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Post-Game Talk: McMann vs McBoys, Leafs win 6-3

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SprDaVE said:
Great first 2 periods, which was near perfection. Hits, goals, well defended, good PK as well. A terrible 3rd period and the PK went back to being bad in that period to let the Oilers right back in the game.

Overall a very good performance against a hot team.
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Oilers scored what about 5 goals the other night in the 3rd.?

Yes, it was against the Sabres, but still, you can't let them off the mat.
 
kb said:
As the season has worn on and the games get tougher, Knies is more and more frequently been caught flat-footed/wrong direction, and is standing still far too much. Causes him to take a lot of bad holding/hooking/tripping penalties.

When the team is back healthy, he might benefit from a few games in the pressbox to regroup and reset.
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I was talking about Bertuzzi in that bold part. But, yes, I do agree. Knies does need to either have his minutes reduced in games, or have a healthy scratch reset stretch. He’s clearly fighting the game right now due to fatigue.
 
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mikeyz said:
I was talking about Bertuzzi in that bold part. But, yes, I do agree. Knies does need to either have his minutes reduced in games, or have a healthy scratch reset stretch. He’s clearly fighting the game right now due to fatigue.
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Ha. Whoops. Agreed
 
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Game leaves a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth, the positive are we handed little brother a loss, without three top 9 forwards and solid 1st and 2nd period.

The negatives are at 5-0 we should be able to put that game away without letting them get within 2 goals (almost 1 with the nuge hitting the post).

Unless we take 0 pens every playoff game, our PK is going to be our downfall.
 
Torontonian said:
Game leaves a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth, the positive are we handed little brother a loss, without three top 9 forwards and solid 1st and 2nd period.

The negatives are at 5-0 we should be able to put that game away without letting them get within 2 goals (almost 1 with the nuge hitting the post).

Unless we take 0 pens every playoff game, our PK is going to be our downfall.
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shades of St Louis Blues back in the Cujo days, up 5-0 in the 3rd and blew the whole fuc*en game and lost 6-5 in overtime... totally thought this was happening again tonight, they never make it easy
 
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hfman said:
shades of St Louis Blues back in the Cujo days, up 5-0 in the 3rd and blew the whole fuc*en game and lost 6-5 in overtime... totally thought this was happening again tonight, they never make it easy
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Oof.. was actually at that one... never forgot it.. lol
 
Watched the first two periods at a bar and just so happened the next table were Oilers fans.

We had a really good conversation throughout the time. And at least tonight, we tended to agree with a lot of things. Like that JT penalty as well as another cross checking penalty(forgot the Leafs player) were jokes.
Oilers fans mentioned if the game is close, that the last 5mins will be intense.
Also mentioned that beside McD Drai Hyman line and PP, the team just flat out sucks as they couldn’t get anything going.
 
great job clowning the Oilers tonight, let the Canucks get another 2 points on them in the pacific standings and the schadenfreude was DELICIOUS.
 
TopCheeseShotta said:
Oof.. was actually at that one... never forgot it.. lol
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also happened against the Flames sometime back in the mid/late 80s

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The Toronto Maple Leafs carried a five-goal lead into the final period, then watched the improbable occur....
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It's one thing to blow a 5-0 lead throughout the course of a game (1st/2nd/3rd period) but to blow the whole goddamned thing in the 3rd period alone is a whole new level of suckness


I swear it looked like it was happening again tonight the way they played in that 3rd period
 
mikeyz said:
An empty netter with constant pressure by Edmonton beforehand.

Yes they did nearly blow it.
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Constant pressure... They had a powerplay for the last 5mins of the game basically with the goalie pulled. What are you even talking about? I'd only hope Edmonton had pressure with a man advantage or else Edmonton has some big problems.
 
Only in Leafs Land is a five goal lead heading into the third period needed.

Because a three goal lead just isn't good enough. To the team's credit they started on time. They just happened to check out early is all.

It's like they went into the locker room in the second intermission and said "we got this one in the bag".

No need to try hard anymore. Just go out and kill the clock. It's amazing how they can shift gears like that so easily.

Pour it on in the first half of the game.

Then play as lazy and lackadaisical as possible thereafter. Not even running a trap or playing a defensive shell. Just plain old fashioned pond hockey to allow their opponents to mount a three goal comeback to end the third period of a blowout game.

The Leafs are about as playoffs ready as I've ever seen them.
 
TMLBlueandWhite said:
Only in Leafs Land is a five goal lead heading into the third period needed.

Because a three goal lead just isn't good enough. To the team's credit they started on time. They just happened to check out early is all.

It's like they went into the locker room in the second intermission and said "we got this one in the bag".

No need to try hard anymore. Just go out and kill the clock. It's amazing how they can shift gears like that so easily.

Pour it on in the first half of the game.

Then play as lazy and lackadaisical as possible thereafter. Not even running a trap or playing defensive a defensive shell. Just plain old fashioned pond hockey to allow their opponents to mount a three goal comeback to end the third period of a blowout game.

The Leafs are about as playoffs ready as I've ever seen them.
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That is why the leafs are cooked before they even start
 
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