody said 'It's poop'. Then we knew"

 

[Lustaf]

Man Matt Murray has some of the worst stats I've seen at home for a goalie in a looong time.

 

[treeni12]

their start last year was bad, but it was one the toughest schedule i have ever seen. this year has been butter soft and they look very slow and tired

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Wasted evening. What a shit show

 

[canadianguy77]

Sprong had another strong game. Puck seems to follow him when he's on the ice. Too bad he hardly ever sees the ice.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Flatter than Keira Knightley.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

"At first we didn't know it was poop, but then somebody said 'It's poop'. Then we knew"

So is the Turd Burglar Sullivan then?

 

[KIRK]

There was an interesting discussion later in the game that might be worth continuing here . . .

2-3 years ago, the Pens pretty much were faster than everyone else. Over the last 18 months, the Pens have lost some of that speed, become less mobile on defense, and the rest of the league has gotten faster. Yet NOTHING from the Pens perspective has changed, save that Canada trip where the Pens backed up their 1-2-2 out of respect for the speed of the Leafs, Oilers, and Flames.

As @Scandale du Jour put it . . .

The most important thing is your point about different like having a different strategy. You have to play to your strenghts.

A guy like Oleksiak should be a good puck mover... instead he tries to skate the puck out too often. Similar story with JJ. He is trying to play like he did in College. This **** doesn't work in the pros. Problem is not personnel, it is not playing to our collective AND individual strenghts. That's on Sully.

Everyone in the NHL plays the same variations. Everyone has a 1-2-2. Everyone has similar breakouts. Everyone has set plays on faceoffs, etc. It is about what you deploy against WHO and with which players.

Heck, as @Solzhenitsyn put it, we actually haven't just not replaced Daley (the guy @Mr Jiggyfly keeps talking about as the guy who could rush the puck we never replaced) . . . we also haven't replaced what Lovejoy and Cole (yes Lovejoy and Cole) could do, relative to say JMFJ and Oleksiak.

Sully needs to have a come to Jesus moment. As much as his refusal to match lines properly at home is embarrassing, this Bylsma level arrogance when it comes to adapting to the team he has NOW and the NHL he is dealing with NOW is absolutely lethal.

cc: @ColePens

 

[Turin]

I am the guy who says Murray has to make a save, and I really think he did everything he could in front of that clusterf***. The team flat out disrespected their goaltender and themselves.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

There comes a point when the “bad bounces” excuse doesn’t work anymore.

This is that point.

Today was not about bounces. Thursday? Yeah, to a degree. Tonight? Crap effort. Crap execution. Fancy nonsense. Against a good team, well, it ends in a blowout.

 

[Ogrezilla]

So is the Turd Burglar Sullivan then?

everyone is the turd burglar tonight

 

[Ugene Magic]

I'm ready for a change of scenery trade.

Send out two and bring in some fresh meat.

 

[Andy99]

Hitting an all-time low...

 

[ncm7772]

Held off as long as I could. Officially concerned about Murray. Can't defend hok at this point.

 

[Turin]

This D will have the team outside of the playoffs by the time Schultz comes back if it’s not changed or unless Crosby/Malkin have to shoulder a workload bigger than they needed to a decade ago.

 

[AverageJoeFan]

Sprong had another strong game. Puck seems to follow him when he's on the ice. Too bad he hardly ever sees the ice.

Wish they would give him some shifts with Geno. I dunno..

 

[Turin]

Held off as long as I could. Officially concerned about Murray. Can't defend hok at this point.

He hasn’t been good but he gave them a chance up until they gave up.

 

[Empoleon8771]

+I got an emulator on my computer that can play Smash Bros
+Penn State sucks at football

That's about all I got.