If the Leafs lose this series Babcock will be grinning and thinking "told you it wasn't me"."Culture change" in a professional organization that is known for holding its players accountable is arm chair pseudo psychological nonsense.
The problem in the playoffs so far has been our veterans choking in key moments starting in net.
It's amazing to me that the same narrative can persist despite watching Kessel and Bozak leave to be key performers on cup winning teams. Remember when they were part of the culture problem and you cant win with players like that? Its nonsense. This is simple...3-0 lead with a veteran starting goalie in net, no muffins and that game is over.
The antidote is winning. You cant have key veteran performers choking away big moments in tight playoff games. The kids not whipping their dicks out and dominating 60 minutes isnt the problem. People seem to want to expect rare performances from them as the benchmark while allowing others to slip by with pure disappointment and choking.
Yeah, Freddy is starting tonight., If they lose tonight or game 5, they gotta move him.
How much can Lehner command as UFA? He doesn't start that many games (Freddy should not be either).
I nearly puked when Lehner got traded for a pittance and with a big red cherry on top -- the Leafs helping to facilitate the trade. That was my gut punch from this team this year.
We'll see. He ended up getting less than I thought he would last sumer.Lehner isn't going to sign for under $5 million per. He might get $6 million+.
Between Lehner, Markstrom and Holtby, there are plenty of teams that could use goaltending upgrades that the better goalies will try to leverage as UFAs. These guys are going to get paid.
The G market is floodedWe'll see. He ended up getting less than I thought he would last sumer.
"Culture change" in a professional organization that is known for holding its players accountable is arm chair pseudo psychological nonsense.
The problem in the playoffs so far has been our veterans choking in key moments starting in net.
It's amazing to me that the same narrative can persist despite watching Kessel and Bozak leave to be key performers on cup winning teams. Remember when they were part of the culture problem and you cant win with players like that? Its nonsense. This is simple...3-0 lead with a veteran starting goalie in net, no muffins and that game is over.
The antidote is winning. You cant have key veteran performers choking away big moments in tight playoff games. The kids not whipping their dicks out and dominating 60 minutes isnt the problem. People seem to want to expect rare performances from them as the benchmark while allowing others to slip by with pure disappointment and choking.
If Anderson leaves and this still happens, what will be the excuse then?
Its silly rare in thin NHL for a team to dominate for 60 mins. Almost all teams up 3-0 in a playoff game take their foot off the gas in the third. They only get accused of stopping playing when the opposition comes back, which rarely happens because most playoff goalies can make a saveI guess that depends on if the goaltending improves with Andersen being shown the door or not. "Andersen" isn't the problem. Bad goaltending is the problem. Good goaltending is the solution.
I guess I generally object to the idea that the Leafs imploded or stopped generating chances after the goalie change. Was there a short stretch where CBJ carried play and we were hemmed in? Yeah. Ebbs and flows in a hockey game is normal stuff. But I think some people are missing out on how big of a wash out the start of the game was (Leafs were up something around 20-7 in chances before Korpisaalo got pulled...that just fucking abnormal domination in a playoff game) and after getting rinsed for the rest of the 2nd period went 18-19 in chances (6-8 HD) in the 3rd and OT. That's not a collapse of any sort. That's a slight CBJ advantage, nothing more. Regular stuff against a tight system team like this. The only abnormal part of the game was the Leafs domination portion. When you dominate 25-28 minutes of a game and play the rest pretty much dead even, you should win almost every time.
You think Ceci is fine thoughThe D isn't near garbage, though.
the team you just said might be the best team in the league has this D:
Makar
Girard
Johnson
Graves
Cole
Zadorov
Biggest for sureSo is Andersen their only weakness?
I didn't ask thatBiggest for sure