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Shot attempts are meaningless, what is meaningful is that the actual shots taken by Mtl. were of the extremely dangerous variety, which I'd think implies that the lesser team is actually more talented or had a far more pronounced killer instinct. TO has 100 points so they're a good team but I...

I watched the game on Saturday, TO owned the 1st, the 2nd was fairly close but Mtl. owned the 3rd in a close game. This is what is most distressing about the Leafs, a what is/should be a far inferior team like Montreal was able to control the game at any time in the game but even more...

What did Dubie miss for this TDL, I thought he should've tried to sign E. Kane and I don't know why he didn't trade Dermott to Van. for Motte. Bunting/Matthews/Nylander Kane/JT/Marner Mikheyev/Kampf/Engvall Motte/Kerfoot/Blackwell Spares: Spezza & Simmonds Rielly/Bushkin Giordano/Brody...

JT and Nylander were -3 each last night, JT with Marner was a different player during Matthews' suspension, JT had his best year with Marner in his entire career. It looks like Keefe just likes the idea of a dominant line which is fine if there's another reasonably competent/productive line...

We have seen year after year that even a reasonably successful defensive TO doesn't advance beyond the 1st round, we should therefore know that what TO has isn't enough to have any kind of playoff success. We've needed more offense every year but instead Dubie keeps wanting to load up on more...

It really burns me that LL had basically 3 years to fortify the Leafs for the playoffs, he did bring in Andersen but he also brought in Marleau and people think he's brilliant, wow. His trade deadline deals were not inspiring and that has a lot to do with why TO hasn't won a playoffs series...

TO had one of the best goalies in the NHL, TO's defensive #s were awesome earlier in the year, that's the past, what's also in the past is that TO hasn't progressed beyond the 1st round of the playoffs in eons. Simmonds and Spezza aren't living up to the possession figures they have now because...

I think GMs like players can get nervous this time of year, the teams they preside over appear ready to contend so they spend, usually the future, but we all know only one team wins it all. Realistically, TO doesn't look ready to truly contend but a team like Montreal went to the finals last...

Read somewhere that Matthews has only drawn 5 penalties all year? Hard to believe, I think, but I can't remember the last time he was fouled and a penalty was called. Maybe TO can spare another 3rd for Rittich, like last year, he's been playing for Nashville, he's 4-2-1 with a 3.17 GAA and .890...

Let's hope Montreal doesn't make the playoffs, then.

Pitts top 3 players, Malkin, Crosby and Letang have missed 55 games this year, their support player's scoring stats are comparable with TO's however they do make TO look bad as the Kraken did for about 30 minutes tonite. Scoring stats are one way to judge a team but another is actual team...

My point, Pitts. won without it's core because it had/has quality players beyond the core, TO only has it's core which is too little to rely on in pressure situations like the playoffs like TO losing to Mtl. because Marner wasn't Marner, JT was injured and the quality of the backup players for...

It seemed to me that TO faced a lot of covid weakened opponents earlier in the year and the TO that we saw in the 1st period against Columbus was what TO looked to be earlier in the season but now that the teams are healthier even bad teams are making the Leafs look anemic. It amazes me how...

It would seem that the easy assumption is that TO's goalies are crap, change the goalie(s) and the problem goes away. I've never seen so much traffic in front of the goalies nor have I seen so many deflections, personally I think the goalies might give up an easy 1 goal per game but beyond that...

At one point it was 5 shots for Engvall, 5 for the d and about 7 for the rest of the team, why not elevate Engvall, he might help JT and Nylander, they aren't helping themselves and Kerfoot..... On 2 of the goals against Rielly basically pulled up a chair and watched rather than try to do anything.

Does TO need more/different/better goalies, draft choices for any of those 3 might/probably is unnecessary, I figure 7 or 8 of the last 10 goals scored against TO were deflections so unless TO can somehow find goalies with inhuman reflexes TO just needs a commitment from the players to not leave...

Here's the rub, after 50 plus years without a Cup is it more important for TO to keep low rated 1st rounders or go all in to possibly win a Cup. Is TO as it's presently constituted a proper Cup contender?

Rielly is still an absolute black hole defensively, he has zero physicality and an extremely poor hockey IQ when it comes to defense, his offensive record doesn't show up in the playoffs nor does he except for his atrocious defense. Someone outside of the top 4 forwards needs to score in the...

I think there's quite a few players TO could/should trade/move in order to get over the hurdle of any success in the playoffs. My list, it wouldn't break my heart to see any of them traded and I think most/all have shown they don't have what it takes to ensure future success: Rielly Muzzin...