Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-3 in OT - JT gets point 1000 against former team

[Stephen]

I actually felt very comfortable the Leafs would find a way to tie it even when the Isles booted it out with 25 seconds left and Nylander had to go retrieve.

Felt pretty good about it but got then notification the Leafs lost the game 4-3 in OT.

Leafs always leaving a bit of a sour taste.

 

[Enga Olly]

I'll just add another Sammy was horrible comment to the massive pile. Team needs to be near perfect defensively, allowing NO high danger chances in the game, in order to have a chance to win.
Don't know what the problem is with Sammy - does Western psychological therapy work on Russians? Because I think Sammy has some issues

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Name that star

 

[bax]

Good chance that's a win with Woll in net.

Is there an award for most posts hit in a year. It's getting a little crazy.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Need help on the blueline and for Sammy to see a sports psychologist. Guy's mentally broken. Sigh.

 

[Smif]

Congrats JT, love having you as a Leaf!

 

[Aashir]

Hm, I thought Samsonov was pretty good. Made the big saves when needed. Team was a disaster in front of him for most of the first and early in the second.

Idk, the first and third goals were pretty unscreened shots from the top of the circles. He got saved by a couple of posts, as did Sorokin, but he didn’t make nearly any saves as Sorokin. Samsonov’s most difficult saves were some screened point shots or the julien gauthier cut.
We definitely were not good in the 20 minutes spanning from the last 10 of the first to first 10 of the second, but you could easily say the same about the islanders. We were the better team through the first 10 minutes and last ten minutes, rest of the game was split. We generated a ton more and actually put the puck on the net, the islanders got zone time and had barzal skating around the ice in circles trying to find someone open. Sorokin stopped point blank shots from Matthews, Gregor and Jarnkrok

 

[TMLeafer]

Rielly defending 2 on 1s

Congrats JT! Classless fans in the seats for sure.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Leafs steal a point despite their goaltending excuses will be made this is a recording.

 

[Dave92]

Matthews has become such a loser, having him give up the GWG in overtime has become normal. Highest paid player in the league got banned from starting OT in favor of Kamp last season because he couldn't stop blowing it on the first shift.

 

[1specter]

Keefe has 9 lives

 

[RunItBackAgain]

What's up with Marner's dad? Dude your son's team just tied the game and their captain got 1000 points.

I didn't see any potential for extra money, did you?

 

[wingman75]

No, we weren't... we were outplayed for portions of the game and outplayed them for portions, like most games.

It was a fine game, but no team dominated.

Agree, each team had segments of momentum. Good hard fought game I thought. Sorokin was the difference in the end, but cannot complain about the effort or battle.

OT, which I dismiss as nonsense, looked the same as always. Someone in a Leafs jersey f***ing the dog on a backcheck.

 

[Stephen]

Need help on the blueline and for Sammy to see a sports psychologist. Guy's mentally broken. Sigh.

The unpredictability and unreliability of Sammy is probably why we were able to get him for free. Washington must have been pretty fed up with him after a couple of years of up and down, hot stretches, breakdowns, etc.

 

[1specter]

Rielly is a death trap 2 on 1.

He's actually played them well this season. Sammy should've taken the shooter but bit hard on the pass

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Matthews

He’s slow for OT

 

[TheShape]

Soon Martin Jones will be giving a run for his money with normal, predictable goaltending.

Martin Jones is a better goalie at this point, I’d feel more comfortable with him in.

I’m convinced Samsonov can’t perform in this market. He’s too busy in there, and busy goalies lack confidence and focus.

 

[Stephen]

Agree, each team had segments of momentum. Good hard fought game I thought. Sorokin was the difference in the end, but cannot complain about the effort or battle.

OT, which I dismiss as nonsense, looked the same as always. Someone in a Leafs jersey f***ing the dog on a backcheck.

The effort from the team was pretty good overall but didn't sound like they were able to build off the momentum of the Nashville game. Which is the Leafs in a nutshell.

 

[1specter]

Soon Martin Jones will be giving a run for his money with normal, predictable goaltending.

If we won games with Hutch in net then we can do so with Jones. f*** it, just roll with him for a bit.

 

[tmlms13]

Classless isles fans can suck it

Where's Greg Popovich when you need him

 

[namttebih]

Timmins and McCabe gave the puck away so many times tonight.

 

[wingman75]

The effort from the team was pretty good overall but didn't sound like they were able to build off the momentum of the Nashville game. Which is the Leafs in a nutshell.

I don't know how much of a believer I am of momentum between games, and especially on the first game of a road trip. Obviously was pulling for the win, but it was an honest effort.

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Rielly does his usual clutch moment heroics, gets us a point himself, and there's half a dozen posts about how he defended in OT? He's our goat and has actually been much better at defending this season. He is what he is, and that's a god damn great hockey player and game changer who always always shows up when it matters most.

 

[Stephen]

If we won games with Hutch in net then we can do so with Jones. f*** it, just roll with him for a bit.

I think you can live with average goaltending, but a goalie who is up and down and not reliable is going to sap a lot of energy from the team.

 

[The Legend]

Take the shooter???

You mean take away the pass, especially when it's Barzal with the puck whi doesn't score much but is a passing wizard...

There are two options in a 2 on 1 and Mo hasn't done either in a decade.