The Leafs have a serious problem...

Everyone is speaking out about this. Quite frankly, folks, it has never been more clear as following the Leafs choking a 3-0 lead in yesterday's game. There is one area on this team that not only needs change, there is one clear change that needs to happen that fans are speaking out about. We're going to break that down as well as discuss a ton of other updates, including an update surrounding OEL and a bunch more on this episode. Before we get into it, a very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. It's an unfortunate game yesterday. The Toronto Maple Leafs lost. He still managed to get a point on the back of really Sergei Bobrovsky. But there is a clear area now that kind of needs some change for this team. And that is in the form of the blue line. And the blue line has been an interesting storyline to start the season. Fans want Nick Blankenberg in the lineup. Now, do I think that Blankenberg is going to be the savior? No, but people want change. Everyone is talking about it. Can we get Blankenberg, please? Get Troy Stetcher out of there. Darius I think at this point I mean not only do they need a defenseman kind of desperately right now to change it up I think Troy Stetcher I don't think he's been completely awful but I do think at this point and there's a lot of blame to be put around but I think at this point getting Troy Stetcher out and putting Nick Blankenberg in is something that they they need to try tomorrow and I also hope John Chychrun is on the phone because there's a clear area that needs to be changed and that is the blue line is by far the worst part of this team well like to blame everything on troy stetcher in terms of like the only reason they're losing is because of troy stetcher is wrong right like that's not the reason but it is time to give Nick Blankenburg a look just a few games into the season now and like you said i hope john shika is working on phones because it's clear they they can't go through this whole season like this they're gonna have to make some type of an upgrade and again is it a simon edvinson you're gonna be giving up a lot or is it just something that's a a little bit uh you know smaller that's just you know easier to shore up the defense in the meantime until you figure something out in seasons to come so i'm not exactly sure what that looks like right now but what i know it should look like heading into saturday is nick blankenberg in for troy stetcher and you didn't play him against his former team in the nashville predators so why not play him against his other former team in the colorado avalanche on saturday so i do feel like it could come to that at this point troy stetcher i love him you know when they claimed him last year i'm like hey this is a guy who's coming in that you know has an infectious work ethic right and something that i think rubbed off on a couple guys and he seems like a good guy to be around all that type of stuff he is shocking sometimes watching him play right like watching him try to move the puck up the ice and or really any of the Leafs defense for that matter but um it is kind of shocking sometimes so I think it I think it's him and I think you move a Nick Blankenberg in now Nick Blankenberg might play on Saturday no matter what because we don't even know what's going on with OEL and the fact that that wasn't a penalty at the end of the game is a joke that is at least the interference if not roughing because he slammed his head into the ice so i thought that was a joke vegas for the last five years has been one of the least penalized teams in the league the leafs have been one of the least uh you know they don't get any power plays they don't get any calls for them right so i thought that was an absolute joke too at the end of the game but uh i think you know a lot of fans are calling for it and at this point i think Blankenberg will find his way into the lineup one way or another yeah and you know the refs yesterday they were uh quite interesting it wasn't a huge uh you can blame the refs and i think there's a big case to be made it definitely should have been obviously the blue line desperately needs some change especially where october now is going to get very very interesting very very quickly and speaking of october october is a huge month for sports and everyone has an opinion on who you should bet on are you tired of the fake picks paid tipsters and the money you keep losing stop guessing try otis edge for free six analysts one subscription one price that's less than a dinner out so download the free otis edge app and get the free pick of the day every single day plus a library of free content no credit card required yeah and become a subscriber and you unlock otis edge uh university as well which gets you access to all six analysts you get bankroll management you learn emotional discipline and these are all huge factors for betting in this season right so you can follow one analyst you can follow all six it's all included and uh right now with the MLB playoffs you mentioned 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in but i think the bigger storyline here is just honestly the defense in general i think something needs to change and i don't think necessarily coaching staff you know Morgan Riley still looks very very bad he looks the exact same as last year nothing really changed in the in the offseason there it's getting a little bit rough when you look at all the things that are going well the offense and then all of a sudden now you have the blue line just continuing to uh realistically continuing to be the clear kind of point here and i mean oh we all he's had a very very rough start to the year but i'd still probably rather him on the ice than a couple other guys but it's a clear problem right now and there's no immediate fix because i like the Leafs have an abundance of assets no you're right and uh he has had a tough start to the season and it's not even the advanced analytics it's just like the eye test like he's thrown so many pizzas up through the middle even last night he was doing it again i was texting you about it nick i'm like how is he continuing to do this this year it's it's crazy right but obviously you know you would wanted him in the lineup over maybe you know some options from the marlies or anything like that obviously i would trust them a little bit more in that case but um i think it's interesting heading into saturday so hopefully he's okay first of all right because he did look he went straight to the dressing room and look like he did smack his head off the ice because i thought that was like a there was no puck and then he threw him to the ice like i don't know how that's not a penalty but anyway it's not like that's going to take the injury back or anything like that but i do think there is a path to see Nick Blankenburg in the lineup now besides the defense one thing i want to talk about is Sergei Bobrovsky and the goaltending because Bobrovsky hasn't got a win yet with the Toronto Maple Leafs which is very unfortunate for him because he should have won that game he should have got that game last night because he would have won them that game it would have been his game so that would have been nice and a nice storyline there but uh talking on the goaltending a little bit too and I guess the game that was I mean you play well enough in the first period to win that game I thought they started great right like that was a great start and one thing that I've noticed this season at least for the first five to ten minutes of a game they have been starting on time. That is new. That is something that they have not done at all for a long time. That's something that notoriously they've been poor at starting on time and starting strong and getting after a game and imposing your will on a game. So it was a great start. Then you have one of the worst stretches I've seen of Leafs hockey in that second period in a long time as well. So that was awful. And then the third was a little bit more even. You give yourself an opportunity and Bobrovsky certainly gives you an opportunity to win and you drop the extra point, which is unfortunate but I see a lot of people talking about how Bobrovsky hasn't won yet was it worth it people are bringing up Joseph Wolf's stats even though the Flyers haven't won a game yet in their own 5-2 so um you know he's played well I just wanted to point this out he's played well he definitely deserved that win last night like just for him himself um and I think he's going to figure it out but I do wonder again is it Stolarz now going against Saturday is it just 1-1-1-1 that they're going to go with I'd like to see Bob out there again I mean he got them a point last game at least in my eyes like the amount of saves especially with how poor the defense has been and Chris Tanev came out and said we need to be better and help out bob obviously had the glove save that save them a point right and at the end of the day here this team has a lot of issues but also let's remain positive they look a lot at the very least a lot more fun than last year to watch so comment down below what your favorite part was of the game obviously a bunch of goals he's in count i got mckenna getting another point nick paul with his first on the tip things are looking decent and to get a point um against a very very good vegas team is interesting folks let us know down below what your thoughts are on this