Post-Game Talk: Huberdeau sets new all time points record with 420 in a 8-4 beatdown vs Leafs

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Their board sounds like ours blaming Freddy/Hutch but ignoring they gave up like 15 2 on 1s lol

 

[RainingRats]

After tonight we are #1 in goals per game. And 5th worst in goals against.

 

[FrolikFan67]

Huby just said he wants to play here for the rest of his career on Sportsnet

He’s said that before, hopefully he means it

 

[Crossbar]

Math should have helped Ek with the 2 Laughs (Hyman) in front, his positioning doesn't do much of any good except be the first guy to retrieve the puck from the back of the net. Whatever, it was a PK, a guy is bound to be open somewhere, I just prefer not the guy standing on top of the crease point blank.



Lazy play by everyone, Marner gets an easy shot.



Everyone just skating back instead of Dads electing himself to stand up Tavares at the blueline, JT uses Dads as a screen.



No reason this should be a 3-on-1 for the Laughs with a 7-3 lead. Barky needs to get it in deep, not smart puck management at all.
Marner nets his second goal


No video. Then the disallowed goal with 7:00 mins left in the game 8-4. Our forwards get caught in Laughs zone, leaving just Ek and Math defending. Ek presses on Matthews, but Math allows Marner to get by him, Driegs comes out aggressively and makes the stop. Math doesn't get or clear the rebound out, no one picks up the trailer Ceci and Driegs still in the splits stops Ceci, but the puck goes up over him and bats it in high past the goalie Matheson.

Not complaining that we got the win, but only the first period was our defense good. Our offense obviously won us the game tonight.

 

[FrolikFan67]

This gives me goosebumps

He actually should’ve been captain. Barkov makes sense, but huberdeau has been here the longest of the core, he’s now the franchise leader in assists and points, and he plays with more of an edge and attitude (dude attempted to fight chara like twice). Not to bash Barkov, just more of a compliment to huberdeau

side note: driedger still had over a .900 sv % for the game and is 5-2 now lol

 

[Boothinator]

Their board sounds like ours blaming Freddy/Hutch but ignoring they gave up like 15 2 on 1s lol

Yeah, I read a few posts. Same like here

 

[Boothinator]

After tonight we are #1 in goals per game. And 5th worst in goals against.

Still think Leafs were able to run up the score cause left the foot of the gas paddle. As long as we win and continue to get better on Defense.

I am just glad we came out flying and won a big 4 pt swing game

 

[Gentle Man]

Hopefully Huby gives us a discount when he needs to reup lol

 

[Dread Clawz]

Their board sounds like ours blaming Freddy/Hutch but ignoring they gave up like 15 2 on 1s lol

It's easier to accept that your goalie(s)are to blame than there are major problems with your whole team.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Math should have helped Ek with the 2 Laughs (Hyman) in front, his positioning doesn't do much of any good except be the first guy to retrieve the puck from the back of the net. Whatever, it was a PK, a guy is bound to be open somewhere, I just prefer not the guy standing on top of the crease point blank.



Lazy play by everyone, Marner gets an easy shot.



Everyone just skating back instead of Dads electing himself to stand up Tavares at the blueline, JT uses Dads as a screen.



No reason this should be a 3-on-1 for the Laughs with a 7-3 lead. Barky needs to get it in deep, not smart puck management at all.
Marner nets his second goal


No video. Then the disallowed goal with 7:00 mins left in the game 8-4. Our forwards get caught in Laughs zone, leaving just Ek and Math defending. Ek presses on Matthews, but Math allows Marner to get by him, Driegs comes out aggressively and makes the stop. Math doesn't get or clear the rebound out, no one picks up the trailer Ceci and Driegs still in the splits stops Ceci, but the puck goes up over him and bats it in high past the goalie Matheson.

Not complaining that we got the win, but only the first period was our defense good. Our offense obviously won us the game tonight.

We simply were better at the barnburning tonight, we were far from dominant. A truly great team wouldn't have let them get more than a couple tonight, they had nothing going until we gave them chances. We still have a lot of work to do. But definitely a step in the right direction, and a big win in a big game.

 

[Mogo]

Nice to see 8 goals but why the hell cant we defend? Game was 7-1 at one point. Did we just sit back again / individual mistakes or what was it? We need to fix this defensive play

 

[Mogo]

When you're up 7-1, it's easy to let off the gas. Good game.

One of the reasons were not a playoff team. We cant play 60 mins

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

A lot of Leafs fans are saying that they outplayed the Cats except for goaltending. I could have sworn one was called leafdetta.

The sane ones there disagree and call out several of their top players as not having been ready at all.

I don't put a lot of stock in what the Leafs fans are saying in their GDT. I looked after people made some comments about it, and from what I saw, they were mostly melting down over our fans singing Goodbye in the third period and making fun of attendance.

In other words,





And really, I don't blame 'em. Had to suck to watch that game as a Leafs fan. I think they just gave up ANOTHER two on one break.

 

[MattySnipes]

Huby has 420 to take the all time scoring lead for the Cats! 420 = lmao

He has to smoke blunts every hour until he's no longer Monsieur 420. That would be fantastic. I had to say it though, even though he'll never inhale marijuana, congrats Huby Dooby Doo! Dominant win.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

One of the reasons were not a playoff team. We cant play 60 mins

The amount of games where teams that are up by 5 goals at the 30 minute mark win by 5 is probably under 10%. All teams do it. This game was never close.

I get the sentiment that you want to win 10-1 but that never really happens.

edit: also, check the standings, in a spot for at least 1 night...

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

I want to see the same killer instinct vs Philly. Those will be crucial, we take both of those and can take a lead on a team we will be competing for a spot with

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Big game and what a win. Important two points in the division.
If Trocheck is back (and the signs have been encouraging) that would be huge...
Barkov getting a goal and three points is also nice (though TBH was never too worried about his down streak).
Huberdeau has already been awesome last year but this year he's been a revelation. What a player. Just give him and Barkov some playoff success - the guys are clearly friends, like playing together and sound attached to this maddening team, we need them both to re-sign when the time comes...
Driedger allowed four goals on 47 shots against one of the best offensive teams in the league. Happy with the effort.
Happy that Stillman is having a decent rookie season. Has been my favorite 2016 draft prospect after Borg.
Really happy with Hoffman's effort lately! Don't think we should re-sign him but if he can keep this up and be our "internal rental", that's great

In other news, Tampa's winning steak is over (by the Devils, no less). Don't really expect us to catch them but wonder if they have a little losing streak now... often happens after these long win streaks. Their next six are all West teams and mostly bad ones... guess we'll see.

 

[austropanther]

Huby for President! (or captain at least...)

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Awwwww.... M'not crying you're crying.

 

[sashalaine]

PK goal differentials for this season:

Player	TOI	GF	GA	GF-GA
Colton Sceviour	108:40	0	19	-19
Anton Stralman	107:43	1	12	-11
Noel Acciari	101:22	0	19	-19
Aaron Ekblad	84:31	2	15	-13
Mike Matheson	65:05	3	8	-5
Frank Vatrano	52:49	2	2	0
MacKenzie Weegar	52:06	0	8	-8
Aleksander Barkov	47:46	2	2	0
Riley Stillman	27:24	0	3	-3
Josh Brown	17:54	0	1	-1
Vincent Trocheck	16:58	1	1	0
Brian Boyle	16:42	0	3	-3
Mark Pysyk	14:58	0	1	-1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Oan]

Thought this was a good post from main boards:

So if Barkov catches up with him and they start changing the all time lead every couple of games, will they keep announcing "New franchise leader" every second game?

This will happen in 2-3 seasons if they both stay in the team.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Trocheck with 12 points in his last 12 games.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Just went over to the Leafs board. Damn those fans are dumb lol.

They just spew analytics thinking their team played a great game and they "deserved to win".

Florida took their foot off the gas after it was evident this was no contest. Leafs gave up like ten 2-on-1s and somehow they blame their goaltending saying it was only their goaltenders fault lollllll

 

[batting1k]

Huby just said he wants to play here for the rest of his career on Sportsnet

well to be fair, he’s not gonna say he doesn’t want to play here. If I had to guess it’s probably the hope of most players to stick with the team that drafted them.

 

[sinDer]

One of the reasons were not a playoff team. We cant play 60 mins

This is the NHL. No team can be dominant and have the momentum for 60 minutes.