GDT: Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1, Game2 - Leafs Vs Bolts; May 4th. 7:30 p.m. EST

[Stephen]

Big hit by Matthews. But do this at the start of the game.

 

[Azazel]

Don't blame Simmonds one bit. He sees Tampa get away with all the dumb shit they pull and is just trying to even the playing field.

Both Simmonds penalties are shit Tampa has been doing BOTH f***ing games, and have yet to get one pnealty for it. But weirdly enough if the Leafs do it, its called everytime. Its game fixing. Just like everytime we score a goal, we go to the box. Every time.

 

[hockeyes]

The league and refs are shameless

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

It’s not just that the Lightning have scored three PP goals, it’s that they’ve scored on every unnecessary penalty the Leafs have taken. Kerfoot’s hold at the end of the third and Simmonds’ two ill-advised penalties (even if his first one was soft) have given Tampa three goals.

 

[Statsman1]

Come on, guys, Friday will be better. The stupid stuff, the mental game…that can be remedied. This series is nowhere near over.

 

[Captain14]

Yeah guys take out Simmonds and Clifford let's see what happens. Can't wait to see maroon and Perry demolish our team

In case you don’t know this, two meatheads averaging 3 minutes a game does not equate to team toughness.
The entire team needs to buy in, not rely on two players.

 

[theTTC]

They came out flying, they faced some adversity and absolutely folded.

Team is full of mental midgets and I hope the long overdue teardown finally comes to fruition this offseason.

A first round ousting and changes should be coming. But we're not done the series yet.

That said, who assembled this group and instituted a no-hitting all-fast-waterbug-offense philosophy? Hint: Kyle Dubas.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Big hit by Matthews. But do this at the start of the game.

He did have a big hit for a goal.

 

[JKG33]

You see what happens when the going gets tough. Instead of battling, we completely crumble. None of the things that have made us successful are present tonight. It’s the same old slop. No character whatsoever. We are going to concede quietly en route to a classic first round exit.

This is what I've been saying right along

 

[DarkKnight]

I'm bewildered that people here aren't more worried about the reality of the situation.

Tampa didn't show up game 1. It was weird. And yes, when it's regular season pond hockey style hockey, our stars are amazing. And they were amazing game 1.

But Tampa is playing a PLAYOFF game today. And, to the surprise of nobody, it's rendered our star players invisible. Just like every other f***ing year.

It's infuriating to watch.

Look at the eyes of Dubas when they show him. They show complacency. The flat out understanding of what's going to happen this series.

Relax dude. Geezus.

 

[3blizzard4]

Leafs in 5.

 

[Carltons Cup]

Is our captain John Tavares playing tonight?

 

[Morlu]

Leafs don’t deserve to win, but the reffing has been a massive factor. They made sure we had no chance to come back.

 

[TMLegend]

There's hasn't been much pushback tonight. Tampa got the doors blown off them last game but they were at least physical.

 

[IPS]

I'm bewildered that people here aren't more worried about the reality of the situation.

Tampa didn't show up game 1. It was weird. And yes, when it's regular season pond hockey style hockey, our stars are amazing. And they were amazing game 1.

But Tampa is playing a PLAYOFF game today. And, to the surprise of nobody, it's rendered our star players invisible. Just like every other f***ing year.

It's infuriating to watch.

Look at the eyes of Dubas when they show him. They show complacency. The flat out understanding of what's going to happen this series.

I don't blame the team one single bit. They easily looked better than Tampa until the refs completely flipped the game on them and stripped them of all their momentum. Don't blame Dubas or Keefe either - impossible to win in the playoffs under these circumstances.

 

[GQS]

Perry would be ejected every game if he were a Leaf. He'd be useless to us.

Seems like Perry can play tough and abit dirty while staying away from getting in trouble most of the time. I'll take him over Simmonds anyday on the Leafs. Just kinda sucks that he's played so well against us for two playoffs so far when he could've been doing the same for us.

 

[The Shadow]

All you can do is finish strong and bang some
Bodies to set the tone for game 3. Toronto is the better team if they play like game 1.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Is our captain John Tavares playing tonight?

I Just heard his name.

 

[keonsbitterness]

There’s a reason no Canadian team has won ever since Bettman took over

Habs won his first year in office.

 

[Morlu]

Is our captain John Tavares playing tonight?

He still MIA from last playoffs.

 

[ECanuck]

Love the whiners.....what did you think, the B2B Stanley Cup Champs were gonna just roll over after getting spanked last game?

Should have been easy like game 1.
The refs smell like fish this game though. Not that I thought we would win this game.

 

[3blizzard4]

Is our captain John Tavares playing tonight?

There is no time to play when you have millions to count.

 

[Cleetus]

Hard to choose which is worse, officiating or Leafs play.

yea both are bad tonight

 

[ER89]

Is our captain John Tavares playing tonight?

Hasn't played all f***ing season except collecting secondaries on the pp

 

[Ace]

I was wondering if it was the refs or if it was that the game didn’t matter because it’s always one of those two things