O-Dog: The Leafs as they are right now are not a contender | OverDrive

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
  • Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan start the show on fire talking about their disappointment with the Leafs, how they performed against the Penguins and doll out some hard truths.

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  • @good_to_be_gold8
    @good_to_be_gold8 4 года назад +219

    I want to give O-dog a hug for what he said. This man knows his shit and isn't afraid to spew it.

    • @iamronburgundy9410
      @iamronburgundy9410 4 года назад +13

      Love it too the guys on sportsnet are all non hockey players but TSN has some smart people there

    • @musicman76enator
      @musicman76enator 4 года назад +7

      @@iamronburgundy9410 TSN also has Bardown aka the home of future Prime Ministers Jesse Pollack, Luca Celebre, Corwin McCallum, Emilie Hanskamp, and two dudes named Jay and Dan aka the equivalent of Doug and Steve Butabi of Night at the Roxbury lol.

    • @iamronburgundy9410
      @iamronburgundy9410 4 года назад +5

      @@musicman76enator i dont agree with that nonsense called bardown lol

    • @musicman76enator
      @musicman76enator 4 года назад +1

      @@iamronburgundy9410 Do you even watch Bardown?!?!? You know who those people are???

    • @iamronburgundy9410
      @iamronburgundy9410 4 года назад +3

      @@musicman76enator yeah guys who cant play hockey lol

  • @Goooooooooooooooober
    @Goooooooooooooooober 4 года назад +101

    I enjoy this channel when it's critical about the Leafs. It's a lot more interesting.

    • @erikmacaluso
      @erikmacaluso 4 года назад +9

      If you like this you should check out Steve Dangle's LFR after the Leafs lose, it's beautiful

    • @Goooooooooooooooober
      @Goooooooooooooooober 4 года назад +1

      @@erikmacaluso will do

    • @erikmacaluso
      @erikmacaluso 4 года назад

      @@Goooooooooooooooober the earlier season losses are better than the current ones, he's toned it down a little recently

    • @Goooooooooooooooober
      @Goooooooooooooooober 4 года назад +2

      @@erikmacaluso He's slowly giving up on the leafs as one should

    • @twill5626
      @twill5626 4 года назад +3

      I enjoy this channel when it’s critical about the Leafs because I hate the Leafs.

  • @austinm7738
    @austinm7738 4 года назад +62

    I love watching O Dog lose his mind lmaoooo regardless of if I agree with him or not he makes this entertaining to watch

    • @supercooled
      @supercooled 4 года назад

      Wasn’t he a slacker when he played as well? I mean he’s in his four ties now and he’s let himself go already like a 50 year old bar fly. He should have a lifetime of excellent work ethic to have got to where he did but man you couldn’t look at this guy now and say he was a talented hockey player or athlete at one time.
      Marner is a joke through and through. He’s more concerned with playing with his hair in post game interview then giving f sincere answers as to why his team isn’t cutting the mustard. I don’t know what his deal is, does he think he’s a pretty boy or would he rather stay home and wear his sisters wardrobe and play dress up. He is not that good! I rather someone who scores half his production but puts in the effort than have this pre Madonna politting this team. Trade him away!

  • @mryoung0412
    @mryoung0412 4 года назад +35

    Crosby might not be the biggest, or the fastest, or the best goal scorer, but he is a hard working leader that inspires his teammates to do the same, and do whatever it takes to win. The leafs don't have anyone even close

    • @BoL7z
      @BoL7z 4 года назад +7

      He's strong fast and a great goal scorer tho lmao. He is the best playmaker in the league.

    • @edwardb1647
      @edwardb1647 4 года назад

      I love how you're singling out Crosby when the success of the Pens is based on depth...

    • @gershomtan5879
      @gershomtan5879 4 года назад

      Dr. Andrew M. Goodman this still blows my mind.

    • @hockeytragic9123
      @hockeytragic9123 4 года назад

      ​@@edwardb1647 The depth players follow the example set by their stars/ highest paid players the leafs stars by their own admission have got a inconsistent work rate.

    • @edwardb1647
      @edwardb1647 4 года назад

      @@hockeytragic9123 By that logic, teams with great star\highest paid players will yield better performances by their depth players, though unfortunately, that's not the case. You get a deep team by having a great coach, and quality depth players, but it starts with the coach.

  • @andrewsmythe1007
    @andrewsmythe1007 4 года назад +38

    "The guys probably had a 2 hour skill development practice with Lady gaga music after losing 6-2........... PRACTICE DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE" I absolutely love O-Dog. What a quote.

    • @flyingdutchman8321
      @flyingdutchman8321 4 года назад

      Thats all on Keefe and an extent Dubas and SHanahan. If that were me, I take a stick and destroy every goddamn speaker blaring with that shit. After they miss the playoffs I hope, its the best outcome rather than get embarrassed again by either Boston or Tampa first round then Dubas either admits he needs to either partially blow it up or fully blow it up. I would think a couple major shakeup trades for some new faces would help (Nylander, Kapanen to start). If he doesn't, then MLSE need to step in and just fucking clean house. The coaching staff needs to go as well since Keefe has no balls to bench these young punks and force the to work hard every night and every shift. The practice garbage needs to change as well but this is all architected by Dubas and Keefe. They've allowed these overpaid young losers to rule the roost and play the way they want to. They need to fail, they need to miss the playoffs entirely. Only then will things change. Dubas and Shanahan have chance but a very small window. I would like to see Peter Laviolette maybe take over next season after a few major shakeups of course. Then maybe whoever is left along with the new faces in the lineup will finally wake the fuck up because a coach like Laviolette won't tolerate bullshit!

  • @redryno108
    @redryno108 4 года назад +77

    Let this be a lesson. You don't over pay for talent instead of hard-work and a drive to win.

    • @ASH-kj1di
      @ASH-kj1di 4 года назад +5

      Agreed. That is exactly what has happened here.....we payed a ton of money for individual talent, not for a team of players. I can only blame this on Dubas, It's obvious that there is a lot more that goes into building a successful team than this. I have a feeling Lou would have got this mix right by now.

    • @taylorthecreat0r
      @taylorthecreat0r 4 года назад +1

      ASH 23 exactly! Dubas isn’t focused on properly building a successful team. To build a successful team you need players that have good chemistry among each other (example: crosby and malkin), good lines, strategy, etc. its not just individual talent.

    • @chrisd3969
      @chrisd3969 4 года назад

      With the cost of living and the taxes in toronto they have to overpay I wish poeple would get that.

    • @eieiei88
      @eieiei88 4 года назад

      David clarkson and dion phaneuf was overpaid for "hard work" and "drive to win". (Not saying the current leafs are looking good either)

    • @zachludwick9205
      @zachludwick9205 4 года назад

      One of the best trades in Penguins history is Hornqvist for Neal. Neal has tons more skill but Hornqvist does not lose puck battles. You nailed it on the head.

  • @renstimpy2659
    @renstimpy2659 4 года назад +64

    Ovechkin was right when he said Toronto had to change it's way of playing, if they wanted to win.

    • @mnemonicabyss
      @mnemonicabyss 4 года назад +7

      Don't gotta be the great 8 to see that one boss.

    • @gerardvinet8448
      @gerardvinet8448 4 года назад +1

      All Canadian teams unfortunately !$$$$. Washington D.C. holds the Trump card ,lol .

  • @Snipes-76
    @Snipes-76 4 года назад +135

    1. Leadership
    2. Team Toughness
    Can’t win a cup without either of those two things. Leafs don’t have either ... that’s all it is

    • @jenner9084
      @jenner9084 4 года назад +8

      Snipes 08 you forgot defence, team defence, lack of effort and compete level. Not wanting to play for each other. Al the above

    • @barbs2390
      @barbs2390 4 года назад +1

      @@jenner9084 other then defense everything you said starts with leadership

    • @newf_gg1230
      @newf_gg1230 4 года назад +8

      100% Leafs are always chasing because they are afraid to finish the man. And they have 20 turnovers a game because they are afraid of a little contact. They have skilled guys but they are a bunch of pussies, I've never been so excited yet so frustrated to be a Leafs fan.

    • @fiftymissioncap9045
      @fiftymissioncap9045 4 года назад

      @@newf_gg1230 Agreed

    • @angrycanadian566
      @angrycanadian566 4 года назад

      EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED in TAVARES ,absolutely NO FIRE in him,no team pride or toughness,NEVER going to win a cup that way

  • @alexrowdyrodrigues9716
    @alexrowdyrodrigues9716 4 года назад +58

    Preach O-Dog Preach!!! This team has done nothing with so much talent and we continue to watch them shit the bed like they did yesterday

    • @alexrowdyrodrigues9716
      @alexrowdyrodrigues9716 4 года назад

      @@ryanfriesen4366 Funny thing is they weren't like that last time when they won or 20 years ago in fact

    • @alexrowdyrodrigues9716
      @alexrowdyrodrigues9716 4 года назад +1

      @@ryanfriesen4366 hear me out oneil was saying how this team doesn't have an identity in 2000 it was a different story that's the point I'm getting across

    • @alexrowdyrodrigues9716
      @alexrowdyrodrigues9716 4 года назад

      @@ryanfriesen4366 not even the Leafs were like the Bruins hard hitting, skilled and tough to play against and could score this team is like a farcry to that

  • @MooseBacon403
    @MooseBacon403 4 года назад +120

    Leafs got bullied into huge contracts and the kids dont play now since they got paid.

    • @muvs32pap
      @muvs32pap 4 года назад +3

      When some players "get paid" it has the effect on them of having them believe they have arrived or achieved something already....Regardless whether that is a Cup or Norris/Hart. Too much success too fast seem to have hurt the 'kids' and Tor. had better hope it can be fixed, or they might have to send one packing at some point to scare the others.

    • @TyrannosaurusThunder
      @TyrannosaurusThunder 4 года назад +4

      All those "kids" are producing more than anyone else is. Maybe go chirp the 3rd and 4th lines (except Spezza, he is doing well this year).

    • @rickg5597
      @rickg5597 4 года назад

      they play the same before their new contracts, all flash & dash but no leadership or character. They’re talented with plenty of potential but come 2nd half of season all them behind the back passes and dangles rarely work. Time for them to take on this challenge and start playing for one another. I’ve been calling a glorious shinny team for far too long I hope they can change that asap.

    • @deepbodalia1063
      @deepbodalia1063 4 года назад +2

      @@rickg5597 how is that any different from Kane, Kucherov, Seguin etc? The depth forwards aren't coming up for them idk how thats Matthews and Marner fault.

    • @zachattack0007
      @zachattack0007 4 года назад +1

      matthews is on pace for the greatest goal scoring season in leafs history? hes the biggest contract of all

  • @johnb1877
    @johnb1877 4 года назад +72

    Marner's attitude is brutal but he is young.
    Saying before the Ottawa game he wants to get Matthews to 50 goals.
    No Marner you want to get the Leafs in the playoffs period.
    Individual stats will come.
    Padding stats is just a bad idea.

    • @jenner9084
      @jenner9084 4 года назад +3

      John B I see him way to much now trying to pass it to him , instead of a better pass of shot . Just to get to 50?.... uh Can we make the playoffs instead ?

    • @gregoryjarvis3067
      @gregoryjarvis3067 4 года назад +5

      Y'all were the same people talking shit when Babcock called him out earlier this year, bunch of fucking pansies

    • @richardkulig2104
      @richardkulig2104 4 года назад +1

      Marner is the biggest floater
      You tube hot shot shinny player
      Trade him first and cash in

    • @Sportsfan94
      @Sportsfan94 4 года назад +1

      Selfish team unfortunately

    • @johnb1877
      @johnb1877 4 года назад

      Hey Jarvis, Keefer is Babcock 2.0, he won't adjust the lines when they suck during the game.

  • @mikebabcock2979
    @mikebabcock2979 4 года назад +138

    Why did i get fired again?

    • @chaosloc
      @chaosloc 4 года назад +7

      Hahahahahaha

    • @mikebabcock2979
      @mikebabcock2979 4 года назад +27

      @SquidBag hes a whiney bitch. Just like the city of Toronto

    • @ricketycricket4361
      @ricketycricket4361 4 года назад +8

      @@mikebabcock2979 homie you've been named "mike Babcock" and complaining on every single sportsnet video that has to do with the leafs for months. The only whiny bitch here is you.

    • @mikebabcock2979
      @mikebabcock2979 4 года назад +17

      @@ricketycricket4361 i got plenty of time to kill. I dont need to work anymore. Thank you Toronto. Im rich bitch

    • @johnb1877
      @johnb1877 4 года назад +2

      Keefer turning into Babcock 2.0

  • @troy16
    @troy16 4 года назад +23

    I imagine this is how fired up O-dog gets when someone messes up his food order

  • @skinflaver
    @skinflaver 4 года назад +14

    Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard.

  • @penguingames6804
    @penguingames6804 4 года назад +50

    As long as Matthews scores a goal he’s satisfied. Doesn’t care if the team wins or loses

    • @bluenote2412
      @bluenote2412 4 года назад +4

      Exactly..... the face of the franchise is a weiner

    • @Woody10719
      @Woody10719 4 года назад +5

      Hes going to Arizona asap anyway

    • @MarkBTWOSRS
      @MarkBTWOSRS 4 года назад

      yeah he looked thrilled when he scored /s

    • @MarkBTWOSRS
      @MarkBTWOSRS 4 года назад +1

      @@Woody10719 keep dreaming

    • @UzumakiNaruto_
      @UzumakiNaruto_ 4 года назад

      @PenguinGames
      So you'd rather not have Matthews scoring and producing?!

  • @opshan4269
    @opshan4269 4 года назад +77

    So stupid that he even brought Eichel's name into this. Buffalo would be below Detroit if it weren't for Eichel dragging that lifeless corpse of a team through this entire season.

    • @joshuatran430
      @joshuatran430 4 года назад +5

      Hey hey you leave Detroit out of this! They uh...... Uh.... They.... Make great cars.... I think? That's why they're called the motor city right? Hmmm I'll just shut my Canadian mouth now.

    • @webster8917
      @webster8917 4 года назад +20

      Joshua Tran Was that supposed to be funny

    • @akallstar5
      @akallstar5 4 года назад +4

      Detroit’s goal differential is -105... more than double the Sabre’s and the rest of the league, they would not be worse than fuckin Detroit. Honestly Buffalo is way closer to Toronto than Detroit.... honestly they’re comparable.

    • @redheron4321
      @redheron4321 4 года назад

      Yeah but he is the captain, though, right? And yet, here's another wasted year for the Buffalo Sabres. I think it's fair to ask a few questions about that, don't you think?

    • @opshan4269
      @opshan4269 4 года назад

      @@redheron4321 so you think John Tavares is at fault for how the Leafs season is going?

  • @camelcase9225
    @camelcase9225 4 года назад +47

    Ughhh this is sad. The reality of our situation has just really come to light for me. I'm pretty sure this whole rebuild and the hope that came with the performances the last 3 years is going to be all for nothing. Then it's rebuild time. The cycle continues and I can't possibly drink any more beer.

    • @MineCraftDadnSon
      @MineCraftDadnSon 4 года назад

      camelCase ...Jesus will save you.

    • @bluenote2412
      @bluenote2412 4 года назад +7

      You can always drink more beer

    • @barneyblue7355
      @barneyblue7355 4 года назад

      Lumpy Dumper no you didn’t

    • @joshuatran430
      @joshuatran430 4 года назад +3

      I've been drinking since 1968....

    • @chrisd3969
      @chrisd3969 4 года назад

      Cost of living and are tax bracket is a major reason why we can't compete honestly.
      When the cap came in it was pretty much the end for any Canadian team to be able to compete. Lol I just love watching this show but I dont know we people support an American hockey league.
      Hockey is lame there are better sports out there that deserve my attention.

  • @MrToddmacdonald2
    @MrToddmacdonald2 4 года назад +36

    Oneil is completely right here - some of these guys are more concerned with other things - not hockey.

    • @mattsmith6857
      @mattsmith6857 4 года назад +1

      Yeah and they bullied
      a rookie GM who shouldn’t be in that job. Poor negotiating skills on Dubas

    • @mspaic10
      @mspaic10 4 года назад

      Yea like social media, fashion and moustaches.

    • @MachoWrestling101
      @MachoWrestling101 4 года назад

      Eichel is passionate he back heck’s like a beast but he’s one man. He bashed him and he’s got 340 points in like 360 games on a BOTTOM feeder that does ent score unless he’s on the ice

  • @iampete8692
    @iampete8692 4 года назад +51

    ...Work beats talent when talent doesn't work

    • @dylan15243
      @dylan15243 4 года назад

      Knife beats nuke when nuke dosnt work.

    • @iampete8692
      @iampete8692 4 года назад +2

      ...Take it easy there, Ghandi

    • @dylan15243
      @dylan15243 4 года назад +3

      @@iampete8692 just pointing out how dumb your comment is..

    • @flyinbrian865
      @flyinbrian865 4 года назад +3

      @@dylan15243 his comment made sense if you ask me.

    • @MrJordwalk
      @MrJordwalk 4 года назад

      @@dylan15243
      His comment makes perfect sense. Teams with less talent than the Leafs have ARE BEATING Toronto because they're outworking the Leafs talent. These Leafs are talented enough that they SHOULD be sitting in 4th or 5th in the East right now, but the elite guys are cherry picking when they feel like showing up and when they don't.

  • @grantchow13
    @grantchow13 4 года назад +57

    The last time the Leafs played "hard and disciplined" was under Pat Quinn.

    • @dem0084a
      @dem0084a 4 года назад +7

      R.I.P Patty, miss them days.

    • @paulthompson8793
      @paulthompson8793 4 года назад +3

      @@dem0084a Amen to that, Quinn was old school and he didn't take shit from nobody and he would hold people accountable. Shame we didn't get a cup with him.

    • @chrisd3969
      @chrisd3969 4 года назад +2

      Yeah I think if we didnt have are main players injured in the 04 playoffs we could have done some damage.
      That team was stacked with charecter guys as well. What could have bin.

    • @ugna2773
      @ugna2773 4 года назад +2

      @@paulthompson8793 we almost won that cup. Carolina took us out and broke my heart damit.

    • @ugna2773
      @ugna2773 4 года назад +2

      @@ryanfriesen4366 yea but im just saying as far as getting close to a final. That was the yr. Would we have won is completely different story. Carolina man handled us though.

  • @astrapi5oh
    @astrapi5oh 4 года назад +29

    If someone told you at the beginning of the season, with 21 games remaining that the Blue Jackets would have more points than Toronto, would you have believed them? LOL

    • @williampilling6576
      @williampilling6576 4 года назад +1

      I EXPECTED the Leafs to be a top 5 NHL team, but wow has this season been shocking

    • @astrapi5oh
      @astrapi5oh 4 года назад

      William Pilling Trust me, you’re not the only one

    • @Clynage
      @Clynage 4 года назад

      That's why hockey is awesome

  • @sassy5128
    @sassy5128 4 года назад +17

    Marner said it's just hockey. And they have to get a better work ethic, because they know they have skill. What a joke the leafs are.

  • @MmmM-bl7ih
    @MmmM-bl7ih 4 года назад +27

    This Leafs team reminds me of the Sens from the early 2000's. All skill. No will. The Leafs bullied them. Kind of like what the Bruins are doing to the Leafs today.

    • @bradleyhenry2411
      @bradleyhenry2411 4 года назад +3

      Early 2000s Sens? You mean the one who won a Presidents Trophy or made it to the Cup Finals?

    • @richardkulig2104
      @richardkulig2104 4 года назад

      Bradley Henry
      Sorry sir
      This Leaf team is nothing but a 11:00 PM shinny team
      Period

    • @alexgrantham3276
      @alexgrantham3276 4 года назад +10

      @@bradleyhenry2411 Think it's pretty clear he's referring to the Sens of the early 2000s that challenged for first in the regular season every year but lost in the first round all the time. The Sens made the cup finals in 2007 with a significantly different roster.

    • @drivethru6155
      @drivethru6155 4 года назад +2

      @@bradleyhenry2411 To be fair cup finals was late 2000s, but nitpicking

    • @bradleyhenry2411
      @bradleyhenry2411 4 года назад +3

      @@drivethru6155 atleast their fans have seen the team in the cup finals.

  • @DD-lm1gv
    @DD-lm1gv 4 года назад +8

    This was therapeutic. Thank you!

  • @DrunkenGuitarGuy
    @DrunkenGuitarGuy 4 года назад +16

    O’Neill's wound so tight! amazing he didn't end up in more fights!

    • @Tearloch
      @Tearloch 4 года назад +1

      He still is a pussy

    • @JesseJames90210
      @JesseJames90210 4 года назад

      @@Tearloch stfu dude O'neil is right.

  • @joshbest4719
    @joshbest4719 4 года назад +21

    that Jack Eichel point is ridiculous. Do you see the team around him?

    • @Snipes-76
      @Snipes-76 4 года назад +1

      So true

    • @Skymarshal
      @Skymarshal 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, as a Leafs fan, Eichel has more compete than M.M.N.

    • @rickg5597
      @rickg5597 4 года назад +1

      totally, I’d trade Eichel for Matthews in a heart beat.

    • @dghvdhfhhb6405
      @dghvdhfhhb6405 4 года назад +1

      I would too but I would rather trade Tavares & Nylander & a high prospect like Timothy Liligren for Eichel straight up idk if I see that getting it done but if not then Matthews for Eichel one for one will do so. I just want a team with Eichel, Matthews & Marner & Eichel is the true captain & leader cause the rest of the guys are not leaders

    • @rickg5597
      @rickg5597 4 года назад

      Dghvd hfhhb I’d rather give up Tavares as well but I figured I’d throw in the most productive player to show how highly I think of Eichel. He’s going to do damage whenever he makes the post season. Not only is he super skilled but also plays a desperate, mean game every time he laces them up.

  • @merrillmarshall964
    @merrillmarshall964 4 года назад

    Stupid Question from down here in the states, are these guys available on a radio app? I would like to listen while I am at work.

  • @torontoontario6085
    @torontoontario6085 4 года назад +2

    I could listen to O'Neill all day. The ummmpidemic and lip sucking that is FAN590 is why I found this show and listen to it all the time. Jeff is real. Noodles is great. Brian is smooth. All good here.

  • @anti-uefa
    @anti-uefa 3 месяца назад

    Was accidentally recommended this video by RUclips algorithms in June '24
    It's always a Groundhog Day in Toronto, and long may it continue!

  • @dr.rosterrier246
    @dr.rosterrier246 4 года назад

    Whatever you say, they are the most fun to watch - always pick their game when I can, even though not a Toronto fan and watching from Europe

  • @Chillin24Seven
    @Chillin24Seven 4 года назад +14

    I don’t know but seems like something has been wrong ever since Freddy got pulled that first time.

    • @gerardfraser
      @gerardfraser 4 года назад +1

      ,I thought it was amazing they predicted a Leaf's loss.Just proved to me what I always thought,Leaf's won 4-0 by the way.

  • @sassy5128
    @sassy5128 4 года назад +6

    O DOG HAS IT BANG ON. RIGHT ON 👍👍👍

  • @raymondleemanpaper
    @raymondleemanpaper 4 года назад +18

    They ignored and fired the coach (Babock) who ask them to play hard and play defense.

    • @boscavern6997
      @boscavern6997 4 года назад +5

      raymondleemanpaper I bet someone , likely Marner or Nylander, actually cried when Babcock got upset, so then Dubas got involved and being the snowflake that he is, went crying to Shanahan and insisted they fire Babcock because he used words that were loud and hurtful...that’s my guess

    • @tokioobsessee20
      @tokioobsessee20 4 года назад +1

      Babcock was harassing mitch since he was a rookie. Mitch got sick of the shit and told dubas you fire him or I want traded

    • @ThisIsSparta300
      @ThisIsSparta300 4 года назад

      Taya Seo lol that’s not what happened. We lost six in a row and this guy says we just gotta dig in loool he didn’t even care really. Watch the post games.

    • @raymondleemanpaper
      @raymondleemanpaper 4 года назад +2

      The Toronto Babies are just too soft. When the coach was tough, they cried and ask the gm to fire him. Now that teams are playing them tough, they just cry and quit. They need a coach like Torts to whip them into shape.

    • @cousinpatsey2471
      @cousinpatsey2471 4 года назад

      That's revisionist.
      Babcock wasn't leading that team anywhere either. At least Keefe is leading them to the post season.

  • @michaelbacon8698
    @michaelbacon8698 4 года назад +4

    O-Dog nailed it. Well said brother. This team is so disappointing.

  • @mikesmacedo
    @mikesmacedo 4 года назад +3

    2:25 LMAO - O'Dog is great for the identity of this show!

  • @colinmackay92
    @colinmackay92 3 года назад +1

    Super glad to see that the Leafs are at the top of the league so far this season.

  • @DDAScript123
    @DDAScript123 4 года назад +1

    This is the greatest clip I’ve ever seen or heard from overdrive

  • @performancetesting1
    @performancetesting1 4 года назад +6

    Hockey is about SYSTEMS at this level. If the coach uses solid systems, then talent can actually make a difference. But if talent is aimlessly skating chaotically, lesser talent teams following sound systems will win. The 1980 Olympics taught the hockey world this lesson. It is not an individual-focused game, but a collective-focused game using players as coordinated components of a machine.

    • @mikephalen3162
      @mikephalen3162 4 года назад

      There's a backstory to the 1980 team, though. Brooks made himself the evil tyrant that brought the Massachusetts and Minnesota boys together in collective hatred. It was more than a system. I would also note the Buffalo Sabres of the late 1990s. That team had one great player (Hasek) and a collection of blue-collar talent. Hard work paid off for that team.

    • @jackjon7763
      @jackjon7763 4 года назад

      It’s getting the talented leaders to buy in. When they believe in the system the others will follow. If you can’t get the talent to buy in then the team is screwed

    • @danmac6185
      @danmac6185 4 года назад

      Lol the team that lost was known as the Russian machine because they performed like a well oiled machine.

  • @rustincole_w1339
    @rustincole_w1339 4 года назад +3

    Do ya think the Heavy set Fella in the middle says to himself "I'm about to Dummy this Pizza"

  • @Ax18NY
    @Ax18NY 4 года назад +6

    I love O'Neill.

  • @DrBeerGames
    @DrBeerGames 4 года назад

    Might be a dumb question... what do they mean by 18 wheeler?

  • @darwn977
    @darwn977 4 года назад +14

    Too many DeRozens and not enough Kawhi's.

  • @paulthompson8793
    @paulthompson8793 4 года назад

    What I would give to have a Clark on this team right now to show these kids some fucking HEART.

  • @williamhock5603
    @williamhock5603 4 года назад

    For the record.. this guy who's hometown is right beside Collingwood.. gets a lot of joy hearing that city called out on national television! Especially when I live in Montreal now haha

  • @jenniferolah4274
    @jenniferolah4274 4 года назад +1

    The Leafs should all sit down as a group and watch this Overdrive segment...

  • @jamalcarvery4665
    @jamalcarvery4665 4 года назад +18

    Give Pittsburgh some credit their a great hockey team

    • @ramprat5812
      @ramprat5812 4 года назад +6

      Jamal Carvery they are but you don't have to lose like that. Never had any chance in that game

    • @jamalcarvery4665
      @jamalcarvery4665 4 года назад +1

      Very true but these kids are still young give them some time

  • @lgrw9883
    @lgrw9883 4 года назад +5

    This aged well they are a lottery team

  • @Nvdubcdijcx
    @Nvdubcdijcx 4 года назад +18

    Hire a new coach every 3 months

  • @Darksealer1995
    @Darksealer1995 4 года назад +4

    Pittsburgh has a bunch of guys who get their lunch pail and helmet and go to work. Brandon tanev, domink kahun, crosby, rust, blueger, jack johnson, zach aston reese, etc all show up and just play and hustle hard. These guys go into the boards and battle like champions and they don't give a damn about their stats. It's a bunch of players that play for each other and for the man next to them, and that's what a champions mentality is like.

  • @CaptainCanada92
    @CaptainCanada92 4 года назад

    Usually I don't like Odog but he's cutting deep here on the Leafs and I'm always a fan of that.

  • @tbz1551
    @tbz1551 4 года назад +3

    3:02 remember when Spezza famously did drop pass giveaways in opposing blue line a few times a game in Ottawa.he got smarter as he got older.

  • @pprich1
    @pprich1 4 года назад +2

    O dog is awesome. Telling it like it is.

  • @Krokodilius
    @Krokodilius 4 года назад +3

    st louis' strategy was to have a whole team of 2nd liners

  • @grantchow13
    @grantchow13 4 года назад +1

    The Leafs definition of a check is a cheque.
    Lots of talent and lots of skill,
    Have no grit and have no will.

  • @tourond583
    @tourond583 4 года назад

    I posted this comment on a Tim and Sid's video of trying to solve the Leafs. I am a Jets fan, so take it as you will. Agree or disagree?:
    There is no excuse for how bad the Leafs have been defensively because of 3 words. THE WINNIPEG JETS
    At the beginning of the season, everyone was writing off the Jets due to the losses on defense. No one could blame them when they lose Trouba, Myers, Chiarot and Buff. No one would argue that the Leafs had a better D core than the Jets to start the season.
    To start the season, The Jets defense consisted of: Anthony Bitetto, Tucker Poolman, Neal Pionk, Dmitry Kulikov, Ville Heinola, Josh Morrissey and Carl Dahlstrom. Then something happened, By Dec. 10, the Jets were 19-10-2 with a D core that consisted of: Anthony Bitetto,Tucker Poolman, Neal Pionk, Luca Sbisa, Josh Morrissey and Nathan Beaulieu. Why did the Jets start winning? 2 reasons:
    1) Hellebuyck got back to his Vezina form. Anderson has been playing great too, so those cancel each other out.
    2) The Jets forwards bought into Maurice's defensive system. The top lines are helping out the D. Even Laine is back checking! You take away their injuries and they are giving Colorado a run for 3rd or better.
    This is where the Leafs lack. Either Babcock or Keefe didn't/aren't instilling a defensive system to help the D, or the top forwards don't want to buy into that system. They look like they are playing shinny out there most nights instead of playing responsible hockey. The 2019 - 2020 Winnipeg Jets are a tested example that a defensively lacking team can still be competitive IF EVERYONE BUYS IN!!!

  • @sjlcanada
    @sjlcanada 4 года назад +2

    i love o-dog. Put him on a chappelle episode (keepin it real)

  • @dantress751
    @dantress751 4 года назад +1

    I love O Dog!!!

  • @zqxc5452
    @zqxc5452 4 года назад +1

    Show this to the whole team

  • @Konformation07
    @Konformation07 4 года назад +1

    "Last night uh was truly an awful effort"
    Leafs (tonight February 22nd): Hold my beer

  • @MrJordwalk
    @MrJordwalk 4 года назад +1

    NO CHANCE that these Leafs do what Columbus did to Tampa last year. Why? Because the Blue Jackets are a Metro team, AND THE METRO IS A FUCKING CRUCIBLE. SIX TEAMS from the Division (The Penguins, Capitals, Flyers, Hurricanes, Islanders and Blue Jackets) currently hold Playoff spots, a testament to how hard and competitive this Division is. The Blue Jackets also exemplified against the Bolts last year that John Tortorella is a Coach who knows how to get his teams to completely buy in to his systems, and they swept the Lightning (basically the Leafs on steroids) out in the First Round through tight checking, team Defense, opportunistic scoring, and insane goaltending. TOUGHNESS is the defining trait of the Metro.

  • @LucaVespa99
    @LucaVespa99 4 года назад +17

    $40 million to 4 players. Wtf did you think was going to happen?

    • @jenner9084
      @jenner9084 4 года назад +2

      Bad Luca getting bent over by a young winger on his first big contract, Not smart

  • @ClintScottFischer
    @ClintScottFischer 4 года назад

    Jeff is a breath of fresh air. Not like all of the blind millenial dolt so called fans, who love unconditionally. Tell it like it is.

  • @tsgpk9184
    @tsgpk9184 4 года назад +1

    The problem is not only the defense & puck management, (though puck management is improving) but the confidence also. The Leafs have a young group, but they dont want to make the playoffs. Some do, but others arent even trying.
    But some fans arent tuning out of this fanbase during this irritating struggle, which the Leafs will get better soon. We believe in Keefe to fix this

  • @Beachbumbaby
    @Beachbumbaby 4 года назад

    Odog had his double espresso this morning. More please!

  • @hexaspano263
    @hexaspano263 4 года назад +1

    Love yah O'Dog you are so right.

  • @BlackbeanCatVC15
    @BlackbeanCatVC15 4 года назад +1

    I used to hate O'neill. Today that changed. It's very well put.

  • @jtstahl6067
    @jtstahl6067 4 года назад +2

    I haven't enjoyed a video of these three this much! Haha!! 🤣

  • @ozzydo2314
    @ozzydo2314 4 года назад +9

    This could have been fixed if the leafs listened to what ovechkin had to day months ago. Since then they've done nothing but prove him right.

  • @toddmclean5378
    @toddmclean5378 3 года назад +1

    2021 says hello and confirms that odog is right!

  • @ryanmoore9276
    @ryanmoore9276 4 года назад +23

    They dont have the $$ to become a contender anytime soon!!

    • @dynamite1647
      @dynamite1647 4 года назад

      Yeah, they spent it all on 4 guys 😒

  • @jonweigand3712
    @jonweigand3712 4 года назад +7

    Maybe if the Leafs show the passion and anger that Odog displays then they might move their behinds. As far as I am concerned, start benching some of the floaters until they play like they mean it!!! Even if they make a lot of money. You have to earn ice time.

  • @yaboyCombo
    @yaboyCombo 2 месяца назад

    4 and a half years later this is all still true. If this video didn’t have a date on it I would have no idea when this was said because it’s been relevant for half a decade

  • @ricardodesousa6833
    @ricardodesousa6833 4 года назад +8

    I said to all my friends signing 4 forwards to top dollars will never win a cup. Manager jeporized remaining positions by overpaying those 4 players.

    • @maciekgutkowski8075
      @maciekgutkowski8075 4 года назад +3

      Dubas is going to need to shows some balls in the offseason and trade 1 of those guys (Nylander or Marner I'm guessing) for a defensive Top 4 D man and /or a tough gritty power forward (another Hymann type guy).

    • @chrisd3969
      @chrisd3969 4 года назад +5

      I say John Tavares was the worst signing the maple leafs could have done and I said this when they signed him.
      We had offense already we needed a stronger defense but when we got him it destabilized the team.

    • @annareaburn4835
      @annareaburn4835 4 года назад

      @@chrisd3969 Naming Tavares the captain was the biggest mistake. Not sure it was a popular decision with the players and I attribute Reilly's poor play a lot on him pouting over being screwed over with the captaincy.

    • @chrisd3969
      @chrisd3969 4 года назад

      @@annareaburn4835 yeah considering rielly was with this team through this and thin not even being considered for captain would be a very big disappointment.
      I personally don't think we should have signed JT in the first place.
      He's not a hard worker and relies a lot on his skill.
      I think when dubas got him he was hoping they would develop into a Malkin Crosby tandem.
      He's good but when we are so top line heavy with no defense signing him should not have been are first priority.

  • @LeSyd1984
    @LeSyd1984 3 года назад +2

    Hahaha! This video hasn't aged a single day!

  • @neatdrew
    @neatdrew 4 года назад +1

    I'm not a leafs fan but from an outside perspective, it doesn't seem they have a strong leadership core that helps hold a high standard. Teams that do well have model citizens in terms of work ethic in control of the room like Crosby, Toews, Chara, etc.

  • @LogisticsWorldz
    @LogisticsWorldz 4 года назад +2

    I am a Flames fan and we have the same issue; no emotion/ no heart this season ... imagine all of us are making $50K or $60K (up to 100K) to do our jobs, we have to work really hard to make our money. meanwhile these guys are making $10M to tell us on air that they have to work harder and their work ethic is lacking ... it's a joke.

  • @rickrowden4655
    @rickrowden4655 4 года назад

    O dog is the best
    Straight up and he can back it up.

  • @jeevansidhu9976
    @jeevansidhu9976 3 года назад +1

    After this, the leafs we on to lose to a Zamboni driver, lose to Columbus in the bubble, get blessed with arguably the easiest path to the conference final in the next season, and blow a 3-1 lead to Montreal in the first round. Absolutely nothing changed.

  • @richardlampman1497
    @richardlampman1497 4 года назад

    Wish O'Neill could have showed this much passion when he was floating around the ice as a Leaf !

    • @jewcanboy
      @jewcanboy 4 года назад

      He lost his brother, and then retired right after

    • @richardlampman1497
      @richardlampman1497 4 года назад

      @@jewcanboy His brother passes just as he became a Leaf. Jeff was a good goal scorer but never did much as a Leaf.

  • @LL-bh6bt
    @LL-bh6bt 4 года назад +1

    "You could put Victor Hedman on that team and it wouldn't make a difference." That statement is so true, but also so sad. I hate where we are right now, but I also don't know how to solve it. Did Marner and Matthews get payed too much? Probably. Are they not playing at the rate they should be? Yes and no. But EVEN IF we take those let's say 4 million dollars in extra cap space we would have if we got the both on a KILLER deal and get a defenseman, would that even help us? I can't understand what's wrong, and yet everything is. That's what really gets me worried. It's something deeper and more systematic that's killing us.

  • @cpnstbn1266
    @cpnstbn1266 4 года назад

    Odog: “What the hell is that???” 2:35 lol.

  • @Jimmyfly215
    @Jimmyfly215 4 года назад +3

    why does nobody in the media get on Tavares?

  • @stevenmiller1416
    @stevenmiller1416 4 года назад +1

    Yes. We all know that the defense Toronto has sucks. But what makes them so much worse is they have a crop of a half a dozen forwards who have no interest in playing in the neutral zone or in their own end. None of them know the definition of back check. You can see it every night they play. Just a group of forwards who just want the puck and go on the offense with no interest in playing any kind of defense

  • @lenniegordon6414
    @lenniegordon6414 2 года назад

    Agree 100 % What makes me shake my head Shannys been there , done that ..No input man ..No toughness No will !!! Another 1st Round EXIT!!!

  • @andrewsutton2266
    @andrewsutton2266 4 года назад

    Tavares does not look like hes playing any of the same hockey. That man is a god on the boards, has insane control and keep the play moving

  • @moizbadar
    @moizbadar 4 года назад

    After Saturday's performance this is still relevant

  • @edwardb1647
    @edwardb1647 4 года назад

    imagine tanking so many years to have this type of a team?
    XD oh boy, I'm loving this.

  • @northsource7215
    @northsource7215 4 года назад +16

    imagine being a 40 year old man and allowing, nay, expecting people to call you "the O-dog"

    • @Max_Coolman
      @Max_Coolman 4 года назад +4

      Imagine being called Rick Oleksy while looking like a failing gradient igloo architect

    • @MrJabez89
      @MrJabez89 4 года назад

      @@Max_Coolman Better than Harzku

    • @northsource7215
      @northsource7215 4 года назад

      @@Max_Coolman he won't have sex with you Harzku

    • @troywebster3638
      @troywebster3638 4 года назад +3

      Imagine imagining imaginary imaginations? no but seriously stfu he had this nickname his whole career you dumbass... yikes lol

    • @Nvdubcdijcx
      @Nvdubcdijcx 4 года назад

      @@Max_Coolman imagine being an O-dog simp

  • @brandonwilley4689
    @brandonwilley4689 4 года назад +3

    Fire Hakstol?

  • @nathantownsend317
    @nathantownsend317 4 года назад +1

    O DOG BRINGING THE HEAT!!! I like it haha

  • @michaelcometto9856
    @michaelcometto9856 4 года назад +6

    I like to see the o-dog behind the bench!!

    • @sassy5128
      @sassy5128 4 года назад +1

      So would I... he would be giving his players shit when coming off a shift. That would make hilarious hockey

  • @gordberry3312
    @gordberry3312 4 года назад +2

    Every time I watch a Leaf game lately I cringe and cover my eyes, yes they can be brilliant offensively BUT from the crease to the opposing blue line they are careless. The leafs cross ice passes under pressure with NO support constantly and at least a quarter of them are intercepted leading to an opposition scoring chance, they refuse to make the safe defensive plays often leading to turnovers in their zone and worse yet they do not take out their assignments. I cannot believe the number of times the opposition has skated through our zone with minimal or no contact and recently Sheldon Keefe has taken to task his bottom six but what I see most often is top six players missing their assignments or turning up ice without the puck and leaving our back end short handed. When Mathews first became a Leaf I remember him using his size and really dominating the game but though he still has tremendous skill he now reminds me more of one way Phil the thrill and he needs to be much more than that. As for Marner , well he needs to be less Inge Hammarstrom and more Dave Keon or perhaps Killer Gilmour, again he has the tools but the rest of it is will power and commitment.

  • @josephpotter7776
    @josephpotter7776 4 года назад

    Attitude reflects leadership

  • @canadiankid42
    @canadiankid42 4 года назад

    O-Dog let's play a golf round this summer. I know a real nice course in the Collingwood area ;)

  • @stuart_skinhurts_official
    @stuart_skinhurts_official 4 года назад

    Guess how the oilers felt 10 years ago? But i feel the maple laughs after o'neil's rant about their unacceptable effort.

  • @sabiansmasher2000
    @sabiansmasher2000 4 года назад +1

    Blow the team up

  • @DownsyMB
    @DownsyMB 4 года назад

    In the past I haven't been a huge Odog fan but he was bang the fuck on, so on point.

  • @billmichealoff9549
    @billmichealoff9549 4 года назад +11

    They need the Bruin work ethic!!!!

  • @swavekbu4959
    @swavekbu4959 7 месяцев назад +1

    Opps, I thought this was 2024. My mistake.

  • @patrickmurhomes6691
    @patrickmurhomes6691 4 года назад +2

    O-dog is so right