Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes: Playoff Lineup, Matthews, Nylander & More!

In this video, I go over all the latest news and notes surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs using advanced stats, contextual information and salary cap analysis.
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[@dankotaber9056]

Glad to see your new video - thank you! I'm hoping you'll find time to put out much more content during the playoffs as we value your analysis.

[@DownTownSports98]

Hopefully. Been crazy busy at TSN with March madness the last few weeks. Always appreciate the support

[@ChroniclogicalJeff]

I'm with you 100%. Is it ideal? Obviously not. Am I worried in any way shape or form? No, not at all. For the reasons you've mentioned and the fact that Morgan, ZAR and Bunting all appear to be trending upwards at the right time. Also inevitable return of ROR and the potential energy boost from Knies has me feeling as positive as I had with this team in a long time. Go Buds! 💪🐻‍❄️

[@brandonbrianbrodbichaelbol5754]

Nice! Just subscribed. Can you do a video on the fanatics nhl jersey? You have a awesome collection. Thnx

[@richkamminga4283]

I thought I was seeing the same thing was Liljegren, was hoping I was wrong though...

[@ed230]

I mean I could be stretching but keefe could he mixing up stuff so that Tampa is left guessing in terms of footage and what to expect

[@davegray7551]

Dress 7 dmen in the Playoffs and that 7th dman needs to be Shenn. As the Canuck players said, "Shenn makes us feel half a foot taller when he is on the ice.

[@nicholaswalls6212]

But when he's the 7th dman he's not really on the ice ......

[@davegray7551]

@@nicholaswalls6212 The 7th dman may only have a few shifts in the game, but he serve a HUGE purpose! How many times will other teams try to run Marnier and Matthews with Shenn sitting on the bench? NOT too many. :)

[@nicholaswalls6212]

He's good enough to be 5th dman on depth chart so play him

[@davegray7551]

@@nicholaswalls6212 5th or 7th, I agree!! Have you noticed Schenn is on the ice quite often when Marnier and Mathews are on the ice? Smart move!

[@bigdave8437]

Just a note, NHL people who have experienced success in the post-season have all indicated that having 9 NHL capable D-men is pretty much what you will likely need to get through 4 rounds of the playoffs. The Leafs now have that, so why do some people keep thinking it's problem? It's not, it's likely essential, so good work Dubas.

[@DogoodPOG]

Thank for the video king

[@brianmiddleton1845]

I don't understand why they don't use Morgan as a forward. He looks so big and strong as a forward.

[@brianmiddleton1845]

P.s. awesome videos by the way.

[@johnsummerhill8323]

I think it is a good idea but at this time of the year, experimentation is probably out. Maybe next season.

[@tonybozzelli287]

I wish he'd act big and strong as a D, as he's paid to do 😂 GLG

[@johnsummerhill8323]

@@tonybozzelli287 I wish they would never have traded for McCabe. Another bad game.

[@TheCheckit96]

Need better strategy. Control the game from the point like Boston, take higher probability shots from better angles, expend energy where required so available when needed to boost .

[@jasonkewell6189]

As of today Liljegren isn't making opening night line up ether. Big hopes for the futre, but long wa to go.

[@davegray7551]

Keep Jarnkrok on Matthews Left wing!!

[@jesskoffman4930]

We will go back to 12 and 6 for Matthew Nies the Science Guy. 😂

[@DownTownSports98]

Matthew Not So Mr Knies Guy

[@geographyinaction7814]

No, ROR will be back.

[@Mrvegas6666]

Liljegren wouldn't be in my game one starting lineup either. He's kind of cracking under the pressure of the team having skill and depth on the back end.

[@gregknight3901]

welcome back hope you are doing well , i have to agree liligrin should not be a starter in the ploffs , gustafsson is bigger stronger and more experienced and schenn is #7 not going to sugar coat it he hasn't played well under pressure and he knows it

[@matthewbriggs7998]

Bunting Matthew’s Marner Jarnkrok Tavares Nylander Accari ROR Lafferty ZAR Kampf Kerfoot Brodie McCabe Reilly Schenn Holl Gio Samsonov The bottom 6 forwards can change a bit as long as we go with the 4 strong centres. I want to see Reilly with a stay at home defenceman and I think schenn can be this guy with his playoff experience. I wouldn’t shelter Reilly too much as he did a great job in playoffs before. We saw how valuable he was when muzzin was out.. I also wonder about Holl and gio, this seems like a great shut down line however, I haven’t really seen them use this line I’m not sure why. Samsonov earned number 1

[@honkingantalope]

It's Morgan Rielly and Noel Acciari. It's Ryan O'Reilly and there's a A Mike Reilly. It always auto-corrects Rielly to Reilly.

[@zascorpusa]

Nies hasn’t done anything and way too much hype on this guy he could be a draft bust or something else we just don’t know

[@bigdave8437]

There is an acclimatization period trying to absorb 5-6 new guys into your structure. I think Keefe has done what he should be doing to facilitate that process. I'm assuming with 6-7 games left he'll likely start playing the group that will start the post-season, but the great thing is he has multiple options. People forget during Keefe's 1st season that was interrupted by the pandemic in March 2020, then re-started with that idiot "play-in" round in the east bubble, that by halfway through the deciding game 5, the Leafs were down to only 4 D due to injuries. Those 4 D were Rielly, Barrie, Ceci & the inimitable Martin Marincin. Freddie, yet again in a clutch "for-all-the-marbles" deciding game let another dog-shit goal in when they were only down 1-0. In his defence they didn't score any goals, so it likely wouldn't have mattered, but you never know. This team is waaaay better & deeper, so I'm bullish on the post-season.

[@jimenglish2893]

Jmn😊

[@xtrickster6556]

They have 9 defenseman and not 1 of them is a top 1D. What a joke.

[@ThatAnimalBlundetto]

Guys, Lafferty has been so bad.

[@jimlangdon1947]

Looks like the Leaf GM & Coaching staff acquired players before the Trade Deadline without knowing how they could fit into the Leafs playoff lineup. No wonder the Leafs performance statistics are dropping. That is ok - Leaf fans can be grateful for another Leaf successful regular season. Guess the playoffs might be short & sweet again - who knows?

[@johnsummerhill8323]

The Lightening are sh------g the bed now so the Leafs should be ok.

[@jimlangdon1947]

@@johnsummerhill8323 Hope you are right. Bruins love playing Leafs in playoffs - especially a game 7 turnaround win like in the past. My concern is that nobody wants to be the first to lose a playoff round to the Leafs in decades - so I best just not to bet against Tampa. The Leafs were good again in this year’s regular season - got to give them credit where credit is due for sure!

[@johnsummerhill8323]

@@jimlangdon1947 I think the Lightning are in trouble. If the Leafs play 5 man defence on all shifts, like they can, and haven't done before with this group, all should go well.

[@RyanJones4444]

I just cannot stand Nylanders lack of effort..

[@geographyinaction7814]

He's having a career year!

[@Breca]

Thank You DTS Hows the TSN gig going

[@DownTownSports98]

Going great! I got to work the Leafs/Sens last weekend by myself for Sportscentre. Also in the process of submitting a demo tape. So fingers crossed