Post-Game Talk: Leafs win in Style 5-4 OT

[meefer]

Hmmmm, a whole lot of pages of doom and gloom in the GDT, whadaya know?

Well done Willy.
Impressed with McMann.
ZAR taking on Gudas after the check on Engvall, thumbs up.
Same with the boys after the Matthews brouhaha in the 2nd.
Liljegren with another solid game.

Stop the 5 forward PP.
Murray...

 

[Larcos_Unal]

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Hasn't he been through enough?

 

[Obo]

Anyone still want gudas after this one? Except being stupid on penalty who giving 2 pp goal to leafs and get caught out of position on 1st hunt goal...

Gudas was a disaster. If this game was any indication Holl is better and it isn't really close.

 

[wingman75]

So much bad with that game, especially the first 35 minutes.

Rather focus on the good. Dominated a clearly tired opponent in the third, as they should. Rielly was good! Samsonov was good. Nylander had the puck following him around all night.

Terrible Win. I'll take it.

 

[rocketman588]

Insane game

Willy is awesome

 

[TMLeafer]

W-w-w-willy with the jets

When he gets that outside speed to cut in, beauty!

Also send these refs back to the ECHL.

 

[Maplebeasts]

That was a pretty good game all around that looked worse because Murray put up a legendarily awful performance. They had more and better chances all game long.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Most importantly, Bobby McMann led the Leafs in xGF% at 90%, the league is not ready for him

 

[keonsbitterness]

Thought Rielly was better tonight than recent games.

(Okay, let me have it.)

 

[LeafGrief]

Atrocious reffing, entertaining game. Great job by Samsonov to shut the door, the comeback was never in doubt.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Thought Rielly was better tonight than recent games.

(Okay, let me have it.)

He was. It also helps that he was paired with this team's best defenseman.

 

[Al14]

Great comeback. Willy styles!!!!

Matthews shot has looked better the last two games.

Yep, I thought the game was over when Florida went up 4-2.

Without Samsonov, the Leafs lose this game in regulation IMHO.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

So much bad with that game, especially the first 35 minutes.

Rather focus on the good. Dominated a clearly tired opponent in the third, as they should. Rielly was good! Samsonov was good. Nylander had the puck following him around all night.

Terrible Win. I'll take it.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the bad went away as soon as every other shot against stopped being a goal. You can't really judge a team properly with that kind of goaltending

 

[LeafSteel]

Ooooooh yeah Brother!

We won, but all the cutesy putesy drop pass crap was driving me bat$#it crazy in the 1st period.

Once they cut the shinny crap (and had a goalie making saves), good things happened.

McMann and Timmins are showing well. Kerfoot, not so much….

 

[ACC1224]

Gudas was a disaster. If this game was any indication Holl is better and it isn't really close.

Won’t be popular but I think Gudas is a beauty and would take him any day over Holl.

 

[meefer]

Thought Rielly was better tonight than recent games.

(Okay, let me have it.)

His skating was noticeably better, at least to my eyes. Calmer, too.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Murray made that way closer than it should've been honestly - he's been solid more often than not lately so whatever. Big guns took the game over in the 2nd half.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Thought Rielly was better tonight than recent games.

(Okay, let me have it.)

He got better as the team got better. He was still blowing the odd chunk in the 1st.

 

[Burnie97]

Anyone still want gudas after this one? Except being stupid on penalty who giving 2 pp goal to leafs and get caught out of position on 1st hunt goal...

Never wanted the f***er

 

[Al14]

Murray should look good on the Marlies i hope

Yep, take a chance on waiving him. However, not much cap savings by sending him down.

I'm still angered by Dubas not getting more for taking him off Ottawa's hands!

 

[ER89]

Won’t be popular but I think Gudas is a beauty and would take him any day over Holl.

Gudas as a sixth man yep.

Shelter his ass with timmins and that's a serviceable pairing.

Still a p***y though so f*** him

 

[stickty111]

Gutsy win by the team. Despite poor goaltending and whatever the PP was doing, and refs, and trailing 4-2, they found a way. Nylander's OT goal signified "we are not losing".

 

[wingman75]

I don't think it's a coincidence that the bad went away as soon as every other shot against stopped being a goal. You can't really judge a team properly with that kind of goaltending

Very fair comment. The poor goaltending definitely would have put the skaters out of sorts... but the were almost as bad as the goaltending... almost. No doubt they stabilized when Sammy came in.

 

[BayStBullies]

They stabilized and came away with a win. You need to lean on Sammy after this, that was a good character win. The officiating was brutal across the board, even if Florida is a p***y ass team.

 

[Al14]

Never wanted the f***er

Me neither! He's too much of an asshole!