Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 5-1

[Gilmour1996]

GDT: - Leafs @ Panthers - Wednesday 7:30 - SN

Hope I'm wrong but predict 5-1 Panthers and another player added to our injury list.

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[Jimmy Firecracker]

Can you imagine if McMann is out, WN is suspended, and nobody else returns from injury, what Saturday is going to look like? LOL

Matthews has to play, full stop. Saturday will be three and a half weeks since he’s last played. Hell nearly 4 weeks. He’s had his time off and he got to see whatever special doctor is over in Germany. If he can’t make the injury worse then he needs to get in there. The team is limping, and he’ll be better than Quillan or whoever the hell the next man up is.

Knies I think will play since he practiced without a non-contact jersey last time. But with head injuries who knows. I’m more lenient with him there but I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t go Saturday.

 

[alliuk12]

Tough loss but Florida came ready to play and us missing some really important players was just too much to overcome.

At least TB just lost.

We need to get Matthews back because we can't sustain winning against top teams without him.

Matthews is not needed they are on a winning streak with out him so we lost 2 of 8 so i guess it's burn the barn now we lost

Matthews has to play, full stop. Saturday will be three and a half weeks since he’s last played. Hell nearly 4 weeks. He’s had his time off and he got to see whatever special doctor is over in Germany. If he can’t make the injury worse then he needs to get in there. The team is limping, and he’ll be better than Quillan or whoever the hell the next man up is.

Knies I think will play since he practiced without a non-contact jersey last time. But with head injuries who knows. I’m more lenient with him there but I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t go Saturday.

McMann Knies are needed to win Matthews is a drag on this team they are 6 wins with 2 losses with out matt

 

[ClarkSittler]

Sports is a series of thousands of random events. The idea that anyone can predict the outcome of a game is silly. That isn't why sports betting houses do well. They do well because they ensure that enough has been bet on each team to ensure that the house wins more often than not. No different than the way odds are set in any casino game.

Yet you do it all the time and are usually wrong.

 

[Lightsol]

Do the Leafs ever embellish or hold sticks?

They would NEVER get away with holding sticks consistently. And as for embellishment, let me introduce you to a guy named Michael Bunting...

 

[Antropovsky]

Marner and Tavares are not working well together 5v5. Tavares shots per/60 drops significantly with Marner vs when he was with Patches, Domi, or Nylander. His xg/60 drops significantly with Marner.

 

[ZEBROA]

WTF Robertsson pass Nylander. And WTF Tavares pass Nylander. And woops a different game.

 

[Peasy]

Boston has passed ownership of the leafs to Florida.

 

[notdoneyet]

I predicted 5-1 for Florida in the game thread

With our injuries this streak is not sustainable

 

[Racer88]

Still early in the season and this game shows the gap between the Cup Champ and top contender and our Leafs.

Good lesson for them

Just curious as to what the lesson might be?

 

[shaner8989]

I hate to blame injuries but when you’re down 7 regular forwards…… injuries are going to cost you

Woll is the guy right now

 

[crump]

Some bad luck and bad penalties. There were times when it was 2-0 we were close but we can’t score anymore. Stolarz was ok, some of the goals we’re seeing eye shots, thought the kid line and A Nylander looked good.

We need to get reg players back soon. Things get busy next month.

 

[Nineteen67]

Grebenkin and Minten should play ahead of Robertson. They’ll make some mistakes, but I think they need seasoning.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Ugly, didn’t ever seem to really get going outside a few minutes here and there.

Mistakes were costly too. Oh well, can’t win em all, but I sure wish we’d dummy Florida every time… hate the rat culture of that team so much.

 

[Warden of the North]

Ugly. But not going to be upset about it, we were due and the stars were aligned for it.

 

[Nineteen67]

True but if the Leafs want to win the Cup, that’s 4 rounds of tough physical hockey.
One thing I got from the past two Cup Champs, both coaches said their team was prepared to play the 5th round.
Not crapping at the boys as no teams ever won 82 games. But Panthers is the top dog and there is a gap between them. Now I don’t think the score indicates they are 5-1 apart, as they are closer to that.

They’re still trying to build a competitive playoff roster which is precisely why I’d play the kids over Robertson or Reaves. They need to play and get better and maybe next year they go into the season knowing that at least their slots are filled. With all the unknowns and aging D they can’t afford to wait another year to develop the team.

Ugly, didn’t ever seem to really get going outside a few minutes here and there.

Mistakes were costly too. Oh well, can’t win em all, but I sure wish we’d dummy Florida every time… hate the rat culture of that team so much.

Rat culture? Do they have a rat on their team?