[Sportsnet.ca – Bourne] Craig Berube is baffled by his Maple Leafs

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1. Craig Berube is baffled by many, many things, I’d wager

2. Breaking News: Old man who can’t fix a broken team that no one else has been able to fix is baffled.

3. Matthews needs to be the leader

4. Baffled is the perfect word. It makes no sense to me that they’re *this* awful in *every* aspect of the game. Even if the D core isn’t “great”, and even if Matthews is having a down year or two (or permanent whatever), there’s no real logic behind their performance this year – the powerplay in particular. Like 4 of those guys on unit one have been playing together for years and years. Now all of a sudden they’re the worst in the league? Like how?

5. Randy Carlyle used to be baffled as well. Time is a circle.

6. We all are

7. PSA that it is now 98 days until Spring Training.

8. Us as well Craig, us as well

9. We are all Baffled, Berube

10. They look uninterested in playing Berube hockey. Slow and boring while getting caved in every game relying on the goalie to bail them out

11. Champs are defined by a magical balance of loving to win and hate to lose. These guys are just pleasantly surprised by both outcomes. You and me to Penguin, we are baffled.

12. Always a good sign when your head coach has no idea how to motivate your team

13. I’m also baffled. I’m baffled that after several months of the powerplay being horrendous dogshit, that we haven’t seen any major changes to personnel or strategy. I’m baffled that no matter how poorly Domi has played up and down the lineup, regardless of line mates or matching, he still hasn’t been benched. I’m baffled that with Matthews clearly struggling, he has yet to be put in a position to boost his confidence, instead of being used as a shutdown center. Especially when Roy and Laughton are right there to be used as such. I’m baffled that we have of the best zone entry and possession players in the league in Nylander, yet we are still forcing the dump and chase over and over again. The team is older, the team is slower, and the team is struggling. The players are not blameless, and they should be held responsible for their part in the teams play. Having said that, the systems and decicions surrounding this team are baffling. I agree, Craig. Baffling.

14. Can I just say something. I don’t think the team is full of wimps.

15. It’s all to do with this idiots dump no chase try to clog the neutral zone system.