Post-Game Talk: Wild beat Leafs 4-3 in shootout

[2 Slick]

Played like shit most of the game, they were lucky to get a point.

Horrendous officiating too though.

Leafs gave up almost a game's worth of shots in the third period alone and only had 10 shots on net 2/3rd's of the game in.

Can't decide to show up at the end of the second period against a good team and expect to win.

The end result is justified, they played like shit, they got beat in a shitty individual skills competition, karmic in nature if you ask me.

 

[Leaf Fans]

We can still extend Dubas and Extend Keefe again.

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Refs gifted us a powerplay in overtime. Why don't you man up and admit the Wild were the better team tonight. Good game, rest up on the flight to Winnipeg

 

[MattySnipes]

Boys never quit I can appreciate that.

You ain't gonna win every game but missing one of their best players they played a solid game for most part.

Win 5, Lose 1 still intact

 

[Dave92]

Nylander playing timid all night, D still struggling with the puck. Campbell started off shaky but was great in the third, and Minnesota played well.

 

[saffronleaf]

very entertaining game. good effort. the wild seem like a legit team.

hope campbell is ok.

one of spezza's best games as a Leaf.

 

[BertCorbeau]

A 2 min PP to start OT would have been nice.

Can’t complain about a 3 goal comeback to get a point. Minny played tough.

Lose in a skills competition.. oh well!

 

[Mr_Fun]

Can't really complain about a point on the road after being down by 3 after a five game winning streak. I mean, I guess you could?

 

[Stephen]

The Minnesota Referees won this game. We were so so much better lol

Maybe we can learn some things from the Wild. You know, jump off the bench to join a fight, take a run at an opposing goalie with a flying knee, and try to break some hands with slashes cause you can’t defend otherwise.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

That was an epic game. Both teams put on a show. (Same with the refs for the wrong reasons)

Take the point and move on.

 

[2 Slick]

Refs gifted us a powerplay in overtime. Why don't you man up and admit the Wild were the better team tonight. Good game, rest up on the flight to Winnipeg

Minnesota was the MUCH better team. Shot totals don't tell the story, Leafs were shit 3/4ths of the entire game.

 

[Alerion]

Wild score some flukey bounce goals, blow the lead, and rely on the refs and Talbot to squeak out a win. Not worried about the outcome at all.

More pissed about the Campbell thing than anything, really hope he doesn't have any effects from that. Shocked he didn't have to go into concussion protocol.

With how fast Spezza left I'm guessing he has a broken finger or worse. That sucks considering how much he stepped up in Marner's absence.

 

[mcleex]

very entertaining game. good effort. the wild seem like a legit team.

hope campbell is ok.

one of spezza's best games as a Leaf.

Campbell looked just fine. It's Spezza I'm worried about

 

[Leafsfan74]

I stick to my belief that a game should not end on a PP if it's a one goal game. Thus, team should always get their full 2 min PP.

Regardless, a gutsy point, they didn't roll over. As I think I'm a reasonable balance of Old/New school, next time we face them I would be dressing Clifford and/or Gabriel.

A well earned point on the road while reffing was sketchy. No protection of players by the refs.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Imagine if Holl wasn't a piece of shit and was good at his job

 

[saffronleaf]

keefe's coaching decisions puzzle me though.

i think he should have put nylander with matthews. tavares' game style works with grinders better.

also no reason why liljegren shouldn't have been given a shot over holl.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Shootouts are stupid.

3v3 not going 10 minutes straight is stupid. It's not like they throw a bunch of commercials in between the OT and shootout so I don't get it.

Make 3v3 longer.

 

[Superstar]

Good comeback but the 3rd period was a shitshow by the refs.

Yep, they were determined not to give the Leafs a PP in the 3rd period.

 

[ToneDog]

That was a great hockey game. NHL should adapt the NFL rule that a game cannot end on a penalty. That is, the Leafs should have been allowed to play out the full 2 minutes of their PP at the end of OT.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

Can’t win em all. Let’s get back into the W column tomorrow and get another streak going.

 

[hockeyes]

Refs gifted us a powerplay in overtime. Why don't you man up and admit the Wild were the better team tonight. Good game, rest up on the flight to Winnipeg

Lol

 

[BertCorbeau]

Refs gifted us a powerplay in overtime. Why don't you man up and admit the Wild were the better team tonight. Good game, rest up on the flight to Winnipeg

The refs missed a blatant penalty at the end of regulation

 

[Divine]

Refs gifted us a powerplay in overtime. Why don't you man up and admit the Wild were the better team tonight. Good game, rest up on the flight to Winnipeg

How is a slash to the hand a gifted PP?

The Wild were the better team? Here's the objective stats:

MoneyPuck.com

Why don't you man up and admit you didn't watch the game?

 

[HamiltonNHL]

I like Minnesota fans. Solid hockey fans

 

[Stephen]

I’ll take the point but Campbell getting smoke with no call, left a sour taste in my mouth.

The clown show officiating has a lot to answer for tonight.