Dans cette vidéo, je vais en profondeur pour comparer où les Maple Leafs peuvent être meilleurs ou pires par rapport à la saison dernière ! Liljegren : https://twitter.com/T0r0nt0Dan/status/1422682378070286341
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Just gonna pin a comment. Coming off vacation and hadn’t read the most recent news on Price’s injury. So apparently he will start the season? Just to add to what I said about Montreal near the end, they lost Danault, Tatar, Weber is pretty beat up. They added some players, but i don’t see them being better or just as good. They squeaked into the North division last year so I don’t see them being a playoff team in the Atlantic. Maybe around 90 points. Not awful by any means. Built for the playoffs, but need to make it there. Lost key players who helped them get there last year.
Josh Ho-Sang will be playing with JT. Looking for JT to have his best year next year, and Ho-Sang may top 100 points. Would like to see Ritchie play with Marner and Matthews. The average beer leaguer could score 15 + 15 if skaking on the the M&M line. I'm curious to find out what a bit of pugnacity looks likes with the 2 boy-banders.
Thanks for thoughtful analysis
I do hope that Nick Robertson blossoms into an NHL star this season. He and his brother are amongst the best young players.
They better be ready to bear their souls!!!!!!👀😏😝🤣🤞🌟😎🤘🍻🇨🇦
Standing still makes it worse. Goalie goalie goalie and some more defence.
I'm just tired of the same old same old every year, fans get hopeful with some changes but same result after the first round!! Nothing more to say until they actually at least make the finals, if not a championship!
Why not have a 3rd/ 4th line with Engval.Kampf. Mikheyev. Then a line with Kerfoot centering Spezza and Kase or Simmons. If Robertson makes the league, this would be a good home for him also.
The 3rd line would have a real identity. They would be a pure shutdown line, full of fast, long players who can’t score a lick. Throw them out against other top lines for 10-12 minutes a night.
Then have a line with guys that can really score. Kerfoot is a good defensive center, but he needs to play off of other guys to generate offense. That is why he was good in the playoffs, because he was playing with Neylander. With Spezza and Kase, this would be an elite offensive 4th line, and they should dominate the 12 minutes they get a night.
If you worry about paying a 4th line center 3.5 million for 12 minutes a night, don’t worry, he will pick up more time on the PK and potentially on the second PP.
I think this line up will really help the bottom 3 lines by giving them well defined roles, and playing them with people that accentuate their strengths.
Kase Mathews Marner Ritchie Tavares Nylander Bunting Kerfoot Mikheyev Simmonds Kampf Spezza extra Engval . . Reilly Brodie Muzzin Holl Dermott Sandin extra Dalstrom
Still think they need to go after Dvorak…..this team's problem was scoring in the playoffs so having a 3rd line of Dvorak with Spezza at RW and one of Robertson or Ritchie on LW might be better…checking line could be Simmonds,Kampt,Kase) if he stays healthy of maybe if it works cap wise Mikheyev….also would like an upgrade on RD over Dermott….all in all still to early to decide if they are better….i think they might be but to many unknowns including in net….at least they did not sign a guy like Thornton to boost jersey sales to help offset the missed gate sales from not having fans in building.
so that's how it is we are going to assess how good this team is based on off season acquisitions sorry that ship sailed only playoff success will determine that now
I think they're slightly better
No team has ever won a Stanley Cup without one of the top 3 goalies in the league – not just counting on a mediocre one to get hot.
poor sad leaf fans. another year of denial.
Kurtis Gabriel should be in the Leafs line.
We all know that the core four can't do it on their own. They need other pieces. So when Marner and Matthews go MIA in the playoffs can Ritchie or Kampf step up and lay a huge hit or score a big goal? We know Spezza can, and he's really the only surplus they've got. Everybody else on the supporting cast has been a bust.
I look at the Leafs as being slightly improved only due to addition by subtraction. The forward group is worse because Hyman is gone and it will take a long time to properly replace him but the goaltending is better because Andersen is gone and Campbell is the new #1. Mrazek is only a little better than Andersen but he won't be asked to play as much so that will help. The defense is a lot better with Bogosian out because he sucked worse than a used vacuum cleaner and Sandin can fill his spot easily and he will be much better.
its funny how dubas is adding players and personell from the greyhounds a team that won 1 yes only 1 division championship ,as long as the leafs have the management they have right now they will never ever win anything period
On paper, I think Toronto is actually a better team than they were last year, but I still have one big concern: goaltending; namely, can Petr Mrazek stay healthy and, if not, is Jack Campbell capable shouldering the majority of the workload? That said, losing Zach Hyman hurts the team in terms of his work ethic, penalty killing, etc. but he might be replaceable by committee (i.e.: Bunting, Kampf, and Ritchie).
Of course, any/all of the roster changes means absolutely NOTHING until the Leafs players change their attitude – namely: develop a killer instinct! Too many times in the past three or four years have they had a playoff opponent on the ropes, only to end up losing the series. You have the opposition at your mercy in the playoffs? Do what the successful teams do: finish them off with extreme prejudice!
Team looks very similar
Like to see Josh Ho-Sang reunite with Tavaras again on same line!
Its nice to have guys who are hungry but who im worried with arent cough cough Marner. This guy needs to step up this season now that were not stuck in the division and have to see the lightning or the avs.
I think they're better
The question is, can they win a round with this roster?
Straight answer to the title question: no not close. Can they be a good team – maybe but the stars now really have to be the stars. They have no improvements on their roster anywhere – none. They have lots of hope and hope never pans out. When the hope for a dynamic winger are 2 young players guys(Kampf & Bunting) not tendered by other bad teams – ouch. And Nick Ritchie is just plain bad. When you are banking on a hope and a prayer in the NHL you finish poorly every time. Unless John Tavares can CARRY this team he's not worth 11 million and should be dealt asap – colossal blunder by Dubas and company. But you've all heard these rants before. The wait will continue. 2021/22 is not gonna be their year(again). Doom and Gloom right here.
Maybe maybe not, proof is in the playoffs. Go leafs go.
I think the defense for the buds this year will be key. Forwards we have a lot of depth . We need long hard minutes from muzzin , Reilly and Holl specifically without injury in a perfect world .
This team has taken an even further step.back this off-season. Prior to managing the leafs, what NHL experience does Kyle Dubas have? He has none. 0% NHL experience before taking over the biggest franchise in the NHL. This guy has done nothing but get destroyed on contract negotiations and fleeced on every deal. "I believe in this team, I believe we can win a cup." Jesus christ this team has sunk already.
Ur channel is so underrated 😕
Worse, far worse.
Worse!!!
It’s so funny hearing u leaf fans saying the leafs are better this year then last year lol
Better or worse for what? It’s a better marketing team yes, sports team no.
Leafs don’t build hockey team, they building teams for marketing. They signed Thornton for a million and probably made more than $1 million in jersey sales for just him easy.
The pure analytics BS Dubas did is breaking down in front of them and it’s no surprise.
Worse. No cup anytime soon . I’m 44. If I lived to be 110 I still won’t get to see the Leafs win a Cup.
Aint.
Gonna
Happen.
the leafs are as bad now as they always have been. 5 straight years of not winning a single series. Stop having faith in this core. It doesn't work. It never has, and it never will. If Marner hasnt figured out how to play hockey in the playoffs after half a decade, then he never will. Simple as that. The team doesn't care, and they don't have the will to win. Every year you guys believe. Ever.Single.Year. And it never, EVER changes. It never has in over 50 years, and it never will. This franchise is a deadend.
This year will be all about the rookies,and how they will prove themselves,good luck to them they gonna need it 👍
Do Leafs suck or Blow? THIS SEASON?
You're dreaming if you think the D is better. It's not even close. Sandin is small, slow and poor defensively. You should stop overrating him. They have zero depth on the back end with a competent top 4. Any injuries to their top 4 and they're screwed. Lijigren is also still a smaller Dman at 6'1" 200 lbs. Check out the size of Tampa's and Montreal's Defense in the Cup Final. Muzzin is barely average size in those D-cores and he's by far the heaviest Leafs.
they are definitely worse this year. they were had their height in 2019/2020.
A 1st and a 3rd for Nick Foligno lmao lmao lmao. And leafs fans actually cheered that trade last year. I am a leafs fan and I am still fuming over the idiocy of it. hated it from day 1
I dont see how you could think the Leafs are going to be better… Nick Ritchie is a decent addition, but a step down from Hyman. The bottom 6 might work on an AHL roster, but youre just going to see another year of 23+ minutes from top 6 players.. John Tavares coming back shouldnt be a big deal, but he is a year older than he was last year. Losing Bogosian also hurts the depth.
The reason the Leafs lose every year is that coaches make Matthews and Marner play 25 minutes per night during the regular season, and theyre exhausted by the first round of the playoffs.. Nothing changes this year, as they have even less depth than last year. Jack Campbell needs another year of Vezina type play to make this team competitive in their division. They are not contenders, and you couldnt even say they're a lock for the playoffs..
If you think youre finishing 2nd in the Atlantic division, youre completely and utterly batshit crazy insane. Completely delusional lol
One word says it all.WORSE
STILL WEEK ON THE DEFENSE NEED A SHEA WEBER