Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 5-2

[Thornbury]

No……. Much of the difference tonight is once again Boston went out and got a stud goalie and Dubas got us these 2 out of the scrap heap

Ullmark was considered a stud goalie?

 

[All Mod Cons]

Terrible game by Samsonov, Liljegren, and especially Sandin. Tavares disinterested most of the game. The fourth line with Simmonds on it offers very little. Yeah, he won a fight, big deal. Didn't ignite squat. We need players who can play a complete game, not a goon. The entire team looked fatigued, with little energy or purpose.

Trying to find a positive...Nylander was ok, Marner average. Everything else was meh. We were missing Matthews, but I didn't like the overall vibe from the team. We could have had a more positive result despite the play if Samsonov makes that save on the 4 on 4.

Not all is lost. This has to show Dubas that we need a top 4d, to push Sandin out. A top 6 winger. And perhaps two more bottom 6 with some edge, size, and speed. Tough task but the optics of this game were not good.

If Dubas hasn't realized that well, well, well before tonight's game, I can't imagine tonight made one bit of difference.

 

[Racer88]

How many 11 million dollar players does Boston have……none

 

[PromisedLand]

Remember a couple of trade deadlines ago when Boston picked up Hall and we picked up Foligno?

I'm seeing more and more comments on here about another finisher or top six winger.

Another example of the missmanagement.

Hall re-signed in Boston for 7 AAV; there was no way we would have been able to afford him without cutting either Marner/Nylander/Matthews or completely gutting the bottom 6 or defense.

 

[Racer88]

Ullmark was considered a stud goalie?

He is among the best this year if not the best in the league

 

[Nineteen67]

Exactly right, pathetic. No one from bostons core would play like that against a rival.

Our D were trash tonight….how can anyone think they will last 4 rounds? I hate bashing sandin because the kids good but he will get focused on in the playoffs and they will just dump it into his corner and cycle on him. He holds the puck to long. Holl has to many give aways and brain farts under pressure, playoffs will highlight that as it always does. Holl can’t be in our top 4. Timmins is decent but I wouldn’t say I’m confident with him in our top 4 in the playoffs.
Rielly brodie lilly are solid.

Just my opinion but that’s only 3/4 top 4 D I have faith in and none are bangers. The rest are 5/6 in this years playoffs and none are bangers or are really that competitive.

Benn will play in the playoffs if he’s healthy.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

By now, the Leafs core should be much better than Boston’s.

Well to be fair to the Leafs, they were missing their best core player. I'd take Pastrnak, Bergeron, Marchand, and McAvoy over Marner/Tavares/Nylander/Rielly extremely easily, but at least with Matthews it becomes a debate

 

[PromisedLand]

Ullmark had an easy night.
No Leafs in his face, no one crashed the net and they allowed themselves to be cleared out of the way by the Bruin D.
Ullmark is the obvious leader for the Vezina at this point so the game plan should have been to cause some sh!t in front of the net and try to score some greasy goals.

What is this "Greasy Goals" you talk about? I don't know what they mean. I have forgotten the definition of greasy goals in the last 4 to 5 years

 

[BallardEra]

Benn will play in the playoffs if he’s healthy.

That worries me. I'd rather he be a 7th or 8th option come playoff time.

 

[PromisedLand]

And NONE are on GREEDY contracts!!!

Pasta is a pending UFA; so here is hoping

 

[stickty111]

Terrible game by Samsonov, Liljegren, and especially Sandin. Tavares disinterested most of the game. The fourth line with Simmonds on it offers very little. Yeah, he won a fight, big deal. Didn't ignite squat. We need players who can play a complete game, not a goon. The entire team looked fatigued, with little energy or purpose.

Trying to find a positive...Nylander was ok, Marner average. Everything else was meh. We were missing Matthews, but I didn't like the overall vibe from the team. We could have had a more positive result despite the play if Samsonov makes that save on the 4 on 4.

Not all is lost. This has to show Dubas that we need a top 4d, to push Sandin out. A top 6 winger. And perhaps two more bottom 6 with some edge, size, and speed. Tough task but the optics of this game were not good.

I mentioned the last part in my thread.
Upgrade Sandin with McCabe or Gavrikov
Add Meier or Buchnevich
Accari?
All are achievable
What I take is we are close but needed reinforcements

 

[Gilmour1996]

What is this "Greasy Goals" you talk about? I don't know what they mean. I have forgotten the definition of greasy goals in the last 4 to 5 years

It's the hockey game going on INSIDE the perimeter.

 

[Racer88]

Boston just went through a rebuild/retool and they're already better than us again.

Chara, Lucic, Hamilton, Krug, McQuaid, Backes and Tukka Rask all gone.

Fired coach who took them to game 7 of the finals four years ago when they lost in the first round last year.

Some organizations know how to challenge for the cup, some apparently don't.

This mess running the Leafs has been stagnant for a few years now. Changes should have been made after last year yet Keefe talks nonsense about respect in the handshake line and Shanny is MIA once again

 

[Eye Test]

Benn will play in the playoffs if he’s healthy.

I like him as our 7D in the playoffs but if he’s starting then it’s not a good sign imo lol.

 

[PromisedLand]

It's the hockey game going on INSIDE the perimeter.

Oh are the leafs allowed to play there? I thought that was only allowed for other teams not the Leafs

 

[PromisedLand]

january: "this loss doesn't matter, it's just the regular season"

april: "there's always next season"

April: "We are close"

May: "there is always next season"

 

[BTP]

 

[Racer88]

April: "We are close"

May: "there is always next season"

June……hey here’s an idea let’s just run it back again and maybe we will have a different result

 

[Eye Test]

I mentioned the last part in my thread.
Upgrade Sandin with McCabe or Gavrikov
Add Meier or Buchnevich
Accari?
All are achievable
What I take is we are close but needed reinforcements

This is actually legit, all great options and style fits more to our needs!

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Oh are the leafs allowed to play there? I thought that was only allowed for other teams not the Leafs

 

[hfman]

Samsonov was awesome in the first, lost it afterwards.

3 goals he should have had.

This has been the Leafs' story dating back for over a decade

Every goalie that came in here was supposed to be the #1 guy to take us deep but every single one of them craps the bed when it matters the most

Toskala
Reimer
Bernier
Andersen
Murray
Samsonov



...the list goes on

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

I'm not one for the too soft narrative, but Liljegren and Sandin tonight really tried their best to back it up.

Liljegren makes a bad pinch and just lets his guy go the other way for a break. Kampf, the defensive specialist, was covering for the pinch but couldn't keep up and lost his stick trying to hook Greer (lol), a 4th line nobody who somehow roofs it over Samsonov.

On the 5th goal, Sandin gets outmuscled by Pastrnak and just gives up. Come on, seriously.

 

[Sniper99]

All I'm saying is it's actually Gary Bettman who has created this nonsense system. Sure, introduce a hard cap and a 50/50 profit split. But cap your ticket prices too while you're at it.

As much as we all want that to happen. That will never happen.

I havent been to a game here in about 4 years now. I think it was Buffalo or NYI. I havent seen the Leafs here in about 10-12 years ago when Timmy Connoly scored the winner in OT, Yeah! That long ago.

Only time i've been to games recently were in Glendale during golf trips. $100 CDN to sit above the zamboni entrance. That barely gets you in the door anywhere else. These discount ticket apps aren't saving you much either. Its pathetlic.

 

[PromisedLand]

LMAO look what just popped up on my news update

Good Stuff Bettman LOL; more game management dumbass

P.S. I gotta say though that I haven't spent money on the Leafs since Habs series b/c I was really pissed with the management group and with inflation and increased cost of living even if I wanted to I dont think I can afford to spend now.

What's behind the dramatic drop in NHL viewership?

National NHL TV viewership in the U.S. is reportedly down more than 20 percent compared to last season, but social media engagement has exploded.

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[Torontonian]

Just like last game, I don't think we are that far off or badly outplayed by Boston, it's just the little things Boston is doing to get ahead, there forecheck to cause turnovers is most noticeable these past two games.

Sammy played well, but some timely saves would have been nice this game, every time we got some momentum by scoring a goal, Boston came right back and scored with three to four mins.

Hopefully we acquire the right pieces at the deadline to help us squeeze wins out of games like this