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1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

Lost to an average team.

Geez, that was deserved. Did not play well.

Damn. Has a prior engagement for the last two periods(Banshees of Inisherin). We looked sharp in the first and the little bit of the second I saw. Too bad we fell off. Was it the D or was it Freddie?

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23 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Damn. Has a prior engagement for the last two periods(Banshees of Inisherin). We looked sharp in the first and the little bit of the second I saw. Too bad we fell off. Was it the D or was it Freddie?

Both. Easily both. Team looked tired. Leafs didn’t look good. Freddie just let the softest goal I have ever seen. Raanta is better this year so far.  

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Freddie's save percentage is atrocious thus far. Of course, some of that has to do with him not seeing a lot of shots. But, last night as an example, he only saw 21 shots and let 3 in. 1 was soft, the third was amateur hour stuff. No matter if Slavin got worked, there's no way that goal should have slid under that easily.

And let's talk about Slavin's play.... it's suffering with Brent Burns on the other side. Slavin is not comfortable with Burns and he seems to be working overtime trying to cover for Burns. Burns will make a good play, but he'll also make 3 bad ones in between the good ones. Toney DeAngelo got away with being a little more aggressive and jumping in on occasion or pinching deep, but he has the speed and quickness to make up for it. Burns does not. Slavin doesn't trust him yet, and it's costing the team defense.

The team's issues right now are the blue line, specifically the Slavin-Burns pair and Chatfield. The new guys are still developing trust and the pairings are not comfortable with each other yet. I wouldn't mind seeing Chatfield on the bench for a couple games and let Coghlan get some ice time.

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