Last in the league in shots against at an AVERAGE of 35.9.
Outshot in 65 of 82 games.
And this isn't new news....the shots against were an alarming stat back in November and December and there was no mid-course correction. That is coaching. A smart coach would've realized they were lucky as s**t to have as good a record as they did by the end of December and do something about the defensive strategy they that resulted in them giving up more shots than any team in the league.
It ain't rocket science.
Not only that, there were interviews with Carlyle back then saying it didn't really matter.
There were clips of some players saying the same things.
There were LOADS of people in here saying...it didn't ****ing matter.
How in the name of living **** does someone at such a high level NOT understand that if the opposing team is shoving literally thousands of pucks up your goalie's arse every year, you're in a world of ****?
It beggar's ****ing belief!
I believe that the fat lump of **** up in the press box also cast doubt on whether the fact that opponents were driving pucks at the Leafs' net AT A RATE HIGHER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE ****ING LEAGUE was actually important.
It's like a baseball manager scoffing at the suggestion that it might be a problem that outfielders can't catch the ****ing ball...
IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND AS I TYPE THIS THAT IS IN FACT SO, BUT IT IS....AND THESE UNCTUOUS, CLUELESS ****S ARE IN CHARGE OF THE TEAM...