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2020-2021 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

lamajama said:
Keefe et al need to be held highly accountable.

If the Leafs had an average powerplay the series was over in the Leafs favour.

Even if Malhotra is turfed, Keefe needs his knuckles rapped very hard. He could have demanded changes
but they just did not adapt - let alone adjust to what the Habs game plan was.
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It's ultimately on Keefe he's the head coach.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
https://twitter.com/winsford99/status/1399832474126008325

Al with a perplexingly bad take.
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Hmmm...I assumed that when he crawled under his rock years ago that he did it to quietly go away forever. 
 
Great article from Justin Bourne..
https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1399774363621244930
Direct link...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-autopsy-thoughts-go-wrong-whats-next/sn-amp/?__twitter_impression=true
 
Man the whiplash from JT's media availability (taking responsibility for the series loss), to Marner, and back to Rielly and Muzzin.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
bustaheims said:
I suspect the same thing will happen with the Hart. Top 3 votes, but distant 2nd to McD.
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Thought MacKinnon would get the 3rd vote for this one and Crosby for the Hart, but yeah.
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Voted on by the players so we know how they feel. We're lucky that we have one of the top players in the league.
 
That's wonderful to hear.  I mean I don't see how how he could be content ending his career at this point.  I don't know if he can have another 30 points in 54GP season but I hope he can eek out 30 over 82 to hit 1000. 
 
L K said:
That's wonderful to hear.  I mean I don't see how how he could be content ending his career at this point.  I don't know if he can have another 30 points in 54GP season but I hope he can eek out 30 over 82 to hit 1000. 
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Easy signing and will be done. Love what he brings to the team.
 
I'm at work right now.  Is there somewhere online that the press conferences are being streamed?
 
Spezza looks like he could play and contribute for a couple more years.

Thornton, gotta go. Simmonds - gotta go unless he signs a minimum contract and is content with platooning with some younger players. He can't be a fixture for another season.
 
L K said:
I'm at work right now.  Is there somewhere online that the press conferences are being streamed?
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/watch-live-maple-leafs-players-meet-media-playoff-elimination/
 
Chris said:
Spezza looks like he could play and contribute for a couple more years.

Thornton, gotta go. Simmonds - gotta go unless he signs a minimum contract and is content with platooning with some younger players. He can't be a fixture for another season.
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Simmonds is a no-go for me even on a league minimum deal.  I didn't need offense from him in the postseason but we absolutely needed physicality and he did not bring that in the least.  The most memorable physical altercations he got into were getting hit hard by Montreal.
 
L K said:
Chris said:
Spezza looks like he could play and contribute for a couple more years.

Thornton, gotta go. Simmonds - gotta go unless he signs a minimum contract and is content with platooning with some younger players. He can't be a fixture for another season.
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Simmonds is a no-go for me even on a league minimum deal.  I didn't need offense from him in the postseason but we absolutely needed physicality and he did not bring that in the least.  The most memorable physical altercations he got into were getting hit hard by Montreal.
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He really didn't and that was very strange to watch. I remember commenting that he always seemed a step late when trying to hit, he'd wind up hitting the boards or have to pull up because he got there late. And when he did make contact he was often the one who went down. I think he has some value as a deterrent or intimidator because of his fighting ability, but he's really not a physical presence in the sense of throwing hits and making opponents pay that way.

And his puck handling skills are nothing to write home about either. Still, I could live with him playing a bit part at the right price, depending on how they change the rest of the forwards.
 
LMAO Matthews is answering a question from Steve Simmons about his thoughts on allocating so much cap to certain players: "I don't know what that says, sorry"
 
herman said:
LMAO Matthews is answering a question from Steve Simmons about his thoughts on allocating so much cap to certain players: "I don't know what that says, sorry"
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It was a great answer and a stupid question.
 
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