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People like to heap criticism on the Leaf defenders for being ineffective puck movers, but I find myself wondering how much of that is a result of the system as opposed to the players. Sure, there is no Cale Makar back there. But the Leaf defenders are given very little in the way of time/space...

Another thing about potentially using Robertson on the point - you know that if something happens, he's going to bust his ass to get back and defend. He won't dog it like many other Leaf forwards, and he actually has the speed to recover. I've seen him get back to break up odd-man rushes a...

booo...but they did get a point, deserved or not.

ok, laughton shootout slapper to win

fortunate to get that point lol

Switching him off line 2 was the right move but keeping him on pp1, not sure about that logic.

breakaway slapshot, nice choice!

Man they need some kind of spark. Someone needs to throw a big hit or start a fight. Just sleepwalking through most of this game.

I'm seeing a little too much in the way of solo efforts by the Leafs...1 on 3 stuff which almost always results in turnovers. They have gotten away from playing as a team this period, need to get back to that for the third. Fortunate to be down only a goal. Hildeby playing well again.

leafs seem to be drifting back into bad habits...lots of own zone time this period

I saw one of the talking heads (not sure if it was Kypreos or someone else) mentioning this as a possibility a while back. Makes perfect sense to me.

Berube originally said of the Stolarz injury: "I don't believe that's serious. I think he'll be fine." And he hasn't skated since, almost a month off the ice. Scares me to think what "he'll be a week" is going to turn into. Hildeby has been really good so far, but now he's "the man." Will be...

Team has really come together but man, they can't catch a break with the injuries. Sure hope the Woll pull was just to be safe, they really need him. Hildeby has been good but, having to rely on him is kind of scary.

This is it in a nutshell for me. With AM playing like he has so far, this should be a playoff team and maybe even a win-a-round team, depending on matchup and what the injury situation looks like at the time. If AM can get back closer to what he has been in the past, and we get a healthy Tanev...

good win

Pretty good game overall, but this PP stuff has to be sorted out. Just put OEL out there for unit 1. Matthews being out at the blueline seems not to be the best use of his skill set. On PP 2...I think I'd like to have one dman out there plus Robertson as a shot threat. I mean....I know this is...

I thought some of the negativity was over-blown, though perhaps understandable given how the season has unfolded. The Pens aren't a good team, and the Leafs were once again guilty of spending a lot of time running around in their own end. Hildeby bailed them out quite a few times. That said, the...

Really good game all around - something to (hopefully) build on. Hildeby looks so much better than last year. Hopefully nothing serious happened to OEL.

Malkin has a lot to say for a guy whose team is down 7-2

Sure was. Would be nice to see that more often.