Devils @ Leafs - Nov. 8th, 7:00pm - TSN4

[rjd]

Let us know when its time to blow up the team. 34,88,44,91... they can all piss off.

Really, the only difference is missing the playoffs by a couple points and finishing dead last. They are giving up their pick regardless the next two years anyways. Might as well make it as hilarious as possible.

 

[rjd]

I can tell you I am never buying Sonnet insurance on principle alone.

 

[ZBBM]

Try to get a little perspective, y'all. They are at best a bubble team and I think they have too much firepower to just sink to the bottom, so it's too early to get all apocalyptic.

That said, it would behoove them to find a way to get at least 2 wins out of the next 3. Tall order.

 

[YYZ]

The Leafs are about to have an identical record after 19 games as last year.

 

[ZBBM]

Well, at least I can vote for Cowan as HM.

 

[dekedastardly]

Cowan is a beauty

 

[azzurri63]

Matthews still hasn't grown a pair. Stand up for yourself.

 

[ZBBM]

4-0

 

[Chris]

Figured Conner Brown would find a way to get a goal tonight

 

[L K]

garbage garbage garbage.......

 

[azzurri63]

Since Marchenko got hurt teams been crap. Lack of depth in the system showing.

 

[L K]

The fact that Cowan is the only one getting rowdy also ticks me off. We have a half dozen guys who are on pace for 5 goals on the season....where the hell is the aggression for losing

 

[azzurri63]

Figured Conner Brown would find a way to get a goal tonight

I know its a given.

 

[ZBBM]

No PPs. Nice.

 

[rjd]

Try to get a little perspective, y'all. They are at best a bubble team and I think they have too much firepower to just sink to the bottom, so it's too early to get all apocalyptic.

That said, it would behoove them to find a way to get at least 2 wins out of the next 3. Tall order.

What firepower? They have 19 shots tonight. They've hardly been in the offensive zone. If you're taking about Marchenko coming back, you can't depend on one guy like that.

Like they can't even skate. Something is seriously wrong with this team. And I don't see how they get better.

They have no defense.
They have no second line center.
They may have Matthews but even he is starting to look like last year Austin again.
Nylander doesn't look interested in playing.
Bob can't stop a beach ball.
They don't have their own first rounders for the next two years.

It's not good.

 

[ZBBM]

Some well-deserved booing to close it out.

 

[Chris]

Team has no...soul? No heart. Feels like a good time to take a few games off. I am definitely questioning those life choices that have led me to sitting through these kinds of games over and over.

 

[ZBBM]

What firepower? They have 19 shots tonight. They've hardly been in the offensive zone. If you're taking about Marchenko coming back, you can't depend on one guy like that.

Like they can't even skate. Something is seriously wrong with this team. And I don't see how they get better.

They have no defense.
They have no second line center.
They may have Matthews but even he is starting to look like last year Austin again.
Nylander doesn't look interested in playing.
Bob can't stop a beach ball.
They don't have their own first rounders for the next two years.

It's not good.

Before this slump there were multiple people on here saying that they thought they are a playoff team. All I'm saying is that it's too early to write them off. That much should be obvious, frankly.

 

[Chris]

Before this slump there were multiple people on here saying that they thought they are a playoff team. All I'm saying is that it's too early to write them off. That much should be obvious, frankly.

I don't think they're a playoff team (at least in this division), but it's going to be tough especially if they can't find a way to come up with at least some loser points on this homestand.

 

[rjd]

Team has no...soul? No heart. Feels like a good time to take a few games off. I am definitely questioning those life choices that have led me to sitting through these kinds of games over and over.

I can't watch the next three because of other commitments. Watch they'll win all three. That'll just lead me to believe this is all my fault.

I agree on the soul thing. Do you remember when they had Roberts? There were extended periods of time where the other team couldn't get it out of their own end because the Leafs would just attack them in waves. I was hoping for a team like that. Instead we got the wave you stick listlessly and hope it hits the puck team.

Before this slump there were multiple people on here saying that they thought they are a playoff team. All I'm saying is that it's too early to write them off. That much should be obvious, frankly.

If it's too early to write them off, it was also too early to say they were a playoff team.

At best you can say that we don't know what this team is. However I think it's easier to assume that a fast start made them look better than they are and now we are seeing the real team. Cowan isn't playing like he was. Tavares is just a shell of what he was. The fourth line isn't bringing the same intensity, and the defence can't stay healthy. Plus the teams in front of them are pulling away from them. They are now 5 points behind Ottawa and Ottawa has a game at hand. They can't keep up with teams like Montreal. You can believe it's always darkest before the dawn, but we've seen this story before. There is no light switch.