Babcock tries one last time before he is fired

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$79,500,000	$76,160,236	$2,550,000	$5,400,000	$3,339,764

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Matthews, Auston $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 7	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 1
Johnsson, Andreas $787,500$787,500 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Nylander, William $10,277,778$10,277,778 RW UFA - 6
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Marleau, Patrick $6,250,000$6,250,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 2	Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 1
Ennis, Tyler $650,000$650,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 2	Moore, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Petan, Nicolas $874,125$874,125 C, LW, RW UFA - 1		Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Hainsey, Ron $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Muzzin, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 6	Hutchinson, Michael $1,300,000$1,300,000 G UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 2	Ozhiganov, Igor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 1	Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2

Mar. 17, 2019 at 8:40 p.m.

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Its not Babcock's fault
The defense on this team is Abysmal.
I suggest:
Reilly - Zaitsev
Gardiner - Muzzin
Dermott - Hainsey/OZ

The biggest issue is Hainsey playing on that top pair. Reilly needs a physical defensemen who can get the puck loose. That describes everything Hainsey is not. Zaitsev should be fine on top pair. Gardiner needs to be more physical to be decent in his own zone. Playing with muzzin should improve that. Dermott - Hainsey/OZ is self explanatory

Honestly, I do not think even that will fix it. The leafs just lack in their own zone. the only forwards who backcheck are Tavares, Marner, Marleau and Nylander. If the Defence pinches and the puck gets by them, the leafs are exposed. Other teams that are extremely effective in all ends are the Jets, Lightning, Sharks, and Nashville. If you watch closely, every forward backchecks hard. The leafs just lack that eve though Babcock has been trying to get them to do exactly that all year

Mar. 17, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

#2

jassan28

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Quoting: arafay

Its not Babcock's fault
The defense on this team is Abysmal.
I suggest:
Reilly - Zaitsev
Gardiner - Muzzin
Dermott - Hainsey/OZ

The biggest issue is Hainsey playing on that top pair. Reilly needs a physical defensemen who can get the puck loose. That describes everything Hainsey is not. Zaitsev should be fine on top pair. Gardiner needs to be more physical to be decent in his own zone. Playing with muzzin should improve that. Dermott - Hainsey/OZ is self explanatory

Gardiner gone now. Was great having him at the six

Mar. 17, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

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DirtyDangles

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Quoting: arafay

Its not Babcock's fault
The defense on this team is Abysmal.
I suggest:
Reilly - Zaitsev
Gardiner - Muzzin
Dermott - Hainsey/OZ

The biggest issue is Hainsey playing on that top pair. Reilly needs a physical defensemen who can get the puck loose. That describes everything Hainsey is not. Zaitsev should be fine on top pair. Gardiner needs to be more physical to be decent in his own zone. Playing with muzzin should improve that. Dermott - Hainsey/OZ is self explanatory

Honestly, I do not think even that will fix it. The leafs just lack in their own zone. the only forwards who backcheck are Tavares, Marner, Marleau and Nylander. If the Defence pinches and the puck gets by them, the leafs are exposed. Other teams that are extremely effective in all ends are the Jets, Lightning, Sharks, and Nashville. If you watch closely, every forward backchecks hard. The leafs just lack that eve though Babcock has been trying to get them to do exactly that all year

Hainsey is the best defensive D man you have ?. Babcock is the problem. Clearly this team doesn’t care about Babcock’s message. When a message goes stale, it’s time to get someone new.

Mar. 17, 2019 at 10:35 p.m.

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ItWasIn

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Quoting: DirtyDangles

Hainsey is the best defensive D man you have ?. Babcock is the problem. Clearly this team doesn’t care about Babcock’s message. When a message goes stale, it’s time to get someone new.

But Babcock is the worlds greatest coach... haha

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Mar. 17, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

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DirtyDangles

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Quoting: ItWasIn

But Babcock is the worlds greatest coach... haha

I can think of a few guys that made him look good...

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Mar. 17, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

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EHPower27

Joined: Apr. 2018

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Quoting: arafay

Its not Babcock's fault
The defense on this team is Abysmal.
I suggest:
Reilly - Zaitsev
Gardiner - Muzzin
Dermott - Hainsey/OZ

The biggest issue is Hainsey playing on that top pair. Reilly needs a physical defensemen who can get the puck loose. That describes everything Hainsey is not. Zaitsev should be fine on top pair. Gardiner needs to be more physical to be decent in his own zone. Playing with muzzin should improve that. Dermott - Hainsey/OZ is self explanatory

Honestly, I do not think even that will fix it. The leafs just lack in their own zone. the only forwards who backcheck are Tavares, Marner, Marleau and Nylander. If the Defence pinches and the puck gets by them, the leafs are exposed. Other teams that are extremely effective in all ends are the Jets, Lightning, Sharks, and Nashville. If you watch closely, every forward backchecks hard. The leafs just lack that eve though Babcock has been trying to get them to do exactly that all year

Rielly-Zaitsev was pretty garbage when they were a pair before.

I really don't think the D is that bad, a top 4 of Rielly, Gardiner, Muzzin, and Dermott is better than most teams in the league. IMO the problem is when Zaitsev and Hainsey get more minutes than most of these guys, or when they're used in a "shut-down role".

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