GDT: Leafs v Bruins Game 7 - 7:00 CBC/NBC/Sportsnet

[Trapper]

There is no key here.
Take your advanced stats, zone entries and throw them out the window.
Play fast, play hard and play like there is no tomorrow. Cause there isn’t.
This is a one of. Sustainable means nothing.

 

[Cor]

If Tavares, Marner, Matthews, and Nylander can’t lift us through 1 game, and a birth to round 2, should they really be making 40M per season combined?

 

[Nineteen67]

Either we win or else Babcock is FIRED; I am fine with both scenarios

Win-Win situation. That’s my positive take on things

If they lose I doubt he’ll be fired. However, the scramble to another off season Cup Championship will be entertaining enough.

 

[Cor]

 

[Brobust]

IMO, losing this game would be a bigger heartbreak than the last two Bruins series.

Of course, they were tantalizingly close in both series but humiliated in the end. But it's nothing compared to what's happened in this series.

The leafs have been given multiple opportunities to take control of the series and have let it slip away every time. This was the first time a leafs vs bruins series was actually winnable for the leafs. That's why tonight's loss will break me worse than the last two times.

 

[Fogelhund]

Go Leafs, you can do this.

 

[mapleleafs34]

We're going to game 7 with Boston who arguably finished as a top 5 team in the league at worst this season.

Tampa, Calgary, Nashville, Winnipeg, & Pittsburgh ALL had far worse opponents and got knocked out in 6 games or less.

Yet our fans think everyone should be fired if we lose, and major changes need to be made. Give me a break.

 

[ULF_55]

I'm at least some what satisfied with how the Leafs have played these playoffs. We had one terrible game but we've been a lot better than last year throughout. I'm fairly certain we've been better in every aspect other than obviously special teams.

We have the worst playoff PKs of all time right now at 28%. The 2nd worst is something like 50%. The Leafs are not THAT bad on the PK. Tonight would be a good night to bring back that back up to the average.

This is for nothing, but I would hope the hot takes after this game aren't exaggerated.

Special teams.

I have hope, expectations are incongruous with that.

I only ask they don't self inflict.

I would say jobs are at stake here, very few coaches couldn't get this team into the playoffs, that's a no-brainer today, getting out of the first round involves coaching.

 

[Cor]

Either we win or else Babcock is FIRED; I am fine with both scenarios

Win-Win situation. That’s my positive take on things

Probably not

 

[al secord]

Of course, there's always a chance, that by poking fun at a crying child in the Game 5 PGT, fans on this board have angered the hockey gods and the Leafs will never win another playoff game.

You seem to be posting quite a bit for a guy who hates this place.

 

[Suntouchable13]

We're going to game 7 with Boston who arguably finished as a top 5 team in the league at worst this season.

Tampa, Calgary, Nashville, Winnipeg, & Pittsburgh ALL had far worse opponents and got knocked out in 6 games or less.

Yet our fans think everyone should be fired if we lose, and major changes need to be made. Give me a break.

I like how people accept defeat and don't want to do anything to improve the team because "Boston is a top 5 team". Defeat is not acceptable. No moral victories.

 

[Warden of the North]

There is no key here.
Take your advanced stats, zone entries and throw them out the window.
Play fast, play hard and play like there is no tomorrow. Cause there isn’t.
This is a one of. Sustainable means nothing.

Special teams have been horrendous. Dont need advanced stats to see that.

 

[81Leafs50]

Coaching changes, Mitch contract, trades, draft.....it’ll still be interesting. Maybe even more interesting than the season.

there will be NO coaching changes for the Leafs.

there is no one better than Babcock.

 

[Nineteen67]

On paper this looks like a mismatch from coaching all the way to the 4th line, but you never know.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

When this team skates at 5 on 5, the Bruins can’t keep up with them. Play your game, and you win.

And for Christ sakes, keep your heads. The amount of jitters and unforced errors out of players considered “veterans” is inexcusable.

 

[Nineteen67]

there will be NO coaching changes for the Leafs.

there is no one better than Babcock.

There will have to be some changes.

 

[Not My Tempo]

Play the #1 PP for the full two minutes if they are dangerous and follow with the Nylander line. The Goat, Marleau and Brown should not be allowed in the arena without a ticket.

Agreed. We are a top heavy team. Use our advantage

 

[Not My Tempo]

There will have to be some changes.

Win or lose, our special teams coaches should be gone. Their inability to adapt is baffling.

 

[hoglund]

We're going to game 7 with Boston who arguably finished as a top 5 team in the league at worst this season.

Tampa, Calgary, Nashville, Winnipeg, & Pittsburgh ALL had far worse opponents and got knocked out in 6 games or less.

Yet our fans think everyone should be fired if we lose, and major changes need to be made. Give me a break.

I'm sure Calgary and Winnipeg fans are calling for coaches to be fired and players to be traded.

 

[Trapper]

If Tavares, Marner, Matthews, and Nylander can’t lift us through 1 game, and a birth to round 2, should they really be making 40M per season combined?

Well that really is the 40 million dollar question.
Team must be greater than individuals. Otherwise, it's just parts.

 

[Trapper]

Special teams have been horrendous. Dont need advanced stats to see that.

And even through all this, every game has still been winnable.
But haven't all been won.

If we don't win, start the thread of list of excuses. No more excuses now.
What's been horrendous up to this point, doesn't matter in a one game sample.

 

[Budsfan]

 

[MapleLeafs77]

If Tavares, Marner, Matthews, and Nylander can’t lift us through 1 game, and a birth to round 2, should they really be making 40M per season combined?

I know that 11.634 has been well spent. Going to need the other 38.4 to step up here and close it out.

 

[Trapper]

I'm sure Calgary and Winnipeg fans are calling for coaches to be fired and players to be traded.

So are Tampa fans. Complaining about Cooper's inability to adapt to different styles played against him.

Once losing becomes accepted, there is no reason for change. Does everything need to change if we lose? No. Does something? Yes.

 

[mapleleafs34]

I like how people accept defeat and don't want to do anything to improve the team because "Boston is a top 5 team". Defeat is not acceptable. No moral victories.

I never accepted defeat and I do believe we will win tonight because we are the better team. All I'm saying is people need to relax if they don't. It took Washington's core 9 playoffs to get out of the 2nd round.