The Toronto Maple Leafs had another miserable end against the Boston Bruins, losing their third straight in overtime. Mike DiStefano and David Morassutti give their thoughts on what went wrong, starting with the Auston Matthews turnover in overtime that led to the Brad Marchand goal. In their look at the Good, Bad & Ugly, Mike and Dave look at the play of Anthony Stolarz, the pushback in the second period, the team’s brutal start to the game and, of course, the Matthews’ gaffe. To end the show, Mike and Dave look ahead to the game against the Winnipeg Jets, who have been off to a blazing start. Plus, Timothy Liljegren still can’t crack the lineup, leaving more questions about what the plan is for him.
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lets rename the core 4 to the Fraud 5
It's not so much the emphasis on defending. It's more the emphasis on dump 'n chase at the earliest possible convenience. They're not even trying to break defences or create rushes. At the first instance whenever they're over the red line they just fire the puck into the other end. This "north-south" style and "move the puck faster" is being taken far too literally. The net effect is they mitigate their own talent. They're not even looking for plays. They seem to be scared shitless about making mistakes. Hence the rush chances are almost non-existent.
Take that Tavares jersey down. He's garbage 🗑
It's Groundhog Day for the past several years and I am past the point of smashing my alarm singing I Got You Babe. I'm just enjoying the predictable. Of course they lost to Columbus. Of course Leafs score to tie and Marchand scores the OT winner. Its just Bill Murray waking up and living the same day again and again and again. I'm enjoying the Good. And we know what Ugly will happen.
It's crazy… you guys had a 5-on-3 power play. I don't know what the conversion rate is for 5-on-3 power plays in the NHL, but come on 🤷♀
Look at it this way: The team can thank Matthews for that point. They could have had zero.
Panic – there is only what 129 games left in the season, how can they come back after this start?
Impressed you guys dare to criticize Matthews.
Problem with the Leafs is we're now stuck with 2 of the core 4 for a while now. Tavares is done, he's not worth a third of the money they are paying him, he never was. Marner will want more and they have nothing to show for all this dough. They're soft and when will one of them ever take over a game and make plays that show us that they deserve McDavid/MacKinnon/Draisaitl money. They never break a game open when they need to. For 13.5 million I expect Matthews to take the puck from behind his net and all the way to the other and score…once in a while.
It's Matthews taketh away actually.
The expression is the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh AWAY!