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LFR18 – Maple Leafs vs Wild Recap – MILD – Game 51



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Steve Dangle recaps and analyzes Game 51 of the Toronto Maple Leafs season against the Minnesota Wild.

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44 Comments

  1. Matthews asks fans to be louder and then he loses 2 straight at home. The fans will scream when you give them something to scream for! Winning one round in 8 years dosent give you asking rights

  2. The definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and OVER, and expecting a different outcome…. WE NEED TO MAKE TRADES! WE NEED GOALS! GO TO THE NET!!!!!!!

  3. Do net crashers have a higher chance of getting injured? Probably. Hit by slap shots, abused by defense, mangled in collisions… So yeah, the leafs are temporarily missing that which they are most likely to lose.

  4. I'm kind of curious about why the leafs haven't been mentioned as potential suitors for Petersson/Miller. Obviously some big salary would have to go back, but it could be the big shakeup this team needs.

  5. This is exactly what the Avs have were looking at when they decided to set that internal cap and ship Rantanen off.

  6. It’s kind of funny when u can predict the leafs game within the first 5 minutes into the game the way they play that knowingly 90% the leaf’s are going to lose …it’s beyond comprehension that leaf’s control the leafs organization by 68% n 32% management. That tells me that leaf players really are there for the money n not for the love of hockey . I’ll never will see Stanley in my lifetime sadly enough 😢

  7. The Ducks are proving this point the best. Undefeated in regulation, as long as they score 3 or more. In today's NHL you can't rely on good D and Tendy to win you games…. You need to SCORE

  8. The Leafs were never comfortable being in 1st place. They are trying so hard to be in last place, where they feel more comfortable. Go Leafs! Last place. You can do it!!!!

  9. OK, lifelong Leafs Fan here. I still like this version of the Leafs to have the possibility of a run in the playoffs. Yes, we need Stolarz, Tavares, Knies and in general dudes to be healthy, but the Leafs should’ve won tonight. Hockey is an imperfect game; bounces tips, etc. not sure what Reilly is up to. Seems flat. Domi…shoot the puck. Steve, great entertainment and observations per usual.

  10. I have been screaming THEY CANT SCORE from the hilltops for about 4 years now. While everyone was screaming blah blah DEFENSE blah blah, the problem was always obvious they could NEVER SCORE in a Game 7 – Now that problem is finally showing its ugly head in the regular season. Hopefully they stop worrying about the defense (which has been perfectly fine for years now, especially in the playoffs) and address the real issue. SCORING.

  11. Berube is a bad coach. He won with pietro, orielly and a all time heater from a goalie and has done nothing else. He was my overcorrection nightmare hire the minute his name was floated. This is the least I’ve believed in this team. They could have had Evanson….uuuuugggghhhhhhhhhh
    Only reason they had a shot at the division is the drop off of everyone else. If you could force him to waive im at the point you send Marner to Vancouver to Miller+

  12. Steve I love that you sign “thank you” every time, I noticed it a few vids back and I don’t know if it’s intentional or just a built in move you do now. ❤

  13. Time to end the Matthews on the penalty kill experiment. Not because he is not good, but not sure he has the engine for thins and it seems to be hurting his offence and we need him scoring goals.

  14. Not that I'm blaming him. But Willy somehow gets 2 or 3 breakaways a game but I swear he doesnt score on them ever, again not blaming him but it just feels wild

  15. Bérubé can’t control the amount of powder these guys do on a regular basis. I think Austin need to be moved.. maybe go collab on an album with Justin Bieber…. NHL heroes are not blasted in dark looking tattoos…..

  16. Leafs are simply too thin at center. Nylander is forced to do everything by himself with Holmberg and Domi as his linemates with the exception of maybe 3-5 shifts in a game where those two string together some good plays by accident. They need a 3C that can plausibly fill in as 2C when there are injuries and another forward that actually goes to the net on the third line. Think Gourde or Granlund plus a Trent Frederic type.

    Even then it doesn't really matter because the problem in the playoffs will remain the same: they can't score. They have no threats whatsoever from the blueline (as evidenced by being dead last in goals from defensemen). In the playoffs that allows their opponent to simply defend down low in the zone putting the leafs in a 3v5 down low where they are always outnumbered. Puck comes to the D at the point? That's fine, no need to challenge because there isn't a scoring threat. Teams don't adjust to their opponent like that in the regular season, but in the playoffs they will and their already meager scoring will dry up.

  17. Starting to feel like we aren't making the playoffs this year are only hope is Stolarz he knows how to get this team going he's a brick wall

  18. As a fresh Toronto man out in Alberta, I really hope the Maple Leafs show up on Saturday night. If they drop the ball I will be hearing about it all month at work. 😅

  19. Marner isn’t the problem… it’s MR Hollywood himself…. Austin has to go… clearly only here for the money.

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