So ur going to blame coaching on everything, but not the personnel on the ice? Thats so ridiculous. it was poor defensemen and poor defenseive plays whom cost u that series, and will continue to do so in the playoffs. I can't comment about Marner or Hanifin, because i wasn't even aware of that, but im pretty sure that if u had drafted Provorov, or Weresnki over marner, u would have prob won a playoff round at least. i dont see the leafs getting deep in the playoffs. if u go against a healthy bruins team again, ur not getting past them. cause their defense can contain ur offense, but ur defense, cant contain thier offense.

I do blame Babcock last year....for the Leafs constant racing to the bench instead of playing hockey. And yes I do blame Babcock. Game 7, Leafs were leading 4-3, and each team was short a man ( centre Bozak in the penalty box. He never had centre Matthews, Kadri or Plekanec on the ice. LWer Marleau and Marner on the ice when Marleau lost the defensive zone faceoff to Bergeron cleanly. Three seconds later...tie game.
You should have seen Matthews face or the bench. He knows that Babcocks game management cost the Leafs that goal. (I'm not saying the Bruins wouldn't have won the game anyway).
Babcock and Matthews had a meeting in Arizona before the draft. I betcha a big discussion was game management. I've even joked that after last year (not just playoffs) Babcock should be the head coach during the day and Keefe should be behind the bench on game night. Fortunately the signing of Tavares has led to less matchups during the game, at least when the play is on. Even with Matthews being injured, the Leafs aren't making on ice line changes during the play. Even Dermot, who has just one year and NHL play and NHL rookie Ozhigakov are an improving pair. Thanks to the Nylander delay in signing, the Leafs will have even more cap for a Dman add this year if needed. I just don't think 8 years of Weber at the expense of Nylander is the answer.

i see what u mean, but come on, babcock isn't a stupid coach. he's been around for a while. i dont blame him. u have to worth with what u have. as for weber and nylander i totally agree that its an unfair trade. it would have made sense if weber was like 25.

Thank you for taking care of him , he always respond to my post by being strongly oppose just for the sake of it and terrible to discuss with (pls ignoreme) . Im perfectly capable of keeping Weber , like him a lot and actually that trade was almost a favor to the most boring city in the world . This (for fun ) proposal is off the table .

My bet was Matthews wanted Marner more on his side but with Tavares there are 2 players looking for the same player , will see... So young Austin is ready to fill Babcock shoes ?