Maple Leafs Special Teams Dysfunction with Craig Simpson | JD Bunkis Podcast
Craig Simpson, Sportsnet analyst and Stanley Cup champion, joins JD Bunkis to break down the Maple Leafs’ special teams issues, Mitch Marner's game, and Toronto’s winning formula.
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I just ask that the Leafs show some compassion for their fans and get it over with. Please no game 7 loss in Boston. End the suffering on Monday night. We can take it. We have been left at the Altar so many times, Uber is on speed dial to take us home.
Willie already out looking for a deal on clubs.
@@eyeswideopen67 Clubs? He can buy his own *course* with his new contract.
Craig Simpson knows what he is talking about. LOVE IT!
the same guy that didnt want to play in Toronto ...fk him
If only Craig was allowed to answer the questions JD is asking… stop answering your own questions and give your guest a chance to have his say, and stop talking over him
The Core 4 is the common denominator of all these Leaf playoff disappointments.
The core 4 without Nylander and Marner coming off an injury and Tavares coming off a down year? Okay.
No. Morgan Rielly is. The biggest loser ever.
@@peterlue9274 Sorry - my understanding is JT performed well as a third line Centre, Leafs were 8 wins versus 1 loss without Morgan, Nylander finished the year injured and Matthews only generates between 33% to 50% assists compared to the current top 25 NHL assist leaders. This Leaf Core 4 have been a playoff disappointment (zero playoff runs) for 8 seasons now. These are all just facts. Please explain your point ok. JT is likely headed for a buy out & many Leaf Followers don’t understand keeping both Marner and Nylander at $11 Million. I don’t.
@@jimlangdon1947 So Matthews 70 goals is not the reason why his assist percentage is so low? Craig Simpson talks about how his high ankle sprain affected him for an entire year. JT had about 30 fewer points this year. Morgan Rielly takes the regular season off likely because he does not want to get injured when it does not matter. As for Connor Timmins being practically undefeated in the lineup, the media and fans want to run him out of town. Considering Only 1 player in the core for is looking like he is healthy and we are still winning games, I think the blame does not go to the core 4 and you cannot expect Mathews to take up the slack for 3 of the 4.
@@peterlue9274 I disagree respectfully. Matthews just doesn’t have the skills as a centre requires even to compete with the current Top 25 Assist Leaders. Snipers like OV, Hull, Selanne and Matthews belong on the wing. Many of Matthews goals are scored when he is out of position as the centre - and he is basically sniping from the Wing like OV. Just move Matthews to the wing and develop a real Leaf First Line Centre with skills to be inside the current NHL top 25 Assist Leaders at a minimum. 😀 what Leafs fans get from this Core 4 is more years with zero playoff runs.
you had 5 power plays, don’t cry about the “missed” calls
The leafs stopped defending after they tied and allowed the bruins to dominate their zone after they scored bad mental response for sure
2nd time the Leaf's gave the Bruins a great goaltender ...damn you Andrew Raycroft you weren't worth trading a Stanley Cup winning goaltender for.
Rask was the first one right?
Love Craig Simpson!!! He knows what it's about!!!
A shout out to the game of hockey, the excitement, the elation, the anxiety, playoff hockey at its very best.
Spot On Insight From the Guest Speaker (very thorough) one thing.. that voice? That's NOT "Craig Simpson"..that's Darren Dreger. Are you folks Sleeping?
When it comes to winning in the playoffs it’s a fine line. Specialty teams play an integral role in the outcome of the games. I’ve waited the first three games and haven’t been impressed with the leafs.All,this talk about been more physical payers really hasn’t amounted to very much.Once again it’s the top players who have failed to step up to the next level.
Who ever does the pp and pk in coaching staff fire them and get new ones, they suck
PP & PK is horrible and the difference in this series
That’s the difference..
Two teams that have combined for one Stanley Cup championship in the last 102 seasons. Wake me up when it's o-vah . . .
Frustrating? Not just the go ahead goal 18 seconds after the Leafs tied it but then to see Toronto unable to get out of their zone with the clock approaching 6 minutes and even turning the puck over behind their net! And don't get me started on the ref's once again dictating the narrative of the Leafs storyline with questionable officiating (this time a call as opposed to the non-call in '93!) with the game on the line?
so you're saying the shannyplan ain't working....go figure.
Why don't they emulate the Sundin Mogilny Roberts Kaberle McCabe PP They were deadly and this team has similar skill available to them to make it work
Defense always trumps offense. Tampa has the best power play in the league. They went 0-4 tonight on the PP against Florida's defense and goaltending
TB looking lost lmao. Florida honestly looking like they're ready to go all the way. Just hungry.
You leave marchand alone in the circle in the third in the playoffs coachs fault marchand is a pure scorer blinders on thankyou he said
Playoff hockey sometimes gets laughably out of hand, I mean, cross checking, holding, interference, hooking, everywhere, tackling guys, it's kinda hilarious.
Game 4 is a must win now for the Leafs.
The term special teams is so pretentious. Just say the Powerplay. It makes the top guys look bad, but it's a coaching issue. Just simplify it, get pucks on net, clean it up, make them scramble.
How long has the pp been shut, last month of reg season. Get it together , no excuses
Leafs need to get back to the way they played during the regular season...just play hockey, I know you need to take it up a few notches in the playoffs but I think the Leafs are capable of that. That being said, Boston just looks like a better team, fast, tape to tape passes and a goalie who is bigger than the net at this point.
Not sure what coach is responsible for the Special Teams at Leafs practise, but he has no f----ing idea what to do, to get the PP and PK to be MORE effective, CONSISTENTLY? On paper, the highly skilled Leaf players on the #1 PP should be scoring 80 - 90 % of the time. Not happening, a BIG problem and issue, especially in the playoffs?
It's always the same. It starts off incredibly strong, and finishes off extremely weak. They miss Justin Holl on the PK. He was the best PK defender.
The PP and PK stinks if they don't play Sat game, like an elimination game it's over. Yeh Matthews gets suplexed by Charlie M. With no call.
Want another ironic note: Marchand is from Toronto.
Nope
No. He's from the rock
This team just doesn't have it. They're regular season team not a playoff team. Same story year after year after year.
I mean when the refs even try to help you out and you still come up with a loss. Internal is the thing
Sweyman would have just sucked as a Leaf. That's been the story with the Leafs: everyone knows you don't go to this city to GET a Stanley Cup. You LEAVE this city to get one.
It's obvious. Stats > Championships. Break up the squad.
Leafs must do their talking on the ice or they are all fired
I have to give credit to the Bruins for being so sneakily malicious. They let NHL's clowns get one win just to give them some hope only to crush them all in one swoop! Quite the spectacle they are giving us. Boston in 5.
Samsonov is poor at gloving shots
Gm 3 pp 0-5
terrible coaching. You can't put at least a competent power play together with this lineup?
I'm a LEAF fan but there to young need more older and mature.🤔🙏🙏
They're too young, you say? The average age of the 2023-24 Maple Leafs is 28. They already tried going down that route of having a more older and mature roster in the early 00s. Didn't work. 2002-03 the roster had an average age of just below 30. 2003-04 the roster had an average age of 30.3
Boston Brunettes will go down in 7
This is NHL men’s hockey dude , If you want cheer for the brunettes go watch another sport duh !!
@@alberthamel6039 Haven't you heard?. After getting pounded by the Bruins, the Leafs are challenging the Brunettes for the World Ringette Title.
Keefe 👉🏼🤡
Marner is playing hurt.
Should have rested Nylander and Marner in game 82 then
Being weak is not playing hurt.
@@jockejocke1 well 2 other top players are hurt and not playing at least Marner is showing up.ITS VERY CLEAR they are losing the last few years because they are not scoring not because they are not knocking out other players teeth.2 goal games and fights wont win you the cup in 2024.
@@jockejocke1 Well he helped win the last game.
bruh even if Marner is trash why can't you guys just say it lmao he never could produce in the playoffs n now he still suck in the playoffs we are going to say he is injured or playing hurt . so was he playing hurt all the other playoffs???????????
blah blah blah
Enough with leaning bullshit, this is what they do for a living you know what to do and not to do. Money spend get the fxxking job done. Leafs are better than Boston, get off your butt and get it done.
Wait, I thought it was the refs fault the Leafs didn’t score on 5 power plays 😂😂
this guy sounds more boring during an interview then his commentary, how is this possible.
Simpson must go. I thought he was going to cry after Boston's first goal.
Someone please explain why a team built like the Leafs struggle so damned much to get any goals. This team should never have defensive and/or net minding pressure simply because they should be able to run up the score on teams much of the time. You know, maybe not every single game, but in a best of series this group should out score any opposition significantly, and yet they just can’t. No PP to speak of, mediocre to poor PK. How the hell will that win anything? Could it be that these highly paid core players (with the exception of Mathews) aren’t actually as skilled as their pay grade suggests?
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