""Goalies, defence, forwards, something's not clicking. They're playing a wide open game right now, and it's not gonna work when you have to come back from two, three goals. It's nice when you come back, but it's not gonna happen in the playoffs, and you wanna get ready for the playoffs starting mid-season. Now, before it's too late, you need to start playing the right way.""
""They almost just need to go on the road and go out one night and just get drunk," he said. "Sometimes it's not up to the coach, it's the players playing the game. They played really well under him last year. So don't worry about the media, less media is better for the team. Keep this stuff inside the team, get drunk, everyone can move on, and you can play better hockey.""
Toronto Maple Leafs have begun the season inconsistently, sitting second-last in the Atlantic after 17 games and entering a three-game skid. Defensive lapses and uneven goaltending have contributed to a wide-open style that fails to sustain leads and undermines comeback reliability. Tomáš Kaberle identified a lack of overall confidence across goalies, defence, and forwards and warned that such play will not succeed in playoff hockey. Kaberle suggested that players need to rebuild internal cohesion, limit media distractions, and regain trust through team-first approaches, noting that past play under the current coach was stronger.
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