Best leaf game Ive watched in a long time. They fought, hit and played with toughness! The speed and skill came after.. Always in the playoffs you need to put toughness and grit first! Skill and speed second. The leafs figured it out last night. Keep it up leafs!
Post-Game Talk: Leafs thrash Lightning 7-2 | Captain Johnny with the Hatty!
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kb
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I guess his mail order weed from BC arrived just before the presser?
Go with what your eyes tell you .. screw all da stupid stats which are meaningless .. everyone I know saw it same way Rielly was BY FAR best man on ice .. he tilted that game with support from Schenn .. Matty and Mitch were better last night but bottom line did not influence that game either way .. they are just too slow on footspeed
Tampa is also hyper focused on Matthews for both the PP and ES which is opening up the Leafs superior depth, especially with Tampa's injuries.
If we can avoid refs that call a million penalties to disurpt games, I dont think Tampa has an answer....that is if our goaltending holds up.
Optimist
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I'm pretty sure that there's a nasty Facebook virus going around that doesn't let Habs fans post Leafs jokes and memes any more. I was getting all kinds of them the last 2 days and then, just like that, they all stopped last night. 
GoonieFace
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I remember lots of people on here ripping on how bad Draisaitl is…..
GoonieFace
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You can definitely see the uptick in intensity throughout the lineup. Something they have lacked for years. Tampa was meh to begin with, take out Hedman and Cernak, they are pretty bad
Peace Frog
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I hear ya. I have a few friends who are Habs fans and they made sure to send me lots of memes after game one. Haven’t heard anything from them about game two.I'm pretty sure that there's a nasty Facebook virus going around that doesn't let Habs fans post Leafs jokes and memes any more. I was getting all kinds of them the last 2 days and then, just like that, they all stopped last night.
Praying the Leafs don’t let themselves get intimidated on the road. If they can just realize that the way they played last night, is their recipe for success, they will slay the dragon!
banks
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My stray thoughts from the game:
1- Tavares is my favourite current Leaf. He doesn't get enough love on HF.
2- Marner's early goal got rid of his jitters. Don't care what his corsi numbers were, he played with purpose.
3- At no point did anyone miss Bunting. Not teammates, coaches, or fans.
4- Samsonov is the long term solution in net. We're officially off the goalie carousel, in my opinion.
5- Perry was the only noticeable TB player all game. Seen Stamkos? Whocherov? They were MIA.
6- The D pairings worked like gangbusters. Don't change as long as they stay healthy.
7- Luke Schenn
8- The Leafs will win this series. Vasi will make sure of it. He's too run down. I'd honestly rather face him in game 3 than Elliott. Even if the rest of TB gets back to playing great, Vasi's going to lose them the series.
1- Tavares is my favourite current Leaf. He doesn't get enough love on HF.
2- Marner's early goal got rid of his jitters. Don't care what his corsi numbers were, he played with purpose.
3- At no point did anyone miss Bunting. Not teammates, coaches, or fans.
4- Samsonov is the long term solution in net. We're officially off the goalie carousel, in my opinion.
5- Perry was the only noticeable TB player all game. Seen Stamkos? Whocherov? They were MIA.
6- The D pairings worked like gangbusters. Don't change as long as they stay healthy.
7- Luke Schenn
8- The Leafs will win this series. Vasi will make sure of it. He's too run down. I'd honestly rather face him in game 3 than Elliott. Even if the rest of TB gets back to playing great, Vasi's going to lose them the series.
Not My Tempo
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Yeah there was a moment yesterday when Matthews had the puck and he had 3 Tampa players draped over him. Somehow he’s able to keep it away from them and pass the puck to Holl who quite literally had a wide open lane to the net to do anything, and he instead takes the puck into the corner where he proceeded to lose it haha
Obviously small sample sizes, but..
Gio/Holl are at 50%.
4th line is doing really well too (no other Leafs lines have played enough)
Ouch.
Goalie duel.
Gio/Holl are at 50%.
4th line is doing really well too (no other Leafs lines have played enough)
Ouch.
Goalie duel.
Jimmy Firecracker
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The Leafs 5th overall pairing performing a lot better than people were expecting.
67leafs
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I was one of those people who thought Schenn was useless with the puck (he's been super steady), but I knew Rielly would step up, he always does.
It's insane the Leafs have 3 out of the top 15 ( not including ROR) and they have never got out of the first round.
This kind of pokes a few holes that they don't show up. I guess they need to all get to top 10
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Agree to disagree. Getting the first goal last night after the game 1 debacle was crucial. Before the game was one minute old, Marner drew a penalty and scored on the ensuing PP. That set the tone for the rest of the game and for that alone I make him my 1st star selection and he looked pretty good to me the rest of the game as well.
GoonieFace
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Points can also be deceiving. Were they useless points in a blowout etc. They tend to play ok until it’s time to put teams away, than the trouble begins. Hopefully when they put Tampa to bed, that mental hurdle will be gone
Clark4Ever
What we do in hockey echoes in eternity...
I was expecting that type of result last night given how game 1 went.
I suspect there will be no more blowouts and the real grind will start next game.
I suspect there will be no more blowouts and the real grind will start next game.
Sometimes everything is deceiving. Analytics would have Matthews and Marner played much better Tue than last night. They both put up the exact amount of points Tue but they also carried play much better Tue.
The Montreal series they were all over the place and around the net but for whatever reason couldn't score.
But I 100% agree with you. Hopefully this year they win a round and never look back.
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If Hedman does infact play game 3, we need to chip pucks into his corner from the start, forecheck and really finish every check.
We can not allow him to have an easy game.
TB is a entirely different looking team when he's not playing or not at 100%.
We can not allow him to have an easy game.
TB is a entirely different looking team when he's not playing or not at 100%.
What exactly is he supposed to say?
"Yeah their guys are better than ours"? Lol
ACC1224
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Yeah there are so many that believe that these guys say what they think.
They aren't obligated to tell the truth.
Aashir
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Idk but he’s usually worded his words much more ambiguously
He’s made sure in the past his words couldn’t be used against him as motivation for the leafs
I think this is something the 3 centres, and especially Matthews can use as fuel for the next couple games
TheBeastCoast
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I mean there are a lot of ways to dance around that question. He typically does handle questions like that with more tact then that.
RunItBackAgain
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He didn't have to make it a competition. Its the opposite of the path he usually takes. He usually would say "Matthews Tavares and ROR are ALL WORLD players, they don't back down, and will not go down easy" in an effort to draw the attention away from his players and onto ours. Instead he put all the pressure solely on his own players. Very different approach from him. He didn't have to bring his players into it AT ALL.
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