Do The Maple Leafs Have A Goaltending Problem? | SDP

Do The Maple Leafs Have A Goaltending Problem? | SDP

Anthony Sters has been hoham. Uh, I would kill for hoham since the Kraken game. Is he tired? Is he hurt? Or is he shook? Cuz it ain’t good. He hasn’t been this bad in three years. No. Right. Like 925 with Florida, 926 last year with Toronto. Um, what is it? Seven straight games with a save percentage under 900. Eight. Oi. So the Leafs are they are hemorrhaging chances and like early in the season he was giving them performances that they just frankly didn’t deserve. The Rangers game in particular like holy holy hell. Um that uh that second one you guys are a little off on that. It’s four. Oh Drew had us the wrong stat then. That a boy, Drew. That was Drew. Yeah, but I I trust Drew’s stats. If I can’t trust Drew’s stats, come on. Crap. Look, everything was 8.97 last night, 833 against Buffalo, 8.82 against New Jersey, and then 857 against Seattle. And the game before the 966 against New York. Ah. Oh, that maybe it’s the Leafs like maybe it doesn’t matter. Uh it’s not that. Um, you would expect there to be a noticeable chasm between him and Primo, and there hasn’t been. Now, part of that is Primo’s been better than I thought, honestly. Um, but, uh, yeah, he signed this big extension, and the reason he was given it is because he’s been so good. Um, so that’s pretty concerning. Now, a goalie, a good goalie, an elite goalie will cover up a lot of flaws. And maybe that’s what he’s been doing this whole time, but boy, it’s a lot more pronounced when the puck actually goes in. And like Willie when when they lost three straight games last year, year before, don’t remember. And he goes, “It’s three games, what’s the big deal?” I was like, I’m gonna lose my mind if you don’t absolutely turn into the Tasmanian devil after saying that because if you lose a fourth straight Yeah. I’m going to light my own hair on fire and they win three straight and then he goes, “Yeah, what’s the big deal?” That was funny. Oh, watch their [ __ ] man. Awesome. That is how you back your [ __ ] up. Stallers, valid as his criticisms were, has not backed it up at all and that’s a concern right now. Yeah. Um Jess, I know you have Do you do you look at the game specifically though and kind of excuse it away cuz they got run by New Jersey? You know, New Jersey is a better team. Yes. The Seattle game, that was the game where it’s ugly. New Jersey, I was angry at the whole team. I don’t I don’t just put that on stallers last night. How many do you want? One back. One maybe. The the second goal there where Dolma gets beat and then the Buffalo game. Is that on stallers? Like do we remember any ugly ones? Uh well the one that they won was Primo. Yeah. Off the top of my head I can’t right now. But so I don’t know. It might just be a little fourame blip where there’s maybe a couple he wants back. But I don’t know if it’s panic. Yeah. And I’m not panicking. I just think he’s not been great. like it two apparently underratedly big Jenga pieces got pulled out on the Leafs at the beginning of the year in Lton is obviously a huge part of their defensive structure and uh St. is supposed to be in a tandem with Wool. Yeah. And who’s back but hasn’t played yet. Neither of those people have played a game. Right. Right. Right. And they still have a winning record. Like I think the fact that they’ve played the way they’ve played and they still have a winning record and there’s reason to believe that help is on the way, it’s actually pretty encouraging. It bows well. Yeah. And if they win tonight, I believe they’ll match the exact same record that they ended last October with. Right. Four and one. Genuinely very very funny. Yeah. Which is insane. And like the Philly game on Saturday, that’s been kind of earmarked as a lot and return game. So keep your eye out for that. Finally, we will see the Toronto Maple Leafs in their purest form. I amum so Saturday and that game is very likely not going to be moved is potentially game seven of the World Series. Oh yeah. Yeah. I am potentially going to stream the most useless game in Toronto Maple Leafs history that starts an probably an hour. All right. Before game seven of the World Series. We can figure something out. Maybe. I don’t know. I’m I’m not worried about it. I’m not worried about it. I’m doing the whole game in a Jay’s uniform. Did you want to show this goal? The the do the sol. This is the one that drove me nuts, man. And this is not a goal he lets in last year. I like TSN’s breakdown of this cuz like Doi is weak on this. Farabe beats him too easily. Carlo does nothing. Nothing. Like I know you’re the you’re the safety valve there, but like this just going straight through Stallers and Farabby hadn’t scored in what was it since last year? 29 games or something. Some crazy number. It’s horrible. Which problem in particular uh do you hate about it, Adam? Uh, I think it was the S because Faraby doesn’t even really hit stallers, too, right? It’s not like he knocks Stallers. So, Anony’s got Listen, yeah, he beat Doy and and Carlos trying to, I guess, cover off a phantom guy he could pass to. Um, just your pad’s got to be down, dude. Like, I I He didn’t even try to shoot it up. He didn’t try to extend Stallers across the net and spread him out. He just went, I’m jamming this home. And Stallers, it just went under him. Most goals are a team effort and I like I hate the fly by on doi but like Carlo Benois’s got the e the other attacker. Benois has Lombberg. Mhm. Hit him. Mhm. This could have been if if this guy was a different guy and he’s just not. If Carlo was another person, he could have sent Farabe to Neptune. Or for God’s sake, give him, you know, on TSN, they’re like, I think it was Jeff O’Neal, he’s like, give him a cross check or something. Yeah. Or what if he just goes like this? Give him anything. And he sticks his stick out and just puts it in the way of the puck. I’m I’m holding out a bat right now. Just moves his arm and puts his stick there in between the puck and stallers. It probably isn’t just a tap in between Stalers’s legs. It shouldn’t have been a shot. No, but the fact that it was like it it became a shot and it was definitely one that should have been stopped. You know, the there was a goal Primo led in against the Sabres where it’s like, yeah, you were probably screened, but like put your pad down. Yeah. And that’s sort of how I look at this with Stallers. And I never thought I would have the same criticism for both those people. Yeah. Anyway, like we’re going through it like this is the thing I keep saying don’t people are like they’re they’re not as good without No, do not let these guys off the hook. These guys are extremely talented and can do great stuff. It’s it’s because of that that I get frustrated. But it is October and uh plenty of teams have a bad October and make the Stanley Cup finals. Hello Edmonton two years in a row. They’re not even having a bad October. I know they’re having a mediocre October. The bar. But that’s my [ __ ] bar by the way. Yeah. I want them to win. I don’t want This is a good spot like enough. This is a having high expectations. Uh usually doesn’t happen for teams that stink. No. Right. We have high expect. Was anyone else there when they won the division last year? Like Yeah. I know you’re different. I know you’re different. You won the damn division last year. The bar is up here. And you know, some people might be listening to this and like, oh, you sound kind of negative, you know, because they won last night. Just be happy they won. But there’s going to be an equal amount of people who are like, you’re not going hard enough on these guys because they barely eaked out a win against the Flames. I’m trying to be in the middle and going, they did some bad things, they did some good things. Ultimately, the good things were, and that’s why greater than the bad, and that’s why they won. That’s why I’m yay about it because it’s like it doesn’t matter. You can only play who you’re playing. Yeah. Uh, and hey, they won a game and uh, they outshot and dominated their opponent and that’s what we’re asking for and they did it. Two points in regulation. Yep. That’s fant. You’re not going to leave that and be upset. The only got two goals. I love that. Ask the Flames how they feel. H, you know, we almost beat the Leafs. You got zero points. Yeah. In a game that was tied with two minutes to go. Mhm. In a play in a play, by the way, where the Leafs ran into each other three stooges style almost leading to an odd man rush the other way and somehow 5 seconds later it’s in the back of your net. Yep. Like you you What do What do they come away with? What What do the Flames come away with feeling about this game? Yeah. Yes. What do they come away with? We We kept it close. Yeah. No, you got dominated for most of the game and you lost. You didn’t get a point. Yep. This is the Atlantic Division standings from October 29th, 2024. The Toronto Maple Leafs after 10 games were 54-1. Today on October 29th, 2025, the Toronto Maple Leafs after 10 games are 54-1. Goal differential of zero last year. Yeah, last year. What is it now? I want I want to see exactly how close they are. So 32 goals for 32 goals against goal differential of zero and this year go ahead after 10 games very close 35 goals four 36 goals against minus one they’re one goal off of just being the exact same team they are outrageously similar so I would say that so leaving means that currently if the numbers are to be believed no change they’ve saved $11 million and have the exact same October. That’s crazy, man. Go figure. I know Vegas is unreal. Uh that they’re not the same team. I don’t know if you noticed. So, like I don’t I always thought that was going to be a fine fit. Yeah. Um let’s focus on the Leafs here. They’ve done a lot of things I hate. They have. And that’s why I’ve yelled and screamed. But I’m telling you, I like what I’ve seen over the last three games. Okay, they haven’t even won all of them. That’s great. That’s great. They haven’t even won all. The NHL schedulers need to fix the Elite stupid schedule. Why did they have eight of 10 home games to start this? There’s some sort of reason for that and I don’t know what it is. It’s really stupid. They like to pack the American teams with road games because uh to avoid football, you know, on football nights. Why Why don’t the Leafs simply say no? So the the Canadian teams have more home games in the fall. Uh, it’s ridiculous scheduling. I get the impression that saying no to NHL head office about anything leads to bad things.

Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss the recent struggles of Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz and whether or not they are concerned.

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