PNW_PantherMan

Yea we haven't sustained the offensive zone at all. 1 and done shots when we can get a shot off at all.

Super weak call wut?

Hopefully Nikishin will be ready to fill some of those shoes and we can pickup someone else in FA or something.

Our top 4 defensemen just aren't that good besides Slavin. Burns and Orlov are washed.

Nobody scared of Aho man. I love him but it’s not his job.

The fact that nobody on the team went for blood after the Blake hit is a huge problem with this roster. You think Marchand is gonna stand around if someone does that to Verhagre?

Top line is in milk carton territory at this point

Ready to watch us pass the puck from point to point for 5 min?

He should get a game misconduct and a suspension but he won’t

DDT into the boards like pro wrestling

Just take some heads at this point

I’ll take things Freddie would never do for 500 dollars

We are outmatched but a lot of it’s mental right now

As bleak as the series has looked. If we can somehow win tonight it’s only 1-2

Svech messing with Koochie wtf haha

Good kill

The Canes look better tonight. Unfortunate for the outrage narrative around Rod losing the locker room.

Jarvis

Can't wait

I don't really like the idea of adding Marner to a team that's only had issues in the playoffs. But no issues with the general idea.

Because playoff hockey and regular season hockey aren’t the same thing. It’s a combination of the game intensity being dialed up with loose officiating.

Yea they lost the SC finals 2 years ago to Vegas which plays the same way. Big neanderthal forwards that beat people up and score dirty goals.

How is Jaycee a stud but Mike Jackson is below replacement level? Their overall PFF grades from last year are almost identical. Our depth isn't great beyond that, but the position isn't a chasm of talent like pass rusher was last year.

To me the biggest problem under Rod is not bringing in some sort of power play expert as an assistant. It's inexcusable at this point. I think coaches raise the floor of a team and players determine the ceiling. Rod's coaching can get us to the dance but it's up to Aho, Jarvis, Svech, etc to take over the game and elevate the team in the biggest moments. When Aho is getting a wedgie while we give up 2 on 1s, I don't know what you want the coach to do. The NHL playoffs are just dirty as hell. They don't call hardly anything and you can basically just bully the other team the entire time. The teams that win the cup always have some element of their team that does that. Our team does not have that element.

So you would keep the Leafs core intact if you were their GM and just fire the coach? Rod isn't blameless and I'm not saying he's a perfect coach. I just don't think coaching is the reason we are losing this series. And if your main gripe is getting past the ECF hump, it starts with the guys on the ice. Bottom line is teams know they can bully the Canes for free and it's been a problem for years. I don't think that's a coaching problem.