Post-Game Talk: Leafs kind of try, and lose 5-4

[Fogelhund]

1. Couldn't get the puck out of the zone, turned it over a few times, and it resulted in two goals against. Both on turnovers where they were trying to clear the zone.
2. PK 1/3... for two goals against. Terrible.
3. Gauthier's line. 11;20 of ice time, of which it seemed 11:02 was in the Islanders zone, resulting in two shots on goal for the line. Incredible possession, offensive black hole...
4. Matthews/Nylander were pretty good.
5. Tavares managed the third star, but I thought he, and his line was mostly mediocre.

You know, we manage to have a PK, and clear the zone effectively, and we win this game.

 

[pcruz]

Does anyone know where you can find the advanced stats of:
Determination
Intensity
Grit
Pride

Because if you do, can you email blast Kyle f***ing Dubas every 15 seconds.
His ignorance on what constitutes a winning hockey team stems from the fact that it's advanced stats alone that matter in this sport.

 

[saffronleaf]

Barrie held onto the puck way too long there, should have shot it or pass.

lol he was staring at the dman's shins trying to do some matrix spoon bending thing.

 

[Blanche Blanche]

We did switch up the special teams though. Assistant coaches essentially run special teams units. We hired two new people to run them, and they have both gotten worse. We tried inverting the PP to open up one-timers, and we've moved JT around.

This team isn't going to get anywhere without consistent effort, which they rarely give for 60 minutes. I actually have trouble thinking of a recent game where they won every period.

I'm not opposed to firing Babs, but I don't think that is going to solve this teams issues.

I do. I think he has worn out his stay since last April

 

[fahad203]

It would have been nice if Auston Matthews was playing tonight. We could have used some size

 

[Ziggdiezan]

I have not wanted to trade any of Nylander, Marner, Matthews etc but if this doesn't change one will need to be moved purely for a culture change. Bring back a high compete level player who is also elite but maybe not as high a ceiling

 

[CelticDruid]

Why does Willy rip shots over the net so often?
He can have such good games and then make stupid plays like that to seal the loss.

Yes, it's his fault that the Leafs lost.

Nitpicking to death.

 

[Trunz05]

Great second period the rest was trash I’m starting to look forward to watching the raps more than the leafs. I know the raps at least bring it all game every night.
Also the pp is all time bad at this point and the pk is almost there too.
Just disappointing, the team is talented but they aren’t showing up ready to play, Babs might be done here.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Dubas is so progressive, he designed his team for the NWHL. Although even that league may be too physical for the Leafs.

Amazing how some totally blame Dubas who has been here a year.and absolve a coach who systems repeatedly fail, who is predictable and has to be the worst I've ever seen at making in-game adjustments

 

[PromisedLand]

Lose the boston series because of special teams;

This season: special teams still a JOKE

GM and Coach do absolutely NOTHING to address it

so ticket prices and merchandise prices rise because...... Toronto

 

[SprDaVE]

Not sure Mike Babcock is going to survive passed 2019 at this rate. This is getting rough.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Raptors game starts at 10pm, for those who want to see what a real team looks like.

 

[6ix]

Predictable loss.

I guess Yman wasn't everything, eh ****cock?

You’d think Hyman was the 2nd coming of Gretzky the way Clowncock has been talking about getting him back the past week.

Fire this ego maniac clown to the moon.

 

[Blanche Blanche]

No heart, no passion, no grit and they can’t even play on special units. This is a complete joke of a team.

Serious question: Am I the only one who’s 90% sure we’re not making the playoffs this year? Because right now, they’ve won 9 games out of 20, and they play Boston friday night so it’s a sure loss. Oh and Marner is out til the new year..

We dont do a blockbuster trade and change the coach.

This season is a write off

 

[Dragao6]

Barrie/Rielly have 20 minutes of play this year.

Trainwreck is too nice a description.

Try it because trainwreck is the definition of this season

And with all the trade suggestion keep in mind it's not just bringing 1 rhd defender to improve teams play, multiple changes needed

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Matthews had 0 shots, doesn't happen often...

 

[CelticDruid]

I have not wanted to trade any of Nylander, Marner, Matthews etc but if this doesn't change one will need to be moved purely for a culture change. Bring back a high compete level player who is also elite but maybe not as high a ceiling

Marner for Kane.

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

Babcock deserves to go, he’s become stale. BUT it’s a personnel problem more than coaching. This team is constructed poorly and is one dimensional. It would be hard to do as bad of a job as Dubas has done.

Dubas will use Babs as his scapegoat.

 

[Paradoc]

Does anyone know where you can find the advanced stats of:
Determination
Intensity
Grit
Pride

Because if you do, can you email blast Kyle ****ing Dubas every 15 seconds.
His ignorance on what constitutes a winning hockey team stems from the fact that it's advanced stats alone that matter in this sport.

The Barrie trade is looking more like a question mark. I don't have any problem with Kerfoot but Barrie has been unbelievably bad. We could have used that asset to get a top 4 dman, but we got f***ing Barrie.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Marner for Kane.

Patrick kane?

 

[Teeder Keon]

Loved the second period. That's about it. Next game please. Hopefully Kaskisuo can give us a better chance than Fred did tonight.

Kinda liked the first 15 min of the first and the second period as well

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Alright quarter of the season has passed. Enough's enough, fire Babcock.

 

[saffronleaf]

are we still doing a JT day after he got his ass beat in long island again?

 

[On-the-Fly]

How long until the tactics to win the game when we're down in the last 4 minutes become the tactics to win the damned game?

This is ridiculous.

 

[Gallagbi]

Does anyone know where you can find the advanced stats of:
Determination
Intensity
Grit
Pride

Because if you do, can you email blast Kyle ****ing Dubas every 15 seconds.
His ignorance on what constitutes a winning hockey team stems from the fact that it's advanced stats alone that matter in this sport.

This is such a weird narrative to me when we aren't a great advanced stat team.

 

[Nineteen67]

One thing that was noticeable were the lack of face-offs in the Leafs zone.