GDT: Jackets @ Leafs -- 7:30 EST, Jan 22nd

[Aashir]

Am I the only one who actually likes how we’ve played tonight? We’re getting goalied and Hildeby sucks but we’ve played better hockey tonight than the games on that 5 game win streak we had.

It’s been a good effort and we deserve to be winning this one if Hildeby could make at least one key save.

For me, we’ve seen this game soooo much with keefe that I don’t associate this with a good game anymore. This is the typical shooters choking which comes rearing in the playoffs, compound that with how we’ve been shutout more this season than like the past 5 seasons comvined and it just seals tonight as the leafs not having better finish

 

[9Iron]

Just put Reilly at LW. It's the least of all evils. He might even be decent.

 

[Leafsfan74]

24-13 in shots but the key is 0 for 3 on the PP. One goal there can make a difference.

This is one of those games. Leafs have relied on strong goaltending all year to overachieve.

If I am Brad I find a way to move Reilly out, he needs a fresh start. Eat some of his salary or give up a B grade prospect and/or take back a not so great contract but save cap space. I'm not blaming it all on him but his defense has looked sub par for a couple of years.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

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Best show ever made.

 

[Evilhomer]

OT,? Doesn’t sound like an easy big win. You aren’t changing your mind are you?

Adapt or die.

 

[Leafsfan74]

Just put Reilly at LW. It's the least of all evils. He might even be decent.

Offensive starts only, why not? I said long before he should be tried on the wing. Wendel Clark started out as a D Man, maybe Reilly can make the late career change lol

 

[BrannigansLaw]

For me, we’ve seen this game soooo much with keefe that I don’t associate this with a good game anymore. This is the typical shooters choking which comes rearing in the playoffs, compound that with how we’ve been shutout more this season than like the past 5 seasons comvined and it just seals tonight as the leafs not having better finish

Yeah I get that but these games happen. It’s the games where they decide to take the night off for fun that piss me off way more.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Am I the only one who actually likes how we’ve played tonight? We’re getting goalied and Hildeby sucks but we’ve played better hockey tonight than the games on that 5 game win streak we had.

It’s been a good effort and we deserve to be winning this one if Hildeby could make at least one key save.

We've been decent 5v5 in their zone. I'm not convinced that Columbus wouldn't have scored zero goals with Stolarz in the net, but Hildebeast shouldn't have allowed 3 goals, either.

 

[Ciao]

As good a time as any to score seven on a row?

 

[REALTALK81]

Not out of it yet but we need to get key saves.

 

[Ports]

I would seriously take Carson Soucy back from Vancouver...or Vincent Deshairnais or anything else to equal it out rather than do the buy out.

Seattle? Oleksiak?
Calgary...Kadri?
Los Angeles....Edmundson or Fiala?

How much of $7.5M x 5 years left are you willing to eat? Other teams know how bad he is too.

 

[therealkoho]

Toronto v Montreal Bud's sweep them

2nd round Toronto v Ottawa 4-1 Leafs win on Ottawa ice.

3rd rnd Leafs V Devils

It's like poetry

 

[Mr_Fun]

OT,? Doesn’t sound like an easy big win. You aren’t changing your mind are you?

Our resident sage doesn't seem to be saging tonight. Hopefully we can have a big 3rd, but Elvis is in the zone right now.

 

[Anthrax442]

Of course. Im at the game so they losing

 

[Ports]

24-13 in shots but the key is 0 for 3 on the PP. One goal there can make a difference.

This is one of those games. Leafs have relied on strong goaltending all year to overachieve.

If I am Brad I find a way to move Reilly out, he needs a fresh start. Eat some of his salary or give up a B grade prospect and/or take back a not so great contract but save cap space. I'm not blaming it all on him but his defense has looked sub par for a couple of years.

Buyout. They don’t need to give up anything and they save $21M on the cap over the next five years. The contract must have been structured to benefit them that way.

 

[Raging Bull]

Greeeeaaat.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Knies injured? Yikes!

 

[Antropovsky]

Need more players like Knies...but he's out. He was the closest player to scoring and drew a penalty in the process.

Rest of the guys mostly spinning around the perimeter.

 

[Schennanigans]

We’re gonna lose and lose knies. Ffs.

 

[ClarkSittler]

Knies hurt, this game is a disaster.

 

[Blanche Blanche]

How does Savard have a job still.

 

[Leafsfan74]

Buyout. They don’t need to give up anything and they save $21M on the cap over the next five years. The contract must have been structured to benefit them that way.

Is there a buy out option? Damn that would be ideal if true, assuming they can work within the cap to improve the team this year.

 

[TopCheeseShotta]

Knies injured? Yikes!

This is all Jacob Quillan's fault.

 

[Mr_Fun]

How does Savard have a job still.

How dies anyone in his vicinity have any food to eat?

 

[WTFMAN99]

How much of $7.5M x 5 years left are you willing to eat? Other teams know how bad he is too.

1.5-2.5?