I don’t agree with everything he says but he’s not giving them a pass, all this high paid talent playing like this is unacceptable.
- LeafMan

I can agree with this too. He's just calling out poop play by a team that is suppose to be way better than this...and I usually don't like his posts.

The team is playing like total crap. The coach is making bad choices...(4th line with 3 D pair should NEVER happen when the team is down. NEVER EVER.)

D is terrible, I put some of this on Dubas. poop even Gudas is better than Oz or Marincin. Something should have been done. (Might not have been there and he might have tried but add a (frank)ing 3rd rounder to a deal and make something happen.)

Andersen is to blame for maybe 3 or 4 out of 12 goals over the past two games.

Sparks is just bad. Nuf said.

Matthews has been floating. He's D is awful and win a face off once and a while...or make it look like you're trying.

Nylander has looked better but still kinda terrible. Not worried about his cap hit, just getting his game back....soon.

Brown...(frank).

AND, which seems to be a minority opinion, this team needs some teeth. The Leafs are kinda really soft. I know the game is changing, blah, blah, blah...but FFS can someone please get out there and buzz around making a few hits when the team is flat and playing like poop? Can someone on this team throw a hit at the right time to change momentum a bit? Can we defend a player or our goalie when guys are laying on his back in the grease? A (frank)ing cross check, little face wash....just something to make them think twice???????

Rant over.

GLG.

Hoho's hat or something.

I like getting what I pay for.

Don't you pretend to be a celebrity at a bar to get drinks?
- Cherry--Skoal

You made no payments here, so don’t expect to like what you get.

Yes. Free drinks. You’d have to be a dumbass to turn it down.

Talented players can still play hard, forecheck, go right after players to get the puck. Our players? They do fly bys all the time. Go hard after the player with the puck, that’s how you get turnovers. Hit to turn over the puck, it doesn’t have to be bone crushing, just separate the player from the puck.

You see Crosby do it, Bergeron, Marchand, Malkin, Ovechkin, Kucherov, the list goes on. Why can’t our players do it?
- LeafMan

Very, very good question. But the club should have identified this after the last 2 playoffs as a problem. I'm guessing a Hunter would have seen it, just my guess.

Some do. Marleau actually does. I think Tavares does occasionally. Probably our three best young stars are the worst for not doing so, although in Marner's case, the guy probably wouldn't make much of an impact lol.
- Thecakeisalie

body positioning can go a long way

You made no payments here, so don’t expect to like what you get.

Yes. Free drinks. You’d have to be a dumbass to turn it down.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

what?

the GOAT with 4:57 toi - still has managed a -3
- 21peter

GOAT is playing more like an actual goat than the GOAT.

Talented players can still play hard, forecheck, go right after players to get the puck. Our players? They do fly bys all the time. Go hard after the player with the puck, that’s how you get turnovers. Hit to turn over the puck, it doesn’t have to be bone crushing, just separate the player from the puck.

You see Crosby do it, Bergeron, Marchand, Malkin, Ovechkin, Kucherov, the list goes on. Why can’t our players do it?
- LeafMan

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.

Some do. Marleau actually does. I think Tavares does occasionally. Probably our three best young stars are the worst for not doing so, although in Marner's case, the guy probably wouldn't make much of an impact lol.
- Thecakeisalie

Marner is harder on the puck than just about anyone on the team.

body positioning can go a long way
- Cherry--Skoal

I'm really loving the 'good sticks' quote

I can agree with this too. He's just calling out poop play by a team that is suppose to be way better than this...and I usually don't like his posts.

The team is playing like total crap. The coach is making bad choices...(4th line with 3 D pair should NEVER happen when the team is down. NEVER EVER.)

D is terrible, I put some of this on Dubas. poop even Gudas is better than Oz or Marincin. Something should have been done. (Might not have been there and he might have tried but add a (frank)ing 3rd rounder to a deal and make something happen.)

Andersen is to blame for maybe 3 or 4 out of 12 goals over the past two games.

Sparks is just bad. Nuf said.

Matthews has been floating. He's D is awful and win a face off once and a while...or make it look like you're trying.

Nylander has looked better but still kinda terrible. Not worried about his cap hit, just getting his game back....soon.

Brown...(frank).

AND, which seems to be a minority opinion, this team needs some teeth. The Leafs are kinda really soft. I know the game is changing, blah, blah, blah...but FFS can someone please get out there and buzz around making a few hits when the team is flat and playing like poop? Can someone on this team throw a hit at the right time to change momentum a bit? Can we defend a player or our goalie when guys are laying on his back in the grease?

A (frank)ing cross check, little face wash....just something to make them think twice???????

Rant over.

GLG.

Hoho's hat or something.
- Barb34

BINGO!!!!

Music to my ears

Is anyone else watching this Armstrong interview?

Is this an interview, or a Ram commercial?

Sponsored by RAM. Ok, so it's both.

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

Hitting wont be taken out of the game.

I can agree with this too. He's just calling out poop play by a team that is suppose to be way better than this...and I usually don't like his posts.

The team is playing like total crap. The coach is making bad choices...(4th line with 3 D pair should NEVER happen when the team is down. NEVER EVER.)

D is terrible, I put some of this on Dubas. poop even Gudas is better than Oz or Marincin. Something should have been done. (Might not have been there and he might have tried but add a (frank)ing 3rd rounder to a deal and make something happen.)

Andersen is to blame for maybe 3 or 4 out of 12 goals over the past two games.

Sparks is just bad. Nuf said.

Matthews has been floating. He's D is awful and win a face off once and a while...or make it look like you're trying.

Nylander has looked terrible.

AND, which seems to be a minority opinion, this team needs some teeth. The Leafs are kinda really soft. I know the game is changing, blah, blah, blah...but FFS can someone please get out there and buzz around making a few hits when the team is flat and playing like poop? Can someone on this team throw a hit at the right time to change momentum a bit? Can we defend a player or our goalie when guys are laying on his back in the grease?

A (frank)ing cross check, little face wash....just something to make them think twice???????

Rant over.

GLG.

Hoho's hat or something.
- Barb34

I can’t argue with any of this, it’s what is happening. Sometimes Leaf fans don’t want to hear the truth.

Too much talent on this team for this to happen.

Lacking of character, coaching, combination of both, I don’t know.

Also

Stroman is a douche

Very, very good question. But the club should have identified this after the last 2 playoffs as a problem. I'm guessing a Hunter would have seen it, just my guess.
- aminnes

Like if the leafs gave hunter the gm job he would have acquired the grits?

I'm really loving the 'good sticks' quote
- aminnes

when i hear that

I hear ' stick checking' and stick checking is a very bad slogan in the hockey world

I know what he means... put sticks in the right lanes yada yada yada

but i wonder if they are told not to hit.

Also

Stroman is a douche
- Cherry--Skoal

Takes one to know one.

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

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.

Takes one to know one.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

My image of how you look is not a good one.

Like if the leafs gave hunter the gm job he would have acquired the grits?
- senstroll

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

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

You aint

BINGO!!!!

Music to my ears
- Cherry--Skoal

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

I can’t argue with any of this, it’s what is happening. Sometimes Leaf fans don’t want to hear the truth.

Too much talent on this team for this to happen.

Lacking of character, coaching, combination of both, I don’t know.
- LeafMan

Ya, don't know either but it can only be four or 12 things since they have everything else...

Heart
Balls
Coaching (and I love Babcock so hope it's not this.)
D

D
D
D
D
D
D
Balls
D

Hitting wont be taken out of the game.
- Cherry--Skoal

I mean. It might be

If players Brains keep getting (frank)ed up

My image of how you look is not a good one.
- Cherry--Skoal

Because you love to imagine yourself?