GDT: Leafs@Canadiens 7PM CBC HNIC . Part II

[Nineteen67]

Leafs compete level / desire to get the puck has been lacking, yet again.

They don’t have enough of those players.

 

[93gilmour93]

OK boys we need to win one period. Step it up in the 3rd and go get this game.

 

[Sonny21]

Lack of passion. Our team doesn't have the killer instinct required to win and need inspiration. It's a matter of buy in, if this is what they have for MTL, we are going to have problems in the PO.

It's true. It's not about talent, skill, even lack of D.

There is more going on with this team, and has been going on since Nylander/Matthews returned to the lineup.

And NO, this is not about putting the blame on those 2 lol. Rather, something in that dressing changed, I have no clue what it is.

This team except for a few players who show up consistently like the Hyman/Johnsson/Kappy/Rielly/etc have lost it's passion/killer instinct which they had earlier in the season.

Management really NEEDS to find out what changed.

 

[TheDoldrums]

no Headlines this week? Lame

edit: nvm

 

[DopeyFish]

I've **** on Nylander, since I don't like him as much as a lot of people here, but something seriously changed once he got back. The team doesn't look remotely the same as it did prior to his signing. Was it him? Was it all the contract talk (Marner/Kap/Matthews)? Was it the dealing of Leivo, was he well liked in the room? Something about this team changed right around the same time though.

The teams been playing poor since november 2017 dude

Ever since we implemented that stupid stretch pass and stopped playing high octane hockey they have been living and dying by puck luck

 

[Leafsdude7]

Yeah it's really sad. AJ is our best LW and he is glued to the 4th line lmao

He's been on the 4th line for, what, 3 games? 4? And he has 3 goals and 3 assists in those games. He seems to be fine there.

The problem is the lackluster play of the top 3 lines, not Johnsson on the 4th line.

 

[Melo Meds]

Put Marleau on 4th line and move Johnson out of 4th line and put him with Matthews or Marner. I cant take another year of that plug Marleau being on the team, send him to Robidas Island since Egocock is obsessed with him. Imagine having plugs like Marleau, Hyman, Brown higher in the depth chart than Johnson. Best coach ever btw.

I agree saying Marleau is probably playing too high up but calling Hyman a plug is an exaggeration. He’s been solid.

 

[TMLS]

hopefully Babcock comes up with some smart changes for the 3rd period

Dont hold your breath. His ego doesnt allow him to make changes even when team needs it.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Huawei is garbage

 

[WatchOut]

we can run two really good lines but for some reason we don't. Soo frustrating to watch this team play, we should be playing well but barely do. The coaching staff don't like making changes and Babcock is the highest paid coach in the league and he can't make adjustment for shit. The hell does he do for this team then if he can't get the best possible line up from the players. Rather cheer for the opponent for how shit we play for soo many games.

 

[Sherpaderp]

Does the regular season end tonight? I dont remember what happened at the trade deadline.

We all got into the DeLorean and fast forwarded into the worst case sblcenario

 

[Notsince67]

You want better zone entries on our first PP? Put Nylander instead of Kadri. Kadri is useless out there as Tavares is the one being a pest in front of the net. You want a threat from the point? Put Gardiner as he was quite good last year on the first PP. Why this hasn't been attempted is crazy to me.

Nylander can get the zone but cant hold the zone. The leafs are better off pulling him completely from the PP. Just brutal.

 

[ErnieLeafs]

These threads have me nearly wearing out the ignore button.

 

[DanM]

I would love for Matty to take over the game...... but sadly he does not seem to want to

 

[Pi]

hopefully Babcock comes up with some smart changes for the 3rd period

Good joke!

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

He's been on the 4th line for, what, 3 games? 4? And he has 3 goals and 3 assists in those games. He seems to be fine there.

The problem is the lackluster play of the top 3 lines, not Johnsson on the 4th line.

The issue is that the 4th line doesn't play as much, so AJ is being wasted there. Also, he is a massive upgrade over Marleau.

 

[DopeyFish]

Nylander can get the zone but cant hold the zone. The leafs are better off pulling him completely from the PP. Just brutal.

Then you obviously haven't seen nylander play or have been paying attention lol

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Kapanen - Matthews - Nylander
Hyman - - - Tavares - - - Marner
Johnsson - - - Kadri - - - Brown
Marleau - Gauthier - Lindholm

Rielly - - Gardiner
Muzzin - Dermott
Hainsey - Zaitsev​

 

[Kamiccolo]

I just don’t get why they don’t show up for most of their games. Something is really wrong here. Considering their paychecks thwy need to be way better

 

[TMLS]

bring up Moore too, he's the 2nd best LW in the organization. he's too good for the Marlies and he brings energy and speed

He needs to lose some of his skills if he has chance to play for Egocock.

 

[hockeyes]

Surprising that they are completely fine with being embarrassed in effort level yet again. At some point you'd figure they would have some pride.

 

[Alerion]

Montreal is getting a lot out of their roster, they forecheck fast and move the puck quickly once they turn it around. The Leafs are getting by on raw talent alone, they're not as structured and it shows. Toronto's coaching staff needs to do a better job if were ever going to get over the hump.

 

[56 Years No Cup]

hopefully Babcock comes up with some smart changes for the 3rd period

 

[Leafsdude7]

The issue is that the 4th line doesn't play as much, so AJ is being wasted on the 4th line. Also, he is a massive upgrade over Marleau.

He has 3 goals and 3 assist. If that's "being wasted", I'd like to know what numbers you think he'd be putting up on another line...

 

[the squared circle]

Hits 34-11. Sigh.