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Agree they need to give Laughton some steady time with consistent linemates who have some actual hockey ability. The lines from David Alter are one way to go about it. Another option I was thinking of was something like Domi-Matthews-Marner McMann-Tavares-Nylander Knies-Laughton-Robertson...

Yawn.

They still have the problem of - what the hell are they trying to do with the bottom 6? It's a collection of spare parts with no identity. They've never solved the problem of what those lines are supposed to accomplish. They don't really have a shut-down line, they don't have a crash/bang line...

Anyone reading this forum knows this to be true so no, I won't be providing evidence. It's all here.

Disagree. You just don't like it when people challenge anything you say.

I'll get over it when they actually win something. Until then - nope.

This has been the approach the whole season. No wonder they're so bad at 6 on 5.

Duh? But how many of the Leaf top players are out of the lineup tonight? None and they still shit the bed against a non-playoff team. Same old story with this group, no matter how some of you brainiacs try to spin it.

Is Matthews missing right now? Leafs are totally healthy except for Pacioretty. Braniacs.

Hmm, let's see....missing Tkachuk and Ekblad, won the Cup last year. Good comparison.

One of these days I'll learn not to watch games against non-playoff teams.

Their team defense has been really bad this year, goalies have been up and down, some forwards have really under-performed (Zib, Kreider, Lafreniere has not become the game breaker they thought he would), and it sounds like there has been some internal "issues" that were associated with all the...

I have no idea what's been going on with him but he looked a lot more like his old self last night. I don't put too much stock in the Calgary game as they pretty much suck, but he more than held his own against one of the best players in the league last night. Fingers crossed that it continues...

After going back and forth about it, I decided to watch the game last night. Figured if it looked like "another one of those nights" I'd turn it off after the first 5 or 10 minutes. Instead, it turned out to be one of the good "one of those nights." Nice to see the team come out and put away an...

Based on what I've been watching, Holmberg seems to relish the role of getting in the corners, banging bodies and fighting for the puck. McMann, who seems like he should be better at the role based on his size and speed, seems less interested. I think that is the difference. He would prefer to...

Back to the security blanket for Berube. I will say one thing, I think Holmberg has been more effective than McMann lately (I was actually thinking maybe McMann should sit a game) but I still don't really like having him in the top-6. And now we seem to have two over-priced 4th line centers in...

Yes, it is still there for the taking (first overall and a non-Florida first round opponent). Do they have it in them to do what it takes to achieve that? We can argue back and forth about it but they will tell us starting tonight (though I think they already have).

You have to go back to 1967 to find a comparable to Marner on a cup winning team? That says a lot right there. I certainly believe there is a world where a team can win a cup with Mitch Marner as a first or second line player. I don't think that team is the Leafs and it may never be, simply...

You don't have to buy it, but the players and coaches are talking about it and it's been an issue for years now. Deny it if you want though. Jarnkrok, come on - he's never been close to being an impact player in the playoffs. He's ok during the regular season but a non-factor at crunch time...

Oh, I bet there are some issues. I think the realization that management basically wanted to swap out Marner for Rantanen was a real wake-up call that rattled Marner and probably his buddies (esp Matthews, I don't think Nylander cares about any of it). He hasn't looked the same since that news...