Pre-Game Talk: Toronto @ Pittsburgh - 7pm HNIC

[fahad203]

Elephent in the room right now is William

 

[Cleetus]

benoit thinks hes bobby orr

he is not?

 

[DarkKnight]

Matthews looking for that one timer option offensively and doesn’t seem to be doing much else. Anyone else seeing that he isn’t that involved right now offensively?

He ain't driving anything, but Marner is so it works fine right now.

 

[Stephen]

Put Willie with Marner and get Matthews out of there

Between Marner and Matthews it feels like Matthews is the passenger out there. Game just seems off.

 

[Macallan18]

benoit thinks hes bobby orr

Not sure he thinks

 

[93gilmour93]

Mmmmm pancakes

Lucky for me my wife is addicted to pancakes and maple syrup so there's never a shortage of that in this house lol

 

[yubbers]

Meh...they were forechecking well

 

[wingman75]

Not a bad period other than some shoddy goaltending by Woll.

Would be cool if Knies could pick up a pass.

Some good 3rd and 4th line shifts.

Give up some good looks though.

 

[klmdg]

Pure crosscheck and refs look away again

 

[thewave]

Patches lol

 

[Craig Button]

Between Marner and Matthews it feels like Matthews is the passenger out there. Game just seems off.

He’s always been the passenger when he plays with Marner
He’s been like this for years

He works harder when he’s separated from Marner

Marner works hard regardless of his line mates

 

[Leafsfan74]

Expect the rest of the game to get chippy. Just my prognostication based on historic data.

 

[fahad203]

Pure crosscheck and refs look away again

Same cross check Robertson got a penalty last night
But hey, what do I know

 

[Lightsol]

Nylander is suddenly Grabner.

And quite frankly, it's driving me nuts, because he's blowing the defensive zone early to do it. And so far, the Leafs have been hemmed in when he's done it.

 

[93gilmour93]

Leafs win 6-3

 

[yubbers]

Not a bad period other than some shotty goaltending by Woll.

Would be cool if Knies could pick up a pass.

Some good 3rd and 4th line shifts.

Give up some good looks though.

right? Knies seems to need it right in the bread basket tonight. Like take it on your backhand. LOL

 

[Antropovsky]

I remember people said the same thing when Jack Campbell had an unbeatable November. The rest was history.

Woll has been nearly unbeatable in the playoffs. Thats the difference between him and every goalie weve had since Belfour.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Not a bad period other than some shotty goaltending by Woll.

Would be cool if Knies could pick up a pass.

Some good 3rd and 4th line shifts.

Give up some good looks though.

Knies is fighting it right now.

 

[thewave]

Pure crosscheck and refs look away again

Those aren't crosscheck happening all over the ice. You know this because the stick isn't held by our guys.

 

[Leafsfan74]

Leafs win 6-3

Make it 5-3 and you've got yourself a deal.

 

[ER89]

What the f*** is with these Pejorative Slured blind f***ing refs last two games

 

[Macallan18]

Lucky for me my wife is addicted to pancakes and maple syrup so there's never a shortage of that in this house lol

I make the pancakes and we buy craft maple syrup from the Collingwood farmers market.
Makes life worth living

 

[Lightsol]

Between Marner and Matthews it feels like Matthews is the passenger out there. Game just seems off.

Matthews so far this season has looked like he did in the Montreal series.

 

[wingman75]

He’s always been the passenger when he plays with Marner
He’s been like this for years

Was going to say, when has that not been the case.

 

[The Shadow]

I have this feeling that Matthews won’t be a factor in the playoffs again. He just seems to be a passenger too often and on the perimeter