Why Did The Toronto Maple Leafs Lose Another Game 7? | SDP
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss what they believe went wrong for the Maple Leafs in Game 7.
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Sammy wasn't the reason they lost. If the goalie holds it down to 1 goal, it's 100% on the skaters and it doesn't matter what the goal looked like.
Exactly, he had a .938 save percentage that game lol there's a pretty strong argument that he was the leaf's star player in game 7. How much more do they need from their goalie?
@@jeffpostman9928he was fantastic in game 7, however he wasn’t earlier in the series so any mistake was under the gaze of intense scrutiny
We only scored one goal. But the goalie is the porblem...laff fans are ridiculous.
You guys don’t understand goaltending. I don’t agree with what samsonov did but that’s what they’re taught. He was deep bc he was anchoring his skate on the post so he could rvh and stop any potential loose puck in front of him. He clearly didn’t see it all the way bc he doesn’t move. Also if you think it’s a good idea to stand up and make saves in 2024 please just shut up😂
Sammy had to go deep in his net because he was surrounded by Bruins sticks. It even delfected. As goals go, the story is the defense (or lack thereof)
1 for 21 on the powerplay, 40 million dollar core that disappears and they're blaming the 3.5 million dollar goaltender...........🤣🤣🤣🤣
Samsonov played exactly as well as a 3.5 million dollar goalie should.
You want Vasilevsky or Bobrovsky caliber playoff goaltending?..............WELL YOU GOTTA PAY THEM!
9.5 million for Vasilevsky , 10 million for Bobrovsky.
Oh that's right the Leafs don't have that kind of money, cause they invested it into scoring BUT CAN'T SCORE.
Swayman makes 3.475 but his contract is up, does anyone think his next contract will be 3.475?
Actually Samsonov played WAY better than a 3.5 million dollar goalie should. Because a 3.5 mil goaltender gives up 3 goals.
Sammy stood on his head in game 7 and was arguably the best Leaf on the ice, the fact that he's still getting crapped on is Exhibit A in why people think leaf fans don't know what the hell they're talking about.
Anyone else want to see Adam in goal and Lindholm take shots at him with 2 players screening him? :-) "It's goaltending 101..."
“Why am I not high, riiight now” Steve 😅😅😅
What could trading Samsonov get you? Nothing. Plus where were the core four? They might as well have been Casper the Friendly Ghost for all the scoring they accomplished. Less than 2 goals per game is pathetic even in the playoffs when scoring is notoriously low.
All that talent up front and you only score 1or 2 goals a game...
THAT is your problem Leaf fans 🤨
Guys the powerplay was 1 for 23. Lol thats why we lost. And its the only reason.
1 for 21 actually.
@@tml184 shut up nerd. Lol :)
@@tml184 nerd. Same thing lol
@@corymccarron7587 It's not the same thing, 1 for 21 is exactly 0.4% funnier than 1 for 23.
It's WILD even trying to blame Marner for the OT goal. It was a dump in, that's the dman's job.
Real hockey fans know Marner was the MVP of the series. They wouldn’t have even been in game 7 OT if it wasn’t for him.
@@roaring_angels Which year? Certainly not 2024. Mitch was AWOL for large stretches of 5 of the 7 games.
@@roaring_angels3 points in 7 games is MVP worthy? Willy had more of an impact and he missed 3 games. And a real MVP takes the puck to the front of the net, even at risk of being hit, to score, after Swayman misplayed the puck. Marner went behind the net.
Marner is also just getting onto the ice on a change on the fly, as Pasta is circling and accelerating with full crossovers. Marner's got no play to make on it, sorry. And there was a lot of that changing on the fly for the Leafs in game 7, which resulted in guys out of position on numerous occasions. And you know why? Because Keefe messed with his lines so badly, trying to get favorable matchup situations for Matthews. Didn't do that in Games 5 & 6 with Matthews out, which not coincidentally were the Leafs best two games of the series.
@@roaring_angels LOL
Watching this today to shield myself from the preseason hype for this year.
I thought there was time left too like 0.3s. I was surprised when it just ended instead of pulling Samsonov, for a chance at a faceoff win and one timer.
Nothing better than listening to Leafs fans complain and ponder about what went wrong! Thanks boys!
Leafs score 1 goal and everyone still blames the goalie. If the leafs capitalize on that 3 on 1 they win the game, but Edmundson of all players was one that got to be the shooter on that play😂
Playoffs your usually on getting 3/4 prime scoring chances, it's the team that buries them, that's when accuracy counts the most.
The Leaf's have overpriced premodanas that can perform in the playoffs. The D core was nowhere to be found. Yes Sammy let some soft goals in, but he can't score. The 4 core and the coach are to blame.
Samsonov gives too many easy goals. Woll hurt too much. Goaltending was a problem all season and management didn't fix it. BUT the goalscorers also disappeared. 12 goals in 7 games when Goaltending is shaky and defense is suspect is not enough. Time to add some character to this team. Too many poster boys, not enough grit.
0:58 the ref pointed outside the zone for a neutral zone faceoff. No one for even a fraction of a second called for a penalty shot
How many times have our goalies cost us the game? We have a littany of goalies going back to 2013 that completely failed us. You will not win the Stanley Cup without good goaltending. If Samsanov stands out more rather than backing in that puck doesn't go in. Let's just face the fact that the hockey gods weren't with us right from the get go. We finally get great goaltending withh Woll in net and we lose him for the most critical game. Anybody know why Woll didn't play? Haven't heard anything about his injury. Did Boston go after him based on his previous injury? What play caused the injury? Boston will make it through because of their goaltending. No other goalie is playing at his level.
Inconsistent and shaky goaltending has been the biggest reason for the recent Leafs losses in the playoffs except for the Florida series where the whole team was overwhelmed. Reimer, Andersen, Samsonov - all outplayed by the winning team’s netminder. I’ll tell you - if Carey Price had been given a 1-0 lead in Game 7, there’s no way a puck would have got by him. The Leaf goaltenders have just not had that mindset.
So yes, lots of changes have to be made, but start in goal. Woll MIGHT be the answer, but he seems injury prone. Need someone else.
Goaltender is the least of your problems. An average goaltener gives up 3 goals a game. Samsonov gave up 1. Woll is a good backup but doesn't seem to have the durability to start, he's better as a great backup than he would be as a starter. Lots of goalies like that in the game today, doing well in 1 playoff series isn't gonna change the overall picture.
One of the dumbest things you can do as a team is overreact to short term playoff heroics. I guarantee you, for example, that Linus Ulmark starts the first game of the regular season next year regardless of Swayman's playoffs heroics. Just to give an example of what a team with some idea what the hell they're doing handles these things.
Bruins fans love you Steve!
The problems with this Leafs team (2015/2016-present) goes beyond goaltending and defense. This has to be a culture problem with the Toronto front office, the fans, the players themselves. Theres no reason for a team stacked with so much talent to consistently fail time after time. The fact that Freddy Andersen was your best goalie for most of that stretch and yall never did anything with it, it is a disservice to the man and im glad hes doing better with Carolina. Leafs fans will point the finger anywhere but where the problem lies. The Leafs probelm is culture and leadership, you dont have a captain, you dont have team culture, you dont have unity between your players, and it all culminates in the pathetic playoff performances. Auston Matthews will never be a leader to take you to a cup, hes proven it countless times. Marner never deserved the contract he got, neither did Nylander. You have a team run by greedy men, not hockey players looking to be a part of a team.
My favourite time of year! Live for Leaf misery!
Terrible special teams and a lack of pucking moving defencemen. Its never a good sign when Joel Edmondson looks like your best offensive defencemen. Goaltending was fine and so was their play 5 on 5.
I have been watching the NHL for over 50 years, I must say that the quality of refereeing has gone downhill over the years. It doesn't happen just to the Leafs. There are too many delays for potential offsides and goalie interference.
I'm not a leafs fan but I thought he called it too
@hagamapama-- you make me laugh!….. WAKE UP!
How's that Shanahan "plan" working out for you, Leaf fans:)
You cant win 1-0 with that goaltending....woll did it can do it but he got injured
CAn’t trust the goalie so get rid of him, can’t trust matthews the bum? Up his value 🤡🎉
typical leafs fans , proving why players hate playing in toronto cause the toxicity
all anti leaf boomers in the comments lmao.
Go B's
When Lindholm releases that shot, Samsonov is completely screened by BOTH Kampf and Rielly. And it *was* a great shot. Lindholm held for a moment and took a lot off the shot to make sure he got it through the screen. And Samsonov is going back into his net because the Bruins have a guy uncovered on the other side of the crease who would have the whole open net if he didn't. Not Samsonov's fault. Sorry.
The reffing had NOTHING to do with the Leafs losing this series. Not sure who the whiny guy is (curly hair), but he's why everyone thinks leafs fans are crybabies.
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Facts! Acting like they would’ve scored on their power plays too, going 1/21😭😭
@@thomasdunford7122 😅😅😅 good point 🤣
How delusional of a fanbase do you have to be to blame your goalie when you have 4 forwards signed to 40 million and you score one goal 💀💀 Cant wait for Samsonov to win a series against you guys next year rofl
For real, like if you were spending 40 million dollars for a high scoring offense and you need your goalie get a shutout, I don’t think it’s the goalies fault. Samsonov had some issues in the series no doubt, but the offense is way more to blame, leafs fans are wild.
you and i are going to fight.
pick a day and location
In no way was that Samsanov's fault. He's screened, the shooters on the right side, he has to cover the low post. Your goal scorers need to score. Marner had the passing lane covered.
Blaming Sammy for that goal is just silly jeez. This guy gets all the flack, he is also being screened by his "defence" if you can call them that. Sick of trash talking him when he did an outstanding job that game and your whole TEAM didn't perform. The fact that like 10 min of a 20 min video is trashing the goalie instead of EVERYONE ELSE is crazy
Especially when he lets 1 goal he’d want back in and you score 1 goal total
What game were you watching?
Everyone was terrible but Samsonov was horrible!… 98% of his saves was to his chest!…
O/T goal ?…. Sitting on the goal line?… puck 4 ft away from you and you do nothing?… please watch the O/T goal again and again!!!…. Please!
You can 100% blame him. It’s panic from him in the big moment. As a long time goalie myself I don’t agree with everything the crew said. But the clips of him backing into his net before the shot is taken is terrible decision making. He stays out and challenges that shot it doesn’t go in. It hits him in the chest.
Yeah the team didn’t score enough in front of him. However, how many “weak” goals did Swayman give up? I can think of 2 off the top of my head that Sammy gave up. When games are tight you need a bail out sometimes.
I’m not a fan of either team. Just a fan of hockey.
He shouldn’t had to make that save. If the Leafs could score more than 1 goal, there wouldn’t be an overtime
Everyone acts like Woll would get a shutout, how would they know? Maybe he lets in 5..
Woll should stay healthy, thats unreliable
Why did the Leafs lose in Game 7? Because they suck in the playoffs and have sucked in the playoffs for a long time.
Tell me what how you really feel, haha! Love it!
So nice of Babcock and Cooper calling Montgomery before game 7 to give him some advice. Great of Jim to mention that.
Sounds like a lie
Marner is the villain.
What happened is the organization paid 4 players who can’t score in the playoffs half the cap.
Leafs need to get 2 goals in a final game… doesn’t matter about Sammy, he only let in 1 goal in regulation. You should win a game letting in just one goal
Exactly. The dumping on Samsonov is laughable.
Sammy did enough to win. He was probably the Leafs' MVP of game 7 to be perfectly honest. He's the one guy who indisputably did his job and yet he's the one they nitpick. Kinda disgusting TBH.
Can we please have people who aren't goalies stop talking about how goalies should play! Sammy was screened by his own two players! No way for him to look around them without moving out of position. With the second goal, there is no reason for sammy to play the puck. He was 1000% gonna get beat by pasta. He did the right thing, pasta just made an even better move. I get he was not too good, and didn't help them win, but not the reason they lost the series. Stop putting blame on him when the leafs never scored
Imagine defending Sammy of all people. Haha. You are such a idiot.
Odd that he paused before shooting the puck.
@@segagenesis9096 Not really. It's called a hesitation move. It's literally designed to get the goaltender to do exactly what Sammy did.
Samsonov got beat by a play that would beat just about every goaltender that ever lived. if you want a goaltender who makes that save, your options are to 1) pay someone a HELL of a lot more to mind your net than the Leafs pay Samsonov or 2) keep dreaming.
2 goal ceiling per game is a tough way to win a cup
For that formula to work you need Hasek in his absolute prime to have any chance. Not exactly at reasonable ask.
There was a 3 goal game against Ullmark
@@lebryanthoward9416 oh my goodness! They score 3 goals in one game out of seven! Crown them the champs!
@@mattgauthier7216 yeah ikr, imagine them not being able to score 2 goals the entire series 😂
Is noone yelling, "watch Pasta! Watch Pasta!" Or "Mitch, behind! Mitch, behind!"? You don't need to see a guy to know he's there if your teammates are using their voices.
I was, I was yelling "Watch Pasta Go", Watch Pasta Go"!!!! WOOOOOOOO
Any goaltender who lets in 1 goal in 60 minutes of hockey did his job. An average GAA is around 3 most of the time. He let in 1 goal. I don't care what the goal looked like, Sammy did his job.
Look at your offense. That's where the problem was.
Adam, the officials owed the leafs nothing. That cross checking call on Charlie Coyle might have been the softest and worst penalty call that I have ever seen in a game 7.
Every other team would be happy with just allowing one goal in regulation in a game 7. Don't blame sammy for this loss. The whole team is to blame.
Sammy was the Leafs MVP in game 7. He's the single biggest reason the Leafs had a chance to actually win that game.
I was hoping at least Steve would realize that. Turns out that Steve is just as ignorant and reactionary as any other hockey fan.
Even if the Leafs got by the Bruins scoring 2 goals per game would've meant getting blown out by the Panthers in 4. So Leafs were going to lose either way Bruins in 7 or Panthers in 4 and Leafs chose Bruins in 7 option.
These three non-hockey guys talking about goaltending - hilarious !!
3 jerks actually. Jesse knows nothing about hockey.
Same guys who dog on Binnington for how he plays. Yes he goes overboard from time to time but you can't deny he's better than any goalie the leafs have had the last 25 years
Went 7 because the bruins can’t score. Swayman was like a .960 and still went 7. You give that goal tending to almost any other team in the playoffs and they win the cup. Bruins have a team made up of third liners and pastrnak.
This is why home ice advantage is so important. Lindholm probably shot that puck hundreds of times, figuring out how the puck would bounce. If the game was in Toronto he would never have had the chance to figure it out. It's a beautiful set play that a visiting team would probably not be able to execute.
Hello Steve and friends. I’m a usual on your channels and I normally appreciate your conversations. However, I must say you guys are really mean with Sammy and I don’t think it’s appreciated by many fans. He let in 1 goal in regulation on a game 7. Simply put, he did his job. The guy tries hard and doesn’t deserve this criticism for game 7.
YOURE TREATING HIM LIKE HE’S PART OF THE CORE 4.
Tell you what, you don’t score on a power play with Auston Matthews. THERE’S YOUR PROBLEM.
Have a nice day but I think I’m gonna take a break from this negative energy on your channel.
2 mins in and the ref complaining starts. Classic. ✌️
Dude Jesse is the only cat talking sense. Pork chops talking about the fkn linesman, seriously, these twats have move on from blaming refs alone. The linesman have it in for the leafs according to porkchop. Steve was realistic. Jesse seems to have the most sense. Especially when it comes to making excuses. Good on you Jesse.
OMG!!! STEVE!!!!! Finally you said worth listening too...wanting a timeout in that situation was the most intelligent thing to ever come out of your mouth...SERIOUSLY!!! IM SHOCKED 😲 YOU ACTUALLY NAILED IT!!!
Don't blame Sammy for the 3rd period goal. Way too may uncovered Bruins around the crease ie Brazeau, so Sammy has to play accordingly. #1 issue is Leafs running around in their own end, and #34 and #44 not making crucial block even with that positioning.
The Leafs better think twice about trading Marner he hes a gifted playmaker that can make tape to tape passes and can kill penalties. He's probably the best 200 ft player on the team .If not for Marner there is no way Mathews gets 69 goals he probably gets around 50. The only knock on Marner is he is too soft for playoff Style hockey. I think the solution is to somehow get rid of Tavares and use that cap space to get Marner a big hard-hitting Winger or center to play alongside with him in the playoffs to protect him and give him the space he needs to make those passes
Not really about Marner, it's about the Leafs have too much money tied up in forwards and they need to free up some cap space SOMEWHERE to rebuild their defense.
One of the reasons for the lack of scoring is that they can't generate offense from the blue line. That means that the forwards are constantly skating 3 on 5 because the defense isn't contributing offensively.
Marner isn't bad, but the team can't afford him AND make the necessary improvements to other areas of the roster. He's got to go. It's not his fault but he's got to go. And they probably also need to look at one of Nylander and Taveras for elimination too just to make sure they can add the players they need to add.
Lmao 😂 typical blame the officials
With the screenshot they use, he's 0.2 feet closer MAYBE. And Pasta has FULL MOMENT. Vs a Goalie going cold from scratch. Idk how they don't see that like they use the same logic with marner not catching him. What
Toronto scores with ten minutes left, knowing Boston is goint to come out hot the Leafs put out a weak line combination and cough up the tying goal a minute and twenty seconds later.
The better team won.
Full stop
Adam is to this podcast what the fans say Mitch is to the leafs team. Trade Adam!!!
All the fans screaming about them letting Freddy go don't seem to remember him being the same as Sammy looks great but when you really need it they fail
Yep, Caps fan here. Sometimes Sammy played really well. Then 2 minutes later he was on the ground doing his impression of a breakdancing starfish. I was not sad to see him go.
Leafs won 2 game 7s in 2002 when Sundin, Renberg, Yushkevich and many others were out at various points but still won. No excuse here for the Leafs to lose so many game 7s for the past decade.
That’s the truth. The moment Boston scored quickly after the Leafs took the lead, I told my wife. It’s over. You could just feel like the leafs knew it was over and that Boston knew that they were winning. You could feel it… isn’t that crazy.
They use the same old strategies. Play hard until they score...and immediately go on defense instead of continuing to attack. Their defense sucks. Their only option to win is to keep pushing offense. But they never learn
Bruins own the Leafs Core 4. Leafs Core 4 just knew they couldn’t give another opportunity to snatch defeat - from the jaws of victory.
Leafs Core are addicted to game 7 third period lead collapses. They just come naturally to this Leaf Core 4.
In their minds - this Leafs Core 4 just know - they will always lose to the Bruins in game 7 of these playoff series. 😀 That is why Marner stopped back checking and gave the Bruins their OT goal. It is all on Marner this loss.
I remember watching Marner doing 16 stickhandles through the neutral zone with not a soul on him, taking twice as long and letting bostons defence set up, then passing it for a weak shot on net.
go sammy go go sammy goal go marner go go marner go go sheldon go go sheldon go
Nothing against Dewar, but why is Dewar getting a breakaway and not 1 of the Core 4. I don’t think that coach played his Stars enough.. Like Producer Drew said McKinnon wouldn’t have left the ice, in those instances. Especially, in Game 7 of the Playoffs! Playing the bottom 6, a gross amount of minutes in key games and situations. 🚀
So many tears: the refs, Sammy, the crowd, blah, blah, blah, how awful the Bruins were... You lost ANOTHER series and ANOTHER Game 7. Stop talking snot about the winner and focus on YOUR problems because... YOU got beaten AGAIN! Half a century now, and more. Look in the MIRROR and shadd up!!
Yeah $40 million for 4 forwards and they score 1 goal 😂😂😂 sure it was the refs fault😂😂😂 no scoring and a goalie that was on wavers in December....what can possibly go wrong 😂😂😂
I think both the non-call against Shattenkirk and Bertuzzi were correct if you go back and look closely. Both falls weren't caused by the sticks and in Shattenkirk's case he hit the puck first, so it wouldn't be a penalty shot either way.
I would argue that if the Leaf's had an elite goaltender they would have a won a few of these game 7's and series they were up in. Carey Price was the better goalie in the last 3 games. Tampa Bays goalie outplayed the Leaf's goalie in one series. They aren't scoring enough and they don't have an elite goalie.
The whole series comes down to one deciding factor. The power play. Two or three timely PP goals and Leafs are playing Florida.
Well, the Leafs dumpster-dived for Samsonov and made a decision to keep him instead of just letting him walk, so how do you pin the blame on him now...?
Boston’s first goal (to tie the game) was honestly a fluke, it was a perfect shot that somehow got in…the OT goal tho, that was on the defence for allowing Pasternak to sneak in behind.
No guts no glory .. Mariner has no guts .. and you can't have one of you so called leaders with no GUTS
If you look at the goal Reilly turned the wrong way on the play. Should have turned toward Pasternak.
EZ! It was because Charles Barkley didn’t guarantee a win like game 5 and 6
So if the Leafs won that game in overtime, all of the negative comments go away?
cant blame sammy but at the same time woll is stopping that ot goal
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other team (Boston) score more goals than Toronto?
Did your remove my comments
Goalie not on top of his crease, d man too high.
Brazeau is a rock star no doubt
Not clutch trash team
I'm admittedly a die hard Bruins fan, but have respect for Toronto. Especially in our united hate for Montreal. But I have to say Toronto has to be the hardest team in the league to play for.
Also you guys can take Uhlmark we will take Nylander ;)
A Canadian rooting for an American team? How did that happen?
@@HighAltitudeMMA I'm a maritimer. And the Bruins have always been stacked with Canadian players. Not to mention the current captain who's from the same province as me.
@@HighAltitudeMMA Lot of Bruins fans in Atlantic Canada.
Maritimers have a lot more in common with New England than with the great big Quebec that exists between them and the rest of English Canada which kinda creates a unique environment over here.
New England and the Maritimes could legit form their own nation together and it'd be a more accurate reflection of where the two regions are culturally than the current one.
Lots of Maritimers dip over to the States for stuff that's cheaper on the other side of the border. Lots of New Englanders and Maritimers intermarry. Two of my best friends are Americans with Canadian wives. It's been like that literally for centuries with people crossing the border to work, marrry, shop and live as if the border weren't even there.
So yeah, Boston has a lot of pull up here. Also Boston is the geographically closest team anyway.
@@hagamapama thanks for the info. I didn't realize there was so much cultural intermingling in the northeast. I appreciate the education
They are small
Never gets old
MARNIER
They might have something with Woll, silver lining. Get rid of Samsonov, get some defense maybe
Or keep Samsonov, who wasn't the problem, ditch 2 of the overpriced guys at the top of the roster, and fill in that cap space with defensemen.
Meanwhile Toronto's PWHL team begins their Walker Cup playoffs this Wednesday at Coca Cola Coliseum against an opponent of their choosing. Leafs fans if they are hockey fans should now be fans of their PWHL team as they have strong odds of winning the first ever Walker Cup. Unless, hockey fans are sexist in the sense they will only watch and be fans of men's hockey and won't be fans of the PWHL as well. I feel sorry for the women as the only time the media and fans care about women hockey players is during the Olympics. Other than that fans and media don't care about women's hockey as well, which defeats the purpose of having a pro women's hockey league in the first place.
Is this going to be shown on any networks? ESPN plus or? I’d watch. Tho I’m not in the Toronto area- I’m thousands of miles away so I’d have to watch on tv
@@Clue96 PWHL is on TSN networks
@@Clue96 They'll more than likely be livestreaming them on UA-cam as well.
It's like watching paint dry. Boys house league teams can beat these women.
You thought Toronto was going to beat Boston ?
C'mon guys, get real.
I don't see Caps fans questioning reality. 😂
This team blew their load in the regular season. Especially Matthews, Tavares, Marner. Guys were tired and injured.
Here's the thing with that first Boston goal ...
Samsonov was squared up for the shot.
He was ready.
That goal wasn't some great play making by Boston, or some surprise skill move.
It was a guy with the puck, who is not a goal scorer, shooting on an NHL playoff starting goalie.
All Sammy had to do was read the play and move to the edge of the crease to challenge the shot.
He did the exact wrong thing.
Think about that.
Here's the thing with that second Boston goal ...
Marner is not the problem there.
He risks an interference penalty if he obstructs Pasta, and he gets himself out of position if he follows Pasta.
Rielly could have dove for the puck and disrupted Pasta's path to the net, once he realized Samsonov failed to read and react to the play correctly.
But this is all on Samsonov, as once again failed to correctly read the play and make the right choice to aggressively play the puck.
You rely on the goalie to read the play and make the proper positional decision.
He failed once again.
How do we expect the Leafs to play and win, when the team can't depend on their goalie to make the most basic of saves?
Samsonov IS the reason they lost.
The goalie has responsibilities as a team member.
The goalie needs to be a goalie when the team needs the goalie.
Samsonov failed his responsibility.
Samsonov does not know how to read plays.
Goalie management is a coaching issue.
Keefe should have started Jones.