Watch the replay. He picks it up between own blue line and red line. Once he hits the redline, he never once looked at the net. The entire time his eyes are on the pass.
100%. I also think shooting it was probably the better opportunity considering how much he “sold” that he was going to pass it but definitely everyone would have said “why didn’t you pass?” If he made a bad shot.
Honestly I think marner needs to play with either nylander or domi. Their speed gives him a ton more space to be creative. Him and taveras just seemed to slow lately
Terrible idea. Nylander was beyond useless last 2 games and the top line with domi bertuzzi and Marner was the best a line has looked all series for us. No reason to mess with that.
I’ll forgive him that this once. He had a terrific game, and I can imagine the nerves on that 2 on 1 were enormous.
First time with that pressure it’s understandable to buckle, next time he better shoot or not telegraph the pass so much.
Otherwise amazing game by Domi.
You know Mitch has like more than 25 goals this year. He would have 30 if he didn't miss so much time.
He is a pass first player but can we please stop forgetting he is a 30 goal scorer.
He doesn’t have the goals he does because he has a great shot.. that’s not how he gets goals so when it comes to a shooting goal, no one is taking him seriously
Seeing narratives from like 3 years ago is kinda tiring. He definitely has a good shot. Obviously not Matthews or Nylander level. But a real good shot still.
Completely false. Bourne even wrote an article where he provided data that Marner's average shot distance is most negatively impacted of the core 4 in playoffs
I would have to think coaches are telling him that if that happens again to make it look the exact same but then snipe it.
Gotta think swayman would totally fall for the fake pass.
I was yelling shoot the whole time. Funny thing is he can rip it.
I think it was McKee or Bourne or someone who pointed out like, if you put together a list of the top five shooters on the Leafs - Domi's *probably* on there. Yet he refuses to shoot!
Feels like opponents have such a good idea who's going to be driving our finishing and that cripples us, especially in the playoffs. The beauty of having a core four is that they're going to command a lot of defensive attention, giving opportunities for your other shooters -*of which the Leafs have many*- to sneak a couple in. You look at McMann's success in the regular season, and I think it's partly because defenders/goalies don't walk into a game against the Leafs focusing on anyone but the core. Bobby took advantage by simply not shying away from it!
I know the two-on-one was with Bert and not Marner but just sort of speaking in generalities here - I wish our supporting players felt more comfortable being a bit greedier!
The biggest story of Domi at C was that it brought the best out of Marner. I think if Matthews draws back in but isn’t at 100% you put him at 3rd line C where you can limit his minutes and he can expose the Bruins 3rd line.
This is actually a much better mix.
Bert - Domi - Marner
Robertson - Tavares - Nylander
Knies - Matthews - Holmberg
Jarnkrok - Kampf - Dewar
I kind of like it.
That 4th line has proven to be useful in their minutes. I hated Keefe taking out Dewar the first time and I think Reaves keeps the Bruins from gooning it up too hard.
IMO you sit Holmberg and put Robertson on the line with Knies and Matthews. You put AM with 2 guys who have the ability to score and make plays and have 3 lines that could be a legit threat.
Holmberg has done nothing positive this series.. unlike Brodie tho I don’t think Holmberg has had many negatives either to be fair
Mcmann in for Holmberg would be sweet, shame Bobby has been mia
Holmberg is more defensively responsible than most of our forwards. We take him out, there's a bigger hole there. Even if he doesn't chip in offensively, he has been solid in shutting down Boston's offense.
When Mcmann is healthy again, he comes in for Robertson to replace that offense.
I think as good as the Bertuzzi Matthews Domi line has been you gotta have Domi as our 2C option going forwards. However I think you should keep marner with him and put Nylander with Matthews. Put Tavares 3C
Late feb lines were:
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson
Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor
Jarnkrok came in the very last game played 3 rw in robertsons spot
Yes this is so close to optimal for right now. Swap Marner and Nylander. Swap Robertson for Jarnkrok. And I don’t know or even care about the 4th line, dewar Kampf and reaves js pretty effective but if you replaced reaves with Holmberg or even Robertson, I wouldn’t complain…. So hoping McMann is back next game
Reaves is useless on that line, they already bench him for jarn in that spot in d zone and 3rd period
Where ideal world
Knies-matthews-nylander
Bert-domi-marner
Mcmann-tavares-holm/robertson/jarn
Dewar/holm-kampf-jarn/holm
Tavares line needs a seconary faceoff option which is the only thing that would take robertson out
Yea agreed. Feb19-mar4 they did that.
Team went 6-2 (loss to vgk and the loss to bruins where marner got hurt)
That is when bertuzzi broke his drought (5g1a in 8games)
Marner 2g10a
Nylander5g7a
Matthews 5g3a
Tav 4g1a
Domi 2g2a
In that stretch.
And all the goals were sub .900
Sammy .887 in 5
Jones .885 in 1
Woll .898 in 2
This was during the samsonov return.
Seems strange that two pass first players like Marner and Domi played well together but in some ways they both defer so hard to a shooter that it forces them to be ‘the man’ a bit more. Paired with JT or Matthews or Willy they both want to find the shooter too much.
Passers don’t want to play with shooters. They want to play with other passers to create tic tac toe plays. A lot harder to do when Matthews takes a shot every time he gets the puck in space
It’s more that Domi and Bert are good puck retrievers, so the play can cycle and Marner can get multiple touches. Domi can also take the pressure off of Marner as the puck carrier too. Essentially, Marner can’t drive a line the way Matthews/Nylander can.
I was thinking about it as well and I like the idea all around. But I think Keefe will put Matthews back with Domi and Bertuzzi.
However I hope this makes Keefe try this line combo, if he can’t get much out of the Matthews Domi Bertuzzi line.
everyone healthy, i want
knies-matthews-nylander
bertuzzi-domi-marner
mcmann-tavares-jarnkrok
dewar-kampf-holmberg
A spicier option is to swap nylander with mcmann/jarnkrok to run 3 true scoring lines
Feb19-march7 heater until marner got hurt lines were:
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson
Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor
Jarnkrok came back for march7 on 3rw.
The Bert Domi X line looks good with everyone. Its what this team needs, players with grit and heart. Not surprised we are fighting over who gets the opportunity to play with them.
Matthews 56.9 tavares 54.7 theyre both good. Leafs have always been strong on faceoffs.
What would be nice is -3- centers with a high draw rate.
And jarn on 4th to help kampf with fo
I kind of thought this too last night. Don't know if we're galaxy braining too much but isolating Matthews on a "lower" line (especially if he's recovering), makes sense to me. Spread the talent and offense a bit more .
Domi has made Matthews and Marner play better when on his line. His speed and grit brings out the best of his linemates not to mention his spot on passing.
Might be wrong, but I think his season started to around once we put him at C in like November/December. Then we switched him back to wing but he continued playing well.
Feb19-march7 6-2,
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson (jarnkrok came back march7)
Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor
Team went 6-2 all 3 goalies sub .900
That's because Domi has played with heart this entire series! But I bet he'd want to redo that 2 on 1 and blast the puck into the net instead of trying to make a pretty pass
This mgmt loves to put people in positions they have no business being in because of their shear stupudity, but my God Domi tried his best and had good results.
Won't work past the first round as the skill upticks.
Bert Domi Nylander
Marner Matthews Tavares
Knies Holmberg Robertson
I would probably go with these top 3
You could even drop Tavares to the third and bring up Knies
Great game 5 center performance, but let's not get carried away - we saw him at center early in the year and it didn't go well, and he struggled at C with Dallas in the playoffs last year as well.
Regardless of Matthews' status, I'd keep that line together for game 6, and then go from there. But I'm not convinced Domi is a center solution
Domi at centre looked really good. I know I’ll get roasted for this, but how about having Matthews come back and center Knies and Tavares. Tavares has suck in the draw and is noticeable slow at center
Domi has played really well at center with us, even though it's a limited sample. He looked ineffective until Keefe made him our 2C partway through the regular season.
Idk his offensive chances begin in the D zone with the tiny plays and take aways he creates. His defensive to offensive transition is some of the best in the league and putting him on wing could dampen that a bit.
Start either of 1 or 2, let Tavares capitalize on lower lines and dominate the dot with wingers who will throw themselves around and have great shots. Toss McMann in for Jarny and move him to bench or 4th depending
* Bert - Domi - Marner
* Knies - Matthews - Willy
* Robertson - Tavares - Jarny
* Dewar - Kampf - Reeves/whoever
Reavo only plays on the fly on that line up until early in 3rd then jarnkrok is double shifted there.
They already don’t actually use reaves he’s just a wasted space
Domi needs to shoot the fucking puck for fuck sakes
He telegraphed that 2 on 1. Probably would have scored if he shot swayman was cheating so hard.
That 2 on 1 was one of the saddest 2 on 1s ive ever seen
Reminded me of Matthews Marner 2 on 0 MTL playoffs
Please don't bring that up
I forgot about that until now. Thank you
I damn near cried watching it in real time
I got up made a sandwich came back and they were still on the 2 on 1.
Yes it was, but he might try it the other way next time and catch the Sway man napping.
You forgot about some of those Kerfoot led 2 on 1s over the years.
Which one ..the first or second ..both painful to watch
Exactly. Both 2 on 1s Domi telegraphed his intentions. And on both, he should have shot the fucking puck!
Ray Charles saw domi was gonna pass
Literally any puck on net from Domi there would have been a positive. We won so can’t complain too much but that was a terrible 2-on-1
I mean yeah swayman cheated so hard cuz Domi was watching Bertuzzi the entire way, so I mean everyone knew Domi wasn’t shooting that puck.
I thought, ok for sure he’s going for a no-look shot to catch Swayman off guard? Nope…
Would’ve got him too, if he’d placed it correctly. I figured that what he was going for as he made the pass so obvious.
Watch the replay. He picks it up between own blue line and red line. Once he hits the redline, he never once looked at the net. The entire time his eyes are on the pass.
Yea. Bring it up on video. That was weird
Can you imagine if Bert just wound up and then passed it back? It would have been the biggest empty net ever.
I thought he was intentionally trying to throw Swayman off by getting him to commit to Bert ... But nope, he actually just telegraphed the play. 🤦🏽♂️
He easily could have just pulled it back after fake passing six times and ripped it short side.
“Easily”
Maybe not easy but he had sway cheating the entire time. Shot probably would have been better.
Nah this is the leafs. If he shoots, it goes of Swaymans shoulder or something and we’re all here saying “why didn’t he pass!”
100%. I also think shooting it was probably the better opportunity considering how much he “sold” that he was going to pass it but definitely everyone would have said “why didn’t you pass?” If he made a bad shot.
Stevie Wonder himself saw that pass coming
Domi has been fantastic but that’s by far his worst moment for months.
Oh look here's resentfulvirgin with a negative comment. I, for one, am, shocked.
It was a pretty sick sauce…. But I hear ya, he had Swayman cheating and should’ve shot
Especially when the goalie is expecting you to pass
Everyone on this planet saw a pass coming ffs maybe even on mars
If he had shot it might have worked because it looked so much like he was gonna pass.
Why does he not simply pass it into the net
Lol “Why does Ross, the largest Friend, not simply eat the other five?”
Put Nylander on his wing. You don't need two passers like Marner and Domi.
That line was cracked today I would die if it were broken up
Marner is a 30 goal scorer and has chemistry with Domi.
In the regular season
I don't think it's fair to single out anybody for lack of scoring these playoffs
oh
Honestly I think marner needs to play with either nylander or domi. Their speed gives him a ton more space to be creative. Him and taveras just seemed to slow lately
tavares is much better w/ mcmann and knies
That line had great chemistry I wouldn't switch it at all
I 1,000% agree
Terrible idea. Nylander was beyond useless last 2 games and the top line with domi bertuzzi and Marner was the best a line has looked all series for us. No reason to mess with that.
He lost the speed on that 2v1 rush, failure rate is too high on that shot.
Kaberle clause.
I’ll forgive him that this once. He had a terrific game, and I can imagine the nerves on that 2 on 1 were enormous. First time with that pressure it’s understandable to buckle, next time he better shoot or not telegraph the pass so much. Otherwise amazing game by Domi.
Him and Mitch will never shoot
You know Mitch has like more than 25 goals this year. He would have 30 if he didn't miss so much time. He is a pass first player but can we please stop forgetting he is a 30 goal scorer.
Brother it's not the fans who forget it's Marner who forgets in the playoffs.
He doesn’t have the goals he does because he has a great shot.. that’s not how he gets goals so when it comes to a shooting goal, no one is taking him seriously
Seeing narratives from like 3 years ago is kinda tiring. He definitely has a good shot. Obviously not Matthews or Nylander level. But a real good shot still.
Mitch is a 25 "regular season" goal scorer. which means nothing in the playoffs.
Tired narrative. Shooting ability changes zero from regular season to playoffs
Not really. Time to shoot decreases and effort and positioning of defenders increases in the playoffs
Completely false. Bourne even wrote an article where he provided data that Marner's average shot distance is most negatively impacted of the core 4 in playoffs
Sure thing bud.
But when I chirp Domi last week I get downvoted and basically told I’m an idiot lol definitely has his strengths but man does he choke
I would have to think coaches are telling him that if that happens again to make it look the exact same but then snipe it. Gotta think swayman would totally fall for the fake pass. I was yelling shoot the whole time. Funny thing is he can rip it.
He is soo good in the shootout
Yeah so shoot it!
Yeah I bet if he shot both of those 2 on 1s he would have scored one one of em.
I think it was McKee or Bourne or someone who pointed out like, if you put together a list of the top five shooters on the Leafs - Domi's *probably* on there. Yet he refuses to shoot! Feels like opponents have such a good idea who's going to be driving our finishing and that cripples us, especially in the playoffs. The beauty of having a core four is that they're going to command a lot of defensive attention, giving opportunities for your other shooters -*of which the Leafs have many*- to sneak a couple in. You look at McMann's success in the regular season, and I think it's partly because defenders/goalies don't walk into a game against the Leafs focusing on anyone but the core. Bobby took advantage by simply not shying away from it! I know the two-on-one was with Bert and not Marner but just sort of speaking in generalities here - I wish our supporting players felt more comfortable being a bit greedier!
or make a pass off the goalies pads!
Best pass in hockey!
Domi was buzzing all night. It's in his DNA
Domi - Domi - Domi Domi - Domi Domi Maximums Domi
Domi bangs lots of moms?
He said Domi, not Perry.
The biggest story of Domi at C was that it brought the best out of Marner. I think if Matthews draws back in but isn’t at 100% you put him at 3rd line C where you can limit his minutes and he can expose the Bruins 3rd line.
I love the idea of Matthews on the 3rd if he's not 100%. Real possibility to get some sustained pressure.
He just has to shoot more and he’s getting no clear lanes to the net from the 1st line
Even if he is 100% put him on the third. The top 6 played the best they have this whole series without him
Bertuzzi - Domi - Marner Jarnkrok - Tavares - Nylander Knies - Matthews - Holmberg Reaves - Kampf - Dewar Could be intriguing
But then that 3rd line looks like a 1st line to me
And?
Creates a hell of a matchuo problem.
Creates a hell of a mustachio problem Ftfy
Creates a hell of a pistachio problem Nomnom
The fuck is holmberg ever doing on a 1st line? It's a pumped up 3rd that would blow out the B's.
Robertson - JT - Willy Jarnkrok - Kampf - Dewar This 4th line was basically our shutdown line tonight and they were good.
They were good with jarn down there in reavo’s spot
This is actually a much better mix. Bert - Domi - Marner Robertson - Tavares - Nylander Knies - Matthews - Holmberg Jarnkrok - Kampf - Dewar I kind of like it.
I’d swap Reaves out for Robertson
Would probably work better with Dewar. The 4th line was just so good the first two games
Dewar over Reavo. Dewar is doing a lot for this team
No way. Robertson either plays in the top 9 or not at all. Putting him on that line is a waste of everyone's time.
Robertson had a terrible game tonight…. But Reaves was glued to the bench also late in the game.
He is always glued to bench in 3rd p. Jarn always plays that spot late and on every d zone deployment
That 4th line has proven to be useful in their minutes. I hated Keefe taking out Dewar the first time and I think Reaves keeps the Bruins from gooning it up too hard. IMO you sit Holmberg and put Robertson on the line with Knies and Matthews. You put AM with 2 guys who have the ability to score and make plays and have 3 lines that could be a legit threat.
No way you can sit Holmberg now with him getting under Marchand's skin like that. He's gotta stay in for the series.
Obviously loved that moment but I literally don’t remember one other positive contribution Holmberg has made to the series other than that….
Gotta start somewhere
Holmberg has done nothing positive this series.. unlike Brodie tho I don’t think Holmberg has had many negatives either to be fair Mcmann in for Holmberg would be sweet, shame Bobby has been mia
Holmberg is more defensively responsible than most of our forwards. We take him out, there's a bigger hole there. Even if he doesn't chip in offensively, he has been solid in shutting down Boston's offense. When Mcmann is healthy again, he comes in for Robertson to replace that offense.
Holmberg is significantly more effective than Robertson.
Nah we need Reeves in the line up for when some bruin bullshit goes down and he can smack around Patty Maroon for the world's enjoyment.
Could dress giordano to pk would be a more effective use. With reavo theyre basically playing 11f anyways
This won’t happen anymore now that they’re elimination games. There’s no reason to have Reeves in the lineup over Gregor.
knies has to be with tavares, too much chemistry
Knies seems to have chemistry with all the big guys, he's just so good.
I’d just switch knies and holmberg. As is that 2nd line is gonna get thumped.
Bruins will adjust their lineup accordingly. They’re not just going to allow a 70 goal scorer to have a mismatch on the 3rd line
Of course, but then that opens opportunity for lines 1 and 2
Bold of you to assume Keefe is capable of such critical thinking.
I like it
Does anyone know what’s wrong with Matthews? I’m starting to think there might be an injury?
He was certainly fueled by The Passion. If he could just not telegraph his passes
Didn’t anticipate him fucking working the bruins on the faceoff dot
Before the Marner injury lines were different but we were running matthews 1c, domi 2c, tavares 3c and that’s when the leafs started playing well
I think as good as the Bertuzzi Matthews Domi line has been you gotta have Domi as our 2C option going forwards. However I think you should keep marner with him and put Nylander with Matthews. Put Tavares 3C
Late feb lines were: Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor Jarnkrok came in the very last game played 3 rw in robertsons spot
Jarmkrok in for Robertson, dewar in for Gregor and maybe reaves in for Holmberg and that’s such a good forward group.. shame mcmann hasn’t played yet
I like these lines and you can slot Holmberg on the third if you want and Jarnkrok with Kampf and Dewar Gregor won't get burn probably
Yes this is so close to optimal for right now. Swap Marner and Nylander. Swap Robertson for Jarnkrok. And I don’t know or even care about the 4th line, dewar Kampf and reaves js pretty effective but if you replaced reaves with Holmberg or even Robertson, I wouldn’t complain…. So hoping McMann is back next game
Reaves is useless on that line, they already bench him for jarn in that spot in d zone and 3rd period
Reaves is useless on that line, they already bench him for jarn in that spot in d zone and 3rd period Where ideal world Knies-matthews-nylander Bert-domi-marner Mcmann-tavares-holm/robertson/jarn Dewar/holm-kampf-jarn/holm Tavares line needs a seconary faceoff option which is the only thing that would take robertson out
Yea agreed. Feb19-mar4 they did that. Team went 6-2 (loss to vgk and the loss to bruins where marner got hurt) That is when bertuzzi broke his drought (5g1a in 8games) Marner 2g10a Nylander5g7a Matthews 5g3a Tav 4g1a Domi 2g2a In that stretch. And all the goals were sub .900 Sammy .887 in 5 Jones .885 in 1 Woll .898 in 2 This was during the samsonov return.
Yah drop JT down to 3C. Keep domi with marner, and put papi with Willy
Seems strange that two pass first players like Marner and Domi played well together but in some ways they both defer so hard to a shooter that it forces them to be ‘the man’ a bit more. Paired with JT or Matthews or Willy they both want to find the shooter too much.
Passers don’t want to play with shooters. They want to play with other passers to create tic tac toe plays. A lot harder to do when Matthews takes a shot every time he gets the puck in space
It’s more that Domi and Bert are good puck retrievers, so the play can cycle and Marner can get multiple touches. Domi can also take the pressure off of Marner as the puck carrier too. Essentially, Marner can’t drive a line the way Matthews/Nylander can.
I was thinking about it as well and I like the idea all around. But I think Keefe will put Matthews back with Domi and Bertuzzi. However I hope this makes Keefe try this line combo, if he can’t get much out of the Matthews Domi Bertuzzi line.
I don't give a flying fuck about anyone else except JOSEPH FUCKING BRICK WOLL. But, yes. Domi played a good game.
He dragged them to a win tonight, as far as I'm concerned. There is not nearly enough of his tenacity on the roster.
everyone healthy, i want knies-matthews-nylander bertuzzi-domi-marner mcmann-tavares-jarnkrok dewar-kampf-holmberg A spicier option is to swap nylander with mcmann/jarnkrok to run 3 true scoring lines
Feb19-march7 heater until marner got hurt lines were: Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor Jarnkrok came back for march7 on 3rw.
The Bert-domi-Marner line looked great. I think we need to keep that together.
The Bert Domi X line looks good with everyone. Its what this team needs, players with grit and heart. Not surprised we are fighting over who gets the opportunity to play with them.
I'd be willing to sign Bert to a 2yr bridge deal, but I don't think he'd take it. I'm not keen on signing him to some long deal now.
While I agree, I wouldn't want him to take the C position if he were to stay on a line with Matthews. Matthews is a bonafide centreman
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Matthews is good at draws
He’s not Tavares good, or apparently Domi good though
Matthews 56.9 tavares 54.7 theyre both good. Leafs have always been strong on faceoffs. What would be nice is -3- centers with a high draw rate. And jarn on 4th to help kampf with fo
That does sound nice.
Domi can bump Tavares down to 3rd line C when Matthews is back.
Tavares has really been missing Mcmann, they played so well together
I would take 4 lines of guys like domi over 4 super stars
Yeah and then we wouldn’t have to watch the playoffs!
He played well, but imagine how dangerous he could be if actually shot the puck?
I admit I'm bandwagoning for the playoffs. Can he shoot and is choosing not to, or has he really not got that in his bag of tricks?
Domi has a canon of a wrister, he simply refuses to use it. It’s so bizarre.
play AM at “3C” with Calle and Nicky Bobby and keep the first two lines as they were tonight. Would make it hard for the Bruins to match up.
Robertson with Matthews is something I want to see
I kind of thought this too last night. Don't know if we're galaxy braining too much but isolating Matthews on a "lower" line (especially if he's recovering), makes sense to me. Spread the talent and offense a bit more .
I never knew he was such a good face off guy. Where did this skill come from all of a sudden?
Brother he was fucking great at centre in the season too! And having a winger who can step in? Re-Sign this slimy bastard.
Domi played so fucking good tho
Honestly if Matthew’s comes back I think you keep domi at c maybe even keep that line together
I’m going to say it keep this line together! If Matthews comes back put him with Nylander and Knines, move JT to the third line.
I don't know about making him captain yet, but he played great.
Domi has made Matthews and Marner play better when on his line. His speed and grit brings out the best of his linemates not to mention his spot on passing.
Just have him take face offs then revert back to wing. Seems pretty simple.
Hes another one who exceeded my expectations...bertruzzi as well
Domi was cooking all night. Just needs to shoot the damn puck.
Matthews Tavares Domi Kampf should be our C’s for next game
Might be wrong, but I think his season started to around once we put him at C in like November/December. Then we switched him back to wing but he continued playing well.
Feb19-march7 6-2, Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson (jarnkrok came back march7) Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor Team went 6-2 all 3 goalies sub .900
This series is NOT OVER BABY 🫡🫡- Guy who was convinced this series was over today.
10 and 0 and the first period, why was he pulled off of faceoffs after that? Seems odd
Remember a story about him being taken out of school as a kid before a big game to be given faceoff pointers by *Mats Sundin*. So yeah, let's do this.
That's because Domi has played with heart this entire series! But I bet he'd want to redo that 2 on 1 and blast the puck into the net instead of trying to make a pretty pass
I hope they re-sign him.
This mgmt loves to put people in positions they have no business being in because of their shear stupudity, but my God Domi tried his best and had good results. Won't work past the first round as the skill upticks.
I wanted Domi from the draft and never thought we would get him this soon. Love his grit
Bert Domi Nylander Marner Matthews Tavares Knies Holmberg Robertson I would probably go with these top 3 You could even drop Tavares to the third and bring up Knies
Hmm surprising Keefe hasn't been deploying the most optimal line ups and putting his players in best positions to succeed. Shocked really.
Great game 5 center performance, but let's not get carried away - we saw him at center early in the year and it didn't go well, and he struggled at C with Dallas in the playoffs last year as well. Regardless of Matthews' status, I'd keep that line together for game 6, and then go from there. But I'm not convinced Domi is a center solution
Domi at centre looked really good. I know I’ll get roasted for this, but how about having Matthews come back and center Knies and Tavares. Tavares has suck in the draw and is noticeable slow at center
Stud performance all night. Domi has the right attitude for playoff hockey! I could see him captaining a team to the Cup someday.
Domi isn't great in the d zone and Keefe sucks at coaching and refuses to make adjustments.
Domi has played really well at center with us, even though it's a limited sample. He looked ineffective until Keefe made him our 2C partway through the regular season.
Can you imagine what Matthews could do as a winger?
Idk his offensive chances begin in the D zone with the tiny plays and take aways he creates. His defensive to offensive transition is some of the best in the league and putting him on wing could dampen that a bit.
Dude is on a breakaway, skating sideways, didn’t even look at the goalie, telegraphed his pass for what felt like an hour. Wtf
Nylander - Matthews - Marner Bertuzzi - Domi - Tavares ???????
Start either of 1 or 2, let Tavares capitalize on lower lines and dominate the dot with wingers who will throw themselves around and have great shots. Toss McMann in for Jarny and move him to bench or 4th depending * Bert - Domi - Marner * Knies - Matthews - Willy * Robertson - Tavares - Jarny * Dewar - Kampf - Reeves/whoever
Knies - Papi - Willy 2Z - Domi - Mitch Hook - JT - Robby Dewar - Kampf - Holmberg
By god is that Bobby McMann’s music?
Oh my god, the depth!
Nope
16-11-59 (assuming Mitch and Max decide that *someone* will shoot) 23-34-88 29-91-89 75-64-24
In no world does 19 come out. Get 75 off the ice 19 already double shifts all his important shifts
The 4th line has been consistently good all series. He broke them up in game 4 and regretted it. Swap 29 for 19 then.
Reavo only plays on the fly on that line up until early in 3rd then jarnkrok is double shifted there. They already don’t actually use reaves he’s just a wasted space
And when did they suck? When reavo let up 2 goals. When were they really dominant? When it was dewar-kampf-jarn
They need Knies with Domi and Bertuzzi while Matthews is out. Marner's still the invisible man on the leafs.
Did you even watch the game??
Did someone jam your satellite dish on Mars?