Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 3-2

[Niagara Bill]

This team had 2 days off and wow we looked exhausted lol like outside of of Marner and Matthews this team has played 4 games in 2 weeks!!!!! Why are we tired. Domi looks atrocious. Zero bite to any part of his game. He’s plsying a bottom 6 role trying to score… dude! Do you even know your role here?

Domi plays hard 2 out of 10...that why we are team number 6. This leopard will never change its spots.
I don't doubt he looks after himself physically, so it must be a dedication and focus reason. His celebrity must distract him because he NEVER competes for more than 2 games in a row.

 

[Leafsfan74]

26 - 0 when leading after two periods

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That's an impressive and quietly encouraging stat. Tanev has been a big part of this as I see other D Men and even forwards willing to eat pucks now, much like Gio did. I saw the Habs take a very average team to the Final Four just a decade ago through insane puck blocking and commitment to defense.

Leafs should add one more strong playoff ready D Man and a strong willed forward upfront at the deadline. I still don't have confidence in this team to win it all, but, there is at least a formula in their play that they didn't have in the past. There is far more conscience effort to squeak out the close games of which there are many in the playoffs.

Players are more in the crease than in the past and the muscle memory alone will help when the playoffs begin. Of course I will remain a skeptic due to history.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Stolarz brilliant again. I think he should be our starter for Game 1 of the playoffs. He doesn’t allow those soft soul crushing goals that we’ve seen from our goalies in the Core 4 era.

I thought the defence was ok but no way can we go into the playoffs with a defence minus a Tanev or McCabe. Treliving has to get a No. 4 somehow.

I agree with consensus that the Domi line was very poor. Domi aside from that nice pass to OEL on that goal has been more or less useless.

Very much like our first PP. Too much perimeter passing, not enough shots, and poor zone entries.

 

[Enniskillen]

Glad to get the win, but yikes, the play of our team this year is concerning.

So was it concerning for you when keefe’s team played like sh.t in dog days of February? I am sure you sang some accolades to that dubas aberration of team non-stop. If they win a couple of rounds with their play being “concerning” in your terms, that’s enough entertainment for me. On a side note, devils are on track to be kicked out of the third place in Metro within a week or two. Cause keefe is a “genius coach” lol

 

[Enniskillen]

I don’t hold grudges against players. I don’t play favourites. I comment on the plays they make or don’t make. Hating on players means you can never acknowledge when they play well. That’s dumb stuff.

So just because of that play “divine creature” deserves Matthews money? Auston himself doesn’t deserve “Matthews money” the way he plays this year.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

They played a good game last night.

For the better part of the year they've been performing well. Furthermore their success has been coming in different ways than in the past. We just don't know if it will continue in the playoffs yet.

If there's one thing we can all agree on is that we hope to see this team be successful.

We can have our disagreements on what they should be doing to get there. But the end result for everyone should be the same. We all want to see them win the cup.

They go out in the first round they get a D.

Make it to the second round and that's a C. Out in the third round is respectable enough for a B. Get to the finals and hey, guess what, that's an A for you big boy.

If they win the cup they're on the Deans list summa cum laude.

 

[hoglund]

Stolaraz stole us that game and we're back in 1st place. Mathews needs to get going, I wonder if he's still hurt.