Pre-Game Talk: Toronto vs Nashville

[Torontonian]

Back @ it again Tuesday at 8, Good opportunity for Toronto to get back to playing well against a playoff team. Win or lose just play somewhat good please lol, need to start gaining momentum for the playoffs in 3 weeks.

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[cookie]

Nashville is 5-5-0 in its last 10, Toronto is 5-4-1....and yet I still feel like we're gonna be beat down next game. Hope to see a much better outing from the Leafs.

 

[Terrible GM]

Nashville made us look like a lottery team last time, and the Leafs were playing pretty well at the time. The Preds looked so good defensively, blocking passing lanes and taking away time. I'm not too optimistic here given our recent games. Hope I'm wrong though..

 

[Nineteen67]

I usually go to every Leafs game in Nashville, but I’ll be sitting this one out.

 

[Rogue]

Have a bad feeling about this ...

 

[jimmycarter]

I don't expect them to win, so they will probably win this one.

 

[Nooodles]

"We weren't good enough"

Mike Babcock, cca 10PM March 19th, 2019

 

[Shockstar]

Let’s ******* go boys!

 

[MapleLeafs9]

"We weren't good enough"

Mike Babcock, cca 10PM March 19th, 2019

"Gotta start on time."

 

[Savvy]

"Gotta start on time."

If only we could get another it’s not my job to motivate the players speech but this time out of Babcock to signal the end

 

[Nooodles]

If only we could get another it’s not my job to motivate the players speech but this time out of Babcock to signal the end

He will never do that.

It's everybody but him.

 

[Nithoniniel]

He will never do that.

It's everybody but him.

There's a lot of things you can pin on the coach. The last few games are not one of them. It's not the coaches job to make you fulfill the simplest parts of your job. Just like at any other workplace. The boss can be responsible for inefficiencies in the work place, but it's not his fault if some employees are late every other day.

I've kind of lost my faith in Babcock this season, but this is on the players. They have been absolutely dreadful. And even my biggest issue with him, roster and game management, hasn't been a factor here. He's actually reduced ice time or demoted some of his usual favorites due to bad play.

 

[PromisedLand]

What’s the over under of us surrendering over or under 5 goals?

 

[Cor]

I feel like Nashville always crushes us.

 

[KE19]

They will win this one only to shit the bed @ Buffalo the next night with Sparks in net.

 

[Whaleafs]

Who on Nashville has like a 30 game goal-less streak ? I expect them to end it against the Leafs.

 

[Brock Radunske]

This should be fun.
Teams with structure eat this paper tiger alive.

 

[Nooodles]

There's a lot of things you can pin on the coach. The last few games are not one of them. It's not the coaches job to make you fulfill the simplest parts of your job. Just like at any other workplace. The boss can be responsible for inefficiencies in the work place, but it's not his fault if some employees are late every other day.

I've kind of lost my faith in Babcock this season, but this is on the players. They have been absolutely dreadful. And even my biggest issue with him, roster and game management, hasn't been a factor here. He's actually reduced ice time or demoted some of his usual favorites due to bad play.

I usually agree with you but not on this one.

The team never had any kind of structure or system. They were winning games because they have so much talent, but now they have just fallen apart. Sometimes we are still able to score a lot of goals, but thats it. Other teams have figured out the areas we are struggling with and took advantage.
The team is now completely lost in regards to what we should play, what is our system, how do we break out, what should our D zone coverage look like.

This is entirely on the coaching staff. They simply couldn't implement a good team structure, not after years.

You can work hard, but for what? The fastest car in the world is useless if it's unable to stay on the track. This is what we look like now.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Who on Nashville has like a 30 game goal-less streak ? I expect them to end it against the Leafs.

LOL.

You do hear that A lot.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

This should be fun.
Teams with structure eat this paper tiger alive.

Especially defensive structure.
And teams who can cycle.

 

[I Believe]

82 game season, peaks and valleys yada yada let's win.

 

[Cecithepylon]

My expectations are zero! Let’s win

 

[TML Dynasty]

There's a lot of things you can pin on the coach. The last few games are not one of them. It's not the coaches job to make you fulfill the simplest parts of your job. Just like at any other workplace. The boss can be responsible for inefficiencies in the work place, but it's not his fault if some employees are late every other day.

I've kind of lost my faith in Babcock this season, but this is on the players. They have been absolutely dreadful. And even my biggest issue with him, roster and game management, hasn't been a factor here. He's actually reduced ice time or demoted some of his usual favorites due to bad play.

I worry that Babs has sucked the life out of this team. But yeah it certainly says something about our players if they are just giving up. I don’t want to be too doom and gloom but something really does need to change. Muzzin is a glaring example of something wrong. Look at him before and then after joining the leafs. Looks like a different player.

 

[ACC1224]

I worry that Babs has sucked the life out of this team. But yeah it certainly says something about our players if they are just giving up. I don’t want to be too doom and gloom but something really does need to change. Muzzin is a glaring example of something wrong. Look at him before and then after joining the leafs. Looks like a different player.

He's been hurt since joining the Leafs.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Who on Nashville has like a 30 game goal-less streak ? I expect them to end it against the Leafs.

Subban has been having a pretty bad year, so expect a multi-goal/multi-point night from him. Also Kyle Turris has 0 goals in his last 8, yeah lets give him a hat trick.