Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-3 OT in game 5

[KPower]

I missed it.

Was Sandin benched?

Ya, he won’t see another minute this year unless there’s injuries.

 

[sxvnert]

Close but no cigar, please win Saturday, I don't think I'll make it through an entire Game 7.

Goes to game 7.. leafs up 4-1 heading into the third...etc.etc Rinse and repeat

 

[Jojalu]

Thanks Chucky, better be scratched next game.

Another chance Saturday...

What? Why? For 1 bad play?

 

[keonsbitterness]

heezus man you always take these questions literally? Duh it was a bad turnover. Anyone can see that. Dude was venting.

Maybe he meant it literally. What am I, a mind reader?

 

[dubey]

Look it up. You are obviously confused

I said this was a game they SHOULD WIN. They had beat Montreal 3 in a row and had all the moment going into the game. Get it?

Leaving Campbell "out to dry" means he had no help keeping the puck out. Get it?

Again, if you're going to use a word maybe look up what it means first. There was no contradiction.

 

[Ray Mercer]

For some reason Matthews hasn’t shown up yet. I thought he’d have 4-5 goals already in this series.

 

[Rokker]

We live and die with our best players.

Gally is not our best player.

Willy for that matter - is not our best - though he is making a BIG case in these playoffs.

If this doesn't wake up our money makers, not sure what will.

If they don't get it done, what do we do with $10.6 in cap space?

Holding out hope... but damn. It's hard

 

[Gallagbi]

We are going to have to agree to disagree. To me it was a low IQ pinch. Totally unnecessary to pinch in that situation. Especially in overtime. Also he went so deep into the offensive zone. It just wasn’t a good play by him. Hug the wall at the blue line in that situation especially considering Suzuki’s speed.

Suzuki is a C, so not involved in the Bogo play. Hugging the Blueline doesn't make any sense in the situation


It's fine to disagree, but I don't think you understand why D pinch, what the purpose is, or the outcome in this situation. The pinch had the intended result and was the easy play with the coverage he had

 

[BigGulpsEh]

Such a leafs way to lose. They are chokers until proven otherwise.

 

[Aashir]

It was 4-1.
We lost to a Zamboni driver.
This didn’t even come close

Even as a newish fan, this isn’t top 10 most heartbreaking, it was massively disappointing, but not pure heartbreak

 

[MattySnipes]

Were right to eat a shit sandwich tonight. It's an unforced 2on0 early in a playoff overtime. I can't remember another I've ever seen

Yeah for sure. I get that. No issue with it. Just timing of these things is funny.

 

[Leaf4Life79]

In all fairness, he has 48 years of being a fan. You look pretty young. Do you blame him?

I am going on 42.. and no, not really. But thanks for the compliment!

 

[Byron Bitz]

Can't get upset every time a team loses a game, even in the playoffs. Team can very easily win game 6 and close it out.

Naw f*** that, you can’t give up a 2-0 at the beginning of ot like that

 

[Kurtz]

Marner is not mentally mature enough to accept the physical part of playoff hockey. Until he understands what's required for playoff success he will continue to be invisible out there

Marner is not invisible, he was plenty visible. He's just slow with decision making right now and is holding on to the puck too long. Matthews was invisible tonight though.

 

[saffronleaf]

The moment the pen went to the paper, Thornton’s name.... No actually keefe bought paper with Thornton’s name fused into the paper. He will never, ever come out of the lineup

I feel like Thornton tells Keefe where he will play and when

 

[stickty111]

You can't start like we did and expect to win. Need to be better.
First line needs to wake up but really pass inventor is the problem. Keefe also has a man crush on pass inventor and just keeps playing him.

 

[17 Clark]

Paging first line.

Magic Mitch where are you

 

[sxvnert]

lol all the trolls are out

Its all about the retweets.

 

[Menzinger]

Some of y'all are being way too dramatic.

A couple very dumb mental errors by individual players led to a couple bad goals against this game. It sucks but these things happen, even during the playoffs.

Leafs now get the privilege to end the series while making 2500 Habs fans sad they overpaid for tickets.

 

[BallardEra]

Lack of a killer instinct to match the do or die effort that the Habs brought to start the game.

Figured that the seasoned vets would have had them ready for that tonight.

 

[lovemyleafs]

Goes to game 7.. leafs up 4-1 heading into the third...etc.etc Rinse and repeat

Yeah I doubt we score 4 goals in a game 7 against Price.
More likely we get shutout by Price in the series deciding game like we did last year vs. the Jackets (3-0)

 

[MoreMogilny]

For some reason Matthews hasn’t shown up yet. I thought he’d have 4-5 goals already in this series.

Matthews and Marner are ghosts of their regular season selves.

Some superstars step up in a huge way when it matters the most. Marner just falls over.

Matthews is just kind of there. He makes effort on D and works hard, but there’s zero creativity and he’s getting no good looks.

 

[Morgs]

That was our worst game of the series and we still dominated. We literally handed them 3 goals.

How can people be scared we're gonna blow two more games when it literally took two different miracles for the Habs to take two.

 

[Havoc]

Damn reporter just called out Keefe about Nylanders ice time. About time.

 

[CelticDruid]

A big lesson for the Leafs that you have to earn the win and can't take anything for granted.

Maybe this will put some fear into the team, and then they can play like they did in the third with all out intensity for sixty minutes.

At least the ice will be better in Montreal.