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Forum: Armchair-GM5 hours ago
Thread: same team but Keefe will be fired
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>draft_em_sign_em_trade_em</b></div><div>I'm going have to end the conversation here, it's obvious your blind hatred of Sammy has turned you to the dark side.

You do know other than his slow start and bad end to the season he was among the league leaders of all NHL goalies between mid Jan - early April.

Have a good night, Darth RipNasty. Look out for people with higher ground than you.

And force lightning.</div></div>

Who cares about small stretches. He's a guy who has all the tools to be great but just doesn't have the mental fortitude to do it consistently and this has been Sammy his whole career. In Washington he was great sometimes and then would allow some bad goals and go into long slumps. He still allows bad goals and goes into slumps. This season was another example and he hasn't looked great recently.
Forum: Armchair-GM6 hours ago
Thread: Playoff Time
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CameronSquires</b></div><div>I took these into consideration and edited the lines</div></div>

I am not sure who the two LD behind Rielly should be, it's not an easy choice. Edmunson has his moments but every foot away from his own net, he loses effectiveness to a major degree. Benoit as well, he does a lot of things well and I think he should play but sometimes his complete lack of puck skills can lead to way too much in zone play or just a loss of possession. There was that play the other night where Willy was gone and Benoit just chipped it up the glass. But Brodie has been pretty terrible more often than not and Keefe just can't not play him too much. Give him less responsibility and he likely is the best option for 3rd, but Keefe would play him way too much. Just can't help himself.

Gio as well, you can make an argument that he's a good 3rd pair option.

No one really blows the doors off after Rielly. Hopefully collectively they make it work though.
Forum: Toronto Maple Leafs10 hours ago
Forum: Toronto Maple Leafs11 hours ago
Thread: Leafs 2023 2024 Season Discussion Part 6 - Nearly Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>He was a main factor in what lead to that goal again I dont know why you are defending a lazy play out of him

Play the puck and prevent that entire sequence. Who cares if it goes back to your own zone as it prevents that goal from happening as him just doing a slow casual skate to the bench gives TBL all the time in the world. Guess he really wanted the faceoff at center ice lul

Imagine he did that in the playoffs. Its unacceptable especially for a guy whose gonna be making 11.5m next year and who should know better. Whether its game 1 to 82 that kind of stuff is not good

https://twitter.com/HockeySportPod/status/1780761273422189003</div></div>

The Tampa player coming off the bench splitting the d is entirely the rest of the team's problem. Not the guy who's last coming off and nowhere near the play. Lazy and a total lack of understanding
Forum: Armchair-GM12 hours ago
Forum: Toronto Maple Leafs12 hours ago
Thread: Leafs 2023 2024 Season Discussion Part 6 - Nearly Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Its not silly to not want these plays out of players who should know better

Defending its the silly part lul

He does this in the playoffs reaction will be the same heck for some worse

Its lazy and not what we want to see this time of year.

He's gonna be the second highest paid leaf on the team next season cant be doing this kind of stuff. Again play the puck and avoid that outcome has that leisure skate to the bench sure gave TBL all the room it needed

https://twitter.com/SamAMcKee/status/1780758814179958804</div></div>

Anything that fits your opinion is all you consider and ignore everything else. Blaming Willy for that goal is just lazy low hanging fruit many people looking for clicks will focus on. A bad change lead to a goal. Not Willy's change, the rest of the team's change.
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsYesterday at 10:21 p.m.
Thread: Leafs 2023 2024 Season Discussion Part 6 - Nearly Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>He was relevent lul. Touch it to prevent what we saw after who cares if it goes into our zone doesnt mean it will = goal

https://twitter.com/SamAMcKee/status/1780758814179958804

Imagine this happened in the playoffs you cant do that

Stop the play don’t skate as slow as possible to the bench and allow a wide open pass.</div></div>

He didn't allow the pass, he was going off on a change, anyone else in that position would likely have done the same. No need for a defensive zone faceoff. He doesn't have eyes on the back of his head. You really can't see beyond your opinion eh? Just justify whatever and bend everything to fit your rhetoric.

Had Willy skated harder to the bench, the same result would have happened. Had he touched the puck it was a defensive zone faceoff. You can't use hindsight to justify your emotions when the play happened how it happened for good reasons.

He didn't blow a back check, he went off on a change as the last man off, the defence and other forwards didn't get into position properly and a breakaway happened. Those players messed up, or the coaches did on how they called the line change. Willy was irrelevant at that point. Him not touching the puck is likely what the coaches tell him what to do in that situation.
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsYesterday at 9:25 p.m.
Thread: Leafs 2023 2024 Season Discussion Part 6 - Nearly Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>You can 100% pin it on him with that effort. Him touching it would have been better than what we saw happen as wow thats not a good look for him

You cant just stop playing especially when your gonna be the second highest paid player in TOR that kind of stuff's a no no</div></div>

In hindsight but as far as he knew, his line changed and went off. Him skating to the bench harder wouldn't have made a difference. You do love pinning blame on the wrong guy often eh?

I get it, it looked lazy because of the result but had the rest of the team done what they were supposed to, you wouldn't have even noticed Nylander change. Even if he would have skated harder to the bench, they still would have scored. He was irrelevant by that point. Blaming him is just emotional and gives everyone else a pass for their failure.
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsYesterday at 7:24 p.m.
Thread: Leafs 2023 2024 Season Discussion Part 6 - Nearly Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Did I excuse him when I said goal 4 should have been had in Det? Believe I mentioned that lul.

Look I get the Woll homerism as he's young with hopefully a bright future but at the same time we cant just keep making excuses for the kid when he has not been been good enough and has shown he aint it yet. The FLA sealed it, yes he could have got more support but the goal to make it 4-2 was not good.


And factoring in whose our first round opponent (Boston) and Woll's struggles against them were just handicapping ourselves even more in this underdog series. As in every game he has had against them they have scored 4 on him. Not good</div></div>

Well right now the leafs have no goalies that inspire confidence. When they are on their game, Woll is the best of the bunch. Just go with the future