Post Game Thread: Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs – 12 May 2023

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1. Worst part of this series loss is that at no point did anyone on the Leafs even appear to get angry. I didn’t see any emotion at all.

2. ‪At least we know Woll is the goalie of the future ‬

3. Score 10 goals in 5 games you are lucky to win 1 game.

4. Hope Sheldon gets canned by tommorrow at noon

5. Aside from all the usual talking points, something that wasn’t nearly talked about enough was that aside from Rielly we pretty much had no offence from the defence. In this series alone Florida got goals from Ekblad, Montour, and Forsling. Think of all those chances to shoot when it was on the stick of Holl, Schenn, or McCabe and nothing would ever materialize.

   Edit: Since I guess I didn’t make my point clear enough. **Yes the core four were not good enough and they should take most of the blame.** I’m just simply pointing out ASIDE from that there was a serious lack of offensive contribution from our blueline. And yes I’m aware the guys I mentioned aren’t there for offence. THAT’S MY POINT! Is that Rielly is literally the only defenceman we have that can contribute anything offensively.

6. Absolutely fucking brutal way to go out.

   Fuck the refs. Fuck the NHL, and I cannot believe that nobody even took a single shot at Sam Bennett. Just heartbreaking all around.

7. Absolute bullshit. The Leafs got screwed over that goal counted, that bullshit penalty, that icing my god.

   only one thing is certain: the core 4 era is over.

   FUCK THE REFS

8. 7 straight games with 2 goals.

   Fuck the Big Four (minus Nylander).

9. I’m angry with myself for ever believing that this team could win a championship.

10. Give Matthews a million dollar raise for every goal he scored in that series.

11. Bring back ROR, Acciari, Schenn, Kampf. Fire Keefe. Shake it up with a big trade.

12. That pick by Gudas was more obvious than the one by Holl last year fitting ending honestly

13. They’ve only showed the replay once but Gudas is holding Jarnkroks stick on the goal what a fucking joke

14. I am inspired to start officiating again. Seems like I will be NHL level after a few weeks of getting back into it.

15. I’m hoping we can acquire some goal scorers before next playoffs. We could have really used some of those for these playoffs.

16. Done with the core wouldn’t bat an eye if they got rid of guys..you can make the playoffs without 90 pt players. So what good is it when they don’t show up when it matters.

17. Woll is my number #1 goalie next year

18. * Nylander has earned an extension and an A.
    * Rielly has redeemed his regular season and should be the given the C.
    * Samsanov and Woll is a great 1-2.

    EVERYONE ELSE CAN GO. That includes the 3 $11 M players and Keefe.

    *Edit: Acciari, Schenn, Kampf, O’Reilly & Lafferty get some love too.*

19. Resign Nylander. Only core four player to come in clutch this series. Rest of them can fuck off.

20. 2 fucking years in a row we’ve had a goal called back in an elimination game. I am so fucking sick of being a Leafs fan. This shit just isn’t fair.

21. Auston had one more goal in these entire playoffs than he did in his first NHL game.

22. I am a hockey noob, but is the guy allowed to just grab & hold the Leafs player’s stick on the OT goal? Was that a missed penalty?

23. As an Avs fan…..I’m appalled by this game.

    The refs turned it from a hockey game into a clown show. An argument can be made that you should’ve won games 1, 2, or 3, but it’s hard to do that when the refs hate you.

    Good luck next year, hope we meet in the 2024 Finals.

24. Textbook can opener on Jarnkrok to prevent him from challenging the shot. What a shit league.

25. Matthews is becoming known as somebody who just cannot perform when it counts. Just absolute failure. I get he’s not McDavid, but 0 goals in 5 games is absolutely unacceptable.

26. Where were Matthew’s, Marner and Tavares this series?

27. I hope Dubas is back, I hope ROR is back, I hope Schenn is back, I hope Nylander is back, the rest can go and eat shit for all I care, what an embarrassing effort from this team all series

    Matthews 0 goal performance, team can’t score more then 2 goals a series, fuck off, changes NEED to be made, this is embarassing

28. Sad truth is Keefe got outcoached in every single series we played over the years.

29. May as well just get rid of talent and just bring in goons. That’s a winning formula in the east.

30. terrible way to go out. i feel for woll, he was great.

    otherwise, that one hurts a lot. i feel for all you other fans, especially those who’ve been watching since like the 70s and this is all you know. decades of shit.

    i’ve only been watching since the early 90s but even i’m feeling all that baggage.

    imagine sitting through the jfj and burke eras and this is where we’d be?

    what do you even do at this point

31. Blatant holding the stick by Gudas on Jarnkrok as he’s driving the net. But hey, totally legal hockey play.

    This shit was way more blatant than the pick Holl ran last year against TBL. At least with Holl, you can argue he’s stupid enough to actually set that pick up by accident.

    You don’t accidentally grab onto the defender’s stick and render them useless on the play.

    Bush league shit.

32. This will get buried, but I just don’t know how many times you can run back this same core and expect something different? Dubas does a good to fantastic job adding pieces around those giant contracts every year. But all that money and skill, just isn’t taking over for playoff success. Trading Matthews, Mitch, or JT sounds like absolutely insanity. Keeping them also sounds like absolute insanity. And I just don’t friggin’ know. After so many years, how can you think this will suddenly work? I mean it could sure, but why would you believe that now it finally will? They’ve got to at least ditch Keefe, but I just don’t know how trading one of the 10+ guys plays out practically.

33. It’s been a long year. 93 puck drops, almost all of which were post-midnight in Ireland, I wouldn’t change it for anything. It’s been a pleasure, see you all in October.

34. Honestly, that’s it. Don’t run this shit back. Just turn the page and start anew with what you can.

    I think about the winless-century for the Cubs. The way I see it, we’re about 40 years away.

35. The leafs are such a tease..jerk me off till Im about the cum then slap my balls.

36. Can we be honest here and say that this was the most frustrating, unwatchable playoff run EVER from the Leafs? Every game except for game 2 vs Tampa, has been a slog