GDT: Capitals @ Leafs - 7:30pm

[The Iceman]

New goal song tonight?

Come On BIEBS

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Come On BIEBS

"I get my peaches down in Arizona"

 

[Buds17]

Hope to have Samsonov make a good, first impression for his new team while playing against his former team.

 

[binop7]

"I get my peaches down in Arizona"

"I get my goalies from the scrap heap oolalala"

 

[Leafs87]

Time to put that shitty start behind them and come back our regrouped and motivated.

Go Leafs Go!

 

[Its not your fault]

Did they ban oveckkin yet

If you can't beat them Ban them, then give everyone a medal to be quiet that participated.

 

[Skullz]

Washington lineup not what it used to be. But if we show up like last night it'll go poorly again. Shocked at our lack of footspeed, could not recover from any turnovers.

 

[BallardEra]

Washington lineup not what it used to be. But if we show up like last night it'll go poorly again. Shocked at our lack of footspeed, could not recover from any turnovers.

Backstrom and Wilson are both out for awhile along with Hagelin.

 

[Mess]

Time to put that shitty start behind them and come back our regrouped and motivated.

Go Leafs Go!

Leafs usually rebound after a poor outing, and also generally play to the level of their competition, so with a playoff team matchup it should raise the Leafs performance and compete level as well.

So we should see a much better game today, because we should see a better Leafs effort and rebound.

 

[TorMapleJays]

Let's make a pact to not HF trade or fire anyone after game 2. Early days, calm minds will prevail!

Except Holl and Kerfoot

 

[supermann_98]

Except Justin Holl, year 3 of trying to get him out of the lineup

Hopefully he's only still here because of the Liljegren injury. When Liljegren returns I want Holl catapulted into the fires of mount doom along with the ring of power

 

[Osmows OReilly]

 

[IPS]

Glad we have a game tonight, so we only have 1 day of horrible hot takes.

1 day of horrible hot takes

6 years of 1st round playoff exits

Almost like they're connected in some way.

 

[Mess]

Hope to have Samsonov make a good, first impression for his new team while playing against his former team.

All eyes will be on Samsonov tonight ..

Sammy played in 44 games last years and finished the season with .896 SV% (45th overall) and 3.02 GAA (35th overall).

Leafs are going to need a significantly better performance from him this year.

I have a gut feeling Leafs are going to get a better seasonal performance from Samsonov than Murray this year. So today is his first chance to take the reigns on Leafs goaltending battle for #1.

 

[RoadWarrior]

Apparently Keefe has decided to go down with the ship.

Yup nothing Holl and Muzzin do on the ice will deter him from playing them 20 minutes a night including the final minutes of a game where they were walked repeatedly.

 

[Nineteen67]

Keys to winning the game: Limit the turnovers and get a save

 

[ULF_55]

A change in mindset would be a wonderful event.

Haven't seen one since Keefe took over.

Coaches usually stick with what got them there.

I can say I don't miss Babcock's stretch pass for an icing though!!!

 

[Nineteen67]

All eyes will be on Samsonov tonight ..

Sammy played in 44 games last years and finished the season with .896 SV% (45th overall) and 3.02 GAA (35th overall).

Leafs are going to need a significantly better performance from him this year.

I have a gut feeling Leafs are going to get a better seasonal performance from Samsonov than Murray this year. So today is his first chance to take the reigns on Leafs goaltending battle for #1.

.896 gets them a win last night.

 

[stickty111]

I agree with this. Effort was fine but the mistakes were unacceptable even for early season.

 

[Buds17]

All eyes will be on Samsonov tonight ..

Sammy played in 44 games last years and finished the season with .896 SV% (45th overall) and 3.02 GAA (35th overall).

Leafs are going to need a significantly better performance from him this year.

I have a gut feeling Leafs are going to get a better seasonal performance from Samsonov than Murray this year. So today is his first chance to take the reigns on Leafs goaltending battle for #1.

To give credit where it's due, Samsonov did best Murray in terms of workload for last season. May the best option - whomever he is - ultimately prevail here.

 

[binop7]

I agree with this. Effort was fine but the mistakes were unacceptable even for early season.

A lot of the issues from last night are a "this team is slower than last year thing" effort and execution doesn't bring back your legs when you're 35

 

[Dekes For Days]

1 day of horrible hot takes
6 years of 1st round playoff exits
Almost like they're connected in some way.

...What does either have to do with the other?

 

[ULF_55]

I agree with this. Effort was fine but the mistakes were unacceptable even for early season.

They played dumb, hard dumb.

 

[TMLeafer]

Some veteran players had glaring miscues yesterday, especially on the back end. Hopefully just a getting up to speed thing that's out of the way for today. Wasn't pretty.

 

[GrizzGreen]

Washington is a better team than Montreal so I expect the leafs to play better.

leafs are bad at feasting on and harvesting points from bad teams (sorry for the farming analogies), but great at consistently beating good teams

"a juicy contradiction" - Starburst Ad