Edited May 7 at 6:28 p.m.
Quoting: RipNasty
That is something that didn't get enough credit in round 1. Swayman is pretty stellar and Boston's D is deadly. This is why I was saying the Leafs needed to be able to win 2-1 games. Because scoring 3 or more on Boston is not at all an easy task. Not enough was said about that.
This has been the story of the Matthews era and im done excusing it to oh the goalie got hot.
We have seen it time and time again and yet we give these guys raises and stuck to the process rather than try and create balance
To name a few examples of why this excuse is getting old
Last year it was Bobrosky
Bubble Korpisalo
This year Swayman
Whose next Montembeault. Husso like its getting tiresome
Oh we need to win 2-1 no no we dont. If thats the case then why we got 4 double digit guys one scored 69 in regular season. Your setting it up to where your goalie has to get a shutout or only allow 1 every game or its game over. Not a viable strategy against everyone. With the firepower we have and the money going in 3-4goal wins should be the minimum with maybe one 2-1 win
This is where the argument for change comes in as if TOR is struggling to score in the playoffs why are we keeping 4 forwards making double digits.
Yes Swayman was good but with the firepower we had more than 2 goals should have went past him. Look what the Avs did to Hellebuyck whose probs the Vezina winner.