Kings @ Maple Leafs - Oct. 16th, 7:30pm - SN, TSN 1050

[cabber24]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846744034590793834

Hell yeah!

Depth is a beautiful thing.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Liljegren was used sparingly and I hardly noticed him. I didn't notice anything bad?

I didn't watch most of the game, but reviewing a bunch of things from it this morning and noticed that 5-on-5 shot attempts with Lily on the ice were just 2 for the Leafs and 21 for the Kings. Actual shots weren't quite as bad at just 2 for 8 against. Surprised to see that generally speaking most people seemed to think Lily actually didn't play all that badly. It's certainly possible that he wasn't actually that bad but numbers like that obviously can't continue.

Now one part of that is Lily played almost the entire game with the Tavares and 4th line who also seemingly had a very unimpressive nights. It was a very stark difference from his usage under Keefe as he barely got any playing time with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander. In about 5 minutes with Tavares shot attempts were 0-9 for the Kings. In 4:42 of ice-time with Reaves shot attempts were an insane 0-14 for LA.

 

[bustaheims]

I didn't watch most of the game, but reviewing a bunch of things from it this morning and noticed that 5-on-5 shot attempts with Lily on the ice were just 2 for the Leafs and 21 for the Kings. Actual shots weren't quite as bad at just 2 for 8 against. Surprised to see that generally speaking most people seemed to think Lily actually didn't play all that badly. It's certainly possible that he wasn't actually that bad but numbers like that obviously can't continue.

Now one part of that is Lily played almost the entire game with the Tavares and 4th line who also seemingly had a very unimpressive nights. It was a very stark difference from his usage under Keefe as he barely got any playing time with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander. In about 5 minutes with Tavares shot attempts were 0-9 for the Kings. In 4:42 of ice-time with Reaves shot attempts were an insane 0-14 for LA.

Last night was hardly a night anyone on the team should be particularly proud of from a defensive POV - and those two lines especially. Once they went up 3-0, they really stopped applying the defensive pressure we've seen them capable of. Hard to judge an individual performance under those circumstances.

 

[cw]

He still gets knocked off the puck a little too easily for my liking, but, otherwise, he's been alright. Not sure if it's enough to keep him in the lineup consistently when everyone is healthy, but, enough for him to at least be part of the rotation of extra bodies.

I'm in about the same place in terms of the puck battles. That is his vulnerability with Berube.
But his defensive play with back checking and hounding the puck, etc has definitely improved.
That should help him generate some chances.

 

[cabber24]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846885482593915101

Okay that’s a fun line name

I didn't watch most of the game, but reviewing a bunch of things from it this morning and noticed that 5-on-5 shot attempts with Lily on the ice were just 2 for the Leafs and 21 for the Kings. Actual shots weren't quite as bad at just 2 for 8 against. Surprised to see that generally speaking most people seemed to think Lily actually didn't play all that badly. It's certainly possible that he wasn't actually that bad but numbers like that obviously can't continue.

Now one part of that is Lily played almost the entire game with the Tavares and 4th line who also seemingly had a very unimpressive nights. It was a very stark difference from his usage under Keefe as he barely got any playing time with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander. In about 5 minutes with Tavares shot attempts were 0-9 for the Kings. In 4:42 of ice-time with Reaves shot attempts were an insane 0-14 for LA.

Tavares is an awesome 3C on any team but we have a lot of talent on this team so I would like to see Nylander, Matthews, and Marner on 3 different lines. The balance could be even better. Let's see what Marner can do without a core 4 on his line.

 

[ZBBM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846744034590793834

Hell yeah!

I liked the follow-up quote even better. Somebody asked him what message he was trying to send. "There was no message."

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846971176306069732

This matches what I eyeballed for the most part. LA stacked on a lot of whatever shot attempts. Maybe two or three times a semi-dangerous rebounds thing was created.

 

[Bender]

I liked the follow-up quote even better. Somebody asked him what message he was trying to send. "There was no message."

Can I just say that I kind of love Berube's quotes? So straightforward.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Tavares is an awesome 3C on any team but we have a lot of talent on this team so I would like to see Nylander, Matthews, and Marner on 3 different lines. The balance could be even better. Let's see what Marner can do without a core 4 on his line.

You have to give Marner a scorer. Without one, his skillset is wasted.