GDT: Leafs vs the “best team in the North”

[Clark4Ever]

The Habs should come out desperate tonight and they are due for a good game. We'll have to be at our best to win this one.

 

[PromisedLand]

Marincin rolling up to practice like

 

[Mr Knies Guy]

I hope not.

With the next 3 games against ottawa, a win tonight puts an early, but solid stranglehold on the division.

Even if the leafs lat 3 eggs against ottawa, they probably still come away with 4 points against a taoentless team like ottawa.

Until we lose 2 of 3 to Ottawa.... this team’s effort is so consistently inconsistent it’s frustrating. We didn’t deserve the win in regulation last game and we’re flat much of the game

 

[Cor]

 

[Cleetus]

Marincin walking into Scotia Bank Arena

 

[ACC1224]

This has gotten old really fast.

 

[djdev]

Until we lose 2 of 3 to Ottawa.... this team’s effort is so consistently inconsistent it’s frustrating. We didn’t deserve the win in regulation last game and we’re flat much of the game

outside of the 1st 10 minutes we were the better team against the habs. people want perfect games all the time, they dont exist typically. during the course of a season you have to win all sorts of ways.

 

[LeafGrief]

Habs are going to be primed for a bounce back, but with their third game in four nights the cards are stacked in our favour. We're also the much better hockey team, which is also relevant I guess. Looking for the boys to match the Habs intensity early and then take over the game as their tired legs give in and their unskilled forwards fail to gain traction against our defense.

Maybe.
Maybe not hahahaha

Lmao

 

[X66]

Even if Montreal comes out flying, if we play our game we’ll still beat them.

We have game breakers.

 

[crump]

Score early
Wear them down.
Andersen "A" game shows up
We'll win.

 

[tinyzombies]

Any criticism welcomed, just trying to get a snapshot of the teams in one chart.

 

[Notsince67]

after two consecutive losses for the scabs i expect they will trap the hell outta the game tonight. They hardly had even one forechecker last game this time around I expect they wont forecheck and just line up in the middle of the ice.

Either our offense will get frustrated and will give away the puck feeding the transition with speed for the scabs or somehow we get a lucky bounce and scabs start to get uncomfortable

Hopefully boys remain patient and do not force the pucks or give away the puck trying to force offense. Trust your system and your ability to score and we got this!

P.S. Tavares do NOT try to do shit on your own and give away the puck trying to go through 3 guys; if there is no pass just dump the freakin puck in or pass it back to your D. Thanks!

Leafs havent been too bad at dump and chase hockey if necessary. Hopefully Keefe readies them for this possibility

 

[willmma]

I have a feeling Matthews will end his goal scoring slump tonight

 

[Cor]

Habs starting their backup against us again

 

[Leaftors]

Anyone who says the leafs were outplayed by the habs needs to stop looking at pure shots on net as a way of dictating who the better team was.

 

[Leaf4Life]

If you wanna be the best you gotta beat the best.

Let's gooooo!

Which team should they play then?

 

[MSZ]

Which team should they play then?

Coyotes, 7 games in a row.

 

[AvroArrow]

Anyone who says the leafs were outplayed by the habs needs to stop looking at pure shots on net as a way of dictating who the better team was.

I don't think anyone thinks that, even the Habs board was upset after their performance last game. Habs were better for about the first 10 minutes that was it

 

[On-the-Fly]

outside of the 1st 10 minutes we were the better team against the habs. people want perfect games all the time, they dont exist typically. during the course of a season you have to win all sorts of ways.

Sure, but it'd be nice not to have them come out completely flat for the third game in a row. Goes quickly from the odd 'finding a way to win game' to a pattern of concern.

 

[MapleLeafs77]

Why is robertson not playing on the leafs if he is cleared to play? Why is marincin still on the leafs organization? Why is robertson not playing again?

 

[Notsince67]

Anyone who says the leafs were outplayed by the habs needs to stop looking at pure shots on net as a way of dictating who the better team was.

100%
The coefficient of determination (R-Squared) for the relationship of shots to point percentage is less than 40%.
This means shot differentials only accounts for less than 40% of the goal differences.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Why is robertson not playing on the leafs if he is cleared to play? Why is marincin still on the leafs organization? Why is robertson not playing again?

Conditioning? He has been out for like a month.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Damn, still can't believe we have the privilege of playing against the greatest team of our generation

 

[Leaftors]

I don't think anyone thinks that, even the Habs board was upset after their performance last game. Habs were better for about the first 10 minutes that was it

There's a lot of people who think that.

I believe there's even someone in here

 

[MapleLeafs77]

Conditioning? He has been out for like a month.

I hope so because he is probably our best forward potentially after the big 5 forwards....