Post-Game Talk: Leafs Show Guts in Comeback Win!

[authentic]

Good character win but a pretty shitty game overall.

A boring Leafs game that ends in a win makes for a great sleep though

 

[ER89]

man i can barely watch these games. The playoffs can't come soon enough. Although we may have awoken the beast that is tampa. They promptly slapped florida the other day.

 

[AvroArrow]

man i can barely watch these games. The playoffs can't come soon enough. Although we may have awoken the beast that is tampa. They promptly slapped florida the other day.

I really don't think Florida is a good team. Yes they're in 1st but I'm not blown away when I see them. I think Tampa is a far greater team than them, even Colorado. Like I don't see them dominate puck possession/scoring chances as much as an average #1 team would. I don't know maybe I'm out to lunch here, but I don't think they get out of the first round if they end up against Boston..

 

[JT AM da real deal]

2 points is all that counts and 1 more point from home ice advantage in 1st round .. game was tactical and not playoff pace but again 2 points .. Caps slightly better team but who cares

When you have D you always have a chance at winning .. like i said forwards go away in playoffs and games get faster and more of a grind .. our 3rd and 4th lines look much better than last year to play a grind type of game which helps

 

[Clark4Ever]

Gutsy comeback and a huge 2 points.

 

[DarenX]

Just an aside because I like to lurk on other team boards, that was the national ESPN broadcast, not our local one.

This rules analyst from ESPN has had two straight broadcasts where he’s literally dismissed potential tripping call because “it was unintentional”. I don’t know if that says something about ESPN or the level of competence with NHL officiating, but every time that guy pops up he emphasizes intent as being a deciding factor which is silly.



Good game bros, good luck in the ploffs

Good game bro.

Hope ov is good to go in the playoffs, regardless of what it was, it always sucks to have a guy like that possibly injured this point in the year.

 

[ACC1224]

Too many passengers last night but they dug in and stole the points.
Good to see the goalie play better. I still have very little faith in him but he was fine last night, great in the shootout.

 

[DarenX]

Too many passengers last night but they dug in and stole the points.
Good to see the goalie play better. I still have very little faith in him but he was fine last night, great in the shootout.

I'm gonna give them a pass on the passenger part. Minus willy.

You figure they are locked in to play who ever lands 3rd or 2nd and are fighting for home ice only. I don't think it's mailing it in for them but more just not get hurt before playoffs especially when you already have a couple guys getting taken out.

Willy though, wow when he goes along for the ride, he sits in the freaking trunk. There we a few plays where he almost caused goals just avoiding any contact what so ever.

 

[ACC1224]

I'm gonna give them a pass on the passenger part. Minus willy.

You figure they are locked in to play who ever lands 3rd or 2nd and are fighting for home ice only. I don't think it's mailing it in for them but more just not get hurt before playoffs especially when you already have a couple guys getting taken out.

Willy though, wow when he goes along for the ride, he sits in the freaking trunk. There we a few plays where he almost caused goals just avoiding any contact what so ever.

Yeah you'll get that from time to time, was more an observation than a criticism.

Nylander is what he is, he's not changing.

No idea what he was doing on that 'too many men' call in ot.
If he jumped early to break up the 2 on 1 he did a really poor job of it.

 

[DraftSchmaft]

I'm gonna give them a pass on the passenger part. Minus willy.

You figure they are locked in to play who ever lands 3rd or 2nd and are fighting for home ice only. I don't think it's mailing it in for them but more just not get hurt before playoffs especially when you already have a couple guys getting taken out.

Willy though, wow when he goes along for the ride, he sits in the freaking trunk. There we a few plays where he almost caused goals just avoiding any contact what so ever.

You're ridiculous if you think Nylander stood out as some leader of the passengers last night. There were even instances in the 3rd where it looked like he wanted to run and gun with the top line but matthews and marner just didn't want any of that last night. Was given an assignment from Keefe to win some draws and he went 4-0.

When his actual line got any chances last night, the puck carrier held and shot. That line didn't cycle or try to make any plays which exacerbated Nylander looking like a passenger.

You're clearly watching the game biased looking for any little thing to call Nylander out for.

 

[DarenX]

You're ridiculous if you think Nylander stood out as some leader of the passengers last night. There were even instances in the 3rd where it looked like he wanted to run and gun with the top line but matthews and marner just didn't want any of that last night. Was given an assignment from Keefe to win some draws and he went 4-0.

When his actual line got any chances last night, the puck carrier held and shot. That line didn't cycle or try to make any plays which exacerbated Nylander looking like a passenger.

You're clearly watching the game biased looking for any little thing to call Nylander out for.

You are the biased one my friend. I'm a fan of Nylander when he is engaged. Run and gun is not being engaged. Being engaged is getting to the dirty spots and preventing goals and capitalizing... it's grinding.

These guys were clearly going through the motions, no one wants injury at the end of the season, but go ahead and watch again, willy missed a few major assignments skating right passed guys instead of getting dirty. There were 3 specific ones that allowed open slot chances that kallgren stopped.

There are two people here I notice, guys who hate willy and guys who love willy. You need to understand when willy is not on his game its because he is not engaged. Coaching and management have pointed it out. He is a phenomenal player when engaged but everyone needs to be real and see that he has two sides.

Just to be clear, willy gets criticism not based on his puck control it's always based on his blown defensive plays. Watch the game again.

 

[Havoc]

You're ridiculous if you think Nylander stood out as some leader of the passengers last night. There were even instances in the 3rd where it looked like he wanted to run and gun with the top line but matthews and marner just didn't want any of that last night. Was given an assignment from Keefe to win some draws and he went 4-0.

When his actual line got any chances last night, the puck carrier held and shot. That line didn't cycle or try to make any plays which exacerbated Nylander looking like a passenger.

You're clearly watching the game biased looking for any little thing to call Nylander out for.

Yeah they'll just ignore Nylander lead all forwards in 5v5 xGF despite his line mate being mia and having tunnel vision (Engvall) whenever he did touch the puck last night. Engvall was in full 2021 playoff mode (not a compliment), Kerfoot had one of his worst games of his career and pretty much the whole team except spezza boosh kampf mik and Kallgren took the night off, but let's single out Nylander just because right? The bias against him is strong for real.

 

[Havoc]

Yeah you'll get that from time to time, was more an observation than a criticism.

Nylander is what he is, he's not changing.

No idea what he was doing on that 'too many men' call in ot.
If he jumped early to break up the 2 on 1 he did a really poor job of it.

It was a team decision. Watch the play again and you see Marner endorses it too. He signals to Nylander to jump on quick.

 

[ACC1224]

It was a team decision. Watch the play again and you see Marner endorses it too. He signals to Nylander to jump on quick.

I have no issue with the jumping on early. The issue is taking the penalty and not disrupting the play.
You're right though, I should probably watch it again. I'm going on my impression at the time.

 

[Jojalu]

You're ridiculous if you think Nylander stood out as some leader of the passengers last night. There were even instances in the 3rd where it looked like he wanted to run and gun with the top line but matthews and marner just didn't want any of that last night. Was given an assignment from Keefe to win some draws and he went 4-0.

When his actual line got any chances last night, the puck carrier held and shot. That line didn't cycle or try to make any plays which exacerbated Nylander looking like a passenger.

You're clearly watching the game biased looking for any little thing to call Nylander out for.

This is 100% correct. Same thing for Holl right now. He is not the greateat d-man but my word do people ever stretch to find faults.

Lily, Boosh, Brodie will all do the same things Holl does and worse and it's a free pass.

Hilarious the takes on Willy if he doesn't pit up 2 points.

If Willy avoids contact how can he possibly be so high on the team in hits taken?

 

[Havoc]

You are the biased one my friend. I'm a fan of Nylander when he is engaged. Run and gun is not being engaged. Being engaged is getting to the dirty spots and preventing goals and capitalizing... it's grinding.

These guys were clearly going through the motions, no one wants injury at the end of the season, but go ahead and watch again, willy missed a few major assignments skating right passed guys instead of getting dirty. There were 3 specific ones that allowed open slot chances that kallgren stopped.

There are two people here I notice, guys who hate willy and guys who love willy. You need to understand when willy is not on his game its because he is not engaged. Coaching and management have pointed it out. He is a phenomenal player when engaged but everyone needs to be real and see that he has two sides.

Just to be clear, willy gets criticism not based on his puck control it's always based on his blown defensive plays. Watch the game again.

80% of the team took the night off. Your choice to single out ONE guy and not afford him a pass means that one guy needed to have a massively horrible game to stand out. That is complete bullshit yet he's the biased one? Okay then. Carry on.

 

[DarenX]

It was a team decision. Watch the play again and you see Marner endorses it too. He signals to Nylander to jump on quick.

I'm not chirping him for that play. I'm chirping him for giving up 3 golden chances cause he skated past caps player with small poke check instead of neutralizing the play. You know... defense.

The other guys who also were going for a ride made some similar mistakes but they may not have been very physical on they're defensive plays but they still were physical. Willy would not get called out as often as he does if it was not as often. All the guys have off days some more than others and with a guy like willy, you know how good he can be, so yes, it does stand out.

 

[ER89]

I really don't think Florida is a good team. Yes they're in 1st but I'm not blown away when I see them. I think Tampa is a far greater team than them, even Colorado. Like I don't see them dominate puck possession/scoring chances as much as an average #1 team would. I don't know maybe I'm out to lunch here, but I don't think they get out of the first round if they end up against Boston..

i agree with you completely.

 

[Stephen]

I really don't think Florida is a good team. Yes they're in 1st but I'm not blown away when I see them. I think Tampa is a far greater team than them, even Colorado. Like I don't see them dominate puck possession/scoring chances as much as an average #1 team would. I don't know maybe I'm out to lunch here, but I don't think they get out of the first round if they end up against Boston..

I feel like Florida is a bit of a smoke and mirrors show myself though things could change when healthy Ekblad is part of their equation.

 

[ToneDog]

I feel like Florida is a bit of a smoke and mirrors show myself though things could change when healthy Ekblad is part of their equation.

The battle for Florida II might be one hell of a series. Too bad we do not get the winner in round 2.

 

[ToneDog]

I really don't think Florida is a good team. Yes they're in 1st but I'm not blown away when I see them. I think Tampa is a far greater team than them, even Colorado. Like I don't see them dominate puck possession/scoring chances as much as an average #1 team would. I don't know maybe I'm out to lunch here, but I don't think they get out of the first round if they end up against Boston..

Tampa might be more battle hardened but the Panthers are not doing it with smoke and mirrors IMO. They are as legit as the Leafs are if not more with a healthy Ekblad IMO.

 

[AvroArrow]

Tampa might be more battle hardened but the Panthers are not doing it with smoke and mirrors IMO. They are as legit as the Leafs are if not more with a healthy Ekblad IMO.

It's like when I see them, I feel like George St. Pierre

 

[DraftSchmaft]

80% of the team took the night off. Your choice to single out ONE guy and not afford him a pass means that one guy needed to have a massively horrible game to stand out. That is complete bullshit yet he's the biased one? Okay then. Carry on.

It's weird watching the Caps stream where they rave over Nylanders 8 goals in last 10 games prior to the tampa disaster and talk about how dominant Nylander was against the Panthers (literally one game prior to this one) even though no points came from it... then come back to his team board to see him getting smashed in a game the majority of the team looked like ass. But we're the biased ones lol

 

[Havoc]

You are the biased one my friend. I'm a fan of Nylander when he is engaged. Run and gun is not being engaged. Being engaged is getting to the dirty spots and preventing goals and capitalizing... it's grinding.

These guys were clearly going through the motions, no one wants injury at the end of the season, but go ahead and watch again, willy missed a few major assignments skating right passed guys instead of getting dirty. There were 3 specific ones that allowed open slot chances that kallgren stopped.

There are two people here I notice, guys who hate willy and guys who love willy. You need to understand when willy is not on his game its because he is not engaged. Coaching and management have pointed it out. He is a phenomenal player when engaged but everyone needs to be real and see that he has two sides.

Just to be clear, willy gets criticism not based on his puck control it's always based on his blown defensive plays. Watch the game again.

I guess it's the fact you declared everyone gets a pass for last night EXCEPT Nylander that just came off really biased and as someone else said, ridiculous. I don't really see why a Nylander hate party needs to form over last nights game. There were players much worse than him.

It's fair if you have concerns otherwise about wanting more from him from a general point of view.

 

[ZEBROA]

On Nylander. When your coach nuke your a** in media, it a sign to open the gates to hell for the fans that disslike-hate the dude. Not smart.

Did Keefe do this to all players that suck or dont find chemestry? I am asking, it might be his signum. Then its more ok, but not realy.