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ARE LEAFS COACHES GETTING BEST OUT OF TEAM

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Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Nov. 4, 2019
Published: Nov. 4, 2019
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Looking for some feedback on whether the Leafs coaching staff is getting the best out of the team to date and any observations you might have to improve the team which can be read by Mike Babcock.
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Nov. 5, 2019 at 12:05 a.m.
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They need more grit and physicality and a stay at home defender or two. This team is also not playing as a team it seems.
Nov. 5, 2019 at 12:43 a.m.
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1. I'm still not sure what our defensive system is: outnumbering opponents along the boards with intense pressure, or forming a square to protect the slot. I'm not sure the players know either. Enduring problem for several years it seems. Still too many players are caught puck watching away from the net. From the simplistic mind of a hockey fan, it seems that coaching is the issue on that one.

2. Barrie and Rielly struggle defensively. Barrie is clearly not playing with confidence. Just bringing him on top of his game would already help the team a great deal.

3. Marner shoots too much, and his shot % is among the lowest on the team. He needs to play his strengths, and feed teammates in good position to score. This is probably the pressure to live up to large contract.

4. The cap situation is the source of many (small) problems. Dubas could have used bridge deals (at least one), like many other teams did. Easy, and you save 3-4M in cap space. We would have had enough space to add a backup G and other depth signings, enough to fix remaining issues.
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Nov. 5, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.
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Quoting: leaflet
1. I'm still not sure what our defensive system is: outnumbering opponents along the boards with intense pressure, or forming a square to protect the slot. I'm not sure the players know either. Enduring problem for several years it seems. Still too many players are caught puck watching away from the net. From the simplistic mind of a hockey fan, it seems that coaching is the issue on that one.

2. Barrie and Rielly struggle defensively. Barrie is clearly not playing with confidence. Just bringing him on top of his game would already help the team a great deal.

3. Marner shoots too much, and his shot % is among the lowest on the team. He needs to play his strengths, and feed teammates in good position to score. This is probably the pressure to live up to large contract.

4. The cap situation is the source of many (small) problems. Dubas could have used bridge deals (at least one), like many other teams did. Easy, and you save 3-4M in cap space. We would have had enough space to add a backup G and other depth signings, enough to fix remaining issues.


All very good points.

4. Dubas is counting on the cap to increase quite a bit in the next 2-3 years. I think the longer term contracts allows him a clear picture on what space he has to build with.

2. Rielly is playing hurt and I don’t think he has been horrible. I find your point in 1. To be the main issue. Team defence.
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Nov. 5, 2019 at 1:57 a.m.
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Good points, leaflet. And good points by Po, too. I agree that point 1 is the primary issue and a doubt there is a dman in the league that could fix that problem, it goes deeper than that.

A few others to add

5. There a disconnect between the roster that Dubas is building and the kind of team that Babcock wants to coach. I don't think he's coaching to the teams strengths.

6. Our special teams flat out suck. There's really no excuse for that with the skill we have.

7. Babcocks message is getting stale and the players are tuning him out. That's as much on the players as it is on the coach.
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Nov. 5, 2019 at 1:58 a.m.
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Good points. And good points by Po, too. I agree that point 1 is the primary issue and a doubt there is a dman in the league that could fix that problem, it goes deeper than that.

A few others to add

5. There a disconnect between the roster that Dubas is building and the kind of team that Babcock wants to coach. I don't think he's coaching to the teams strengths.

6. Our special teams flat out suck. There's really no excuse for that with the skill we have.

7. Babcocks message is getting stale and the players are tuning him out. That's as much on the players as it is on the coach.


Also, Chihawk is not wrong.
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Nov. 5, 2019 at 8:17 a.m.
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Five years into Babcock...first year coaching many bad players. Then three first round playoff loses. Babcock and his coaching could be blamed for some it.
Leafs have less talent on this time that last year. Just for cap reasons, the defence is worse than last year. Barrie is not as good as Gardiner. Ceci is not as good Zaitsev. Holl/Marincin are no where near the competency of Hainsey.
In the previous years, the young players many of ELC had the drive to be a team. I really think once the many of those players signed these RFA contracts, the team unity disappeared. Gotta believe may bottom end players when they saw the overpayment that Nylander, Matthews, and Marner received knew the team could not get reinforcements to put them over the top. Plus these bottom enders know they won't be getting my raise as Leafs....no cap available, they'll be moving on.
Leafs assistant coaches haven't been as productive as the guys they replaced. Babcock, I've said for years, he's poor game manager, and the players know it. Gee, you work all summer, all week, all game, and then all your hard work is destroyed by a coach who can't manage a game for sixty minutes.

I'm not blaming Dubas...but the total Leaf management. Last December, before the return of Nylander the Leafs were on pace of 120 points. They should never have signed Nylander to that contract. It set a terrible tone on the ice and toward the next round of negotiations. Larkins 6.1 X 5 and even Pastarak 6.66m X 6 were legit compassions. End of November, Leafs should backed Nylander in a corner. A one year qualifying offer or 6.5 X 6. Don't like...that OK. We'll go with 120 point pace group.
 
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