This game was just like their last 3 games of the playoffs.
Not seeing anything different.
A couple of quotes from my other board.
1)"If you had solicited criticisms of the Toronto Maple Leafs over the past few seasons -- and you didn’t always have to solicit them to come across them -- they would’ve centred around two issues. Some thought they
didn’t defend well enough and others thought they
lacked grit"
2) "xxxxx mentioned that passes out of the D-zone have been lacking, and that
lack of transition speed has been evident. I think it’s fair to wonder if the concept of being a talented team that wants to maintain possession is a good idea on paper, but maybe not in practice without a thoroughly elite lineup. You remember Mike Babcock’s obsession with “playing fast,” which was just moving the puck up as fast as you can, then getting it in and going after it. He just wanted to play at the other team’s end of the rink. The lack of north/south play this year has at times left me saying “move it” more than I recall in previous years. There’s a balance to be struck between the two competing schools of thought."