LFR17 - Round 1, Game 1 - Snot - Maple Leafs 1, Bruins 5
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2024
- Steve Dangle recaps and analyzes Game 1 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins.
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Beecher is awesome. If you called me before the series, I could have told you to watch out for him. He busts his ass every night.
Franchise Hockey Manager made me aware of Beecher last year.
He really took being sent to Providence last time personally
those face offs though
The legend appears
It doesn't matter what the F dude does, like Bobby McMann or Teddy Blueger, their names alone make them awesome. John TF Beecher scored on you... Man, awesome! How many people over 20 you know named John? Jeff? (even Geoff) EVERYONE is named Connor or some other name. Go to any kids soccer game, coach says connor, 9 kids are wondering if it is them getting yelled at.
Steve: I don't even know who you are.
Beecher: You will
😂
but it's awesome that he called it! The day before the series kicks off Steve goes through the B's lineup, see's Beecher's name and says "I don't know who this is so I guess he'll be scoring the first goal for the Bruins." and it comes true! That's amazing really.
THAT set the tone for the game. Suddenly, the Leafs had to watch out for the less-obvious names along with Pasta and Marchand and the rest. Whereas, the Bruins only had to focus on guarding the Leafs’ top scorers.
and he took that personally
@@rocket_shorts505That and they beat the piss out of the leafs physically
At least you didn't lose to a 42 year old zamboni driver who works for the Leafs. :)
Yet 😂
As someone who lives in Boston and is a die hard fan, I love watching you Steve. Give me a point of view of how all leafs fans are reacting to these games
These games? It's one game, we're not all screeching morons after one game 🙄
LOL you will be deeply disappointed to discover that he is not at all a reflection of the fanbase, let alone the average fan. If we were all so reactionary, Ilya Samsonov would most certainly not be our goalie.
@northerngurl6178 I was more referring to all the games he's covered for leafs. And whether you like to admit or not, there's always a part of you, a hockey fan, that is exactly like Steve
@chrisaquaro9901 uhhhhh no I don't behave like that, look I'm a Steve fan too, but if you're suggesting the over the top shenanigans are what most of us do you're being disengenous, name a time you as a hockey fan behaved outrageously like that, people really don't, good lord lol
@northerngurl6178 not saying you do but your inner hockey fan does. He's the loving embodiment of what we're all thinking and feeling just we don't express it.
“The Leafs are cosplaying as a playoff hockey team”
All time quote!
I've seen plenty of people coming out of the woodwork to label the Jets as frauds...where's the same for the Leafs?
This isn't the first time we've seen this with the Leafs, and it won't be the last! When it comes to playoffs the Leafs are as *FRAUDULENT AS CAN BE!!*
But they're actually a boot camp for creating good goaltenders.
They just gave out at the end of the first period
It's just one game. Leafs will beat Boston and win the Cup.
Came here for the screaming, stayed for the screaming.
This was more like shrieking.
Yeah, both you and I got what we came and stayed for, then.
Thanks Steve for the yearly tradition!
The screaming gives me life
This classic rant should be played in the leafs dressing room right before Mondays game. TRUTH
Clearly Domi inherited his father's unparalleled ability to take dumb penalties
Amazes me still how many love Tie Domi. As a Leafs fan, yes I appreciated the job he did but I’ll never forgive him for 2001. Plays the best game of his career as a Leaf and then flushes it when he decides to smoke Neidermayer at the end of game 5. Leafs were one win away from the ECF vs Pittsburgh (a series the Leafs would’ve easily been the favourite)
Jersey looked like a team ripe for the picking until Domi lit a fire under them with his stupid hit. Jersey woke up, easily won the next two games and dummied Pittsburgh in the ECF to play for the Cup.
Tried to draw a penalty before the game even started.
He was often a liability in Montreal.
One of the main reason he got traded from Mtl, always taking dumb penalties
@@kermitfrog593 oh he just lit a little fire under Brad Marchand thats all, and then kept doing it... see ya for game 5
The salaries of the Bruins goal scorers combined is less than Auston Matthews alone. Just a fun fact.
Yepppp, you can’t win with you can’t win with 40 million tied up in 4 players, not to mention 2 d making 5 and 6 million, leaves you 0 money to slot defence and a good tandem. Idk how there owner and management hasn’t fkn realized that.
Joooo Joe didnt know that you are a hockey fan xD, hope you‘ ll make another vid about the Blackwoods some day🙏
That's definitely a fact, but not very fun 😕
@@user-sg8ld2hp6zYou can if the core actually played like their salaries in the playoffs the problem is the core underperforming in the playoffs
Leafs have an edge with offense. But they got no defense no goaltending and poor coaching
Keefe: this year is different
Steve: It Is Snot!
Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays as the Blue Jays are the better team than the Leafs. In fact I'd even go one further and say the Blue Jays will win the World Series before the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
@@arthurau9231the Blue Jays haven’t won a single playoff game since 2016 lol.
The Boston Bruins: Hold our beers
@@josephzita3128 Counter argument, Blue Jays have won more playoff series than the Leafs since 2013.
@@josephzita3128 Blue Jays won the ALDS in 2015 and 2016 and won the 2016 AL Wild Card which is more than what the Leafs have done recently. At least the Blue Jays made the final 4 in MLB in 2015 and 2016, the last time the Leafs made the final 4 in the NHL was in 2002.
"Details" - probably the most accurate analysis of what is missing from the Leafs.
Props to Matthews, being honorable about the high stick, he practically emailed the refs telling them he did that. Strategically stupid, but very sportsmanlike. I'm talking about how he immediately looked back like "OOPS". Definitely accidental, definitely a clean player.
Yet you'll never see other teams return the favour because their only there to win.
@@kermitfrog593Cale Makar did it in a playoff game in either 2022 or 2023. Not against the leafs obviously, just saying he's a stand up guy as well.
@@ben94gtIt was not a playoff game ffs. It was the 2023 regular season. I'm an Avs fan, I'd know.
@@kermitfrog593 THAT SENTIMENT IS WHY YALL LOSE. YOU ONLY WIN IN THE REGULAR SEASON BECAUSE OF THE CRAPPY TEAMS.
It gives the impression that the Leafs dont want a cup. okay, cause i want one. and sorry i yelled
Top 5 most expensive things Jeremy Swayman owns:
1. The Toronto Maple Leafs
But because he is a good guy he will share them with Ullmark.
Damn best comment 🤣🤣🤣
He barely had to make a save
@@Cedisdeadso he made 34 saves instead.
Perfect.
The TD garden thing was spot on. These guys will blame anything but themselves
they are not and have not even been playoff material. accountability just doesn’t exist in toronto.
BOS and refs have black on their jerseys, so, obviously rigged.... LOL
@@randombutrelevant1606 buddy they got absolutely dominated. I agree refs were bad but doesn’t matter when the other team is head and shoulders better than you in every single way
@@randombutrelevant1606wow, this is why Leafs players don't give a shit. They know most of their fans are clueless.
Crosby, Marchand... Some reason they still manage to be a factor in the playoffs so why Matt, Tavares, Marner doesn't care? because playoff don't pay
I am 63 year old man . I live in a small city in Southern Ontario. I have watched hockey since I was a kid. I seen in 1993 Montreal win the Stanley Cup and then Bettman became the president of the NHL. Then everything changed. My dad was born in 1908. He said the game will be fixed from now on. No Canadian team will be allowed to win the cup.. After all Bettman is determined to grow the game in the USA. I won't even watch a game anymore. I watch Junior hockey, At least the best team wins in those games. Take advice from a guy that has been around for a while. This stress is going to give you a heart attack, Your children and wife need you. Prove me wrong on this,
Truth !!
Went to bed after the 2nd goal. The outcome was predictable and these fucks hurt my heart. Thankful next week I’ll be working in a location with no cable and shit internet.
I’m almost 37 now... I only have a few good years left before they find me wandering down the street in my underwear, looking for my cat who’ll probably have been dead for 20 years by then...
But I’ll still know better than to get my hopes up waiting for this team.
Try being 51 😂
@@cottontailcrafts1719or 68 I was 11 when they last won it
LMAO HAHA GREAT POST
You have a better chance of finding that cat I'm afraid.
@@mikeleo5990 I was born ten minutes after the Leafs won their last Cup. My patience ran out back in the '80's with this team.
Wasnt going to bed until i saw this video
Same!
Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays as the Blue Jays are the better team than the Leafs. In fact I'd even go one further and say the Blue Jays will win the World Series before the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
right there with ya whole time at work i was like yup this is gonna be exactly how we all expected
@@arthurau9231 31-year drought isn't much better than the leafs 56 years there, bud
Worth coming here after the game
I’ve watched the Lightning for a long time. Stamkos has always been one of the hardest working guys on the ice. He was never a PPG player in the playoffs. But he was always part of some of the biggest moments in games. When he takes a slap shot from big Z to the face in 2011 and CAME BACK to finish the game after having his face deconstructed and put back together. In 2020 he came back for one game played two shifts less than 5 minutes and got the FIRST goal of the game. The bench was electric after that, we won the game 5-2 and then the series. Stamkos proved he’s that guy several times leading up to the Bolts’ cup wins. I haven’t see these moments from Matthews, Marner or Tavares.
As an habs fan, when I saw you guys get Edmundson I thought to myself "Oh, ok this is an interesting move, he's a couple years older than during our run but he had been a fking cinder block and very underrated imo". Then first thing I see is Reeves taking him out of the play by wanting to be "gritty and greasy" for that first goal and I was like....oh man, my poor man Joel...you're on a team with headless chickens skating around.
To the ones complaining it was because they were without Nylander and McMann: the bruins gutted their entire forward core (Bergeron, Krejci, Bertuzzi, Taylor Hall) and did nothing to improve it in the off-season. Not to mention one of their best playoff performers is NOW A LEAF. You just witnessed a Jake Debrusk masterclass.
Also, statistically the bruins offense runs through one guy and it’s Pastrnak and the leafs late Debrusk, John Beecher, and Trent Frederick, and Brandon Carlo walk all over them 😭😭
More of a masterclass in what a goalie can do for you when they suck vs when they're good.
Nylander is the only one who plays in the playoffs for the leafs tho
@@Cedisdeadone guy doesn’t make that much of a difference when your defense and goaltending is AHL level
Losers find excuses. Winners find solutions.
the domi penalty was so funny because it took exactly two seconds for the puck to be in play AWAY from Domi for him to straight up slash a Bruin for absolutely no reason. the puck wasn’t even by him. it’s fucking hilarious.
Any hockey fan:
-Dude, you are slashing marshand, well, at the very least break his arm or something
Nah, y’all ain’t messin with Brad like that!! You should be able to clearly see that Marchand already was in Domi’s head before the puck even dropped.
Like father like son
Brad lives rent free in so many.
Domi has the brain of a tree.
"Is Twitter in the room with us right now?" omfg, I'm dying 😂
The frustration of that game is so immense that poor Steve already has a five o’clock shadow.
He is growing a playoff beard....
@@user-pp4ve6qo1bthat he started early too lol
6:34 make this apart of the intro next season
😂😂😂
6:35 bro starts a W rant
First work break this morning, had to look this up immediately. Sorry Steve! Rough one! Long Series to go though bruh!
Matthews was also won 27% of his faceoffs tonight, another big issue for this team
Leafs could not execute all night. They played far from what they are capable of.
The Leafs looked liked they were focused more on trying to prove they were tougher than Boston rather than playing good hockey. Physicality is good so long as you're smart. The Leafs weren't. I love Domi but before the puck was dropped he was cross-checking and slashing like crazy. Eventually, the refs had enough of him. That can't happen again.
If nothing else improves but the Matthews-Bertuzzi-Domi line, we're back in it. Lots of things should improve but they HAVE to improve. You can't let that much potential just flail around and take penalties that would look slopping in the first week of the regular season
I personally never understood it when teams try to match the playstyle of the opponent. Like Boston is a genuine gritty tough team. Toronto isn't but why are you trying to match it instead of working around that/ working to your strenghts. Sure in playoffs you have to crank up a bit of the intensity but either you are gritty or you just aren't. Like skill wise Toronto probably could run circles around the Bruins but they just don't. Hell Bruins don't even have a 1C. And while their D and Goalies are very good the offence (in theory) is lacking and shouldn't be such a big problem for the leafs like it was in this game.
Nailed it. Steve said it. Leafs were cosplaying snot, and grit. Those things will come. Go out and play your game. Control the play get pucks to the net and bang in a rebound. Just like the Kampf goal
@@ardesignsrc that is it, if the plan is to toss gm1 by just gooning the fuck out of boston, well just goon the fuck out of them don't cosplay it actually be fucking goons. eh but its the leafs they can't even get that right.
The problem is they can't keep up the intensity for 60 minutes. The Blues were able to check the Bruins into oblivion in 2019 sixty minutes a night, the Leafs aren't built for that.
I wanna say we're in for an all-timer here, but the next 3 after this will probably top this one
Last year was the "now". This is the "never" part of the equation.
Props to Beecher from a Habs fan. He looks great out there on the ice.
As a NYI fan, I hate-watched this to make me feel better about our game 1 loss. It helped, thanks.
6:34 that’s going in the LFR18 intro.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
It’s that time of year again folks, welcome back lmao
I laughed out loud when I went to check the score and it was 4-0 before the end of the 2nd lol.
I could feel the depression of Leafs Nation looking at the score
Game 1: Swayman - 97.2 save pct. Samsonov - 82.6 save pct!! I think I found the problem. You are welcome Leafs management.
just think ya could have had sway too. the poetry of the playoffs is amazing
Steve holds back during the live streams lol
This is the Steve we need
Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays as the Blue Jays are the better team than the Leafs. In fact I'd even go one further and say the Blue Jays will win the World Series before the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
@@arthurau9231 tf are you even talking about? He should've picked the raptors by that long winded nonsense of a statement
To be fair, this is 17 minutes. Yes, I'm sure shooting is at least twice that, but still, to maintain that for 3 hours is a big ask.
He tried to hold back until after the wide open miss from Matthews and Keefe pulling the goalie less than 30 seconds left on the power play.
@@arthurau9231 Blue Jays can't even win a playoff game when they get there let alone a world series.
Swept in 2020, 2022, 2023
Neutral fan here. I agree with Steve the leafs didn’t play a terrible hockey game. They were competitive at 5v5 at least the first two periods and they shit the bed on some chances that they definitely should’ve scored.
But the thing about snot or grit definitely rings true as someone who didn’t watch the leafs that much in regular season and basing my take on just this game. The leafs’ idea of grit seems to be to just take a bunch of penalties which makes you lose the game instantly because, shocker, playoff teams have good power plays.
Playing with grit is about fighting to turn pucks over and giving good chances and space to your scorers, and that’s really not what the leafs were doing this game.
Now for a little tangent, Reaves to me is a perfect example of the kind of player that maintains the image of playing with grit but who doesn’t really bring any of those benefits to his team when you look at how he actually plays. But that’s just my subjective opinion as a hater.
He started the season playing terrible but he had a very good run where his offense was passable, his backcheck was solid and he could lay people out. In this game he landed some solid hits, but that first turnover was terrible. I'm not that worried about him though. He just fills a slot. If he isn't doing anything bad, he's serving his purpose just by being hard to move. If he steps up and actually makes some nice plays he's doing more than is required of him.
Those are some solid points. But I would also say that the Leafs have been terrible on the forecheck and were God-awful in clearing their own zone. The Bruins have all day to move the puck up the ice, and once in the Leafs zone, they have far too much space to set up and tee off. The best Leafs chances were when they were pressuring the Bruins in the Bruins own zone.
Reaves created 4 different scoring chances by laying hits and causing turnovers. Reaves is literally why the only goal happened at all. The problem is and I have said this all year Keefe doesn't know how to use a true 4th line. That line should be on the ice when pasta is out there or once he got hot Debrusk. The goal of a 4th line is to either shutdown the top line OR make their night physically miserable. But for some reason keefe goes "oh let's do skill vs skill.... that always works."
Some of the penalties with charmin soft though like McCabe’s cross check, but taking three high stick penalties is wild.
Steve is wrong and the Leafs played terrible. Their best player was the goal post and the score should have been 8-1. They were terrible.
I'm a canes fan but the Leafs are my second team now because of you. Thank you for making the stream available in the US so I could watch along with the live feed on TV! It was fun even with the outcome of the game... and the time when my internet went down because of a thunderstorm and the stream just kept repeating "tell all your friends.... tell all your friends..." for about a solid minute because of it lol
I watched the first period of the game, with no dog in the race (go caps) and my impression was that the leafs were "overheating" with the physicality. They didn't throw hits to make a play, they threw hits to throw hits. And that cost them when they allowed the 2 on 1 leading to the first goal. Hope they can do better in the second game and be physical when needed and not just for the sake of it.
yeah, if the whole point this game was the leafs to not give a fuck gm1 just goon the hell out of boston, they failed. if you gonna just toss a game and be a shit load of goons then peeps need to be leaving the game.
Hello pat maroon...the tone setter😮🎉
Steve is so upset he turned into Seth Rogen
He reminds me of Charlie Day from “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia”
damn man, what a brutal game to watch that was
How many series games are going to go like this before Shannahan realizes that our fundamental systems are flawed? This is like Groundhog day watching this team losing in the playoffs. He needs to go.
Watching you meltdown is the best part of being a Bruins fan 😂
Will Keefe coach in Pitsburgh next year?
I would gladly trade coaches with Pittsburgh!
Oh boy was waiting for this
I stayed awake. Did not disapoint.
Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays as the Blue Jays are the better team than the Leafs. In fact I'd even go one further and say the Blue Jays will win the World Series before the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
yeah me too steves act isnt played out at all i like that its so genuine and not just done to earn money on clicks and sponsors 🤣🤣 steves act was played out 5 years ago hes a parody of himself now its actually pathetic just like the leafs and their soft joke of a captain 🤣
@@bb-gc2tx Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays to post a daily fan reaction of. Steve Dangle Blue Jays reaction or BJR (Blue Jays Reaction) better than Steve Dangle LFR (Leaf fan reaction).
@@arthurau9231yeah we heard you mister spam McGee. Your comment was stunned the first time you posted it. 🙄
I think David Kampf is actually the one Leafs player who excels during the playoffs as opposed to reg season. Unfortuately he is a 4rth line player so his elevation goes unnoticed. Nylander also seems to play well during the playoffs.
Poor Steve. Only three more of these videos for the year. 😢
Come on...Four.
Based on how they played tonight, I’m not sure “Round 1” was necessary in the title…
The deserve to win o meter might as well be renamed “High grade copium dose”
Or 'excuse for another Leafs loss o meter'.
Definitely something a poverty franchise comes up with.
Troll-o-meter.
It's because the leafs generated 4.5 xG on one powerplay. You of course can't score more than 1 goal on a single 2-minute powerplay and their models pay 0 mind to the timing or sequence of shot attempts so you end up with extremely goofy results like this where you can be expected to score 4.5 goals in one sequence when the actual true expected value should be less than 1.
“Snot is useless if you don’t know how to use it”
-Dangle, 2024
I'll say it again, these guys don't hate to lose
Omg that should be in a tv show. What a good quote
Took a while for this one to drop, I was starting to get worried. Good to see you’re taking it well Steve
Even as a Bruins fan I don't know how we own the Leafs so much. Our team isn't even that good this year at all. We are hoping to win one round maybe two. But I think the grittiness of the Bruins is just always too much for the sophisticated big names of the Leafs.
We had the same thing with the Senators in the 90's. They were much better but we owned them in the playoffs
Same as how they somehow own the Penguins. The Leafs rely on finesse and their core four. The Bruins rely on prodding and poking them to get them out of rhythm. Not to mention Jake DeBrusk transforms into Cam Neely when he sees the Leafs.
THE Bruins lost HUGE players in the offseason. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year. Just saying
@deahelkcunklaer2180
the 1967 jokers puff and at last poop again
What you call grittiness can actually be treated as defence first. Bruins have a formidable defence first mentality, whereas with the leafs it’s offense at all cost, now combined with a unique strategy of slapping people to take penalties.
As a bruins fan Mr Dangle i can respect your love for your team in fact your passion gor the leafs and nhl drew me in
As a Bruins fan it was fun watching your stream and i plan on watching it again this entire serious.
That means 3 more times.. 😅
Ever thought that when these guys are getting paid 10 million plus a year they might just not care about the Stanley cup. Why would they when they could be on vacation
Exactly, they never had to Prove they deserved their contracts prior to them getting the Bag, as steve puts it. They juat want to go on vacation as fast as possible.
Nylander did not even play thats how much he cares. Maybe he has bloodclots from the clotshot
What a stupid comment. Seriously that’s idiotic.
it's why everything about the league would be better if players earned a base salary, which was then increased in percentage with every playoff win, and the biggest being a championship.
Oh, I think they care. Don’t think that’s the issue. I think management doesn’t care.
I STAYED UP JUST CAUSE I HATE THE LEAFS ⛳️
Need more hobbies...
Lol clearly you do. 100s of comments on the channel.
So did I. All of Canada hates the leafs
Everyone hates the Leafs. Even their fans hate them.
@@tyronebiggums69 and the endless hours of entertainment from failures of the leafs never disappoints
Before game 1 on twitter tons of leafs fans were pointing to the bruins lines and asking “we should be scared of this *insert bottom 2 lines*” and my answer was. Yes. The bottom 6 is filled with just hard working guys, they dont put up points but they work hard in the corner and will lay there body on the line every shift no matter what and that’s exactly what will kill a top heavy team like the leafs. Getting out worked by #15 on the roster. U dont win playoff games by scoring 15 goals a game, u win by working hard in the corners and fighting for the extra second infront in a close 3-2 game and the leafs just dont have those guys
33k views already! Great job sdpn!!
In a perfect world, the Leafs will do the following in the next two years,
1. Rebuild their blue line
2. Get JT’s contract off their books
3. Develop Minten and Cowan so they make it to the show
Then we can talk about contending.
You'd still need a goalie!!
How about trade JT for a defenseman or use a first round pick on one?
4. Fire Sheldon
5. Banish Justin Bieber from the arena
6. Get rid of Keefe.
no trade clause@@KHayes666
Shanahan and the rest of his stooges should be docked their salary for every loss.
When i think of the leafs and playoff hockey officiating it reminds me of that one person that drives the speed limit almost all the time, but when they speed they get caught every time. Most of the penalties this time were deserved, but the refs could have evened the number of power plays without even trying.
I get playoffs are allegedly different, but it usually seems to be the leafs that don't get any benefits from the lack of calls
Across 2 series. Matthews has 0 points in his last 4 and 0 goals in his last 6 games.
In those 6 games he's had OVER 140 MINUTES OF ICE TIME.
Oh boy the more I look into it the more it gets worse:
Last 6 Playoff Games for Tavares: 0 Goals, 1 point.
Last 10 Playoff Games for Marner: 1 Goal.
Last 9 Playoff Games for Nylander: 2 Goals.
Coming from the Low Quality Bruins Fan side of things to the Steve Dangle side of things is some serious whiplash
yep same here
Yeah I hear that lol Was happy to see both of them before bed.
Same here! Both are very insightful and have great commentary on the game... But certainly go about it in different ways! 🤣🤣
Who's that?
@@KHayes666 does Bruins game breakdowns and pre-game stuff too
Domi really jumped right into his 2023 Western Conference Final form in game 1.
Barbashev owned him last year. One of the biggest reasons Vegas won that series against Dallas. Domi & his line were terrible, Barbashev & his line were incredible.
@@JHockeyFan yes. Jamie's meltdown and Suter being played top pair minutes at age 38 really took all the heat off just what a travesty that line was when the pressure was on.
That was perfect Steve! Well said.
Did you notice that Cowan lead London Knights is going 8-0 in the playoffs? Those kids are taking charge in the OHL and Toronto has the main man... I just hope they groom him to be a 2-way because that is who Reilly and Benoit need.
Looking at the coaching staff, I'd say the hiccough here is Van Ryn, he's the assistant coach charged with teaching defense... while he's not doing a very good job because he is a better offensive defenseman in his merit... He's likely teaching a good offense is better than any defensive trap. Not so against teams like Tampa, Florida, and Boston... who build teams with strong rough big dudes that trap forwards smaller than them. Leafs need to realize this is their broken link in the chain. Variety in defense... the skill is there but the swap from good offense to better defense takes a good 5 seconds for the entire line to change their mindset, trapping Boston's skaters and goal-scorers is better than letting them get pass the blue line.
The next issue is Swayman... you have a good goalie and defense that knows how to trap, beating Swayman requires that you get cheeky with the dekes and fake shots... get him to commit then take the shot where he was... or aim for a rebound pass. Whatever one is more tricky for that defensive pair. I think that is another problem is that it's not treated as war for this team... know thy enemy!
The entire Boston club is muscle over finesse in most spots except for the main scoring line. So take advantage of that... how? Put Ryan Reeves onto a top line with Domi and Tavares... two grinder brutes who can pass to Tavares to score while locking out Marchand and Pasta; pair them with Reilly and Edmundson/Lillegren/Giordano (one defense who likes playing 2-way and one defense who likes shooting from the point to rebound it to the wingers). Drop Marner and Matthews onto the third line with Knies, have them be a pocket line for finessing pass the defense. have Kampf, Holmburg, and Jarncrook on the fourth line, Dewar up on the second line with Burt and Robertson... this way the core will have two shifts to rest, and a 2-way forward on each line which is what you want against Mount Boston.
Death, Taxes, and the Leafs
Depressing ain't it?
It is funny. Need to fire the coach
Leafs, Taxes and the Leafs.
That loss was 1000% on Sheldon. How the heck does he not tell his players to "STOP TRYING TO OUT MUSCLE OR GET UNDER THERE SKIN" they tried so hard to be the bruins and they sucked
Wait until it comes out that he benched Willy for his play in game 82!!!
Sure, I come here for the rants and occasional thermonuclear meltdowns, but more importantly, Steve's honest breakdown and assessment while being one of the most passionate fans of the game is really why. While not a Toronto fan myself, I truly believe this is some of the best content online about hockey. And yes, entertaining too!!
Jake DeBrusk: ohhh... you think snot is your ally? You merely adopted the snot. I was born in it, molded by it. I mean... have you met my dad?
AWESOME WORK BRO, THANKS!!! GREETINGS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND🇫🇮🇨🇦🇫🇮🇨🇦
Thank you for Tuukka Rask!
Love this time of year
lately it seems that when Marner is trying to make a pass he always puts it into opposing teams skates.
Love your videos. Awesome to see your channel grow. Been following you for years now. Pulling for the leafs lol. Pens fan for life but still
This one was particularly funny. Thanks Steve
No sleep squad checking in
I didn't even watch lol... I just couldn't.
I smoked a fat J. It helped me :)
Wow, Low Quality sent me here and I cant thank him enough. That was wonderful.
Hate the bruins but you can't deny their scouting and gm work is some of the best in the league. Even when they lose 2 HOF players they're still the top 3 team in the league.
Got my popcorn. *sits back to enjoy*
They were so busy trying to show everyone how tough they were they forgot to actually play hockey... and an .826 SV % aint gonna win many hockey games.
How is Sheldon Keefe going to be able to afford getting his haircut everyday after he gets fired?
he is so sassy and feminine. He does not look like a hockey coach more of a dad that gives out participation trophies.
These post-game rants are the only thing that I can console myself with after a loss.
And let the therapy session begin! Dr. Steve Dangle presiding!
Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays as the Blue Jays are the better team than the Leafs. In fact I'd even go one further and say the Blue Jays will win the World Series before the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
Leafs Fans Anonymous…my God, the lineups…
The grays in Steve's beard multiplying by the minute with this team and thier endless stress...😂
Steve Dangle chose the wrong sport as he should've chosen baseball and the Blue Jays as the Blue Jays are the better team than the Leafs. In fact I'd even go one further and say the Blue Jays will win the World Series before the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
@@arthurau9231 No, sorry Jays, Steve knows and well pretty much everyone in this city knows Toronto's one true love will always be the Leafs.
I didn’t watch hockey at all this year ( habs fan ) but believe me i won’t miss the leafs annual playoff choke.
Not expecting much in the playoffs as was demonstrated tonight. I was born in 1953. I am looking forward to the start of the season in October and the moves that are made in the summer to make the team capable of winning a Stanley Cup. Does any know if Tavares contract is up July 1st this year? Marner do you sign him before July 1st with a movement clause and trade him or let him walk?
I believe Tavares has 1 more year. I think you let Marner walk. If he's signed, he'll want more than can be afforded and want a no movement clause. At least if you let him walk, the Leafs will have much more cap space to add better defense.
Watching tonight those 2 are expendable. Tavares just escapes criticism and Marner is too small for playoffs. Matthews was by far their best player tonight.
They signed a 7 year contract. It included a one win in second round clause.
This is an instant classic.
Just a team that doesn’t want to play playoff hockey where there is more contact, urgency, and you don’t score cute goals.
KEYS TO SUCCES:
- I think Nylander, Marner, and Tavares are paid fairly
- Sheldon Keefe has proven TIME and TIME again that he is an NHL coach
- Our defense might be the best in the league? If not number one then number two.
- Brendan Shanahan deserves all the credit...he deserves a pay increase, this is Shanahan's legacy
Brendan Shanahan signed April 11, 2014
2014-15 - Did not Qualify
2015-16 - Did not Qualify
2016-17 - Lost first round Washington 4-2
2017-18 - Lost in first round Boston 4-3
2018-19 - Lost in first round Boston 4-3
2019-20 - Lost in Play-in round Columbus 3-2 (did not make the playoffs)
2020-21 - Lost in first round Montreal 4-3 (lost to Montreal...they had 11 wins less than Toronto in a 56 game season)
2021-22 - Lost in first round Tampa 4-3
2022-23 - Lost in second round Florida 4-1 (almost got swept)
2024-2025 Season - 924 players in the NHL:
Auston Matthews - 1st highest paid player in NHL ($13,250,000)
William Nylander - 6th highest paid player in NHL ($11,500,000)
John Tavares - 9th highest paid player in NHL ($11,000,000)
Mitch Marner - 12th highest paid player in NHL ($10,800,000)
Get Brendan Shanahan a statue immediately! I don't care about sharing the memory of a cup with my Dad, he got those guys PAYDAYS!
16:10 love how he doesn't mention Mcdavid
Yeah, points per game, he was better than Mack and just worse than Kuch. Mack is overrated asf but that’s just how it goes
If you mean MacKinnon you are clueless. If you mean Mcdavid you are even more clueless!!@bodhithomas5684
@@dueyev since when has Mack=McDavid💀💀💀
@@bodhithomas5684Agreed, McDavid is trash. MacKinnon is the GOAT. Stay salty, OiLers fans. 😂
The Bruins won the goaltending match-up tonight and it wasn't even close. Samsonov looked bad on the second and third goals. He's got to find a way to pick up those shots through screens. If they can't get a better performance in net, this series is going to be over in a hurry.
To be fair to Samsonov, the guys in front of the net have to move out the Bruins' players that are screening him. It would also help if the Leafs players themselves aren't screening their own goalie out high.
As Bruins fan, my take on this game was that Toronto was scared of getting hit and played like it.
Not a leaf fan not by a country mile but I do appreciate Mr Dangle guy is a gem keep doing what your doing from a habs fan 👊
Get those golf clubs ready!!😂
Can we all agree Keefe sucks ? We always get put coached
Until management fires him you will likely never go anywhere in postseason
After losing their 2 top centers to retirement Boston sure knew how to fill those slots. Their system is very good. Looking forward to a 1st round Bruins win.
"You know its bad when a top-heavy team's depth is the reason they don't get shut out 5-0"
Brutal.
All these Bruins fans must have forgot about their 1st round last year hey?
Well how about 18 years not going past round 1 hey