GDT: Leafs in Motown tonight: 7:00 pm.

[yubbers]

He definitely is better away from Matthews, but boy Detroit is just awful

They looked OK in the second.

Less are finally pretty solid defensively

 

[MSZ]

That isn't a penalty.

 

[yubbers]

Real weak call

 

[BayStBullies]

lol wut

 

[cyris]

Team Canada’s power play looks so much like the Leafs. Lots of slow puck movement around the outside and not great at zone entries.

 

[yubbers]

Marner doing it all tonight

 

[SprDaVE]

Team Canada’s power play looks so much like the Leafs. Lots of slow puck movement around the outside and not great at zone entries.

It's a terrible setup they have going. I will say at least they are shooting it, whereas the Leafs pass until they lose it

 

[therealkoho]

Mitch always tears up the Red Wings. It's a given when he plays such teams

must've be related to some beating the Wings put on the Buds when Mitch was little and it won't go away.

 

[PromisedLand]

just saw this beauty on twitter LMAO

 

[93gilmour93]

must've be related to some beating the Wings put on the Buds when Mitch was little and it won't go away.

Someone screwed up his order at Wild Wings years ago and playing Detroit triggers him

 

[Leafsfan74]

when he plays in simple straight lines to and around the net he looks all-world, the problem is when he decides he’s doing mostly high risk east-west stuff by the blueline instead for stretches of games.

If 6’4 Matthews can get lost in the offensive zone to get open for cross seam feeds I don’t see why Marner can’t, he doesn’t need to fight for space he just to disappear and reappear at the right time.

Ultimately, of all the core forwards, JT is the only guy who says "F it, I',m going to the net and dealing with the traffic".

A player can lose a step as he ages, but he is going to keep his shot much longer. Even a 55 year old former NHLer can deposit a rebound when a foot from the goalie. Tavares has been willing to do this and I respect him for it. He wasn't that guy when he came here but he as adapted with age.

I always call someone who screened a goalie on a goal the player who had the unrecorded assist. That's the critical role JT is willing to play. It is vital when goals are tough to come by, but a screened goalie facing a flutter ball soft wrist shot can find the twine. Anyone who has played net in ball hockey as a kid knows that there is nothing worse than being screened. It not only makes it hard for the goalie, it gets them off of their game.

Marner doesn't need to play the goal line presence that JT is willing to provide at times (though it would certainly help his and Matthews playoff game), but, he has to at least consider shooting more when traffic is there, getting in close, even if it's just a couple of feet, and/or skating in straight lines as you suggest, being strong on the boards (he has really improved his board game when he tries).

Matthews has probably paid a price on his back from some meathead who crosschecked. I don't know, but this league has to really increase the penalty for cross checks, not this 2 min. bs. How about, make them outright illegal punishable by suspension?

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Pretty selfish clapper from Willy there, Knies was driving the net

 

[HolyCrap]

Someone screwed up his order at Wild Wings years ago and playing Detroit triggers him

Source?

 

[keonsbitterness]

Pretty selfish clapper from Willy there, Knies was driving the net

I would have shot too.

 

[therealkoho]

It’s impossible to really respond to this without getting political which is both against the rules and not something I really want to do on a hockey board.

I’ll just say I disagree agree but will admit the tournament is missing something without them.

It's the American way

 

[BrannigansLaw]

I would have shot too.

Thought Knies was a better option imo

Quick hard pass for net front tip

 

[thewave]

I would have shot too.

Why not wrist it though lol

 

[fahad203]

So Tarasenko is playing

 

[PromisedLand]

gtfo refs

 

[93gilmour93]

Source?

 

[MSZ]

just saw this beauty on twitter LMAO

This quote will be on SportCentre Top 10 for decades to come.

 

[BayStBullies]

I'm surprised the Leafs still need to pay this much Bettman tax when the game is 5-0. You'd figure they'd wait until they face the next America team.

 

[Divine]

Yeah Nylander basically had a 2 on 0 with Knies and decides to miss the net with a slapshot instead of pass it.

If he passed it, Knies could have likely passed it back for the tap in.

 

[meefer]

These last two penalties...omg.

 

[frizzer1]

Any ex goalies here?
What do you think of woll’s glove hand and rebound control ?