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Babcock's comments weren't even controversial wtf is everyone talking about?
I hate the shootout as well.The shootout is bs first off.
Last year we werent as good in it for 2 reasons. The first is Andersen wasnt as solid. The second is our shootout guys were all rookies. This yr Andys top notch in all situations and our young guys have learnt. The point is Babcock is the only triple gold coach for a reason. He has been a monster part in our success..give me a better coach in this league with the amount of young talent doing what we are? Toddy boy is a great coach yet with all those talented guys they arent even close to us. Some of that is the GMs fault in the Hall trade which was a massive mistake, and Talbot..who is good but not Andersen good. Point is Babcock is world class. He we was bang on with that Nylander goal. So whats wrong with honesty. That Randy vs Reimer comment is nowhere near the same. In that case Reimer stood on his head with no help and Randy made a dumb comment. This time Mike just said he hustled because he turned it over...is he wrong? No hes not..thats what happened. Stating what happened isnt being harsh on william. Plus william does need to learn how to be better in that respect if he wants to be a full time center. He did it last night turned it over to Erne for a 3-2 lead Tampa. Nylanders great..but is he young and learning? Yes he is. So I dont get why ppl are on Babcock hes done nothing but win since he came here.
Again Ill ask this...is there any coach youd rather have now? For me its a huge NO!
Agree and that was my concern with the signing. He wasn't worth the money day 1.Even if that was the case, 40-50 point players aren't worth that much money. Even with a "veteran presence".
He's not a defensive dman. He's an offensive dman who Babcock is trying to play as a defensive dman and he's doing really bad at it.Can we relax on Zaitsev? He's a defensive d-man and he's been doing his job fine despite just coming back from a broken foot.
Sure we can have a chamomile tea and put on some acoustic Neil Young, no problem. I still think Zaits hasn't been very good this year, in our end, and not worth the outlandish contract to date. "Keep me searching for a heart of gold, and I'm getting....."Can we relax on Zaitsev? He's a defensive d-man and he's been doing his job fine despite just coming back from a broken foot.
Can we relax on Zaitsev? He's a defensive d-man and he's been doing his job fine despite just coming back from a broken foot.
No I wasn't ... Marner and Marleau aren't a line except in overtime ... you don't know that?No you werent. Just admit it. You were talking about their entire body of work.
Its clear though we have 2 first lines with Matthews and Kadri, and a bad 3rd line. Sonething needs to be done about the Bozak line.
They sure do matter we could use home ice advantage. Last yr it saved Washington...i can all but guarantee if we had home ice we win that series
Babcock is not as smart as Bill Belichick.
Well I see Zaitsev is the new whipping boy. Leafs Nation needs someone to blame of course.
Defensive d-man?
And he didn't just come back from a broken foot. It's been quite a while. When is he going to get over that? Next season?
Sure we can have a chamomile tea and put on some acoustic Neil Young, no problem. I still think Zaits hasn't been very good this year, in our end, and not worth the outlandish contract to date. "Keep me searching for a heart of gold, and I'm getting....."
Awesome tune, I've played it myself! Can't sing it thoughI learned how to play Out on the Weekend recently, beautiful song and even more relaxing!
I for one resist throwing him under the bus, he isn't my new whipping boy, and I won't pick apart ever error. All that said, it is fair to acknowledge he hasn't looked as good this year, at times even bad. For me, it is the lack of poise that I find striking, he is making panic passes up the wall a lot more. The confidence isn't there for whatever reason, but he could still well turn it around, because we've seen it, for extended periods. I will say, I criticized that contract the moment I saw it, seemed unnecessary given his tenure. There is some trepidation that we made a mistake giving a guy with one year under his belt a lifetime deal, on top four money.Yeah Z has not looked good but let's not throw him under the bus just yet.
Defensive d-man?
And he didn't just come back from a broken foot. It's been quite a while. When is he going to get over that? Next season?
He's played for 20 years and still has scored 20 goals.
Not sure why people are giving him so much crap lately.
All players go through slumps, see Marner for details when he had like 2 goals in a 30 game span.
It happens.
marleau is 4th on the leafs with 20 goals..6 ahead of nylander. ya hes missed chances lately..but you guys need to give it a rest. hes done exactly what we brought him here to do
I was referring to in overtime.
0-2 with Plekanec. He’s shown nothing to warrant a 2nd round pick. Bum. All I heard was he was a shutdown guy, meanwhile he’s taking bad penalties and getting danced around for goals.
Wow Gare Joyce is a hack. He was one of our best forwards today.