He was off his game in the first 2 minutes of the game .. He might have been dinged in the Habs game and he might have not had it .. have to watch him tomorrow. I get what you are saying .. but I've seen a lot more physical games than the one we had tonight.
Did you listen to any of their post game press conference? The statements from Tavares and their coach don't sound very good. They thought they were taking control of the game early and just let up on Ottawa which let us back in it. They didn't say anything about the advantage of playing a game coming into this one and how Ottawa was going through an adjustment early on as it was the Sens first game in 300+ days. It was kind of like a complete lack of recognition with the problems with Toronto's intensity level.
Still have absolutely no idea what any of you see in him
Marner may have that battle in him but he is a young guy and if the team culture doesn't really demand it or allows players to get away without it then it is hard to bring that intensity game in game out. I just don't get the sense that the Leafs team identity and culture is one that is serious about what it takes to win a Stanley Cup. It is a bunch of high skill players playing in the biggest city in Canada who are enjoying the celebrity status and lifestyle.
No? Norris batherson tkatchuk stutzle stepan brown tierney Paul Chabot Murray. All got it done.
We also had pretty good speed overall. We could have got bigger but also got slower. The team didn't look very slow today and the bigger players showed pretty impressive speed. Even Tkachuk looks much faster this year.
The physicality will test players compete level. It will wear them out physically but it will also lead to some players taking shifts, periods or even games off and being non factors for their teams. On top of that it will really test the organizational depth. Some teams don't have enough depth to go through a meaningful stretch of games needing to replace a large number of players.
