The Panthers are keeping the Leafs off balance while building a 2-0 series edge. PierreVLeBrun asked former coaches how Toronto can turn things around. 'Get your group to feel extremely confident about themselves,' Travis Green says.
out of their game plan at times in the opening round and are doing it again with the Leafs. I asked Keefe about it during his media call Friday. Is Florida’s forecheck the primary reason for that?He gave a thoughtful and lengthy answer, which gave me the sense it’s very much on his mind ahead of Game 3:
“Well, yes, their forecheck is strong,” he said. “It’s the strength of their team. It was in the regular season, as well. They were one of the premier forechecking teams in the“That said, when I look at Games 1 and 2, you know, certainly Game 1 I didn’t think it was as much of an issue for us. Game 2 perhaps a little bit more. Impacted the first goal, for sure, but there’s some things we want to handle differently there ourselves. Didn’t make the right read on it.
“The nature of some of our turnovers put us in some real bad spots. That was what was disappointing because that’s what we’ve been really seeking to avoid, is those big mistakes. And certainly Florida, with the way that they’re playing and how they forecheck and how they transition perhaps more importantly when they get the puck back, it makes it that much more dangerous.
“Those are things that we talked about avoiding all season long, and I thought we did a really good job against Tampa in that regard and it has not been the case here through the two games. It’s in large part why we sit in the hole that we do. We know that we need to be able to score more than we have. That said, with a 2-0 lead on home ice, we should be able to win that hockey game even if it ends up having to be 2-1.
There’s a lot to digest there, but a big part of it is Keefe feeling his team needs better puck management.“Every series changes, can change very fast, which we’ve already seen happen in these playoffs with
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