azzurri63 said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
azzurri63 said:
dekedastardly said:
Overall this team is just too GD soft
Said it a thousand times but funny thing is some don't think so. But each year we are always back in the same position and questioning the teams toughness. That and lack of scoring again.
How can you possibly question their toughness in this series? They went toe to toe. They stuffed Tkachuk pretty much. They had all kinds of big hits. Toughness wasn't the problem. Scoring, or lack thereof, absolutely.
When I say toughness I mean making it difficult hitting people getting in their face at the end of plays whatever. Teams do it against us and we just take it. I'm not knocking the effort tonight but the team is easy to play against because opponents know there's nothing coming back at them. As much as I hate guys like Gudas Bennett those are the types of players you need in the playoffs. I didn't see them getting hit. Bennett still running around hitting people and hard both of them for that matter. Bennett should have been targeted after taking out Knies. That's what I'm getting at.
I know, I'd like someone to have socked Bennett. But retribution is not a winning strategy. I give Dubas credit, all his deadline adds were positive.
The silver lining, I have to hope, is Woll. He plays the kind of style the Leafs need. They have to get a goalie who can give them that kind of play. Samsonov, we should remember, was doing all right in the series until he got hurt. My hope is that Woll is the real deal and Samsonov can back him up.
