GDT: Leafs vs Blues Saturday night showdown

[Northern Avs Fan]

Go Leafs. Expose them.

 

[HockeyVirus]

1 he accomplished nothing with toughness. Got taken down easily

2 Tkachuk dummied him

3 He took a run at Stutzle and Sabourin handed him his ass

Getting thrown around, pummeled and beaten has nothing to do with toughness.

*sigh* The POINT is he is not soft like people were saying. He will stand up for himself and for his team mates. He will throw hits. It's toughness.

 

[HockeyVirus]

On topic, Dakota Joshua scores how many tonight?

 

[NylanderBros]

*sigh* The POINT is he is not soft like people were saying. He will stand up for himself and for his team mates. He will throw hits. It's toughness.

Lol I didn’t remember any of these wow, he seems like one of the softest guys we have. Either way him being out of the lineup is a good thing tonight, he has been brutal this season

 

[Martin Skoula]

We need D that can get unblocked shot attempts through. What does it matter how many NHLers their team has? If he can get them through for Arizona he'll get them through for us. He'll get more shot attempts here than he does in Arizona (edit: As in if he can keep getting them through we unlock a part of the offence we currently lack).

I'm a big proponent of a point shot on D for the powerplay but I don't want to pay 3x 1st+ for it. His % shot share will go down here, he's not going to be taking 1/4 of the shots on the ice when Matthews/Tavares/Nylander are on the ice.

 

[Stonehands 1]

On topic, Dakota Joshua scores how many tonight?

5-6 tonight, who is that again?

 

[HockeyVirus]

5-6 tonight, who is that again?

NHL Draft: 128th overall, 2014; Toronto Maple Leafs

 

[Doublerum1975]

You guys are nuts. You are letting your dislike of the player cloud what he does well.

No I don’t dislike the player I think he’s a good defender when he plays simple but he’s not tough

 

[Griffin76]

*sigh* The POINT is he is not soft like people were saying. He will stand up for himself and for his team mates. He will throw hits. It's toughness.

Sigh all you want. You aren't getting your POINT across at all. He took a run at Stutzle and Valamaki. He had no choice but to stand up for himself. Against AA it was great that he went to the aid of a teammate but accomplished nothing.

The hits are great when he actually decides to throw some.

 

[Stonehands 1]

By the way, i'm not distressed that Holl is out, Holl sucks the big one anyways

 

[BTP]

Grab the 2 points. Our division just doesn’t lose it’s ridiculous

 

[Burnie97]

I have it in NS and the only game I ever had blacked out was a preseason game in Montreal that is only broadcast on RDS in our area. Every other game on every other night is on. I've watched over 20 Arizona games. A dozen Pittsburgh. And over a dozen Colorado.

Yeah I think someone already mentioned it but in Ontario it doesn't work like that. Bonus for you though.

 

[On-the-Fly]

Goddamn, Elliot looks fantastic.

 

[Edgelord]

are we 0 and 2 so far against covid depleted teams or was the Sens win against a covid depleted team or were they just that bad?

 

[DarkKnight]

Glad Mitch is back, all that pent up life failings types needs their outlet.

 

[DarkKnight]

Love those Blues jerseys.

 

[Burnie97]

Mitch scores on our one pp tonight!

Bold prediction. I think I saw a quote that it's been 99 games since Marner scored on the powerplay.

I like Marner, I know that's all over the place on these boards with what people think but it'd be nice to see it forsure.

He should really be on pp2 though but I can't complain about it as Leafs are number 1 or 2 on the powerplay right now.

 

[Cleetus]

Goddamn, Elliot looks fantastic.

thats a hansom fellow if you ask me

 

[stuart5035]

It wasn't even all world goalie Karel Vejmelka in net either, that the Avs have as an excuse. Lucky they won or they would have needed a different excuse to explain their play. One can only think Avs big 3 goal comeback against our Leafs recently, must have lead to come complacency against the Yotes.

Specialty teams tonight might be the deciding factor based on volume of opportunities.

Leafs and Blues have the identical 29.6% PP (2nd overall) but Leafs PK 82.8% (8th) vs Blues 84.2% (5th).

Leafs GF/G = 3.3 (7th) and GA/G = 2.5 (3rd) vs Blues GF/G = 3.4 (5th) and GA/G = 2.6 (5th).

Both Teams have 49 points on the year with a +29 goal differential.

If you looked in the mirror statistically based on above numbers this should be a real close game as goals for and goals against seem nearly identical 5v5, specialty team or overall.

i am really interested to see the penalty calls tonight. I can’t believe that our leafs who regularly have puck possession of 60% draw such an imbalance (witness the Avalanche and Vegas games; we had 3 pps they had 9).
and that Clifford penalty? unbelievable!

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

A win would be nice as the Bruins are creeping up behind us.

Thought I'd have no problem ending up in a wild card spot, but let's not get into that situation at this point of the season.

Points please!

 

[Dangles McGavin]

Is Marner back yet?

 

[On-the-Fly]

thats a hansom fellow if you ask me

Bieksa dresses like we do.

Elliot dresses like we want to.

 

[sh724]

That would be nice.

For Leaf games you basically need tsn and sportsnet apps and that adds up quick.

Nhl center ice is basically for Americans. It doesn't work right here... otherwise I'd get it.

Center Ice no longer exist in the US. All the games are on ESPN+ unless they are nationally televised elsewhere.

 

[HockeyVirus]

@Warden of the North Live thread?

 

[Stonehands 1]

i am really interested to see the penalty calls tonight. I can’t believe that our leafs who regularly have puck possession of 60% draw such an imbalance (witness the Avalanche and Vegas games; we had 3 pps they had 9).
and that Clifford penalty? unbelievable!

oh don't worry, i'm sure the refs won't disappoint and call some thing that no one in there right mind will call