Consistently bad special teams.
- Aetherial

0/5 on PP

pathetic

I feel like the Leafs are the better team. Special teams and a better goalie probably mean the Bruins win this though. Especially when you throw in the ref factor
- PlatosRepucklic

Leafs are more talented, but maybe not "better". They cannot manage a game to save their lives.

Consistently bad special teams.
- Aetherial

Agreed.

Even in game management, you don’t ignore an infraction that allows an open net goal to seal a game.

Refs established one minute earlier they weren’t putting the whistles away.

Until they did to let Marchand haul down a Leaf to score on an open net.
- Atomic Wedgie

It was interference and it was pretty flagrant.

Pretty tough to win when you are on the wrong side of the PP, PK stats and goaltending.

FraKinG WeaSeL caN’T eVeN gRow A bEArD!

It was interference and it was pretty flagrant.

Pretty tough to win when you are on the wrong side of the PP, PK stats and goaltending.
- Aetherial

Just got in. Did the Leafs get jobbed by gary's boys or did they deserve to lose?

We really do need to get Nylander back. He might have been the difference maker tonight. I don’t think Marner is all the way back from that injury.

total poop

better goalie is going to win the series
- senstroll

Yeah, why don't the Leafs get a better goalie?

Just got in. Did the Leafs get jobbed by gary's boys or did they deserve to lose?
- LordHumungous

Found a way to lose.

Lilligren needs to go. He is afraid to just go back and move the puck. Getting tired of him trying the reverse hit and getting owned with a turnover.

Hope Matthews is OK. He missed morning skate this morning. Was not really skating well/hard tonight.

Marner gets a point and everyone thinks he was great. At least his turnovers were very visible tonight.

Leafs are more talented, but maybe not "better". They cannot manage a game to save their lives.
- fifty__missions

Player vs. player matchups they have the better forwards, but I would give the Defense and goalie to Boston.

Nylander, and also McMann starts to make the forwards pretty close.

The game management thing is probably what I see as terrible coaching.

Did Matthews even play? I only saw the third and he was invisible
- drexel

He looked sick tonight. Head down on the bench. Probably what Willie has

We really do need to get Nylander back. He might have been the difference maker tonight. I don’t think Marner is all the way back from that injury.
- shack67

They were talking about how his edgework isn't what it usually is on the broadcast tonight. He's not been good this series. I'd imagine he's still injured

Just got in. Did the Leafs get jobbed by gary's boys or did they deserve to lose?
- LordHumungous

Some messy refereeing for sure, cost them a goal against. Lot more than that went wrong though.

He looked sick tonight. Head down on the bench. Probably what Willie has
- Leafsmart

no way Willy is sick if hes practicing with them

Just got in. Did the Leafs get jobbed by gary's boys or did they deserve to lose?
- LordHumungous

Both.

Woulda been nice to see them play on even ice.

For me, the TSN turning point was Leafs on powerplay, scramble in front of Bruins’ net, B’s D smothers the puck with closed glove. No call.

5 on 3 would have given the Leafs’ PP a chance to get jumpstarted.

Player vs. player matchups they have the better forwards, but I would give the Defense and goalie to Boston.

Nylander, and also McMann starts to make the forwards pretty close.

The game management thing is probably what I see as terrible coaching.
- Aetherial

Coaching is part of it. But there are repeated stupid mistakes, misreads, blown coverages, inability to maintain focus/composure, etc. that are simply poor decisions by players. They handle transitions in games - after they score a goal, beginning and ends of periods - worse than any team I can remember.

0/5 on PP

pathetic
- senstroll

It’s only $50mil worth of players that have been practicing the pp for years, what do you expect?

Yeah, why don't the Leafs get a better goalie?
- Glak18

Probably a 24/7 question most likely

0-5 on the PP was the dealbreaker. We're not going to get another game like that again either, so if they stick with Swayman -- and they'd be stupid not to -- we're cooked. Bruins in 5.
- gravyface

They need to show up on the powerplay like they’re down 2 goals. No intensity. Cutesy stuff doesn’t get you anywhere in the playoffs.

Yeah, why don't the Leafs get a better goalie?
- Glak18

preferably one that can score

Just got in. Did the Leafs get jobbed by gary's boys or did they deserve to lose?
- LordHumungous

Leafs weren’t good enough. 0/5 on the pp was the seal breaker.

They need to show up on the powerplay like they’re down 2 goals. No intensity. Cutesy stuff doesn’t get you anywhere in the playoffs.
- bryant

How many times did the puck die on 16's stick tonight on the PP.

Leafs weren’t good enough. 0/5 on the pp was the seal breaker.
- bryant

i had a work drinking event. breaking the seal was a game changer

They need to show up on the powerplay like they’re down 2 goals. No intensity. Cutesy stuff doesn’t get you anywhere in the playoffs.
- bryant

Agreed. The PP only works when the puck is moving very quickly and drawing opposition out of position. When it's static there is zero deception.