Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward
The Leafs were bad this year because of 3 things:
1-Andersen. Self explanatory.
2-injuries
3-lack of work ethic and toughness/grit and the will to win. How many times have I seen a Leafs player (in the top 4) lose the puck and then do nothing to get it back. That's the problem they don't seem to care 1 night out of 3. They play 2 AMAZING games in a row which makes you think «wow they're legit contenders» and then don't bother to show up the game after. And just the fact that I don't see a large portion of the Leafs fanbase be OUTRAGED like I am after seeing them not even trying for 60 minutes straight kinda tells you everything you need to know about that fanbase
I have your number 3 at my 1. lack of effort and will to win, if by gritty you mean being giving more effort and willing to win more than i can accept that, i just dont like when people say they need a guy like gudas or someone like that and thats their problem
"That's the problem they don't seem to care 1 night out of 3. They play 2 AMAZING games in a row which makes you think «wow they're legit contenders» and then don't bother to show up the game after."
Thats their biggest problem, you nailed it. i agree completely,
"And just the fact that I don't see a large portion of the Leafs fanbase be OUTRAGED like I am after seeing them not even trying for 60 minutes straight kinda tells you everything you need to know about that fanbase"
agree 100% as well, these fans think they play their heart out day in and day out and just dont get the job done, because they dont have good D, toughness etc. which is why IM not a fan of people ****ting on Dubas because its the players that like you said will play 1 good game out of 3, yeah hes not perfect at all, but to blame this season on him i think is crazy, players are way too taented to put up stinkers like that.
id put goaltending at 2, Andersen was so inconsistent this year, but i think people tend to try and look away from that because the last 2 years he has probably stolen games for us so people may look at that
only reason why i would put injuries 3 is because although we couldnt seem to catch a break is that every team gets injuries and thats just a thing to overcome and there are games even when we were injured that we should have won which relates back to point 1