Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose .. A lot to not a lot

[CelticDruid]

Tampa went out of their way to make it a pissy game. Sending a message or not, I think it just shows they are concerned with the likely first round. If the Leafs have any backbone this should backfire for the bolts.

Clifford my God though, if you are going to take a 5 minute, make it count. Force perry into eating a few fists and turtling or something instead of whatever that was.

It looked like Harry Potter was casting a spell.

 

[kevsh]

The one plus from this loss may be that a good way to ensure a team brings their A game into a playoff series is if they got trashed last time out. The Leafs will hopefully recognize that anything less than their best against this team will mean another quick, painful playoff exit.

 

[BigGulpsEh]

Go into the playoffs cold/hot... play a contender or a weaker team 1st rd.. Doesn't matter.

Leafs have done it all the last 5 seasons and still lost in the 1st rd

A blowout loss or win in the regular season means f*** all

Leafs need to figure it the f*** out when it matters most and win. No excuses

 

[McSnypsky]

If Kase gets healthy then there is no reason whatsoever we should be rolling such a weak 4th line.

IMO you could comfortably have a 4th line with Kampf-Kase on it when Kase is healthy and still adequately fill out the rest of the lineup.

And with how many NHL D this team has, there is absolutely no reason at all to force a Muzzin-Holl pairing with the amount of other options there is (if Muzz can ever get healthy).

Problem with Kase is how will he last during a physical series? Nice to have but I would plan not for him to be there.

 

[killer1980]

Means nothing. Shake it off

 

[killer1980]

Problem with Kase is how will There he last during a physical series? Nice to have but I would plan not for him to be there.

For heaven's sake the guy should retire or he'll be a vegetable by the time he's 50.There are way more important things than being a 4th liner in the NHL.

 

[Superstar]

Lets be honest. Who thinks Keefe has the chops to outcoach/out strategize cooper in a 7 game series? seriously....

Another too many men penalty...you'd think that was Keefe's strategy with how good the Leafs' PK is...

 

[Leaf Rocket]

i guess i missed a game that i am lucky to have missed.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

every tampa player plays dirty in the playoffs and that is why they have been successful.

boy scout plays aint gonna cut it in the playoffs. its not regular season.

Unfortunately if Leafs play dirty they will pay for it by parading to and from the penalty box.

Games like this remind me why the league is a joke.

 

[Superstar]

Parros: Marner gets 2 games for intent to injure Kucherov's skate.

That's dangerous and suspension worthy, but Parros will turn a blind eye...the skate could literally be used as a weapon.

 

[Lightsol]

Unfortunately if Leafs play dirty they will pay for it by parading to and from the penalty box.

Games like this remind me why the league is a joke.

I know. It's like a lot of the people here have forgotten the two series against the Bruins. You know, the ones where a softer iteration of THIS team somehow had 5x as many penalties as the penalty-league-leading Boston Bruins?

 

[TheRumble]

I know. It's like a lot of the people here have forgotten the two series against the Bruins. You know, the ones where a softer iteration of THIS team somehow had 5x as many penalties as the penalty-league-leading Boston Bruins?

In that infamous Game 2 of the 2019 series where Kadri got suspended a second time. Boston had 3 penalties the entire game. One of them was a puck over the glass call which is one of the few penalties that has zero room for interpretation in the NHL.

I know everyone is not a fan of Game Management, but the last game vs the Lightning is a good example of how to do it properly if you're gonna do it.

At the beginning of the game, the ref called 10 minute misconducts on Maroon and Simmonds. This let them know that it wasn't gonna be one of those games.

Than he called one on each team for the rest of the game and the game was relatively clean from that point onwards. The Leafs penalized once more in the last two minutes but it was a 6-2 game by then and it really didn't matter. There were no dirty scrums, no dirty late hits, no retaliation type stuff that entire game. Ref game managed well.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Another Justin Holl masterclass

How can you compete in the playoffs with him on the Leafs roster ?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

They actually played well for about half the game and then Kallgren fell apart because he is not an NHL goalie

 

[riffle]

Nylander looks ready for the physicality of the playoffs. He and Kallgren must've been discussing post-game lasagna.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Kallgren let in nearly 23% of the shots last night

his overall save% went from 895 to 882

his GAA went from 3.02 to 3.48

the Erik Kallgren experiment needs to end it's over he's failed

 

[sittler rules!!!]

Be prepared to see the same game plan in game #1. They are going to try to intimidate our skilled players.

They run ours, we run theirs.

 

[ACC1224]

The "tonight's game is/was meaningless" takes may want to be revisited if tonight helps Tampa out of their recent funk & gets them geared up for the playoffs.

Inexcusable Leafs effort tonight, regardless of how little importance tonight's game had attached to it.

Appreciate the pushback though. Onwards

While not the end of the world, to declare this as 'meaningless' just shows are real lack of understanding sport.

 

[saltming]

Kallgren let in nearly 23% of the shots last night

his overall save% went from 895 to 882

his GAA went from 3.02 to 3.48

the Erik Kallgren experiment needs to end it's over he's failed

It's not an experiment, it's a need. The next in line it Hutch and that's not better

 

[Gary Nylund]

The one plus from this loss may be that a good way to ensure a team brings their A game into a playoff series is if they got trashed last time out. The Leafs will hopefully recognize that anything less than their best against this team will mean another quick, painful playoff exit.

If the Leafs don't know by now that in the playoffs you need to play your best no matter who you play, then that one game isn't going to make any difference.

 

[ACC1224]

It's not an experiment, it's a need. The next in line it Hutch and that's not better

…. and people wonder why many think not getting a competent backup at the trade deadline was a big oversight.

 

[TMLAM34]

Honestly Hutch at this point might even be a better option then Kallgren… Aside from his first couple games where he looked solid, he’s been pretty bad for a little while now.

 

[saltming]

…. and people wonder why many think not getting a competent backup at the trade deadline was a big oversight.

Not sure if it was an oversight or just a matter of market value and or supply and demand.
I know many were horny to land fluery but by all accounts he didn't want to come here, so that said, what could we have landed and what was the asking price?
Personally I've been doubtful of what our goaltending scouts are seeing, but I don't think dubas is the type to not see it or try to improve the team at every position.

 

[LeafGrief]

After seeing the headlines about how Tampa hadn't won a regulation game against the playoffs and that Matthews was still out, you knew we were due for a stinker. I maybe watched 10 minutes of the first and a few snippets of the 2nd.

We're still the hottest team in the league and I cannot say that I care about the score at all tbh.

 

[ZEBROA]

Nylander looks ready for the physicality of the playoffs. He and Kallgren must've been discussing post-game lasagna.

Why would he fight , he would be 2nd 3rd man in. He wants to play , dont sit in the box for nothing, in a nothing game. Used to say to my brother , dont get even , get a goal (hurts way more). Fight were it counts. Now Willy aint my brother and he obviously never heard that expression so there were no goal.