Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 1-0

[Kiwi]

Put plenty of pucks on net

But more traffic and mayhem around the net wouldn't go admiss
If the goaltender is playing well try taking away his line of sight
It's not rocket science
I wish we would work it out, I'm not holding my breath though

 

[Svedu]

Matthews looked quite lame? Marner has always been a bit overrated and soft. Niemelä should get the chance with the big guys later on this year. Better than some of these current D's imho.

 

[LadyLala]

I hope we weed out the weak fans esrly this year. First game loss let's see how many swear off the team tonight.

The fans are the least of this team’s problems. If anything, we’re too supportive.

 

[Crazy Monkey]

Berube's debut: Leafs get goosed for the first time in over 225 games

Who even cares about that streak?? It's meaningless.

 

[Nineteen67]

They ain't getting any younger bro

I believe it’s Marner or Mathew’s who is the same age JT was when the Leafs signed him.

 

[weems]

Me too. Despite the sky is falling crowd posting loudly tonight

We played hard hockey. Generated a ton of chances. Had excellent goaltending. Good recipe to win many many games.

Fun game to watch

The advanced stats crowd should love tonights game.

We dummied them 5v5 but couldnt finish.

 

[VanW27]

How did they get slower? Even Mo was noticeably slower tonight.

That's far and away my biggest concern. Result, whatever, they could have, should have won.

But man, this team has gotten slower and slower year after year. It's like they're skating in cement watching them on the rush. Scoring in transition is going to be an issue all season.

 

[wingman75]

These line combinations suck.

Stolarz was awesome, OEL, Tanev, McCabe and the fourth line had good games, Pacioretty had his moments, rest of the team ranged from mediocre to bad. PP also continues to suck balls

How so, we just dominated that game!? Three posts and a couple lucky saves, and one really good one at the end. Habs only had what we gave them. All that in a new system where it was clear the forwards were hesitating/thinking a lot.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Matthews looked quite lame? Marner has always been a bit overrated and soft. Niemelä should get the chance with the big guys later on this year. Better than some of these current D's imho.

They lost 1-0 putting up almost 50 shots what makes you think the defense was a problem

 

[Woodman19]

I actually thought we played well. We were the better team, our goaltending was consistent and steady and we got a lot of pressure basically all 3rd period but we couldn't score. This was Montreal's Stanley cup so let them celebrate.

 

[Buds17]

First time in close to three years that the team came up entirely empty on the scoreboard and it was thanks to the unlikely combination of Montreal and Montembeault. Good to at least witness that Stolarz was effective just ahead of his previously anticipated start with the team. Don't know if they needed any additional motivation going into tomorrow night's tilt with NJ, but...

 

[Commander Clueless]

Was excited to see hockey back, and this ga...ZZZZzzzzzZZZZZZ

 

[BertCorbeau]

The advanced stats crowd should love tonights game.

We dummied them 5v5 but couldnt finish.

Secondary chances were lacking IMO, part of that because the puck wasn't quite bouncing their way, they other part wasn't hard enough winning battles.

 

[Roo]

I thought they were definitely the better team today. The early part of the season will be a bit of a challenge given they are adjusting to a new system and style of play. Sometimes you just don’t get the bounces. Obviously I am not happy with the result, but we had lots of chances and dominated 5 on 5. Unfortunately our PP wasnt good again and it cost us.

OEL, Tanev, Stolarz, Pacioretty all looked good. Fourth line was solid. Top line was buzzing all night too.

Like this playing style a lot, it will definitely suit us more in the playoffs. Remember, these guys are going to building their game through the season.

 

[PromisedLand]

What records do we hold now? Longest time without a cup?
This team is so pathetic

Got "Goalied" has gotta be right up there when it comes to records. And getting their asses kicked in special teams battle LOL

 

[wingman75]

That's far and away my biggest concern. Result, whatever, they could have, should have won.

But man, this team has gotten slower and slower year after year. It's like they're skating in cement watching them on the rush. Scoring in transition is going to be an issue all season.

I think it is new system effect. Guys probably overthinking things just a little. I thought we looked grossly slow too, but still walked the Habs for 40 minutes.

The only guys I didn't like tonight were Marner and Domi. Thought they were outright terrible.

 

[Blanka]

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AHL goalie, being compared to Ken Dryden.
Vezina performance.

Let them have their night. Judging by their performance tonight as a team, there won't be many.

 

[Kazparov]

See boys? Playoff hockey, they were tough on pucks and couldn't score shit.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Stolarz was fine. Knies and McCabe were decent too. That's about it.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Exactly.

People love to point out how long it took Washington to win. One thing the Caps never did was keeping the same core 5 players for trillion years.

Those same people were saying Woll being randomly hurt all the time is actually good earlier today. They live in a strange world.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

my highlight reel still stands

 

[Anthrax442]

Good game for Stoli the goalie. rest of the team sucked.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Sometimes it seems like this core peaked back in 2017 when they had the veteran poise of Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri to hold down those two top lines.

 

[TIGERCOOL]

Same problems with offense. Loads of shots, none that make the goalie actually work. We need lateral puck movement and more bodies in front. Berube's got loads of valuable tape to teach with here.

Montembault will be shelled against the next good team he faces and everyone will be scratching their heads

 

[wingman75]

Matthews looked quite lame? Marner has always been a bit overrated and soft. Niemelä should get the chance with the big guys later on this year. Better than some of these current D's imho.

All our D were very good tonight. Marner WAS terrible. But, it's just one game, so no need to make any decisions based on anything we saw tonight.

Edit: Terrible is an overstatement, but I didn't like his game.