For Borje - The Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 Stanley Cup Champions Thread

[Preston]

lay off the afternoon drinking...what does the Leaf's depth have anything to do with Tampa's injury woes?

Playoffs have us all on edge. We're throwing darts in every direction these last couple of days. All it took was one blowout and we've all lost our fucking minds. TLDR: give him a break.

 

[Wayward DP]

yeah all the opinions above are subject to change completely after game 3, and if they do, it will be like they never existed.

 

[CH1]

ok, presto. will do.

but I thought winning sharpens minds

 

[Wayward DP]

winning is just the best tool for making friends and memories along the way*

 

[zeke]

lay off the afternoon drinking...what does the Leaf's depth have anything to do with Tampa's injury woes?

see initial post:

Injury Lists:

TOR: J.Muzzin (2), M.Murray (2), N.Robertson (2), (B.McMann (2))
TBL: V.Hedman (1), E.Cernak (1), M.Eyssimont (1)

Add: Bunting (3)

 

[CH1]

winning is just the best tool for making friends and memories along the way*

(*minimum two rounds of victories required...seasons cannot be combined)

 

[Preston]

ok, presto. will do.

but I thought winning sharpens minds

Current evidence is showing that winning results in people flexing their past opinions and attacking others who were wrong about things. It has gotten violent.

 

[Wayward DP]

Current evidence is showing that winning results in people flexing their past opinions and attacking others who were wrong about things. It has gotten violent.

losing does the same, just in the opposite direction though.

we'll all be cursing Dubie and Keefer the minute Schenn gets out of position going for a big hit leading to the game-winning goal against.

 

[CH1]

Current evidence is showing that winning results in people flexing their past opinions and attacking others who were wrong about things. It has gotten violent.

Toronto Hockey: where winning = losing friends along the way

 

[zeke]

p.s. they blatantly interfere but flop to make it seem as they're being interefered with

 

[MindzEye]

To be serial for a moment....our best (within the remote possibility of Sheldon actually doing it) lineup when Bunting is back

Jarnkrok-Matthews-Marner
Bunting-Tavares-Nylander
Knies-ROR-Acciari
Kerfoot-Kampf-ZAR/Lafferty

McCabe-TJ
Rielly-Schenn
Gio-Lilly


Could definitely see him sit Holl. More likely to name Schenn captain than sit him at this point imo.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

point is, tampa has zero depth, leafs have tons.

Yeah, but feels unfair to use it, so Lilly and Holmberg will need to sit out.

 

[Wayward DP]

p.s. they blatantly interfere but flop to make it seem as they're being interefered with

somehow Tampa has avoided having a rep as being dirty or floppers, despite excelling in both areas.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

To be serial for a moment....our best (within the remote possibility of Sheldon actually doing it) lineup when Bunting is back

Jarnkrok-Matthews-Marner
Bunting-Tavares-Nylander
Knies-ROR-Acciari
Kerfoot-Kampf-ZAR/Lafferty

McCabe-TJ
Rielly-Schenn
Gio-Lilly


Could definitely see him sit Holl. More likely to name Schenn captain than sit him at this point imo.

Keefe will not make any changes to a winning formula, especially when that formula includes Schenn, ZAR, and Laff, so get a grip, man.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

By the way, I think only Keefe is more surprised than I am that our best goal scorer has been stifled so badly so far.

I mean, ZAR with only 1 goal in two games??

 

[MindzEye]

Keefe will not make any changes to a winning formula, especially when that formula includes Schenn, ZAR, and Laff, so get a grip, man.

A few more games like the last 3 and Keefe would be a moron to sit Knies....


ah fuck

 

[zeke]

To be serial for a moment....our best (within the remote possibility of Sheldon actually doing it) lineup when Bunting is back

Jarnkrok-Matthews-Marner
Bunting-Tavares-Nylander
Knies-ROR-Acciari
Kerfoot-Kampf-ZAR/Lafferty

McCabe-TJ
Rielly-Schenn
Gio-Lilly


Could definitely see him sit Holl. More likely to name Schenn captain than sit him at this point imo.

not gonna lie I'm tempted to just sit kerf. we'll see how the 4th line is doing at the time but i'm not convinced kerf would upgrade the line defensively and offensively, well, he just ain't doing it.

as for Holl coming out, well.....

PK TOI/gm:

1. Holl 4:44
2. Brodie 4:33

3. Gio 2:10
4. McCabe 1:43

5. Schenn 1:07
6. Rielly 0:10

 

[MindzEye]

not gonna lie I'm tempted to just sit kerf. we'll see how the 4th line is doing at the time but i'm not convinced kerf would upgrade the line defensively and offensively, well, he just ain't doing it.

as for Holl coming out, well.....

PK TOI/gm:

1. Holl 4:44
2. Brodie 4:33

3. Gio 2:10
4. McCabe 1:43

5. Schenn 1:07
6. Rielly 0:10

You know my feelings on Kerf. If I had a cannon big enough, he would have been shot out of it and into the sun 2 years ago.

and I know Holl is getting PK work, but the results need to show up eventually, no? He's been on for 4 PP goals against, and has pretty bad PK nerdies in this small ass sample.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

You know my feelings on Kerf. If I had a cannon big enough, he would have been shot out of it and into the sun 2 years ago.

and I know Holl is getting PK work, but the results need to show up eventually, no? He's been on for 4 PP goals against, and has pretty bad PK nerdies in this small ass sample.

Just saw a vid of the Leafs dressing room after the game, and Keefe audibly says: "Schenner, hell of a job. Hollsy, hell of a job."

Let's get comfy with those guys because they're not going to be sitting anytime soon.

Poor fucking Lilly.

 

[zeke]

I mean his results have been there all year. The #1 guy on one of the best PKs in the league all year. And it's not the first year.

He ranked 12th in PK minutes in the league, with the 2nd lowest ga/60 in at least the top 25 and 2nd lowest xga/60 in at least the top 40.