[POSTGAME] Tampa Bay Imbeciles @ Toronto Maple Leafs – 11/6/23 – The One Where We’re Fucking Stupid Yet Again

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1. I think I’ve seen this episode before

2. pain

3. Bruh. What is this hot garbage OT funk we can’t break out of.

4. I’m not surprised but I’m still fucking pissed.

5. What the fuck are we doing

6. This is on the defense and a bit on Jojo he let in some softies tonight.

7. Mental midgets. The Leafs just own this team. It’s pathetic.

8. It’s just comical at this point. We need 6+ to win against a non bottom-feeder team and there’s still a chance we go to OT, which is a guaranteed loss. I get it, the team isn’t as good as they once were, but this is more than just personnel issues. Our defense is in complete shambles since we lost Lalonde and whatever the fuck Blashill is doing isn’t helping. Glad to get a point, but honestly I would rather lose outright than keep choking away huge leads to the team we’re playing in round 1, assuming we even make the playoffs.

9. Im sorry Kucherov you deserved better. You are absolutely carrying this team rn

10. I hate OT now lol

11. johansson was not good, de haan and perbix continue to be not good, why the fuck is watson in the lineup, ot was shit (obligatory)

    fuck me, see you tomorrow

12. This team can’t expect anything until they begin playing 60 minutes and stop losing their heads. Up 1 goal to begin the third we had our own player assist their goal with a stupid pass out of the zone and then gave up a breakaway right after the face off. Just terrible mental mistakes. Not to even mention whatever the hell OT is.

13. Annual Bolts early game domination of Toronto just to choke it in OT.

    Serious note whichever assistant is in charge of the OT schemes needs to go. 13 OT losses in a row, at least 4 of them in a row where we have a puck possession time under 10 seconds. Figure it the fuck out.

14. The Lightning have now lost 11 straight games that end in OT. 8 of them are in 3 on 3 (regular season) and 3 of them are in the playoffs vs Toronto. Last overtime win was December 3, 2022 vs Toronto.

15. At this point (like 6 OT losses ago) this shit is on Cooper. He needs to figure it out.

16. Serious question: what the fuck is this team doing in practice? We’ve played this exact same fucking game three times now against this team.

    What can Cooper even say to this group at this point? You’d think having this happen once (in the playoffs no less) would be embarrassing and demoralizing enough for it to never happen again. But nope, it happens a second time when we blow a 3-1 lead. Surely there’s no way in hell any self-respecting team could possibly let it happen again, right? Welp.

17. Fucking. Pathetic. ELEVEN FUCKING OVERTIME LOSSES IN A ROW. IDK HOW MANY GAMES WHERE WE HAD MULTI GOAL LEADS AND THEN PROCEED TO LOSE IN OT JUST TO TORONTO.

    Mentioned in the Pregame chat that Matthews and Woll were the only things holding this Toronto team together right now and that we just needed to make sure just one of them didn’t have a good game. What happened? Oh they just both had great games…

18. I had such a good fucking feeling going into this OT. I truly did.

19. HAGEL BAILS US OUT AGAIN AND Y’ALL REWARD HIM BY DOING THAT AGAIN?????

    Honestly whoever is in charge of OT on this team needs to fired. Immediately. Preferably dumped in Lake Ontario.

20. Eyssimont scratched was a dumb decision

21. Every time. Obligatory “at least we got a point that we probably shouldn’t have” but still like jeez it’s like Groundhog Day against the Leafs

22. Cooper needs to provide answers and accountability after another meltdown.

23. Sergachev is not playing up to his contract. The guy needs to get his head out of his ass. You’re not a Russian superstar buddy.

24. The fuck was Sergechev doing on that OT goal? He’s just skatin around no one in particular with his dick out.

    Also, Johansson has been better than I’d expected but his rebound control is nonexistent.

    But Motte looked really good.

25. Only cup Auston Matthews will ever lift is the Pedo Moustache of the Year Ceremonial Cup

26. It’s a mental problem against Toronto and in OT at this point. Don’t know how to fix that but they need to get out of their heads.

    If you need to hear the positives:
    -we play again tomorrow, no need to sit in this too long with another 2 divisional points up for grabs
    -we don’t play Toronto again until April so we can ignore that problem for now at least
    -Motte looked really good and it’ll be nice to have him back
    -Toronto is a good team that desperately needed a win and was going to play hard regardless, and we still got a point which is more than I thought we would going into today’s game, it just felt like a scheduled loss

    Now put Mikey and Bogo back in tomorrow and take care of the next few games.

27. Not making excuses for anyone, but in the beging of the season I think we would all agree that every point we earned without Vasy would be huge. Well we are earning a lot of loser points, but points nonetheless. They all count at the end of the season.
    Regardless we need to get our shot together.

    *shit

28. At least we aren’t San Jose fans. That’s my only saving grace.

29. The Stamkos contract situation is a bigger issue than what I thought. Something is off with him, and it shows.

30. Uh, what happened to our long summer to rest and recharge? We look stupid and slow – no cycle play, dumb turnovers in the neutral zone, and I can’t even count how many easy tap ins we’ve given up

    Vasy will have to seriously bail this team out to get us into the playoffs.

31. Can anyone explain to me what happened on the marner goal where Hedman wasn’t allowed to change for the face off so they decided to make the change right after causing him to be late to get to marner. I don’t get it. I thought you could do a full change after a goal for a center ice face off?

32. Hell, three years ago an OT game was a sure thing for the Bolts, now it’s just sure agony.

    Is this a scheme issue? Confidence? Conditioning? Something needs to change. They’re not a bad team and it’s still early, but so much about this team seems off and inconsistent.

33. Real question- WTF STAMKOS? Where have you been?

34. This team is just middle of the pack now. Can’t hold onto a lead and can’t push back when it counts. This team only beats the bottom teams and can’t win against the good teams. They can’t lock anything down when they really need to. I’m going to guess a wild card spot is the best we can hope for.