Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 4-1

[stickty111]

Playoff type game and Leafs came through and then some. Physicality, emotion, great players playing great. Just what needs to happen.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Jets and Habs lost tonight. What could be better?

 

[Menzinger]

Great game.

The Leafs can dominate that team if they meet in the playoffs. Nice to see tempers flair too

 

[ShaneFalco]

But we can't keep up physically

 

[hockeyes]

Jets are a tier below. Good showing by the Leafs to make that clear.

 

[crump]

Old Joe was like a dog on a bone. Fun to see.

Campbell solid, everyone solid. ..well Rielly needs to do some cardio or something... but pretty good game from everyone else

 

[Teeder Keon]

Just wait when Reilly Nash replaces sore Kerfoot on the 4th ....

 

[TMLeafer]

I don't know what it took Thornton to get riled up, maybe the $3700 fine, but I don't hate crazy Thornton. He can handle himself.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Missed most of this game.. how’d Foligno look?

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Magic number falls to 3.5 games to earn the X

Believe it's 2.5 or 3 max games.

 

[Teeder Keon]

I love this team, i think that the leafs are soft discussion was put to bed

Let’s hope so

 

[brodano]

what was jumbo mad about

 

[Stephen]

Paul Maurice's complaining seemed to have been a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

[Anthrax442]

Scabs keep losing. 18 wheeler

 

[Zybalto]

NHL Rank over the last 4 games (the last week):

Shot differential: 5th
xGF%: 4th
Scoring Chance differential: 3rd
High Danger Chance differential: 1st

Wasnt too worried after the Leafs lost the two Canuck games. Team played great, goalies were the difference.

Just want to stay healthy right now really. Might be smart to rest guys we know are playing hurt (Holl, Matthews, a couple others)

 

[authentic]

Imagine this team, and then add Zachary Hyman. Playoffs should be fun.

 

[Knies iT]

One of the most enjoyable games of the year. A Dubois beatdown would have capped it off nicely.

Thornton with one hell of a game. Scores a beauty goal and takes the Jets' best player off the ice after targeting him on back-to-back shifts. Like @WayneTrain said in the GDT, this guy is going to wakeup in the playoffs and be a handful. Don't forget his battles with Zetterberg, Crosby, etc. over the years. Big time competitor.

Sandin is a tank. He uses that reverse hit all the time in the AHL and it rocks people. He's built.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Great game. Love to see Thornton fired up, but that was incredibly stupid penalty to risk a 3-1 lead. Needs to play with veteran smarts if he's going to play that fired up - we don't need another Kadri running around out there.

f*** that. It’s a regular season game. Let Em know who’s daddy

 

[BertCorbeau]

Maybe Thornton’s just been hibernating until now with the playoffs on the horizon

 

[Stephen]

so what y’all think about that Hellybuck kid?

Hopefully we're just one of those teams that has his number.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

That was a fun game to watch.

They played with a lot of grit from top to bottom and mucked it up too. That's something the Leafs haven't done for years causing them to fold under pressure.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Jets and Habs lost tonight. What could be better?

I'd like to see Montreal in the 1st round, though. With Calgary, you know they will stick us with a 9 or 10 pm game on a weeknight.

 

[Menzinger]

I don't know what it took Thornton to get riled up, maybe the $3700 fine, but I don't hate crazy Thornton. He can handle himself.

It's a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

 

[Randy Randerson]

Something I'm loving right now is that the only team in the division that we don't have a convincing winning record against isn't making the playoffs. As long as the goaltending is right heading into the playoffs, gotta imagine that no one will want to draw us.

 

[Stephen]

Maybe Thornton’s just been hibernating until now with the playoffs on the horizon

Or decided to evolve into a low skill thug agitator.