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I also don't care what some ridiculously wealthy corporation wants to pay players. However, if you are going to give 4 players (all very similar offensive forwards) 50% of the salary cap, that severely restricts your ability to flesh out the rest of the lineup. And if those 4 players aren't the...

My sense is that it is the opposite with Marner - he cares too much and the pressure gets to him in those crucial games. I think of all the core group (maybe Rielly excepted), he would be the one I would be most excited to see hoist the Cup in Toronto. Home town kid ending the almost 60 year...

We wait as long as Leaf management decides we wait. If they decide to re-sign Marner (they almost have to unless he wants to leave) and give Tavares another contract, so be it. They are playing more of a playoff-style overall and have a tougher defense and better goalies than previous years...

True of any team sport. Hockey is not unique - that is the point.

Really though, there are multiple "lazy bullshit narratives" flying around here. Saying the core players "have no fire" or desire or whatever is obviously not true. You don't get to the level these guys are at without having some of those attributes. However, it is more than fair to question...

I guess in theory, Lorentz on line 1 could work just like Hyman worked there. In reality almost anyone should work with Matthews and Marner. That said - I don't think Lorentz is nearly as effective in the corners as Hyman was (he's not as fast for one thing). As long as Lorentz doesn't handle...

Regarding these shutouts - when do the score effects kick in for the Leafs? Other teams get down 3-0 and they throw everything they have at the Leafs, the entire period is spent in the Leaf end, Leafs get outshout 15-5. In past years the Leafs were like that - no lead was ever safe. How many...

Sure, teams go through cycles. But really - how many games this year have the Leafs dominated an opponent? Or even outplayed them? They're hanging on by their fingernails in a lot of these games. It's great that they've been able to find ways to win and bank points. But if they bring this same...

What did he like about it. Especially the power play effort, I'd like to hear his thoughts on that.

Right now they are definitely playing worse than their record suggests. Pacioretty looks like he's getting tired. McMann had some bursts tonight but overall he seems to have stopped being as physical and aggressive as he was for a while. The lower part of the lineup just has no scoring ability...

I keep waiting for the vaunted "score effects" to kick in. Apparently that only works for other teams.

First pp with Matthews back. What will it bring...a goal sure would be nice.

Matthews looks good. Maybe this delay will help avoid the immediate Bruin response.

Not sure I agree with this. He hasn't played for a couple of weeks now so no matter what he is doing to keep his conditioning up, he won't be in full game shape. And as the game goes on and he takes hits and gets a bit fatigued, the chances for "tweaking" something almost certainly go up...

Whew. They found a way. Woll and McMann for the win.

McMann is a shooter - no hesitation. Domi, watch and learn...

Oh good a PP!

Geez Woll for all three stars tonight. Saving their hide over and over.

There seems to be so little movement on the Leaf pp. It's hard to believe they're being coached to play like that. If they are, that's on the coaching staff. If they're just not executing, it's still on the coaching staff because they keep putting the same group out over and over. Including...

well that's one way to get a pp goal