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I think it's a combo of two teams convincing each other that the players they are trying to trade need a change of scenery. If the other team is moving on from a contributing player, it's probably because they aren't contributing enough, or aren't happy.....or you have an abundance of players...

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I personally think that was one of the team's better games of the past couple weeks. Their chances for went up. Their chances against seemed to go down. Despite a slow start in the 1st, their shot total went up. If Cowan buries one or two of his 3 breakaways, it's a different game. Takeaway...

While it was great to get a point, that game did not fix any of the underlying issues. Hildeby kept the team in that game. If not for him, that's a 6 or 7-3 loss. The 3 on 3 made me throw up a little. 3 on 3 is man to man. There's no other way to play it. Knies left his man, which caused...

Berube still hasn't gotten use to players being out for weeks with a sore pinky. He'll learn one day.

Things got tough for Matthews. Time for a little vacation.

It's funny/not funny that Carlo cost so much. It's also funny how all D seem to come to Toronto and instantly become worse.

Ok, I won't respond.

The shots metric spreadsheet is really telling of a team over complicating the game. I'm not saying to play an "everything on net" mentality...But simplify and direct pucks to the net. Eventually that 3rd place shooting percentage is going to disappear and with that, so will the goals if you're...

I was actually going to bring up Andersen. It's 100% what I'm feeling right now with Stolarz.

I don't disagree with you. On either statement. The thing with Stolarz is he's not bailing them out of the gaffes. For instance, that 5 hole goal last night. The Leafs had the puck on their stick numerous times with easy plays to move the puck up the ice and just didn't. So, Stolarz certainly...

That may have been the most frustrating game to watch. 1 shot in the first 10 minutes of the game. That listless play is probably the most concerning thing for me. The Leafs pick up some momentum in the first after killing off 47 penalties, only to be followed by a shift of getting stuck in...

I'm more referring to the shot totals in long stretches of play. The lethargic play for full periods is very concerning IMO.

You do realize that there's 3 other players on the ice that contribute to team defense? Do you know what leads to goals against? Give aways at the bluelines. Both bluelines. D-Zone Exits and O-Zone entries. Do you know who has the puck a good amount of the time when those two actions are...

Team D and goaltending. The constant odd person rushes don't fall solely on the D

Benoit is fine as a limited #6 IMO. I don't think the problem is with the bottom D. I think there's a couple things at play here. There's no real top pairing defensive, dman on the team. I also think that team defense is the biggest issue. Whether that's a symptom of not being able to play the...

I'm not even saying that Marner being on or off this team would help fix what we are seeing. I would argue that these problems are an ongoing problem with this team and their commitment to "giving a shit". I just question whether what we saw from Marner was his "give a damn" and not a toddler...

They definitely helped each other out. An elite playmaker with an elite(or used to be) goalscorer can certainly improve both player's games. That said, I think the only thing that is relevant when discussing Marner and the Leafs is the team's performance with Marner, and without Marner. His...

That's not covering up Berube's sh*t. That's covering up a team that has no interest in playing defense. The constant odd person rushes doesn't say a lot about the defence. It says a ton about the forwards. The gaps that they're creating by never having an F3 is allowing teams to exit zones...

He is indeed a LH bat. Defense is suspect though so they figure he'd have to get moved to 1B at some point. Which we are pretty set at.