Marlies GDT: Marlies Calder Cup Champions!!!!

[Leafs at Knight]

Not sure how you can get from a dominant first period to whatever the crap they have been doing in the last 2,but they did it.

 

[Liminality]

Huge chance by Smith, dang

 

[La Masse]

The f*** is Marincin doing?

 

[Battle Lin]

glad the coach has marincin out there with those beautiful rushes and making great decisions

 

[PromisedLand]

All the dumb penalties and stupid reffing bit marlies on their behind

on to game 3

 

[Liminality]

Definitely need to regroup after this game. Can't be taking so many dumb penalties and they were outplayed after the first period.

 

[Battle Lin]

when your down you gotta play your skating D like rosen, dermott and liljegren, have them skate it down or join the rush

marincin and hall couldnt get anywhere with the puck or do anything offensively that final stretch

 

[Battle Lin]

doesnt help when your line 1 has been the worst of the 8 lines played these finals

 

[stickty111]

doesnt help when your line 1 has been the worst of the 8 lines played these finals

Yet with everything apparently being so bad, and no hope left. We are tied.
You need to relax.

 

[KIWILEAFFAN]

10 games straight. Odds are ya gunna lose one sometime.
They'll win the next one

 

[Kiwi]

10 games straight. Odds are ya gunna lose one sometime.
They'll win the next one

This Stars team is strong, we're going to have to scratch and claw for every victory

Tough even competition and some adversity is great for the kids development

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Much better effort from Sparks today, stupid penalities cost them

 

[LeafChief]

On to game 3. I like Brooks but I wasn't overly impressed with him today.

 

[Torontonian]

Looks like the Stars have been the better team throughout the first two games. At least we will have a real playoff series now though lmao, winning 10 straight games in the playoffs in unreal.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Am I blind or did Texas score the winning goal on a pp for holding the stick which was actually a hook by the Texas player?

 

[PanniniClaus]

Am I blind or did Texas score the winning goal on a pp for holding the stick which was actually a hook by the Texas player?

I thought the same on first look. It's a series though. Love it.

Bring on game 3.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

I thought Engvall and Moore were dominant out there, especially with puck. This is a tough seasoned Texas team. We’ll adjust next game and dominate as the series moves forward.

 

[Battle Lin]

gauthier offensive game is very limited, but i notice his size a lot, hes so long he deflects a lot of pucks, makes a lot of good plays with his reach, covers ice well with that size, i think hes a solid skater for big useful body, wins pucks battles.....like i really hope this turns into something useful at the nhl level, if not then whatever

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Am I blind or did Texas score the winning goal on a pp for holding the stick which was actually a hook by the Texas player?

After watching a couple replays, I think it was an attempted interference by the Marlies skater (ideally enough to keep the Texas player from getting to the puck but not enough to draw a call) which was mostly avoided, and thus turned into an attempt at drawing a hooking call by clamping down on the Texas forward's stick as he tried to get it around the Marlies defender. I've seen lots of NHL players try to draw hooking calls over the years by clamping down on a stick when they feel it on their ribs and going to the ice.

These refs weren't buying it though because it happened right in the middle of the ice and not up against the boards where that trick has a better success rate.

 

[phillipmike]

I was at the game. Refs were completely BS but Texas was a solid team, there is no surprise why they are in the finals. Just a hard working team that bends but doesnt break and they score when the opportunity arises. That being said if the refs called a fair game the Marlies would have won 2-1 or 3-1.

 

[Liminality]

Some possession numbers from the first 2 games done by Jeff. That first line definitely needs to be better.

 

[Joey Hoser]

A bit of adversity here is probably a good thing in reality. If they just cruised their way to a third straight sweep, as impressive as that would be, there wouldn't be much to learn there.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Marlies are playing btw. Not playing very good

 

[Liminality]

Anyone watching the game?

 

[Liminality]

How is that not a kneeing penalty?