[Alter] Sheldon Keefe not concerned that his team goes into the playoffs on a 4-game losing streak: “I couldn’t even tell you the score of any of those games, including tonight.” Also admitted he was scouting Bruins footage between periods. Focused on what is next.

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1. He couldn’t tell you the score of tonight’s game? Early onset dementia?

2. This isn’t making me feel any better, or particularly positive.

3. NGL, that’s pretty funny.

4. When the Avs won the cup a few years ago they only had 4 wins in their last 10.

5. Yeah we already know there is no pride involved in this organization.

6. The only good thing about another potential humiliating loss to Boston is I’ll never have to see this fucking dullard coaching the Leafs again. I can’t fucking believe he’s still here and Treliving didn’t fire him before the season. Don’t give me that “there was no one else” BS. Laviolette was right there before the President’s Trophy winning Rangers scooped him up.

7. I believe it. The goal was to not get injured im pretty sure they werent playing 100 effort last few games

8. Can’t wait til you get shit canned after another series of getting out coached

9. Was he drunk?? Scouting Bruins footage? WTF !we already know who and what they are. He should be worrying about what his team is doing on the ice not the Bruins. Some of those games were for home ice advantage, what a joke.

10. First big brain thing he’s said in a bit. He needs to be more like Coop in instilling some confidence in them and not dogging his team every chance he gets

11. Good. This is what he has to say. There’s no other acceptable answer going into the playoffs as the coach of the biggest team with the biggest fanbase and most media coverage.

    I, on the other hand, feel quite pessimistic.

12. He should be scouting OHL job openings because that’s where he’ll be next fall.

13. This is not going to age well. I can feel it.

14. Devils – They were pissed off the Leafs eliminated them the week before

    Detroit – fighting for their playoff lives while the Leafs were aiming for a very very slim chance at home ice in the 1st round.

    Florida – Leafs were locked into 3rd place and Florida was had 1st in the Atlantic on the Line. Also everyone and their mum knew they were gonna try feeding 34 all night to get him to 70. I think even this years Sharks would be able to defend them knowing that only 34 will be shooting.

    Tampa – Same story as Florida. They knew everyone would be trying to get 34 on the board, which makes defending their offense significantly easier as they can leave openings since everyone would be trying to get 34 a goal.

    At least the last 3 losses involved the Leafs in some way experimenting, trying to get 34 to 70, and not really caring about the score since it had no implications for their playoff positioning.

    NJ you could argue was the only meaningfull loss as the Leafs still had a pretty good chance to leapfrog Florida at the time and possibly even the slim chance at 1st in the Atlantic.

    I’m not saying we should ignore this, but if you also look at the penalty board and the type of defence they were playing, at least half those penalties won’t be called in the playoffs and the defence they were playing and hits they threw were pretty vicious. Even that Domi can opener that costed the Leafs the Detroit game is a 50/50 on if the refs call that in the playoffs, possibly even closer to 70/30 they don’t if it’s past game 4.

15. Man some people in this sub need serious mental help. In a game that doesn’t matter where everyone is going out of their way to feed matthews and playing nonchalant you equate that to how they will play in the playoffs.

    Have you ever worked a day in your life where you knew how the week would end so on a slow Friday phone it in? That’s what this is.

    I agree if they play like this they will get dominated but I don’t think at all they were even remotely trying to play playoff hockey. They were just trying to get matthews the goal

16. …and Martin Jones in goal.

17. Regular season honestly doesn’t matter what so ever, sure if you get hot at the end of the season you might be better going into the playoffs but I still believe in us