Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 5-2!

[The Podium]

Not sure the Leafs have had favourible goaltending considering their combined save percentage is .905% right now. With Samsonov and Murray healthy, Leafs should get some pretty solid goaltending though. I would say it's likely to be average, maybe sneaking into above average.

I think the Leafs overall have been good defensively. Offensively is where they have struggled the most.

I was more talking about their NHL caliber goaltending. Not their AHL backup.

 

[therealkoho]

Whole telecast was Buffalo nut-hugging

Just Simpson trying to appear to be anything but a Leafs fan, which he is sort of, he has a love hate with them seeing as they didn't draft him when they could have he had the same Leafs jammie that JT had, as did his brother and sister Christine.

Theismann was pretty good both sides of the border.

Who watched him get his snapped

Godamn that would've hurt

also holl played 24 min ... 0 5 on 5 goals ! its an early christmas miracle

Holl has more good games than bad and that's why he's in the lineup, he has some confidence issues occasionally and needs to be sat, gets over them and inserted back in.

He's been fairly decent the last half dozen games or so. I know he's the default whipping boy/scapegoat after a loss (and sometimes even after a win) but he's really holding his own out there. He looks much more like 2 years ago Holl; nothing to write home about, but effective enough in the 6th spot.

Mostly agree but really he's a all day 4. We of Leafs Nation are sometimes a little too critical because we want everything all the time. I'm just as guilty as most of us when it comes to that, but age, reason and a heart attack calmed me down considerably.

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Jim- You're 6'11, but you weigh 90 pounds; Gumby has a better body than you! Boom! Roasted!
Dwight- You're a kissass. Boom! Roasted!
Pam- You failed art school. Boom! Roasted!
Meredith- You slept with so many guys you're starting to look like one. Boom! Roasted...

The perfectly logical response to one of the hottest of the LeaFland HoF hot takes. I'm still chuckling. Thanks for the morning laugh.

all the more reason to hate/trade him. he needs to grow some balls /s

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone!

His 13th SH goal, 5th most by a defenseman in league history.

What the actual? This can't be for real!

 

[egd27]

123 point pace the last 10 games.

164 point pace since Friday.

 

[therealkoho]

Samsonov injury history is easy to find, just type "Ask Jeeves" dot com and than in the search bar "how many inju......

 

[The Podium]

Samsonov injury history is easy to find, just type "Ask Jeeves" dot com and than in the search bar "how many inju......

And…

 

[therealkoho]

And…

It's the interwebs it could autofill

 

[MSZ]

What the actual? This can't be for real!

It is real.

All time SH goals by defensemen:

Howe 28
Coffey 20
Bourque 16
Orr 16
Giordano 13
Chelios 13

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Not sure the Leafs have had favourible goaltending considering their combined save percentage is .905% right now. With Samsonov and Murray healthy, Leafs should get some pretty solid goaltending though. I would say it's likely to be average, maybe sneaking into above average.

I think the Leafs overall have been good defensively. Offensively is where they have struggled the most.

Kallgren's .893 doesn't help with that combined SV%. However, he is no. 4 on our depth chart, barely an AHL goalie (I think Woll and Petruzelli are ahead now on the depth chart). Kallgren's Quality Start % is .286 (league average is .53, anything under .50 is considered bad). It's a miracle we are where we are with goaltending like that from Kallgren. Btw, he's played 8 games, more than a good sample size.

 

[The Podium]

It's the interwebs it could autofill

I literally cannot find it on Google, would be helpful if you can provide a link if you can find it so easily

 

[ULF_55]

10 games played.
Rielly no goals.
Jarnkrok with as many as marner.
Jarnkrok playing with Engvall with as many as Bunting.
Kerfoot with 1 goal and how many breakaways ... he should just slap it at least give the keeper something to stop.

 

[justashadowof]

Somebody has done this:

NHL injury database (2000/01 to 2023/24 (through 15 March))

Notes Cap Hit of Injured Players (CHIP) represents the per-game cap charge of a player missing a game through injury/illness, i.e. a...

nhlinjuryviz.blogspot.com

Under player unclick all, then search for Ilya Samsonov.

 

[Apex Predator]

I’ve had no internet for 3 weeks. Leafs have turned it around during that time. I now have internet back. If they start to struggle again I know what to do. Got to take it for the team.

 

[justashadowof]

I was more talking about their NHL caliber goaltending. Not their AHL backup.

Samsonov and Murray are .918 this season. I'll take that if they're able to answer the bell at playoff time.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Matthews played 14 minutes tonight.

He looked as annoyed as Nylander at being split up, although Willy handled it better. Maybe he said something.

 

[therealkoho]

For the few

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My buddies cousin, I used to play Police Minor with (same line for 4 years)and we'd get Luces players tix occasionally

Solid game by Murray. Nylander is also on fire, with a very underrated 2 way game. Matthews needs to get going.

He really does he came alive a few times, I'd say he put in 9 really good minutes of the 14 he was credited with. I don't expect him to be 14 for 14, but 12mins isn't too much to ask, and really of anyone in that league no matter the skill level.

It is real.

All time SH goals by defensemen:

Howe 28
Coffey 20
Bourque 16
Orr 16
Giordano 13
Chelios 13

Wow and considering Howe spent 5 or maybe even 6 years in the WHA that's incredible, you forget I guess how good that guy really was in the best league on earth. I played in a tournament in Detroit in 67 or 68 and we played the Roostertails, both he and his brother Marty were on that team, it wasn't even fair when Mark was on the ice, Marty was a really good player, very big and strong, but he didn't have the wheels his brother had.

I literally cannot find it on Google, would be helpful if you can provide a link if you can find it so easily

Player page>news> do some reading, it's the only way.

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Rielly no goals.
Jarnkrok with as many as marner.
Jarnkrok playing with Engvall with as many as Bunting.
Kerfoot with 1 goal and how many breakaways ... he should just slap it at least give the keeper something to stop.

Missing Liljegren?

He does have a couple

 

[notDatsyuk]

Boys looked beautiful in those new sweaters tonight! Love seeing the return of the double stripe at the bottom!

Hadn't noticed the sweaters (mind you, I started watching the game at 1:30 this morning). Pretty much anything in the classic blue and white that doesn't have the stylized leaf from the 70s is fine with me.

On the other hand, the baby blue with the stick and palm tree silhouetted against the sun that Florida wore yesterday was just plain ugly.

 

[ULF_55]

Missing Liljegren?

He does have a couple

Thanks ...

Filter was still on 10 games played.

Liljegren has 2 in 8 games.
Benn has 1 in 4 games.

 

[The Podium]

Player page>news> do some reading, it's the only way.

Thanks for being rude and being no help whatsoever

Here is a cool tool that visually shows how many games have been missed to injury for every NHL player since 2000-2001

NHL player injury timelines (2000/01 to 2022/23)

Notes There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' d...

nhlinjuryviz.blogspot.com

 

[therealkoho]

He looked as annoyed as Nylander at being split up, although Willy handled it better. Maybe he said something.

He's been pouting all season then about something, maybe they are limiting his father's access, who knows.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Anyone else feel very much more comfortable with Murray and Sammy over the past several seasons?

We me be onto something here......if HEALTHY!

I think all three have been good. Defensive breakdowns have led to a lot of the goals.

 

[therealkoho]

Thanks for being rude and being no help whatsoever

Here is a cool tool that visually shows how many games have been missed to injury for every NHL player since 2000-2001

NHL player injury timelines (2000/01 to 2022/23)

Notes There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' d...

nhlinjuryviz.blogspot.com

Rude?

Bit sensitive no? I've always done it through players news and that's the path, and yeah it requires reading, f*@k I'm so sorry to be so plain spoken! I had no idea the other thing existed. So yeah I accept your apology.

 

[The Podium]

Rude?

Bit sensitive no? I've always done it through players news and that's the path, and yeah it requires reading, f*@k I'm so sorry to be so plain spoken! I had no idea the other thing existed. So yeah I accept your apology.

I asked if he has an injury history and instead of answering you responded google it and start reading…

Anyway, this is Murray and Samsonovs injury histories respectively

Appears Samsonov missed 3 games total to injury in his career

 

[ULF_55]

I’ve had no internet for 3 weeks. Leafs have turned it around during that time. I now have internet back. If they start to struggle again I know what to do. Got to take it for the team.

No it was because I wore a marner t-shirt during game days.

I stopped wearing it a few games ago.

 

[PromisedLand]

was just looking at the schedule


Leafs play:

• Mon (tomorrow) against Isles (Home)
• Wed against Devils (Away)
• Fri against Wild (Away)
• Sat against Pens (Away)
• Mon against Wings (Away)
• 2 day break then back at it again

This upcoming week looks crazy!!!

 

[notDatsyuk]

How is it possible in a rout like this Kerfoot had zero points???

Not really surprising. The only even strength points any of the top 6 got was when JT dumped the puck out of our end and Willy turned it into a goal. Bunting didn't get anything either.