Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-2

[Stephen]

Yep. But like they say when things arent going good and things arent going your way just get traffic in front and put it on the net. We didn't do that either, which makes no sense especially when we were getting out goalie'D. The game plan should have been to get the puck to the point and put it on the net, every time.... never mind passing it around for 40 seconds straight trying to make something out of nothing.

I hated seeing Marner dance away with the puck on the perimeter, find no passive options available and just kind of flub away the 2 minutes.

That said, Matthews gotta be more like his Game 2 self than wait for the Ovi one timer too. Didn’t look like he was going to connect and he had no Plan B.

 

[notbias]

I feel like there’s more heart than other years. This was a tough loss but not bad or embarrassing like other games.

Same amount of heart, just more hits... people measure "heart" in weird ways

 

[PromisedLand]

Marchand in his next interview will says Leafs will win the Stanley Cup this year that's how good we are.

Then go on to annihilate the same Leafs team next two games.

Marchand has been trolling the Leafs for a while. Just read the article below. Never seen marchand troll anyone like that.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/brad-marchand-marner-contract-1.5043503

And whats really embrassing is that the leafs brass take the trolling as if marchand meant it. He is laughing at the Leafs especially marner IMO. He basically publicly trolled marner and the leafs

 

[Stephen]

Yep. But like they say when things arent going good and things arent going your way just get traffic in front and put it on the net. We didn't do that either, which makes no sense especially when we were getting out goalie'D. The game plan should have been to get the puck to the point and put it on the net, every time.... never mind passing it around for 40 seconds straight trying to make something out of nothing.

I hated seeing Marner dance away with the puck on the perimeter, find no passive options available and just kind of flub away the 2 minutes.

That said, Matthews gotta be more like his Game 2 self than wait for the Ovi one timer too. Didn’t look like he was going to connect and he had no Plan B.

 

[Apex Predator]

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That’s a rough list.

 

[likecheese]

Marner could realistically go to Utah in a package revolving around Keller, St.Louis for a package that sends Kyrou to Toronto or to Columbus for Werenski

Marner's got a year left on his contract and he's a scientifically proven playoff dud, he's not fetching squat in a trade.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

if nylander is back game 4 i'd honestly take marner off the pp for him

marner likes to spend way to much f***ing time walking the point and then putting himself in the position to shoot a 40 foot wrister

he also can't shoot when the playoffs come

Or he might try a behind the back pass to no one when the 40 foot wrister option isn’t as appetizing.

He needs to simplify his game. Some of the stuff he tries to pull off just look like he’s earning style points while getting nowhere. It’s not junior anymore; and especially in the playoffs, the game becomes more grinding and simple.

 

[sunstersun]

This series is.

1) Coaching
2) Special teams
3) Goaltending
4) Mitch Marner

In no particular order.

 

[ER89]

Marner could realistically go to Utah in a package revolving around Keller, St.Louis for a package that sends Kyrou to Toronto or to Columbus for Werenski

yes to any

 

[Rob Brown]

@ThrowDemTongs here is tweet you would agree on lol

You were there then I assume?

 

[3blizzard4]

We were hemmed in our zone for far long for a stretches. Cannot happen. Boston knows this and they pounced on it to their advantage.

Killed off so much time like this.

 

[pcruz]

don’t listen to them. Don’t stab hayes.

Fine....just have him banned from the building?

He's bad luck and should just stop going on his own accord.

What the f*** man?

 

[wingman75]

Same amount of heart, just more hits... people measure "heart" in weird ways

Yet the execution remains eerily similar, and so has the core. Weird.

 

[beleaf101]

The game seemed to change when Sammy allowed the weak first goal. The team seemed to play tentative after that. Time to get Liljegren off the ice Brodie has to better then him.
The fourth line seemed to be stabled to the bench in the third they could have been the momental changer. The first line seemed gased in the third.

It comes down to goaltending, special teams and coaching . We failed at that again

 

[PromisedLand]

The raises are just Brodie + the cap raise...

They have a ton of cheap players next year

So are you expecting the cheap players to prop up high AAV players? Or the high AAV players to prop up cheap players i.e. make them more productive, especially in the playoffs.

And what evidence have you seen that makes you think one or the other would happen

 

[Kurtz]

Or is it the execution?

Some of both, but don't you find for example that they transition a lot better/faster than we do, and always seem to have more room in the neutral zone? That's to say nothing of the special teams (Boston's weren't great in the regular season) which are all about the tactics (and goaltending).

 

[BertCorbeau]

Feels like we constantly recycle through PP and PK cosches

 

[On-the-Fly]

When you've seen the same show for 8 years, your excitement wanes... It's human nature. Not saying he is wrong, but that crown is a pretty good representation of us...

I don't think a lot of people listen to the radio show, but those two chirp the crowd all the time.

The Leafs have the deadest arena north of Phoenix.

MLS entertainment.

 

[Apex Predator]

Same amount of heart, just more hits... people measure "heart" in weird ways

players are standing up for each other. Getting more involved in scrums. Showing emotion constantly. You can’t say it’s the same as other seasons. If you think heart is just hitting them you don’t get it or won’t ever get it.

 

[colchar]

What nicknames do you have for players on this team?

I'd get banned if I posted them. Ask me again a couple of days after they're eliminated when I won't give a shit about this place until free agency opens.

 

[Cleetus]

You were there then I assume?

Joe Bowen was, wtf are you talking about? I posted the tweet for a friend on here, and you ask me that? wtf

 

[Maxmann]

Tough to draft one when we keep trading away our picks. And drafting one is usually not immediate help, which we need every year because you know every year is our year and we have to go for it.

It ain’t that tuff to draft one. Boston picked swayman 1 pick after we picked goalie Scot

 

[wingman75]

Marner's got a year left on his contract and he's a scientifically proven playoff dud, he's not fetching squat in a trade.

He'd be a great pickup for a team trying to get to the cap floor and working towards making the playoffs... Perfect fit!

 

[colchar]

players are standing up for each other. Getting more involved in scrums. Showing emotion constantly. You can’t say it’s the same as other seasons. If you think heart is just hitting them you don’t get it or won’t ever get it.

Oh and you do eh?

 

[AustonMarner]

I know hockey players aren't too bright but that was an especially dumb move by Domi.. even by Domi standards.

I mean... why poke the bear or act like a bully anytime but in between the whistles... Domi had a good game otherwise but there's no real reason for that play imho

I still believe the Leafs win this series if they can figure out special teams play...