Post-Game Talk: Birthday Boy Bertuzzi Bashes the Avalance!

[Zybalto]

Joe Bowen full highlights (sorry if already posted)

 

[Jacquestrapless]

What's surprising in all this is how Keefe spread out the ice time for everyone.

Moving Tavares down benefited everyone.

TJ brodie got 24 minutes, the highest of anyone on the team.

 

[Puckstuff]

What's surprising in all this is how Keefe spread out the ice time for everyone.

Moving Tavares down benefited everyone.

What’s even more surprising then putting JT on the 3rd line is that he didn’t panic and change up the lines after we were losing

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Burnie97]

The rest of our schedule is filled of like.. 90% good teams.

Hardly any dud games on paper remaining.

Other than Arizona and Washington the rest are good teams, or teams that play us good (Buffalo, Habs)

Might not be a bad thing considering how leafs usually play against shit teams.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I don't think you're the person to be calling out other people's bad trade takes

What is my bad trade take?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Before the game I said wanted this game BAD and didn't know why and that wasn't true, I knew EXACTLY why, because with a win they sweep the road trip.

They delivered, they won, they swept the road trip, it wasn't necessarily pretty but they swept trip.

What's even more impressive is they did it WITHOUT a goal from Auston Matthews.

Tonight we got the Bertuzzi I thought we were getting in July when we signed him, more of that please and thank you.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

What I didn’t realize is with 2 games against Boston, we control our destiny now. Winning in regulation x2 nd winning the game in hand will tie us in points and RW, and we would lead in ROW

 

[cyris]

3rd game in 4 nights and at high altitude. Kinda understandable that they were struggling a bit by the 3rd period. Big credit to them for pushing through and getting the winner at the end.

 

[PromisedLand]

 

[GoonieFace]

Just hope they start the playoffs on the road

 

[PromisedLand]

Bert provides such a different net front presence on the PP.. teams don’t respect him like Tavares so they cheat and get burned

I think Bert is a lot quicker on his feat even in small spaces and can be dirty as a net front so that is advantage

 

[cyris]

Just hope they start the playoffs on the road

No I’d rather have last change in any potential game 7

 

[GoonieFace]

I think Bert is a lot quicker on his feat even in small spaces and can be dirty as a net front so that is advantage

Plus nobody wants to mess with Bertuzzi, or at least anyone that saw The Hills Have Eyes

No I’d rather have last change in any potential game 7

They won’t need a game 7

 

[banks]

Am...
Am I allowed to like this team?

 

[WillyC]

Tavares with the “under” there at the end.

 

[GoonieFace]

Am...
Am I allowed to like this team?

Feisty Willy, Mutant Matthews, Hillbilly Bert, what’s not to like

 

[All Mod Cons]

I've defended Bertuzzi all season. It is not easy dragging Tavares around with you. Both him and Nylander would have way more points this season if they'd have been playing with Kampf instead of Tavares.

 

[thusk]

What’s even more surprising then putting JT on the 3rd line is that he didn’t panic and change up the lines after we were losing

i said it last summer than toronto had to nylander with domi. Both nylander and domi strenght was on counter-attack by using their speed. Thats where they are able to make the most damage.

Tavares is more dump and chase kind of game. Playing hard on forechecking, winning 1v1 battle, keep thing simple and rushing the net, deflet puck... Its like nylander weakness

nylander and jt just dont play the game the same way and its hard tonfind a stretegy to get best of both together on the same line

 

[Kiwi]

What is my bad trade take?

You started a thread today outright stating Robertson was getting traded, so unless you're Jedi you just made **** up

 

[Evilhomer]

What I didn’t realize is with 2 games against Boston, we control our destiny now. Winning in regulation x2 nd winning the game in hand will tie us in points and RW, and we would lead in ROW

I'm not sure Toronto will pass Florida, but you never know. I think the likely outcome is a Toronto/Boston first round with the Leafs having home ice. That is a dream match-up considering what Boston is at this point.

 

[Zybalto]

Excluding the 9 minutes played by Steeves one night, all 22 other players are above a 50% goal differential 5v5 during this winning streak and Kampf has now gone 7 games straight without being on the ice for a 5v5 goal against while having the lowest Ozone starts on the team (28%)

Games like this are usually a loss. End of a long road trip against the Avs and 3rd game in 4 nights?

The team is galvanized and ready since the Rielly incident and I love the fact the Avs gambling on Matthews left Bertuzzi all alone not once but twice. Cant miss those and I hope Bertuzzi has finally shaken off what seems like a couple months of blowing grade A chances. Well deserved hat trick after being snakebit forever. His underlying numbers have been good all season, and now comes the finish.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Guys have certainly stepped up and filled a lot of holes in the process. We looked to be a few pieces away from being a serious team and that number is a lot more manageable with guys playing well and as a team.

1 RHD and 1 LW and we should be fine.

 

[blue stick]

Great win, gutted it out. Good to see Bert score the hatty. Sammy held strong.

I’m gonna mosey over to the Marner hate thread and see what’s new there.

GLG!

 

[Zonk]

Boston loses!

7 points back with 2 games in hand, we also play them 2 more times

We are coming