Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose in the Marathon

[tmlfan98]

Safe to say we should see

Rielly-Lyubushkin
Muzzin-Brodie
Gio-Liljegren

Next game

 

[Brown Dog]

You should never blow a 4-goal lead but the circumstances here make it a little easier to swallow. A little.

 

[ToneDog]

Win some you lose some. 3rd game in 4 nights. Back to back, blah, blah, blah. Regardless, I still hate how we can't close out high pressure games but go full diaper instead.

Also, Boosh > Holl.

You forgot we were up to 4. Expected them to lose playing b2b with backup but not to blow a 4 goal lead.

 

[Voodoo Child]

3 points in two games back to back in Florida, but I’m still not happy.

Nice night for Huberdive.

 

[Dragao6]

Only thing I’ll say is everyone keeps bragging of floridas come backs

Down multiple goals and find a way to get back

To me that sounds like they aren’t playing well and always playing from behind

They won’t keep that up and if it catches up to them in playoffs there goes all those 1 st round picks for nothing lol

Onto dallas
They beat the shitty babs on Saturday no one will care about tonight’s game

 

[Burnie97]

Not really concerned. The goaltending sucked for both teams.

I don't know why but that Florida team looks like a team going out in the 1st round.

They're not coming back all the time in the playoffs. Not happening. Our D sucked tonight but their D does not look good.

Kinda feel bad for Campbell being thrown in but still wasn't very good in relief. Hopefully he's better in Dallas.

Got another point. Shit happens.

 

[IrishInOntario]

I love the 3/4 points talk, completely ignoring them blowing a 4 goal lead, as if that regularly happens to the good teams in the NHL and as if blowing leads isn't still a major concern for this team.

Nothing to see here lol!

 

[The Blueprint]

Crazy game. Hard to fault the D on both sides, tbh. Everyone loves to rag on the D and missed assignments but I think you just have to appreciate the fire power on both sides sometimes. Fun to watch.

Sucks to blow the lead but good job coming back and forcing OT. Coulda easily folded after giving that up, given the back to back etc.

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

You can't lose up 5-1. It just isn't good enough.

It's ok we will hear the same 47 cookie cut responses during post game interviews just for validation and reassurance to help us sleep at night from our players why they goofed.

 

[Maplebeasts]

This team would be so much better if Keefe would give out ice-time to the defensemen based on merit. f***ing idiotic that Holl and Muzzin were out there as much as they were getting burned ALL. NIGHT. LONG. All of Holl, Brodie, Rielly, and Muzzin were just brutal defensively. Funny how our D is rolling and they finally lay an egg when Keefe puts Muzzin and Holl back together despite being one of the league's worst pairs this year.

 

[ECanuck]

How did Tavares not score on his chance in OT? I need to see another angle on that.

Dead tired. Probably got pushed or stick checked and not enough strength or oxygen in the brain.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Crazy game.

Should have started Jack. That Gudas goal was the turning point. Can't give a goal like that to a team like Florida.

Campbell had worse numbers than Kallgren.

 

[Jmo89]

3/4 points in a Florida back to back and forced to make a goalie change (due to injury.) Really not a big deal IMO.

I would much rather Boosh over Holl though.

Keefe gives Tavares way too many chances. Yes I know he scored the tying goal, but he looked trash all game. He should have sat for a bit. Then he misses a wide open net in OT and the Leafs never recovered.

 

[BertCorbeau]

JT missed the game winner but also tied the game on the PP .. so..

 

[Throw More Waffles]

I want a better view of that JT miss in OT. What the f*** happened?

Yeah, I wrote the same. He looked like he was mad at the ref after. To me, it looked like he had a wide open net and somehow missed on his backhand.

 

[2 Slick]

Tavares was awful yet again. I don't even care about the powerplay goal, he was the cause of several goals against. He's been awful for the last four months save for 4-5 games.

Holl is a disaster from top to bottom. Why Keefe decided to keep the trainwreck combo of Muzzin and Holl is a mystery to me. The end result shows you another one of his poor coaching decisions. I don't know why management has such a fetish for Holl, he's absolutely atrocious. Not just tonight either.

I love the Leafs offense, love Marner and Matthews, but we have no goaltending to speak of. None. Overreacting? Maybe if we hadn't received .875% goaltending for the last 4 months I wouldn't be saying this.

It's a back to back game, but not an excuse to give up a 5 to 1 lead. It's not even the first time they've given up a 4 goal lead this season and lost. They've given up the TONS of 3 goal leads in January through March, I can't even keep track.

The positives of the past few weeks are still there, but they have no back-up goaltender whatsoever and a starter that has never been a starting goaltender in his career.

That's gonna kill any chances of a long playoff push, they simply do not have the goaltending. The second line is terrible, with or without Nylander on it. You know when your 3rd and 4th lines look more dangerous offensively than your second line, something is wrong.

Maybe I am overreacting, but this team does the same shit ALLLLLL the time.

 

[ANDI P IS CUTE]

play engvall in ot. campbell was in net for how many goals? just got home.

 

[RunItBackAgain]

For everyone blaming Tavares in OT that was a clear penalty taken on him. Reffing did us dirty again. Multiple examples

 

[Racer88]

Win some you lose some. 3rd game in 4 nights. Back to back, blah, blah, blah. Regardless, I still hate how we can't close out high pressure games but go full diaper instead.

Also, Boosh > Holl.

I think Bosh is better then this years version of Muzzin

 

[BigGulpsEh]

I want a better view of that JT miss in OT. What the f*** happened?

Mikheyev and brodie had similar looks on the backhand and couldn't come up clutch

 

[GrizzLeaf]

Leafs won 3 in a row against great teams then lost one against a great team.

Hmmmm. If they go 3 -1 every 4 games from here on out, they win the big one. I'll take it!

Seriously though. Tough game on a back to back. But the Leafs battled hard. No shame in taking a pt tonight.

 

[Lightsol]

Clifford should not play again... Ever!

I'd be more angry at Clifford doing that if Florida hadn't just scored a goal off of someone doing the EXACT same thing to Micheyev just before that. Weird how the refs have selective vision when it comes to this stuff, isn't it?

 

[Brown Dog]

Nothing is entertaining watching your team blow a 5-1 f***in lead. I know its Florida and their f***ing good but still.

True. The Reinhart goal opened the door but that Gudas goal was a real killer.

 

[IPS]

I know the goaltending will get some criticism (and rightfully so) but that was insane how weak the Leafs were defending the crease.

 

[cookie]

There's a reason why Tavares screwed up - he was hooked.