Oh boy. Glad I was watching the Bodyguard instead.

Kap is possibly the only player doing that stuff on this team now
- 21peter

Totally agree. Love his play....when he's not concussed.

I don't disagree. Their fly-bys can be annoying, but I think it's something you're gonna have to get used to. This is the team Dubas is assembling and physicality is becoming more obsolete by the year. If you don't like this, you're going to be sorely disappointed in the game of hockey 10 years from now.
- UsernameUnknown

Tkachuk brothers say hi

Yeah, I think the injuries are a big factor here. They have enough talent to push through and keep a competitive game going but they aren't used to it. Boston gets injuries every year and it doesn't phase them at all because they get injuries every year. The Leafs are so new to being down important players they don't know how to react. Nobody has stepped up.
- UsernameUnknown

Sounds plausible. Im also thinkin theres to much of the same type of player on this team. No im not saying trade skill for heavy. Its more that i think the depth players should not be fly byers. Kadri is probably the toughest on the team and even he has looked emotionless out there.

I mean. It might be

If players Brains keep getting (frank)ed up
- senstroll

Then i guess basketball, baseball and soccer will be the only games on

Sounds plausible. Im also thinkin theres to much of the same type of player on this team. No im not saying trade skill for heavy. Its more that i think the depth players should not be fly byers. Kadri is probably the toughest on the team and even he has looked emotionless out there.
- Buck Norris

Too many guys elite or not that don't play physical at all. No balance.

Because you love to imagine yourself?
- Arctic_AARDVARK

What?

If they win the cup with this, I will be glad but truth be told, I don’t think this style of play will get them far in the Playoffs. I hope to God I’m wrong.
- LeafMan

I think they can. We have to remember we're also not done. This isn't the team we're set in stone to use for the next 10 years.
Our D will get better. Our depth will get better.. and maybe even... *gasps* Bigger!
Guys like Marchment and Engvall would be good on the 4th line.
Back-up goalie will be addressed as well.

Too many guys elite or not that don't play physical at all. No balance.
- aminnes

who would have thought you need physicality in hockey.

Weird

Maybe. I don't know that he's all about analytics and comes form a family of dirty players.
- aminnes

Lou brought in Martin. Think he signed Komarov also. Polak. Etc. Leafs lost with those players also

It's way overrated and it just makes some fans feel warm and fuzzy and makes them think that's what proves they care. When fans really don't know poop about what's inside players and drives them

Tkachuk brothers say hi
- plantheparade

Keep going, then. Who else?

They're becoming harder and harder to find.

I think they can. We have to remember we're also not done. This isn't the team we're set in stone to use for the next 10 years.
Our D will get better. Our depth will get better.. and maybe even... *gasps* Bigger!
Guys like Marchment and Engvall would be good on the 4th line.
Back-up goalie will be addressed as well.
- UsernameUnknown

Maybe but Dubas has only shown to get smaller players (Muzzin excluded) but none that are gritty, time will tell.

Justin Holl must be a really bad d-man when he cant get a game on this defence.

Then i guess basketball, baseball and soccer will be the only games on
- Cherry--Skoal

Could very well be

I think they can. We have to remember we're also not done. This isn't the team we're set in stone to use for the next 10 years.
Our D will get better. Our depth will get better.. and maybe even... *gasps* Bigger!
Guys like Marchment and Engvall would be good on the 4th line.
Back-up goalie will be addressed as well.
- UsernameUnknown

Not without moving out guys. Cap is strapped starting next year.

Keep going, then. Who else?

They're becoming harder and harder to find.
- UsernameUnknown

That can hit? Never.

It's just not on this team

Maybe but Dubas has only shown to get smaller players but none that are gritty, time will tell.
- LeafMan

Muzzin? And didn’t he bring Marchment into the organization?

Muzzin? And didn’t he bring Marchment into the organization?
- Steven_Seagull

I added muzzin in my edit

who would have thought you need physicality in hockey.

Weird
- Cherry--Skoal

exactly what Vigneault removed from the Rangers team - probably to the cost of a Cup

Lou brought in Martin. Think he signed Komarov also. Polak. Etc. Leafs lost with those players also

It's way overrated and it just makes some fans feel warm and fuzzy and makes them think that's what proves they care. When fans really don't know poop about what's inside players and drives them
- senstroll

Leafs sucked with those guys. Islanders seem pretty good, no? It's not about just those guys, there is no balance. Teams take liberties against the leafs no problem. Hockey has a level of fear in it, and no one fears the leafs at all.

Keep going, then. Who else?

They're becoming harder and harder to find.
- UsernameUnknown

crouse
paquette
tanev
josh anderson
tom wilson

there's plenty

Maybe but Dubas has only shown to get smaller players (Muzzin excluded) but none that are gritty, time will tell.
- LeafMan

Anal lytics...

I added muzzin in my edit
- LeafMan

Sounds plausible. Im also thinkin theres to much of the same type of player on this team. No im not saying trade skill for heavy. Its more that i think the depth players should not be fly byers. Kadri is probably the toughest on the team and even he has looked emotionless out there.
- Buck Norris

I don't disagree at all. I even addressed it. Engvall would be a useful addition because he's actually big. Guys like Ennis have been super productive this year, but getting Petan like he's not Ennis-lite didn't make sense to me.
It's also a reason I advocate Borgman over Rosen despite the fact that Rosen is probably "better." He plays too similar a style to everyone else on the blueline.

we have 1 guy in the top 100 in hits

he was in LA half the year