Craig Berube laments ‘avoidable’ goals against in Maple Leafs’ loss to Predators
“The late goal we gave up in the second was avoidable, the third goal was avoidable,” Berube told reporters postgame. “I thought our team did a lot of things better tonight, with the puck, I thought that we advanced the puck out of our zone, through the neutral zone. I think our decision making has got to be better in getting over the red line.”
Berube continued by saying that he felt the Leafs have been forcing too many plays lately.
“If there’s plays to be made, make them,” Berube continued. “If not, I thought we kind of forced things there too much. But again, you know, a lot of good things. We didn’t finish enough on some of our opportunities. And like I said, the goals they got were mistakes.”
Despite the slump the Leafs are in right now and the seemingly low mood around the team, Berube said that he doesn’t have any problems when it comes to motivating his team.
“I don’t have an issue with motivating the team, looking at things and correcting them and being positive at the same time, that’s my job,” he said. “So it’s not difficult for me, but like I said, we’ve got a game tomorrow, so we’ve got to clean things up and go play a real good team.”
Berube didn’t specify any lineup changes but indicated that there would be some shuffling since the Leafs have three fresh bodies who sat on Saturday night. The Maple Leafs will travel to Dallas to face the Stars on Sunday night.