Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 3-2 against the Preds

[Squiffy]

Actually love the discussion @Antropovsky and @Gallagbi (you'll always be Easy_B to me lol), respectfully done boys. Rare these days but a couple of old timers showing how its done. Certified beauty. Am I rght @TheGreenTBer ?

 

[nsleaf]

Actually love the discussion @Antropovsky and @Gallagbi (you'll always be Easy_B to me lol), respectfully done boys. Rare these a couple of old timers showing how its done. Certified beauty. Am I rght @TheGreenTBer ?

No, perhaps you should raise your standards.

 

[leafs in five]

I thought Timmins was great

 

[saltming]

People nit pick whatever they think supports their warped view. It's comical the ignorance that gets spewed. I guess for those that have been wrong for so long there really is no turning back. Be nice if they just got off the ship instead of going down with it.

The guy pretty much single handily won the game last night, 3 points and draws 2 penalties in the first 5 minutes of the 3rd.
Low calorie night

But no gordie howe hat trick

 

[ACC1224]

But no gordie howe hat trick

I believe that by the time his career is over he will have just as many Gordie Howe Hat Tricks as he will Shutouts.

 

[Gallagbi]

In fact it's even more plausible, because they actually did the play twice that shift. Consecutively one after the other (within 4 seconds of eachother). It's the very same play that I posted from the Boston series.

Play 1) Play 1, Marner gets to spot, pucks pushed to him from Matthews along the boards, he tries the quick feed to Knies in slot. Pass is blocked.

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See similarities to Boston set play in last year's playoffs: ii

Boston set play: this happens to be the quit crying bro shift where posters say Marner/Matthews were mad about a set play not happening (maybe there is truth to it). Nylander doesn't make this pass to Marner, instead he carries it all the way to Marner.

What you don't see is that the leaf from the opposite side also attacks the net, so Marner has two pass options. The player in the slot and the leafs coming down the opposite wing. Which is the same place Matthews come from on the goal yesterday.

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Play 2, Marner stays in very same spot, Reilly picks up the puck on the boards and pushes it to Marner, whose in the same spot and squared up for slot pass. Matthews attacks slot.

It's clearly a set play. It's very similar to basketball set plays.

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I'll summarize my take and you can do what you want with it, but it'll be my last response
- you highlighted the negative aspects of the play, but omitted the positives
- that positive is the one touch strong side pass off a rim
- the read to make the pass rather than take space with the puck and the extra second grabbing it behind the net
- you think this was a set play and compare it to 2 passe, one on the same shift to a different player in a different area of the ice.

You're entitled to your opinion, but I'll say it confuses me. For someone to think that any centering pass, regardless of setting, possession, situation is "just a set play" is odd. It also ignores what you'd actually credit Marner on which is the read and execution of a potential play there since most players would attack the puck to take the time and space. Waiting for the rim at the side of the net takes patience.

Fwiw on your set plays the two stills you're comparing to have an attack triangle with Marner in the corner. They come from possession plays. The goal isn't from a triangle and the pass is made from the side of the net, not the corner. The pass goes to the crease, not the circles. It's also created from a rim reversing the direction/flow, whereas your two comparisons are all from the same side of the ice with no change in D movement

Anyways, I guess when you can't go to the Marner thread, you can always bring the Marner thread to you

 

[Antropovsky]

I'll summarize my take and you can do what you want with it, but it'll be my last response
- you highlighted the negative aspects of the play, but omitted the positives
- that positive is the one touch strong side pass off a rim
- the read to make the pass rather than take space with the puck and the extra second grabbing it behind the net
- you think this was a set play and compare it to 2 passe, one on the same shift to a different player in a different area of the ice.

You're entitled to your opinion, but I'll say it confuses me. For someone to think that any centering pass, regardless of setting, possession, situation is "just a set play" is odd. It also ignores what you'd actually credit Marner on which is the read and execution of a potential play there since most players would attack the puck to take the time and space. Waiting for the rim at the side of the net takes patience.

Fwiw on your set plays the two stills you're comparing to have an attack triangle with Marner in the corner. They come from possession plays. The goal isn't from a triangle and the pass is made from the side of the net, not the corner. The pass goes to the crease, not the circles. It's also created from a rim reversing the direction/flow, whereas your two comparisons are all from the same side of the ice with no change in D movement

Anyways, I guess when you can't go to the Marner thread, you can always bring the Marner thread to you

Im bringing the Marner thread here? What lol - open your eyes!

The posts below are just the 2nd and 3rd page of this thread. Which is primarily all Marner by the same Marner crew that dominate the Marner thread. Majority of these are posts with the intention to troll. Also note that notdoneyet actually admits that he's posting just to troll. I hadn't even posted in this thread yet and these were the posts.

Marner had an alright game but one of those assist was secondary

He has lead us in the playoffs

Marner again leafs best player tonight and everything started with him

-2 great set up play for matthews
-Draw both penalties to giving up a 5v3
-started the set up play by knies
- and ref stole him an empty net goal goal

And he draw both penalty to created that secondary assist right after Rielly missing a great A chance on an other great set up play by marner

He really deserved that secondary assist

I’m just joking . Wanted to beat all the other so called leaf fans who crucify marner at every turn

The most important player on the team

If they don’t sign him and he walks they deserve all the ineptitude that happens

He took it from the faceoff circle out to the point brought it back to the faceoff circle on the other side, passed to knies who immediately directed it to William. Seems like he did most of the work on that goal

Fourth line had a lot of good shifts I thought.


The crew on Sportsnet noted his work on that "secondary" assist. You either get hockey or you don't.

And only forward in the NHL to lead his team in minutes. Quite a stat.

Wonder if Cooper will run him that much in the 4 Nations?

His price keeps rising. 16 mil at the moment. 4 year deal as well.

Mitch is uhhhh more than good eh? Angry Mitch I like. Keep the same attibute son in the playoffs!

Marner was fine without him though. Honestly a bit disappointed we needed to do this to light a fire under Matthews. Guys on Leafs post game thought the same. I like having them separate, at least for stretches.

 

[thusk]

#1... Im bringing the Marner thread here? What lol - open your eyes.

The posts below are just the 2nd and 3rd page of this thread. Which is primarily all Marner by the same Marner crew that dominate the Marner thread. Majority of these, maybe even all, are posts with the intention to troll. Also note that notdoneyet actually admits that he's posting just to troll. I hadn't even posted in this thread yet.

It is normal to talk about who completly change the game in 5 minutes who had a huge impact on every goal in thr game thread?!?!?!

Since Matthews injury, he's completly carrying the leafs. Just find something else to complain...

 

[ACC1224]

It is normal to talk about who completly change the game in 5 minutes who had a huge impact on every goal in thr game thread?!?!?!

Since Matthews injury, he's completly carrying the leafs. Just find something else to complain...

Pretty large lack of self awareness going on there.....too funny.

 

[ToneDog]

But no gordie howe hat trick

LOL. I predict Leafs will win the Cup when Marner gets a Gordie Howe Hat trick.

 

[Squiffy]

No, perhaps you should raise your standards.

Have you seen a PGT after a loss lol..

 

[ACC1224]

Have you seen a PGT after a loss lol..

Win or lose is irrelevant, criticizing Marner is a full time job for some.

 

[Antropovsky]

It is normal to talk about who completly change the game in 5 minutes who had a huge impact on every goal in thr game thread?!?!?!

Since Matthews injury, he's completly carrying the leafs. Just find something else

Win or lose is irrelevant, criticizing Marner is a full time job for some.

You two are like Laurel and Hardy.

Trying to stir up drama in the first few pages of this thread (as i showed) and now seeing an opportunity and trying to do it again.

I'm not biting.

Hope the moderators take note though.