Post-Game Talk: Jack Campbell is a Toronto Maple Leaf. Leafs win.

[Sniper99]

My comment wasn't directed at you at all, sorry if that wasn't clear. I agree with you 100%.

All good sir. Cheers!

 

[Gary Nylund]

Never kick a man when he's down (unless he's a real you know what).

Freddie bailed out this team for a couple of years. He was lights out some of those games dealing with multiple 2 on 1s and breaks every game. Sometimes a goalie just loses his groove. Other times they find it suddenly. If not here, somewhere else.

Unless he plays for the opposing team (especially if that team is MTL).

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Really enjoyed those "uNsToPpAbLe ShOtS" that Campbell stopped.

 

[PromisedLand]

I forgot what good goaltending looked like until tonight.

been a while since I've seen a double pad stack. that was glorious

 

[18leafsfan18]

well I am also an Ontario certified teacher, so technically I have my certification in correcting grammar as well.

I don’t know JT personally, but I do know his confidence is probably low, he’s probably frustrated and it’s wearing on him. He seemed most at ease playing with Marner. So in order to recreate the feelings of success he previously had, it would be beneficial to give him time with Marner. Allow him to feel like he did a season ago to get him going and gain confidence again.

Okay we are not going to agree on this. Imo you don't award bad play, but you can have your theories too.

Shouldn't be attaching each other on here (I shouldn't poke fun at your certifications, sorry).

Anyway, I also wouldn't want to take Marner away from Matthews right now who is in a slump, and leading the league in goals.

 

[MattySnipes]

Campbell stats in 4 games:


.964 sv
6.05 gsaa
.909 hdsv
2 SO

 

[Leafsfan74]

Unless he plays for the opposing team (especially if that team is MTL).

Hah. Well played.

 

[FlareKnight]

That was just a game that felt good and our top guys didn't even really get the job done.

Just having good goaltending for a game was a relief. Huge props to Campbell. He's calm when he needs to be and will throw himself after a puck when that's required too.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

Come on Freddy fanboys, show your faces. Ya'll know who you are.

r/roastme

 

[Randy Randerson]

Only if Campbell doesn't get the start on Thursday.

Oh man, pins and needles.

If Campbell is a viable, Corey Crawford type of starter...that just solves so many problems for us. Hyman & Rielly re-signed, all the time in the world to develop a replacement

 

[Nooodles]

He still got millions in the bank, though. He is still going to get a decent contract in the summer.

Nothing wrong with that. I wish him well.

We just have Campbell who could be a fan favourite #1 goalie for half the price is all

 

[TheProspector]

If Andersen ever won games for us, we'd never lose.

 

[hockeyes]

Really enjoyed those "uNsToPpAbLe ShOtS" that Campbell stopped.

Some were even *gasp* tipped! Haha, in all seriousness I have no ill will towards Andersen but he is obviously not the guy to be trotting out there game after game at this point. He can still turn it around and maybe riding backup for a few weeks will help him sort things out to not be a liability.

 

[IPS]

He hasn't been good but let's be honest its like there is more Andy hate than leafs win and good for Campbell.

It's natural when he's free falled you from a 1st place lock to battling it out for a top-3 spot.

 

[PromisedLand]

JC just took the starting job from Freddy... a perfect game

is Jeebus Christ really gonna play goal for us?

 

[Mitchy]

It's been such a shame how much we've been sunk by goaltending during the last little while. Team plays well, but is sunk by the goalie not being able to stop anything remotely difficult.

Feels nice to have a half decent goalie in net after that

 

[TheProspector]

Also: Hyman should be captain. We are in muuuuch bigger shit without him than I would have thought in previous years. I sold this guys short for years, but he has turned out to be Marian Hossa.

 

[123offtheglass]

Matthews is playing pissed off I love it, good he's showing some emotion, he'll start potting goals again once he breaks the ice. Tkachuck being a greasy f*** continuously hitting Muzz's cage, you can play on the line but that's just too disrespectful, intent to injure really (real talk though he's effective at doing what he does). He's lucky Muzz's cage is on and Simmonds's wrist isn't 100% yet.

Story of the night though is CAMPBELL! We have a good starting goalie and a backup with high upside. He got tested and made some pretty impressive saves... in Campbell we trust.

 

[francis246]

Okay we are not going to agree on this. Imo you don't award bad play, but you can have your theories too.

Shouldn't be attaching each other on here (I shouldn't poke fun at your certifications, sorry).

Anyway, I also wouldn't want to take Marner away from Matthews right now who is in a slump, and leading the league in goals.

just a bit of banter and discussion, I don’t take it personally at all man. I think people are being a bit hard on Tavares, but he does have an 11 mill cap hit so the expectations are going to be high

 

[Leaf4Life79]

Goaltending now addressed.
time to get a forward with serious presence. Can’t have just 1. Ideally two more are needed

Hell, put Andersen on waivers while he is at it and look to pick up an upgrade over him in the meantime.

 

[IPS]

Matthews is playing pissed off I love it, good he's showing some emotion, he'll start potting goals again once he breaks the ice. Tkachuck being a greasy f*** continuously hitting Muzz's cage, you can play on the line but that's just too disrespectful, intent to injure really (real talk though he's effective at doing what he does). He's lucky Muzz's cage is on and Simmonds's wrist isn't 100% yet.

Story of the night though is CAMPBELL! We have a good starting goalie and a backup with high upside. He got tested and made some pretty impressive saves... in Campbell we trust.

Ebbs and flows. Despite the non-stop panic in the GDT I thought Matthews has been shooting much better these last couple nights. And now he's got another 4 days to rest too.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Oh man, pins and needles.

If Campbell is a viable, Corey Crawford type of starter...that just solves so many problems for us. Hyman & Rielly re-signed, all the time in the world to develop a replacement

There's way too many question marks for me to think that Campbell is likely to be the answer but it's possible for sure and you just never know. No harm in dreaming in any case. Hopefully he gets a chance to run with the starters job and we'll see what he can do.

If he doesn't get the next start then I don't even know what to say. I won't be happy, let's just leave it at that.

 

[6ix]

Is that seriously all you can run on about? Back away and go do something else besides bitch and moan like an ex wife.

Meh he had me fooled we were finishing 1st in the North and he was gunna win the rocket. Then he started his yearly disappearing act.

 

[Doublerum1975]

That last non call and then a penalty against is still pisssing me off like wtf refs

 

[LeafGrief]

Nice to see this team with good goaltending. I am praying that Campbell is the real deal. Please.

With good goaltending, the Leafs are clearly a fantastic team. We dominated all night, never took the foot of the gas. Once our PP gets going again we're going to be really, really scary.