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dom from the athletic dropped a great article today on his assessment of the leafs play style and why it's resulting in loss after loss. asking your best offensive players to lean into their defensive roles more instead of letting them do what they do best obviously won't get you where you need to be, but it's 100% more a failure with the playoff mindset and coaching than with the individual player's abilities. it was an interesting read, and i agree with so much of it. responsibility really does fall to mitch and auston in so many ways bc they have both developed their offensive and defensive games, but leaning on playing safe just isn't working. run it back with a better dcore and let them be the harlem globetrotters they normally are PLEASE.

#toronto maple leafs #hockeystats #or analysis i guess lol #i agree w it all tbh #auston matthews #mitch marner #its why willy Looks better offensively in the playoffs but his differentials still arent good lol #he cant be asked to play defensively safe bc thats not part of his game ever lol #but there needs to be a balance bc our two best players are having to sacrifice their own offense #to make up for the rest of the teams lack of defense n thats bfdnjd like #lets get a different philosophy n some real nhl dmen bfmsjd #i get WHY its a style they tried. i dont get sticking with it this long when its not working but #this whole article is just confirmation bias to like BAndnd EXACTLY THANK U !

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