GDT: Leafs@NYRangers 7 PM SN

[MyBudJT]

Honestly a 1st round exit this playoffs and we may see a new coach in charge

No chance. Honestly, Leafs could get swept, and Babcock will be back next season. His coaching staff however, may be threatened.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

Dude.....

A professional nhl GM gave a 69 point career high player a similar contract (given term) that another team gave their 100 point hart trophy winner.
What's more likely?
Option 1: The richest team in the league hired a gm that is just "stupid"?
Option 2: Our GM is paid by another team to sabotage the leafs?

I'm honestly not sure at this point.

 

[Swedish Gretzky]

He’s been the most noticeable Leaf the past few games for me. Seems to have some confidence again.

Feel like he's stronger protecting the puck than last yr

 

[Macallan18]

One of those games where you throw everything at the net and can't score.

We caught a super hot goalie. It happens

 

[PromisedLand]

when oppositions' back up outperforms your own back up by a huge margin and the pp sucks

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Sparks letting in a goal is literally inexcusable to some people. Letting in 2 makes him the worst person to ever live

Sparks is not the problem tonight. Matthews missing 3 open nets on the PP has been the biggest problem. This is a gawdawful Rangers team.

 

[tmlms13]

AM34 better start earning that paycheck.

 

[JerseyMike34]

Slashes are like 50-5. When did slashing stop being a penalty?

When it stopped directly effecting the play or a scoring chance, and the player skates through it. It's been like this for at least a year now. It's why diving is up, and they don't call that either since it has the tendency to make the player look like an ass and put em outta position.

 

[DanM]

Not the hooking, clutching and grabbing I hope? That was just like hockey played on mud instead of ice.

You know, I didn't like it, and back in the day I was a smaller junior player who hated being held by the big guys. However, at least the Dmen had a few more options, plus the red line slowed things down.

Today the D have to have perfect gap control, and the speed through the neutral zone (minus the line) puts so much pressure on them.

Yes this helped the game open up for smaller players, and skill in general, but I also think it makes it harder for teams to shut things down when ahead.

I feel systems and goalie style (plus equipment size) has done way more to slow the game down, even some of the greats say "systems" hockey takes a lot of fun out of the game.

The athletes are bigger, faster, and more skilled, but the game with all these rules changes is not necessarily better. I get it though, you change the rules, increase the speed, put in the instigator, take out self policing, and this makes it more marketable to new fans, but I don't know if that makes the game 100% better.

 

[Schooner]

Eh I think Andersen could save the first one. But that is an elite #1 goalie so doesn’t fully help my argument.

Stevie wonder would track pucks better than sparks

The odd man rush doesnt happen if he taps his stick on the ice for goal #2

 

[pcruz]

Honestly a 1st round exit this playoffs and we may see a new coach in charge

The problem is more a player/personnel & style than it is a coaching problem.

The fact that we all had a near orgasmic experience when Muzzin threw that big first hit illustrates one of our biggest weaknesses - literally lack of strength.

 

[Dirty Dan]

Willy has been playing the best out of the 3 recently. The stats have begun to show it now too.

It feels like Babcock actively handicaps Matthews. He's a goal scorer with no playmaker on his line. Like the stupidity is astounding. This is an NHL coach?

Imagine have one of the best goal scorers in the league and not playing him with either of your best playmakers (Marner and Nylander).

Someone try to justify this garbage.

Trying to bring Matthews numbers down, so we can get him for a cheap contract

 

[Superstar]

We caught a super hot goalie. It happens

Well, we need to win ugly then. Get some dirty goals infront of the net.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

A professional nhl GM gave a 69 point career high player a similar contract (given term) that another team gave their 100 point hart trophy winner.
What's more likely?
Option 1: The richest team in the league hired a gm that is just "stupid"?
Option 2: Our GM is paid by another team to sabotage the leafs?

I'm honestly not sure at this point.

option 3: you're wrong

 

[egd27]

Again, sounds like something you probably would have said during Burke's reign of terror. Again, how'd that work out for you?

You seem to think those critical of the team are "pessimistic" and "negative" when really, they can just see the reality of what's happening FAR before you can.

Ok Kreskin............tell me what happens in the next 2 years due to these contracts?

 

[Marshy]

Same lines this period then?

 

[Alamo Leafer]

Honestly a 1st round exit this playoffs and we may see a new coach in charge

I would be surprised but it may make him change his ways next year and perhaps less stubborn

 

[Walshy7]

No chance. Honestly, Leafs could get swept, and Babcock will be back next season. His coaching staff however, may be threatened.

I’m not convinced they do anything. I reckon babs controls everything and the other 2 guys are just token guys on the bench. The fact nothing has changed on the pp to me says it’s babs plan and he refuses to change it. If it were someone else why hasn’t backcock stepped in and forced change?

 

[socko]

One of those games where you throw everything at the net and can't score.

Too easy for a NHL goalie when he can see everything.

 

[Al14]

AM34 better start earning that paycheck.

Next season, the afterburners kick in NEXT SEASON! Hyuge paycheque too!

 

[Kiwi]

No they weren’t 100% on him. Watch the first one and he is looking in the opposite direction to the puck, and the 2nd he falls forward for some reason and early.

It’s not his fault but a decent goalie saves one of those to keep the team playing back to back in the game

Rielly turned over the puck, Sparks made 2 point blank saves and nobody cleared the puck, that is a goalie doing a great job and the team ******* the bed in front of him

The second is a puck going cross ice to the trailer with literally nobody defending him in the slot and a perfect shot, that's a miracle of a save if he makes it

It's rediculous that people expect Sparks, a backup to stop goals off point blank chances off horrendous defensive breakdowns

I wouldn't expect Andersen to stop that ****

 

[forecheck]

A professional nhl GM gave a 69 point career high player a similar contract (given term) that another team gave their 100 point hart trophy winner.
What's more likely?
Option 1: The richest team in the league hired a gm that is just "stupid"?
Option 2: Our GM is paid by another team to sabotage the leafs?

I'm honestly not sure at this point.

Option3- prez wants a puppit in the position of gm to pull his strings and hide behind him

 

[Thissiteisgarbage]

Can't really blame Sparks. He's been OK. He'll never be a starter in this league, so he is what he is.
I wouldn't feel comfortable with him having to take over in case of Anderson injury.

 

[MyBudJT]

I’m not convinced they do anything. I reckon babs controls everything and the other 2 guys are just token guys on the bench. The fact nothing has changed on the pp to me says it’s babs plan and he refuses to change it. If it were someone else why hasn’t backcock stepped in and forced change?

And, how did you come to these conclusions...? Are you essentially calling the assistant coachest 'puppets'?

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

I still think we win this, we’re having much better chances.