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I’m curious about what’s going on with Matthews. My theory is this: He’s got a shoulder injury that’s affecting his shoulder mobility. It’s really causing his shooting accuracy to be off. Other than that, everything else works. When he went to Germany, they probably told him; you can continue to play but your shoulder issues will be an issue for the rest of the season. You can still play well defensively, but there’ll be a slight weakness to shoot. He was probably given a choice; shut it down and do surgery immediately, but your season will be over and you’ll need months of rehab. The other option was to play with what you’ve got, mobility-wise, and contribute defensively and still pick up some goals and assists. He chose to take the shot at winning it all this year, with the cast of players that the Leafs currently have. Knowing that Marner would probably be either moved, or leave as a UFA, he chose to try for the Cup.
It’s obvious that he’s not shooting the puck with accuracy and zip. He can still turn his wrists over to take faceoffs and make passes. As a betting man, I’d think that it’s something of this magnitude.
This series wasn’t supposed to be short. It’s the damned Cup champs. It could have went either way. Let’s just get them in the next game. We still have Stolarz waiting back in Toronto.
Overtime was inevitable….before the game even started. All of these games have been one goal games. It seems to be the script that the Leafs have been following the whole playoffs.
This game is winnable. We knew the defending champs wouldn’t go out without a fight.
Get the equalizer. Put a ton of traffic in front of Bob and get rebounds. Stop being cute.
I agree. Just get the next goal and get it to overtime.
We’re still in this. Get refocused and get the next goal. Face overtime and hope for the best. Florida is now turning into the goon squad.
Leafs need the next one. I’d prefer that there was no next one so we can win this important game. So far, this isn’t your father’s Leafs team.
If this is what’s being offered from the Metro Division, it sure isn’t much. After 1 game and 2 periods, this is putrid and hard to watch. They should just play between the Blue Lines and then go to 3 0n 3 for the overtime. It’s unwatchable!
Neither one of these teams are at par with the Atlantic Division. There’s no passion or intensity to speak of. The Metro was really a 2 team race all year. Ottawa had a better record than 3rd place New Jersey. I found game 1 to be almost unwatchable.
Dubas also drafted more midgets than Snow White in her prime. Especially defensemen. He also let Zack Hyman leave and signed some very suspect goaltenders. He was also gifted Nylander, Matthews and Marner in the draft, while being an apprentice to Lou Lamorello.
John Schneider must have pictures of the Rogers family with the crew of Epstein Island. How does he keep his job? He’s always taking out pitchers, one pitch too late, after they’ve torpedoed another victory.
For the all of the angst against Matthews, he’s cancelling out the Barkov line. Barkov is a great defensive and offensive player. His wingers are also top notch. Cancel that, you can win this series. The Leafs second line can break the games, due to no checking line against them. Our bottom 6 are solid. Patches is found money. Just have to stay the course. Probably will lose at least 1 in Florida, but if you can win 1 of 2, you have 3 chances to beat the Cup Champs. Not taking anything away from the Metro Division 2nd round, do you really think that either Washington or Carolina can match up to that? Just win. Take down Florida and you can make it to the finals.
