2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

[Arn]

Bet he signs for someone who ends up winning the cup this season.

 

[Bender]

MacKinnon, Draisatl, McDavid, Rantanen, Kucherov...these are all players who have a higher "Give a shit" factor than Matthews. They want it more and are willing to do whatever it takes. They up the intensity in the playoffs. That's how it looks to me. Remember Matthews getting ragdolled by Chiarot in that horrible Montreal series...he was laughing and looking at the ref. No pushback, no emotion, no evidence that he hates losing or gets mad when it happens. Nylander is similar. Marner I think cared but couldn't handle the hometown pressure.

They got rid of the one guy in that early group that had those traits - Hyman.

I was going to say, isn't MacKinnon the one that went after his teammates for not eating healthy enough? He seems like a psychotic hardass who will do anything to win and will call out his team. How many times did the core here not take accountability and deflect it or say they can't listen to outside noise, implying it's the fan's fault? It's been infuriating for years. I doubt MacKinnon or his group asks coaches to walk back minorly critical comments.

 

[Bender]

maybe this is the answer

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989049355379077318

You have to think this will probably beget some movement.

 

[cabber24]

MacKinnon, Draisatl, McDavid, Rantanen, Kucherov...these are all players who have a higher "Give a shit" factor than Matthews. They want it more and are willing to do whatever it takes. They up the intensity in the playoffs. That's how it looks to me. Remember Matthews getting ragdolled by Chiarot in that horrible Montreal series...he was laughing and looking at the ref. No pushback, no emotion, no evidence that he hates losing or gets mad when it happens. Nylander is similar. Marner I think cared but couldn't handle the hometown pressure.

They got rid of the one guy in that early group that had those traits - Hyman.

You will see who the true assassins are in the league come Olympic time. 4 Nations was telling with the C of USA having zero goals.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989080809199083576

Some people in the fan base aren’t going to like this statement because playing defence has become some sort of moral status symbol, but naturally I agree with this and most teams allocate their cap dollars accordingly. Creating offense consistently is THE premium skillset.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989080809199083576

Some people in the fan base aren’t going to like this statement because playing defence has become some sort of moral status symbol, but naturally I agree with this and most teams allocate their cap dollars accordingly. Creating offense consistently is THE premium skillset.

Easy fix bro.

 

[herman]

Easy fix bro.

Stop doing stupid shit? See those guys with the non-Leaf sweaters: don't give them the puck?

 

[Joe S.]

MacKinnon, Draisatl, McDavid, Rantanen, Kucherov...these are all players who have a higher "Give a shit" factor than Matthews. They want it more and are willing to do whatever it takes. They up the intensity in the playoffs. That's how it looks to me. Remember Matthews getting ragdolled by Chiarot in that horrible Montreal series...he was laughing and looking at the ref. No pushback, no emotion, no evidence that he hates losing or gets mad when it happens. Nylander is similar. Marner I think cared but couldn't handle the hometown pressure.

They got rid of the one guy in that early group that had those traits - Hyman.

Zach ‘5 goals in 32 playoff games’ Hyman? That Zach Hyman?

And the leafs didn’t get rid of him. He left as a free agent for a contract that made no sense for what he had contributed up to that point.