Leafs @ Lightning - Feb. 26th, 7:30pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[Strangelove]

I still can?t get over that Marleau and Leivo were out there over Marner and Nylander.

 

[lc9]

Babcock is dumb.  4-3 and then 5-3 and benches his best two players.  He is a below average coach.  Always making the wrong decisions.

 

[lc9]

Marleau with one useless shot after the other on that power play.

He really isn't very good. 

 

[ZBBM]

Glad to see Marner and Nylander on that 5 on 3.

Did control the puck and had some good looks but ya I agree. Good ole Babcock logic. Surprised Komarov wasn't out there.

I mean, they had a TV timeout right before.

But maybe he's really really trying to work some different guys into the mix for some reason.

 

[lc9]

Leivo on the 4-on-3 powerplay?

It's infuriating.  He doesn't even put Leivo in the lineup. And then he plays and with a huge 5-3 he puts Leivo out and benches Marner. Just a bad coach.

 

[bustaheims]

On too many nights, it feels like the Leafs are just trying to survive the 2nd period.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Hey ZBBM, Zaitsev got an assist on the Marner goal! Good thing, I was running outta places to put extra vowels.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

It's infuriating.  He doesn't even put Leivo in the lineup. And then he plays and with a huge 5-3 he puts Leivo out and benches Marner. Just a bad coach.

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I sure do wish a reporter asked him about his logic behind that. Like others said, it was following a TV timeout so everyone should have been fresh.

 

[ZBBM]

Leivo on the 4-on-3 powerplay?

It's infuriating.  He doesn't even put Leivo in the lineup. And then he plays and with a huge 5-3 he puts Leivo out and benches Marner. Just a bad coach.

I don't think he's a bad coach but if you're 29/16 sitting there on the bench during that, you have to be thinking, what's the logic here?  But maybe that's part of what Babcock is trying to do -- keep everyone off guard just a bit, not get complacent, and so on.

 

[ZBBM]

OK CTB, you scooped out my brain there 8 seconds ahead.

 

[herman]

Leivo on the 4-on-3 powerplay?

It's infuriating.  He doesn't even put Leivo in the lineup. And then he plays and with a huge 5-3 he puts Leivo out and benches Marner. Just a bad coach.

I don't think he's a bad coach but if you're 29/16 sitting there on the bench during that, you have to be thinking, what's the logic here?  But maybe that's part of what Babcock is trying to do -- keep everyone off guard just a bit, not get complacent, and so on.

He wants them to not rely on the PP for points.

 

[ZBBM]

Hey ZBBM, Zaitsev got an assist on the Marner goal! Good thing, I was running outta places to put extra vowels.

I didn't notice, great!  Yeah, his name was looking like it was written in Hawaiian, where every second letter has to be a vowel.  Aloha.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Hey ZBBM, Zaitsev got an assist on the Marner goal! Good thing, I was running outta places to put extra vowels.

Haha I just watched the goal, that's a very, very, very generous assist by the scorekeepers. If this was in Toronto I'd say they did it just to end his pointless streak.

 

[ZBBM]

Leivo on the 4-on-3 powerplay?

It's infuriating.  He doesn't even put Leivo in the lineup. And then he plays and with a huge 5-3 he puts Leivo out and benches Marner. Just a bad coach.

I don't think he's a bad coach but if you're 29/16 sitting there on the bench during that, you have to be thinking, what's the logic here?  But maybe that's part of what Babcock is trying to do -- keep everyone off guard just a bit, not get complacent, and so on.

He wants them to not rely on the PP for points.

That are not valid logick.

 

[herman]

Lots of coach complainers lately, and I?m wondering where y?all were when we were trotting out Martin.

 

[lc9]

Leafs with a PP. wonder if Marner will get a shift.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

He wants them to not rely on the PP for points.

Cooooommmmmmeeeeeee oooooonnnnnnnnnnnn. I love you H, but this isn't kindergarten, he's trying to win games right now.

 

[Redleaf]

It's infuriating.  He doesn't even put Leivo in the lineup. And then he plays and with a huge 5-3 he puts Leivo out and benches Marner. Just a bad coach.

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I sure do wish a reporter asked him about his logic behind that. Like others said, it was following a TV timeout so everyone should have been fresh.

It?s like some people actually miss the old losing days when most complaints were justified and legit.

 

[lc9]

Lots of complainers lately, and I?m wondering where y?all were when we were trotting out Martin.

Check my twitter feed RE Martin.  That dude shouldn't even be in the NHL.

 

[herman]

He wants them to not rely on the PP for points.

Cooooommmmmmeeeeeee oooooonnnnnnnnnnnn. I love you H, but this isn't kindergarten, he's trying to win games right now.

I?m pretty sure he talked about that specifically re Matthews on the PP. Nylander definitely coasted a bit in the first half of last year knowing he could make hay on the power play.

I?m not saying it?s what I would do, but that?s my read on Babcock?s logic.