Post-Game Talk: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Leafs up 2-0! Win 4-3 Game 2

[Frostitute]

Guys, my heart can't take these 1 goal leads.

 

[Its not your fault]

I don’t know how you don’t give Bérubé atleast a nomination for coach of the year if this team goes deep. I get that it’s a regular season award but we also were 4th overall.

I think only 4 over time losses speasks volumes.

 

[ClarkSittler]

So far we're 2-0 in games I got to go to!

Guess I better get more tickets!!

You better start booking your flight to Florida right now!

 

[thewave]

Barkov & Reinhart this series ...... 1 point & -5..... and the point was a ppg

Do I need to remind you of their credentials? Matthews even without scoring is just fine.

That line barely got out alive in the third period. It was luck and Woll

 

[Jmo89]

Glad someone said it. People really don’t get that this is the only way we really have a chance to win here, and have other players come up as heroes. It’s astonishing the amount of heat they take when they constantly outscore players of this caliber.

I'm fine with Matthews sacrificing his offense for defense and that has been a key to them winning, but I am a little frustrated with the way he's missed some of his open looks.

They won't come very often so he needs to bury them when he has the chance.

 

[wingman75]

I still have no clue how tf Nylander corralled and shot the puck for his goal. The in game replay left me more confused

Pure nasty skill. Being able to do that at full speed while being checked on shit ice... sometimes these guys just do the unbelievable!

 

[Goose]

Crazy I used to think Matthews was in the 1B Tier just below McDavid with Kuch/Drai/MacK....

As great as these playoffs have been, he feels like such a non-factor it's crazy.

 

[Leaffan197703]

Having a coach to teach the team how to play a complete game get enough goals and lock down your own end is how win in the playoffs you have grind out wins very rarely are there blown out games defense wins

 

[wingman75]

I'm fine with Matthews sacrificing his offense for defense and that has been a key to them winning, but I am a little frustrated with the way he's missed some of his open looks.

They won't come very often so he needs to bury them when he has the chance.

I think that is the issue for many of us. He hasn't had to sacrafice anything, the chances are still there... he is just not finishing. If he was, this team would look unbeatable!

 

[Lightsol]

When you find out, let everyone else know.

Even the coaches and players are confused. Almost as confused as the refs

The refs seem to be employing some kind of Randomizer approach to infractions; will it be a penalty this time? What do you say, Magic 8-Ball?

 

[Rare Jewel]

This is great. I still won't be satisfied until Matthews scores more.

He can save it for later in the playoffs, that is fine.

It is a tough matchup, and to be on the plus side two games in should probably get more notice. Good job in posting it!

Obviously he's saving it for round 4...

Or at least that's what I think @Evilhomer is thinking.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Woll pulling up to the post game presser in a tank top is a power move.

 

[wingman75]

Having a coach to teach the team how to play a complete game get enough goals and lock down your own end is how win in the playoffs you have grind out wins very rarely are there blown out games defense wins

Credit to the maturity of the players too for being willing to accept the message and then execute it! This was the battle Babs lost... he had an immature bunch that though they knew everything. They didn't. And were losers for 8 seasons. No doubt that helped them realize!

 

[crump]

Guys, my heart can't take these 1 goal leads.

My teeth are grinding so much, I think I’m going to need a mouth guard at night.

 

[LeafGrief]

This team bends but doesn’t break. That was a defensive clinic to end and the whole team has bought into the intensity. Get that split in FLA.

 

[GQS]

Well I mean I’m starting to have faith and it feels good. If they take that away from me then so be it, but I think we’re headed in the right direction.

They're definitely headed in the right direction so far, but I need to see more before I REALLY start believing in them. Too much pain and suffering with their past playoff performances to just believe that this year they're different until they prove it to us consistently. The first 2 games against the Panthers are certainly very good performances in getting people to change their minds about them.

 

[wingman75]

Woll pulling up to the post game presser in a tank top is a power move.

Pure confidence baby!

Next move is Willy-style tarp off!

 

[mix1home]

Taking care of business at home is huge

Need to steal one of the next two on the road.

Good plan!

 

[Hellcat]

Unreal... we had 4 goals on 20 shots at home... this team feels different, if we get a win in Sunrise... I might start to think what no Leaf fan should ever think...

 

[sxvnert]

Jones played 27:11 tonight. Damn the Panthers would have been much worse without him.

 

[TakeTheBody]

Enjoy the ride my friends. Everything is different. Matthews scores less but shuts down the other team at the end of the game. We actually have a goal tending tandem that is solid. We are usually the alpha in the room. Some kid name Knies is a bad ass player. New coach. New GM. New team and attitude. That stat that said like 80% of hockey is played within three feet of the boards ( number might be slightly off, but i'm freaking happy) we never owned that three feet. Now we're at least even or better. This TEAM blocks shots. Eats pucks. It's different now. Enjoy the ride.

 

[Lightsol]

Credit to the maturity of the players too for being willing to accept the message and then execute it! This was the battle Babs lost... he had an immature bunch that though they knew everything. They didn't. And were losers for 8 seasons. No doubt that helped them realize!

Babcock didn't really want them to lock it down, though; to this day I have no idea what the hell style Babcock wanted them to play. It didn't look a damned thing like anything he coached in either Anaheim or Detroit, and you're not going to tell me that the entire team, including the guys he demanded Lou bring in for him, refused to play his style properly...

Personally, I think by the time he got here, his ego was so inflated that actually coaching had taken a backseat to power moves and stoking said ego.

 

[Hellcat]

This team looks nothing like the regular season team. I was Berube's biggest critic on these boards, credit where credit is due.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Woll pulling up to the post game presser in a tank top is a power move.

He needs to strut in with a Roland portable piano under his arm like a rock star.

 

[LeafGrief]

Lots of us getting ahead of ourselves. It’s 6 down, 10 to go. Don’t forget that this team always gets our hope up before breaking our hearts.

ONE GAME AT A TIME!!

GO LEAFS GO!