Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 7-6 in OT

[member 298589]

Sparks has played like garbage this season but I can understand Dubas keeping him far more than I can understand Babcock keeping Hainsey on the top pair.

 

[LeafChief]

Pajama boy has arrived.

Happy we got him. Seems Isles fans are happier with Lee as their captain as well (if you believe some of the garbage on the mainboard).

Win-win for both teams!

 

[RoadWarrior]

Kadri is -5 in the last 2 games combined he better get his head out of his ass

Brown and Leivo have been a hot mess. They’re just not skating. It’s not all Kadri.

 

[francis246]

THe one thing I do love about this season is how much of a leader Matthews has formed into. I think the addition of Tavares has really pushed him to be the best he can be

 

[BertCorbeau]

Lots of wacky scores early in the season

Defensively and goaltending they need work, but they’re getting better offensively and geling more.

I hope to hell Kap stays in Matthews line, he was the game changer

Marleau looked good too.

I think Ennis was basically stapled to the bench after the first

 

[The Masters]

Is it me or has Sparks looked always scared out there in an NHL game. He has the talent but you need the mind and that killer extinct to be great, especially if you are a goalie because it's such a mental game.

I just dont think he has it. he looks like a deer in the headlights

 

[Pi]

6 goals against is a team effort for sure, but both EN goals were crap.

The second EN goal was a deflection off Hainsey stick and into the net.

The first EN was just Zaitsev standing like a pylon and not even trying to get a stick in the shooting lane.

Again, not a perfect game by Sparks by any means but where the hell was Rielly? Gardiner? Dreamt?

Babcock is too stubborn for his own good. Hainsey isn’t good anymore. You can’t rely on him on 6 on 5. You can barely rely on him on ES. Abymsal 5v6 play.

 

[MattySnipes]

Can somebody please make a Matthews celly gif

Someone should do a gif of the Matthews celly followed by the Kane celly followed by the Matthews smirk.

 

[Swervin81]

Well, I have just been resuscitated after having a heart attack after the 3rd.

Phew, thank you Mo.

 

[DopeyFish]

Why didn't Matthews get credited with an assist on the OT goal ?

Didn't marleau steal and pass the puck to rielly?

 

[tp71]

Noone is saying we cant win with sparks...

...we just need to score 7 ****ing goals to do it.

That just means our players have a better shot at the Art Ross

 

[OVO16]

Read my bio

 

[2 Slick]

Why didn't Matthews get credited with an assist on the OT goal ?

He did.

 

[Liminality]

Who needs defense when you got Johnny T and Auston Matthews and you can score a million goals a game.

This is like last season too for the Leafs. Tons of goals, they eventually tightened things up and Andersen got out of October

 

[TmlHockeyFan]

Do you think we can trade Garrett Sparks for Curtis McElhinny?

 

[SprDaVE]

The last goal was going wide and deflected in Hainsey's stick.

Sparks let in 1 bad goal - people are overstating things here.

Maybe. I still think his stick positioning was really off. Either way, it wasn't a great performance by any means.

 

[rdogg]

Garrett Toskala

 

[Ratboy]

There’s almost zero chance the Leafs will miss the playoffs this season.

Doesn't change the fact that sparks is shit

 

[Mikeyg]

Put his ass on waivers TONIGHT

 

[FlareKnight]

In the end I'll take it.

There are definitely issues and complaints. But they scored, they won and our core guys produced. A lot of good little moments like preventing any shots on that 4 minute PK. A lot of big moments like John freaking Tavares scoring a hat trick. Take the points and leave it to the coaches to pull their hair out after that.

 

[Suntouchable13]

We may miss the playoffs after those 20 games. I don't give a **** if he's "earned a chance" I want the best team possible and our backup position just got significantly worse.

We are not a bubble team, man. They are not missing the playoffs with these 3 centres. If Andersen goes down for a significant period of time, yes, things can get dicey but not till then.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Definitely needed that win before going into a hornet's nest on Tuesday.

Freddy better be in November form!

 

[Morbo]

Sparks is so garbage.

we better get one of the guys we lost on waivers back.

 

[Albz]

One positive is the more goals we score the worse for Nylander... soo he better sign before we score even more and we don’t need his help so we trade for a dman and a backup loll

 

[The CyNick]

The second EN goal was a deflection off Hainsey stick and into the net.

The first EN was just Zaitsev standing like a pylon and not even trying to get a stick in the shooting lane.

Again, not a perfect game by Sparks by any means but where the hell was Rielly? Gardiner? Dreamt?

Babcock is too stubborn for his own good. Hainsey isn’t good anymore. You can’t rely on him on 6 on 5. You can barely rely on him on ES. Abymsal 5v6 play.

"Not a perfect game". What an analysis...by Sparks' Mom.

 

[Nithoniniel]

So, a few notes about the game:

* Send Babcock some notes on the correlation between scoring empty netters and keeping late leads. As I said in the GDT, his insistence that we don't even try to go for one is just pride over something archaic that has cost us for years now. Didn't tonight though, thankfully.
* The moment we start playing like a good team rather than a collection of supremely talented players, the league is in trouble.
* The dream is for real, people. Our new center just introduced himself in style. Soak it all in. Pär Lindholm is a Maple Leaf!