Toronto Maple Leafs pi in Poor defensive effort

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the worst defensive minded teams in the NHL and yesterday they proved it. A 6-0 loss to the bottom feeding Columbus Blue Jacketsis bad, but what makes it worse is how each goal was scored.

Outside of the second and maybe the third, every goal was completely the fault of one defenceman…or both.

The game was a microcosm of a bigger issue with the Leafs, a young and mistake prone defence combined with a lack of any control when it comes to taking penalties.

The Jackets first goal was caused by a blown coverage by Jake Gardiner. Cody Franson was the other defenceman on the ice, but it was Gardiner going around the wrong side of the net and leaving his man all alone that cause the goal.

Columbus’ third goal was a two on one after Mark Fraser made a bad pinch on the blue-line. Morgan Rielly played it pretty well and Reimer truthfully should have had it, but without the bad pinch this play doesn’t happen.

The fourth goal, and by this point the game is pretty much over, was a powerplay shot from the point. What makes that bad? All four Leafs were below the hashmarks. That’s not as indicative of poor play from Phaneuf and Gunnarson but the forwards on the ice, who in this case were McClement and Smithson – the Leafs supposed ‘defensive specialists’. Also for the record, it was Gardiner in the box at the time.

Source: tipofthetower

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