Post-Game Talk: Gio OT Winner!! TOR 5: 4 Senators

[BertCorbeau]

Hey I called a 5-4 score

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Serious question: If the Leafs and Habs fans stopped buying tickets in the "Sens" arena, how badly would that kill their revenue?

 

[meefer]

Most of this fanbase didn't even wanna add a D at the deadline. Thank god management thought differently.

I have to admit, I was one of those sitting on the fence as to which direction we should go at the TDL. The add to D has been to our benefit, but surprisingly, to me at least, our offense has kicked up a gear since the addition of Gio. We've scored 57 goals the last 11 games and the points our D have contributed during those games is up to 37/8? That's a substantial uptick in production and makes us more dangerous.

 

[MSZ]

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Gio as Leaf: 13gl/51pt pace

Good Italian boy

Lmao is that Goggles Paesano? Beauty

 

[Cleetus]

Hey I called a 5-4 score

wasn't it for the sens? lol

 

[Griffin76]

Hasn't looked great but he's getting some wins.

 

[Leafs1991]

Most of this fanbase didn't even wanna add a D at the deadline. Thank god management thought differently.

No, I think most of the fanbase agreed they needed a D, plus a G and an F, but the quality of player compared to the price it would cost and the fit, were all being taken into consideration.

 

[IPS]

I have to admit, I was one of those sitting on the fence as to which direction we should go at the TDL. The add to D has been to our benefit, but surprisingly, to me at least, our offense has kicked up a gear since the addition of Gio. We've scored 57 goals the last 11 games and the points our D have contributed during those games is up to 37/8? That's a substantial uptick in production and makes us more dangerous.

Well to be honest, I wasn't entirely thrilled about bringing another goalie in and was glad they didn't waste assets on one.. but looking back I think it would have been the right move. I think Dubas still had a very solid deadline.

 

[Leafs1991]

The NHL has to be the softest league where many players actively try to avoid big market teams and situations and if they somehow end up in a big market, they wilt like ten day old lettuce.

Some people can't handle the pressure, nothing wrong with that.

 

[Enniskillen]

Kallgren made a save when it was necessary. Holl’s pinches are disgusting.

 

[Warden of the North]

I know it's not the place for this but Ritchie just scored his 11th of the season 30 seconds into the game. I think the guy just couldn't perform under pressure.

Somebody has to score on a bad team.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Sens fans have nothing to complain about. The puck was under Kallgren’s pad, and he was still. You can’t force his pad and then the puck into the net from under him after that.

 

[Leafsfan74]

I know it's not the place for this but Ritchie just scored his 11th of the season 30 seconds into the game. I think the guy just couldn't perform under pressure.

He.was miscast due to the loss of Hyman and need for another forechecking player on their line.

If in the offseason Keefe and Dunas knew that they had their 1st line winger in Bunting, Ritchie isn't picked up (someone else is at lower AAV), the negotiation is different and he comes in as 3rd or 4th liner at lower cap hit, or, he signs elsewhere not wanting that situation.

As it were, getting Boosh was more pressing than a 3rd or 4th liner who can hit and get to the dirty areas. In a perfect world, the Leafs have them both and the team is a more interesting configuration today.

I was one of the few who didn't necessarily want him gone. He had some flaws, effort being one of them on some nights. He also had qualifies that could be valuable in a couple of weeks.

$2.5M A year isn't an excessive cap hit if he is willing to get his hands dirty when it matters. Water under the bridge now. A defenseman like Lybushkin was a more pressing need anyways.

 

[PromisedLand]

Sens fans right now...

 

[Optimist]

If we were playing a cup contending team tonight, we would have kicked their asses!!

 

[TheScandal89]

Giordano did more for us tonight then Dermott did all season when he was a Leaf. What an upgrade.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Sens fans right now...

Lol never gets old.

 

[zeke]

Keep switching those lines freely as needed, Sheldon.

 

[All Mod Cons]

That doesn’t sound right. Most recognized that Holl needed to be pushed further down and 1 or 2 guys were needed. Dubas did excellent there.

T'was us fans that made the moves, not Kyle.

 

[6ix]

Källgren wasn’t great but the breakaway save in OT was big time. Marner and bunting seem to be racking up the goals on the 1st line suddenly. The PP is still ice cold lately.

 

[PromisedLand]

Giordano did more for us tonight then Dermott did all season when he was a Leaf. What an upgrade.

he had a 3 point night.

 

[zeke]

 

[Ciao]

I know it's not the place for this but Ritchie just scored his 11th of the season 30 seconds into the game. I think the guy just couldn't perform under pressure.

Good for Nick Ritchie.

He cleared waivers on Jan. 7, 2022. Maybe he heard a wake-up call. The sound of his NHL career flying out the window, because nobody wanted his contract then.

It's not too bad that the Leafs were able to get Arizona to pick up the balance of his contract.

Maybe if he keeps scoring he'll get another contract , too.

 

[Gallagbi]

I'm surprised those Semin-Ovi- Backstrom Caps team didn't have 6x60