Post-Game Talk: Canes beat Leafs 6-3

[tmlms13]

Robertson-Domi-McMann produced another goal

Looks like we finally found a 3rd line. Hopefully Berube sticks with it and the success doesn't go to their head and they get lazy.

 

[ToneDog]

-5 / -6 is impressively bad. I'm glad Berube at least seperated them for a period. Still, our first line got schooled by their third line. Almost un-winnable under those circumstances.

Canes may have scored 10 if they had a couple of snipers like Matthews and Nylander.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Son of a bitch!

 

[Brown Dog]

I think this game is actually fairly typical of their play of late--except without the stellar goaltending to bail them out.

 

[Fearnot]

In a crooked little town they were lost and never found
fallen leafs
fallen leafs
fallen leafs
on the ground

 

[Suntouchable13]

Beat Isles x2, Bruins, and Flyers x2. Not exactly good teams.

I don't care what excuses people wanna give the leaders like Marner and Matthews, but this was unacceptable against another contender in their conference. It doesn't matter what they do on Saturday against Vancouver, they laid a huge egg here. Very typical of what they do in the playoffs.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Beat Isles x2, Bruins, and Flyers x2. Not exactly good teams.

Sure, but it's always tough to win 5 in a row and all those teams are at least in the playoff hunt right now.

 

[ToneDog]

I don't care what excuses people wanna give the leaders like Marner and Matthews, but this was unacceptable against another contender in their conference. It doesn't matter what they do on Saturday against Vancouver, they laid a huge egg here. Very typical of what they do in the playoffs.

16, 34 and 23 were a combined -17. Give Mitchy his f***ing money already.

Even Rielly was only a -3 tonight. Seriously how can you be -13 with our goaltending?

 

[Suntouchable13]

16, 34 and 23 were a combined -17. Give Mitchy his f***ing money already.

They play against a good team with a good forecheck and get lit up. Showing time and time again they just don't have "it".

 

[ACC1224]

Wow. Mathews and Marner a -6 tonight!

I didn’t watch that closely tonight, were they directly responsible for all the goals or was it just one of those nights?

 

[Anthrax442]

Am I the only one who cringes every time they show Thornton on TV. with his ridiculous beard. He made his stop here one huge joke.

 

[BallardEra]

I didn’t watch that closely tonight, were they directly responsible for all the goals or was it just one of those nights?

I was 6 pints in at the pub.

 

[ToneDog]

Sure, but it's always tough to win 5 in a row and all those teams are at least in the playoff hunt right now.

Definitely hanging in and pulling out wins this year vs bad teams and some good teams.

 

[Voodoo Child]

They aren't gonna win every game, but it is frustrating when they largely play well (they were better tonight than either Philly game) and get let down by the first line and shoddy goaltending.

 

[Gary Nylund]

-17!!

FML, that's hard to wrap my head around. Brutal. Not sure what else to say.

I'll focus on the positive. Let's see now, nobody got hurt, it was just one game, what else ... I had the game on but I wasn't watching much, if Matthews still looked healthy I guess that would be the biggest positive.

 

[ToneDog]

Am I the only one who cringes every time they show Thornton on TV. with his ridiculous beard. He made his stop here one huge joke.

All part of the playoff joke this team was under the Boy wonder.

 

[ACC1224]

I was 6 pints in at the pub.

Lucky you

 

[DitchMarner]

As good as the top line was on Saturday, it was terrible tonight.

It sucks losing any game when you have a 2-0 lead, but it really sucks to lose to a strong team after a few wins against lackluster opposition. It was a good test, and while the Leafs had a nice start this time, they ultimately failed.

Can't believe Matthews went -6. How often does a player have a plus/minus that bad, let alone a superstar player?

 

[ToneDog]

-17!!

FML, that's hard to wrap my head around. Brutal. Not sure what else to say.

I'll focus on the positive. Let's see now, nobody got hurt, it was just one game, what else ... I had the game on but I wasn't watching much, if Matthews still looked healthy I guess that would be the biggest positive.

Biggest positive was Willie showing a pulse for his first few shifts. Went back to sleep after putting them up 2-0.

 

[tmlms13]

Where do I post that I like this new forum design better? I'd rather stay with this than do back to the other one?

 

[Mr_Fun]

I didn’t watch that closely tonight, were they directly responsible for all the goals or was it just one of those nights?

Woll let in a couple of questionable goals, AM and MM boffed at least one assignment and it was one of those nights. It wasn't as bad as the line suggests, but it was bad enough.

 

[ToneDog]

Where do I post that I like this new forum design better? I'd rather stay with this than do back to the other one?

Sometimes change is good.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Got outplayed again. Played poor defense again. Goalie didn't bail us out this time.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Am I the only one who cringes every time they show Thornton on TV. with his ridiculous beard. He made his stop here one huge joke.

Could care less if I ever saw him again. He looks like a joke and treated his time here like a big joke.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Jumbo Joe is one of the biggest if not THE biggest chokers in the history of NHL and he is a "mentor"?

yea that scares me man...

Special shoutout to Patty Marleau who is also a mentor and a world class choke artist. Even had the C stripped!