Post-Game Talk: Leafs loses to Hurricanes

[Lightsol]

I'm not blaming the refs for this. No excuse to blow a 3-0 lead on home ice.

It's easy to blow a lead like this if one team is basically playing however they want and the other team can't do ANYTHING physical because if someone goes down (ORLOV) it's a penalty.

 

[djdev]

also please just fire keefe, how you put nylander and JT on the ice in that situation is lunacy. they get caved constantly 5v5 and he wants them together down a man with the game on the line? ffffffffffffsssssssssssss

 

[Aashir Mallik]

you would think a guy who wants to get paid 11M a year could score a f***ing shootout goal or 2?

Matthews can’t do anything right now

Score, pass, defend

It’s amazing how awful he is

 

[Mr_Fun]

If I'm the press, my first question to Keefe is -- "why on earth would you put Brodie and Willy out at the end of the game when even the doltiest fan with cursory knowledge of the team would be able to tell that was a stupid decision"?

 

[francis246]

Keefe solidified for me today he should be fired. He is a f***ing idiot. His deployment of players to end a game is psychotic.

 

[Doublerum1975]

The ref's jobbed us but we still should have won

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Refs were weak and all, but the team needed to be WAY better. Can't rely on calls, need to create and score on the chances.

 

[Racer88]

This team is the same crap we have seen for the last 7 years no matter how many times they change the fringe players

 

[hfman]

Does Matthews ever do anything?

Nope.

Other than score 60 goals a year..

 

[6ix]

Worst PK/PP combination I’ve seen in recent memory.

It’s like they know they won’t score on the PP and won’t keep the puck out short handed. Mental midgets.

 

[leafsfan5]

Must say, JT + Nylander out there to close a game is quite the decision

Especially when Nylander was just out there to kill the penalty

 

[torontoblood]

Leafs gave this game away in the last five minutes. They collapsed At the worst possible time. They lost With bad coaching decisions, bad special teams and bad defensive coverage and awareness

Inacceptable. Usually this game ends with a W yet we lost stupidly.

 

[Divine]

Refs did everything in their power to get the Canes to tie that game and it worked

Would be nice if Samsonov can hold a rebound when we need him. He got outplayed by the goalie on the other side.

 

[Apex Predator]

Also's matthews play of late... I dunno if he's playing through some stuff but...

This is what he does. Everyone also makes excuses like he’s playing through something. He’s a streaky player.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Nope.

Other than score 60 goals a year..

and still be useless in big games

Dudes gonna score 60 when players are putting up more points than him on his own team

He continues to disappear in games we need him

 

[mikeyz]

Special teams killed us. Leafs were great 5v5 and didn’t bury them when they could have.

Domi missing that chance at 3-0 was the turning point of the game.

 

[fahad203]

What happened to our PP, was it too based on AM and his scoring... because its been as crappy as his goal draught.

Reilly came back and took that spot
It was on a role when he was injured

Keefe then gave back that role back to Reilly

 

[Leafsfan74]

The truth is, Brodie is a nice guy, reliable in his own way, but Keefe has to choose, him or Lilly. Benoit has to play come playoffs.

 

[hfman]

Another f***in* blown lead

Somebody do the math.. how many blown leads is that this year now

And don't even get us started about how many blown leads over the last 5 years... they gotta be #1 in the entire league for this

 

[CincoHolio]

Holy, didn't catch the game but heard the Kampf goal on the radio driving home, now I check the score and...are you kidding me??

 

[Leafy Undergrowth]

This is #LeafsForever.

 

[ULF_55]

Everyone loves a surprise.

Maybe surprise with a complete game next time.

 

[Doublerum1975]

and still be useless in big games

Dudes gonna score 60 when players are putting up more points than him on his own team

He continues to disappear in games we need him

This was a big game?

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Reilly came back and took that spot
It was on a role when he was injured

Keefe then gave back that role back to Reilly

On a role against shit teams + Matthews was actually doing his job

The pp failing is mostly on Matthews. When your biggest weapons shits the bed, it’s hard to overcome it

 

[Roo]

Tough game. Orlov dives their way towards gift pps, ours can’t score, and we let one get away. Carolina had no business getting points in this one but we let them take it. Not a good night for Brodie, again.

Tough when Marner and Matthews aren’t playing lol. Really, no idea what happened to him but he is doing nothing out there. Pretty much the worst I’ve ever seen him.

Carolina a very beatable team in the playoffs.