Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 4-3 (SO)

[PROUD PAPA]

Just maybe getting matthews mcmann and nylander for the full playoffs as opposed to a couple games as well as a more stable blue line and better goalies in net is what we’re hanging our hat on

There's always some reason to believe, no harm in that at all. I just can't ignore the years and years of evidence slapping me in the face with reality.

 

[arso40]

There's always some reason to believe, no harm in that at all. I just can't ignore the years and years of evidence slapping me in the face with reality.

Trust me I agree with you I’m hopeful not stupid

 

[Its not your fault]

First period's good because they come out skating, jungle of terrible turnovers, but at least some speed. Have to kill a few penalties and then stand still the rest of the game.

Sounds like go out hard then tighten up defensively.

 

[notDatsyuk]

again its not about defensive play he missed or did well by exemple colorado 1st goal was a result of nylander missed a play, i didn't talked about those kind of play. it's about stop playing/ stop working

Exavtly when you're playing NHL in console and your controller turn off, that's what i have difficulty to accept... Not the fact he missed a play but hes completly stop playing after 10 second on the ice.

Sorry, I don't play video games - I play real hockey.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Really? Cause the broadcast seemed to think it was knies lazy line change that caused the goal but maybe you got a better look at it

The general consensus was that it was a poor line change, not just by Knies, but I haven't seen anyone else try to blame Willy.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Like been a ghost for 30 be down 3-0 ans started to play there and finishing with1-2 goal in a 7-3 lost?

Or been completly invisible/trash all game long and see him teammate/goalie doing everything they could to keep the game at only one goal difference and find a way to score on last 2 minute with goalie pulled...

or start played down 4-1, starting to play down by 3 nd finishing the gme with 3 pts

next game ironically get maybe one of his best game of series and get 0 pts... Next game be completly invisible all game long, left his player in the slot for no reason and that's the only time we saw him for the entire game...

I just described here the only series won by leafs in 20 years..

Whatever what the stats saying, you will not win a lot of game when you started working late trailing by 2-3 goal everytime or late like by 2 game in a serie. When you're just focusing on stats and not in wich kind of impact the player had to the game, that's say absolutly nothing.

stats, stats, stats... its the only thing important for you...

Imagine a complete team playing that way

I don't know if it's your memory, your imagination, or your bias that is creating these odd views. Did you really have to go back almost two years to find an example that fit your narrative?

 

[PromisedLand]

Good to see buds got 2 points after blowing the freakin lead.

Hopefully no more 10 pm games in the schedule until SCFs

 

[namttebih]

Between my schedule and the late starts I've missed this entire road trip. How has Jarnkrok looked? Who were his line mates?

 

[Macallan18]

Yup. I've always kept an eye on goal differential, used to calculate it in my head as far back as 50 years ago. And that's why I said a few months ago to watch out for TB when others were writing them off.

The more I think about it, the less reason I see for Leaf fans to be optimistic about the playoffs. I thought maybe the TDL moves would motivate some people but so far ... same old, same old.

What a disaster this core has been. Hoping they can surprise me in the playoffs, doesn't seem likely though.

there actually is some hope, the core may come alive, and we have goaltending for the first time in forever.

 

[Gary Nylund]

there actually is some hope, the core may come alive, and we have goaltending for the first time in forever.

There's always hope and yes, whatever hope we have is largely based on the goaltending. That said, hoping the core comes alive ... been waiting for many, many years for that to happen so at this point, I'm not sure they have it in them. Hoping though, sure.

 

[Gabriel426]

There's always hope and yes, whatever hope we have is largely based on the goaltending. That said, hoping the core comes alive ... been waiting for many, many years for that to happen so at this point, I'm not sure they have it in them. Hoping though, sure.

If hope is the thing we are betting on, that’s quite sad considering we have the best goal scores in the past 8 yrs, who is also the highest paid player in the league, the highest IQ player in the league as well as a Selke level player who is even better than the most recent Selke winner, the reliable vet and the biggest UFA in the cap era, all playing in their prime on the Leafs, lol.

For real, I really hope they win in the playoffs.

 

[Gary Nylund]

If hope is the thing we are betting on, that’s quite sad considering we have the best goal scores in the past 8 yrs, who is also the highest paid player in the league, the highest IQ player in the league as well as a Selke level player who is even better than the most recent Selke winner, the reliable vet and the biggest UFA in the cap era, all playing in their prime on the Leafs, lol.

For real, I really hope they win in the playoffs.

Hope is all we have at this point, sad but true.

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied
Straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe
- Rod Stewart