Kind of find it funny how people complaining about the depth when its been them getting the goals

All our goals but 1 is from depth heck is ROR a core guy probs no so u could argue also depth (Unless he stays and they give him an A)

Knies 1 goal (Depth)
Kerfoot 1 goal (Depth)
Bunting (3rd line) 1 goal (Depth)
ROR 1 goal

Matthews, Marner, JT, Nylander and Rielly have had their chances but just aint delivering the finish we need


Meanwhile from Florida only 1 depth guys have scored if we counting blue liners than 3. Bennett, Lundell and Verheage are core guys by now

Cousins 1 goal (Depth)
Bennett 1 goal (Core)
Verheage 1 goal (Core)
Lundell 1 goal (Core)
Montour 1 goal
Forsling 1 goal
Barkov 1 goal (Core)

What Florida is getting is a lot of lady luck on their side especially when it comes to Bob. Leafs will respond as we have seen them do this before (2018 vs. BOS) cause lady luck can only last so long for Bob and his posts. As before Knies got hurt he and the third line were doing a good job and the fourth line had some good moments, but than Knies gets hurt and we see 2 bad plays from the big 4 and it all comes tumbling down. But first things first get Gio out for Gustafsson.

Kind of find it funny how people complaining about the depth when its been them getting the goals

All our goals but 1 is from depth heck is ROR a core guy probs no so u could argue also depth (Unless he stays and they give him an A)

Knies 1 goal (Depth)
Kerfoot 1 goal (Depth)
Bunting (3rd line) 1 goal (Depth)
ROR 1 goal

Matthews, Marner, JT, Nylander and Rielly have had their chances but just aint delivering the finish we need


Meanwhile from Florida only 1 depth guys have scored if we counting blue liners than 3. Bennett, Lundell and Verheage are core guys by now

Cousins 1 goal (Depth)
Bennett 1 goal (Core)
Verheage 1 goal (Core)
Lundell 1 goal (Core)
Montour 1 goal
Forsling 1 goal
Barkov 1 goal (Core)

What Florida is getting is a lot of lady luck on their side especially when it comes to Bob. Leafs will respond as we have seen them do this before (2018 vs. BOS) cause lady luck can only last so long for Bob and his posts. As before Knies got hurt he and the third line were doing a good job and the fourth line had some good moments, but than Knies gets hurt and we see 2 bad plays from the big 4 and it all comes tumbling down. But first things first get Gio out for Gustafsson.

In this series against FLA, absolutely

Seems like a bit of a stretch to include Knies and ROR on here considering Knies was up with Matthews and Marner when he scored and ROR gets a lot of PP time

Yea but Knies is depth lets be honest

Hes not a core guy yet. He will be one day but rn we have the big 5

Matthews, JT, Marner, Nylander and Rielly, ROR u could argue is the closest.

I mean you are spot on, Florida's depth hasn't been a huge difference maker either. The most infuriating thing is that the Leafs play very well, then falter for maybe 2 minutes after Florida adjusts, and then they go right back to playing good. The only issue is that things arent falling into place for the Leafs when we are playing good

I mean you are spot on, Florida's depth hasn't been a huge difference maker either. The most infuriating thing is that the Leafs play very well, then falter for maybe 2 minutes after Florida adjusts, and then they go right back to playing good. The only issue is that things arent falling into place for the Leafs when we are playing good

That's been the most frustrating thing about this series so far, FLA has capitalize on every mistake TOR has made. FLA's inability to defend, TOR is generating more offensively than they have in any other series of the Matthews era but because of Bobrovsky , it is a 0-2 hole the Leafs find themselves in. If just a couple of those shots that hit that post go in and Samsonov gives TOR a save this is a different series.

But again, I am sure TBL fans are thinking the same thing right now, the team that plays the best does not always win the game.

Get more traffic in front of Bobrovsky and make life difficult.

Kind of find it funny how people complaining about the depth when its been them getting the goals

All our goals but 1 is from depth heck is ROR a core guy probs no so u could argue also depth (Unless he stays and they give him an A)

Knies 1 goal (Depth)
Kerfoot 1 goal (Depth)
Bunting (3rd line) 1 goal (Depth)
ROR 1 goal

Matthews, Marner, JT, Nylander and Rielly have had their chances but just aint delivering the finish we need


Meanwhile from Florida only 1 depth guys have scored if we counting blue liners than 3. Bennett, Lundell and Verheage are core guys by now

Cousins 1 goal (Depth)
Bennett 1 goal (Core)
Verheage 1 goal (Core)
Lundell 1 goal (Core)
Montour 1 goal
Forsling 1 goal
Barkov 1 goal (Core)

What Florida is getting is a lot of lady luck on their side especially when it comes to Bob. Leafs will respond as we have seen them do this before (2018 vs. BOS) cause lady luck can only last so long for Bob and his posts. As before Knies got hurt he and the third line were doing a good job and the fourth line had some good moments, but than Knies gets hurt and we see 2 bad plays from the big 4 and it all comes tumbling down. But first things first get Gio out for Gustafsson.

Honestly its been such an odd series to me. I personally feel Willy bats one it floodgates open but we also need a bit more from Sammy and the Defense

McCabe and Brodie do not look like a shutdown pair rn and Gio cannot be in game 3

I would honestly put Holl and Gustafsson in. As its a new series let Holl redeem himself

As I have seen this happen to teams like NJ heck Tampa last year and they both ended up winning. Just took some changes and for guys to step up

I mean you are spot on, Florida's depth hasn't been a huge difference maker either. The most infuriating thing is that the Leafs play very well, then falter for maybe 2 minutes after Florida adjusts, and then they go right back to playing good. The only issue is that things arent falling into place for the Leafs when we are playing good

only fine line is that Tkachuk kinda feeds off playing agitated. Its either he'll play unreal or get a stupid penalty when you try to piss him off, very fine line

I don't see luck being part of this. Our big guns have been a little unlucky but I think Florida is going to keep scoring these transition goals until Keefe makes adjustments to stop that from happening but he won't. So hopefully you are right and it's just luck and turns

Honestly a game like this is where I would want Muzzin. That man would get under Tkachuck's skin thanks to their history and with his experience man I would be terrified. Probs would also let Bennett know that **** would not be tolerated. Big rig hit incoming lul

Also would allow for Gio in the pressbox and we could have

Muzzin-Brodie
McCabe-Holl
Rielly-Schenn

But sadly that neck injury probs ended his career

Those pairs are fine, maybe. I don't know if a personnel change is the answer though. Doesn't matter who plays if we keep giving them easy offence off turnovers. And considering it's the same turnovers we have seen since the first year Keefe took over, you just can't say it's a player issue. It's the system. Hold onto the puck all the time generally is a good idea but sometimes you really do need to just dump it out. Get it to a safe spot and regroup. Our defence is handling them fine when we are organized in our zone. It's when we chase while figuring out assignments where we get burned. That's been all Florida has had this entire playoffs.

Every team turns over the puck. A player change is needed as Gio has been struggling this season if u cant see it I cant help you.

A puck mover like Gustafsson can help alleviate like that as he and Liligren are good in transition.

Every team turns over the puck. A player change is needed as Gio has been struggling this season if u cant see it I cant help you.

A puck mover like Gustafsson can help alleviate like that as he and Liligren are good in transition.

We don't need transition vs Florida, we need smart play. We are going to get our chances we just can't give them any. Gustafson is not great defensively and takes risk, that will play into their hands.

U do. Any team can play smart. Transition is how u exit your zone and create plays. Look at Gio guy cant transition the puck and hes been looking terrible this series. McCabe and Brodie are struggling and its hurting them

As we saw what killed them turnovers due to poor transition. Marner on the third goal decides to make a bad pass rather than carry it out. Transition is what will win games. Florida uses aggressive forecheck and so puck movers are what u need to make them pay as when they pinch Gus gets it out breakaway and u either set up an OZONE faceoff or goal

As in the end we still got Liligren, McCabe, Brodie and Schenn for defense heck maybe even Holl comes in if were going 11-7

McCabe-Brodie
Rielly-Schenn
Gustafsson-Holl
Liligren

Turnovers happened due to careless and risky puck play, not because the team is bad at transition. Read Bourne's latest article on the Leafs. He spells it out great.

But you know what? This is what I mean by getting more out your stars. The Marner/ Matthews turnover is exactly what I meant about not getting enough from the stars. Matthews doesn't kill penalties either.

The bottom line is when you are the big ticket on the team, more is always expected of you even when it may seem like enough is being done. The way the roster is structured is why the bottom six is what it is and when things go wrong, these top guys are going to be under the microscope fair or otherwise.

But you know what? This is what I mean by getting more out your stars. The Marner/ Matthews turnover is exactly what I meant about not getting enough from the stars. Matthews doesn't kill penalties either.

The bottom line is when you are the big ticket on the team, more is always expected of you even when it may seem like enough is being done. The way the roster is structured is why the bottom six is what it is and when things go wrong, these top guys are going to be under the microscope fair or otherwise.

Marner might actually be what the Nylander haters claim Willie is. Dude is invisible when it counts