Pre-Game Talk: TOR @ VAN Jan 20

[therealkoho]

Tavares loves taking those 6.9% shots

Almost as effective as those 0 percenters that one guy insists on taking from the blueline every chance he gets

 

[Stephen]

He had a hat trick last game, so it's time for a night off.

Seems like it. But the rate at which we need hero nights from Matthews is utterly unsustainable so what can you do.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

Tavares loves taking those 6.9% shots

Low % shot to go with his future low % cap hit?

 

[stickty111]

Jones has lost us this game. Samsanov with a chance to take back the net

 

[Metroid]

Giving away this game with shitty PPs to the Canucks... If this how nucks play, they ain't doing shit in the playoffs...

 

[Space umpire]

Why are the Leafs allowed to get crosschecked 24/7 when cycling but as soon as we do it - it's a penalty

Someone needs to tell Tavares and Matthews to dive more

This might be news to you but even if both hands are on the stick if you hit (push) with your glove it’s not cross checking. If you hit (push) with the part of your stick between the gloves it is.

And if you haven’t noticed there have been a ton of x check calls this year. Must have been a point of emphasis for officials from the league.

 

[alliuk12]

Well you just can’t beat the referee’s

 

[eramosat]

The officials have had a huge negative impact on this game. Leafs were crushing the Canucks in shots and possession. Tie game. Two weak ass calls and now this game is out of reach.

you can say the same thing about every game, from both team's perspectives. so the negative and positive balance out.

sorry. but when you whine about the calls, you're just whining for no purpose. just accept the calls and move on.

 

[TheShape]

100%. Keefe seems to coach with anxiety and doesn’t trust anybody. Those he trusts aren’t necessarily good.

Joe Thornton all over again but worse.

 

[Antropovsky]

Nice to see a leaf not on the receiving end of a face wash from behind for once. Thanks Bertuzzi.

 

[Torontonian]

Terrible defensive team

 

[Stephen]

Matthews hasn’t been as good as last game, but he hasn’t been bad. Has anyone at any point in this entire game actually set him up for a shot? lol

Yeah Matthews wouldn’t be top 10 in reasons why we’ll probably lose but you definitely aren’t seeing the jump and drive he had in Calgary. But that level isn’t something you can demand from him every night. It’s utterly unsustainable.

 

[eramosat]

id rrather be a whiner than blind and stupid

your wish is granted

 

[34]

Brutal goaltending. 6 goals on 20 shots.

 

[leafs in five]

Big Game Bertuzzi bails out on taking a hit and then does some yappy after whistle non fighting fake tough guy shit

 

[PromisedLand]

NHL officials at it again; Marner boarded right in front of Graham Skilliter, was left bloodied and no call was made this guy is a f***ing disgrace

Skilliter is a f***ing piece of shit. He screwed the Leafs in the playoffs too

ShanaCON has no balls to ask the league to not let that piece of shit ref leafs games

 

[Blanka]

f*** it. Shrug this one off and on to the next. We have to figure something out with this D though.

 

[Stephen]

Brutal goaltending. 6 goals on 20 shots.

Jones definitely regressing in a hard way. We probably got all we can out of him at this point.

 

[LeafSteel]

Looking forward to Keefe’s presser where he blames this game on Liljegren and Robertson.

Seriously, we’ve run Jones into the ground and people are surprised by a game like this against a good team? He didn’t have to play this much, management chose to, and this is what we now have.

So dumb.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Crap PP and crap PK. Special teams killed us tonight

 

[PanniniClaus]

Look on the bright side.. back to back with Samsonov in goal

 

[therealkoho]

My wife said that’s Canadian propaganda at its worst.

Well it's the only propaganda we have I just wish it were the best instead.

Serves us right though, I suppose that's what you get when you hire an American company to do the marketing.

 

[Carltons Cup]

Tavares with Jason Allison speed

 

[Stephen]

Jones has lost us this game. Samsanov with a chance to take back the net

Man. Jones and Samsonov can put a team in striking distance of Celebrini. It’s that bad.

 

[stickty111]

Look on the bright side.. back to back with Samsonov in goal

He's better than Jones