Post-Game Talk: Wings 5 Leafs 4 OT

[Darcy Tucker]

I mean this with due respect to him.

But when Simon Benoit looks like your best defenceman, there are issues.

I'm legit scared we don't get Playoffs Rielly and Brodie single handedly bungles his way to an early playoff exit.

 

[Stephen]

It’s a meaningless game so if this helps ensure Brodie is in the press box game 1, so be it

Lots of anger for a game that means zilch in the standings

You know, they clawed back which is a great sign of resilience and helped flush that terrible first period, but independent of standings you fret about who the weak links may be.

 

[Rare Jewel]

Yeah, but I think Benoit may also be maturing into something very good in his own right. Knows his job and does it well, sometimes even looks confident in transition and you're hopeful for more.

Well, hopefully, there's a bit of that.

But the level of the others was woeful. I'll give Timmy a break because Veleno tried to put him in the platinums, but it's not going to be good enough in a weeks time.

 

[Stephen]

I'm legit scared we don't get Playoffs Rielly and Brodie single handedly bungles his way to an early playoff exit.

I think Rielly will click into his playoff flow state and just play free and full tilt, but Brodie is a soft link and will get exposed to repeat forechecking. A guy struggling like that is going to get singled out for sure. The more we use him, the more to our detriment.

 

[BertCorbeau]

You know, they clawed back which is a great sign of resilience and helped flush that terrible first period, but independent of standings you fret about who the weak links may be.

True and it’s why if Brodie is in game 1, it’s Keefe who has to wear it

 

[Stephen]

True and it’s why if Brodie is in game 1, it’s Keefe who has to wear it

He's going to over-use him out of trust and loyalty and there will be consequences. Hopefully McCabe is okay too.

 

[Aashir]

I'm legit scared we don't get Playoffs Rielly and Brodie single handedly bungles his way to an early playoff exit.

shouldn't be

he's had worse years and still turned it on. He was somehow even worse defensively in the canadian division. Single-handedly costed us 2-3 games by making pinches with like ~3 minutes left to get scored on. Yet he still turned it on

It's like his brain cannot be switched on unless the games are counted after 82

but the second part........does terrify me. Brodie could legit be the next holl next year

 

[57 Years No Cup]

That was 100% a penalty on domi

No it wasn't.

 

[Al14]

It’s a meaningless game so if this helps ensure Brodie is in the press box game 1, so be it

Lots of anger for a game that means zilch in the standings

Meaningless or not, I'd rather see the team I cheer for win.

I feel sorry for the few fans in the SBA seeing their first game live, end up being an OT loss.

 

[Jojalu]

Dubas exposed him to the expansion draft and Seattle claimed him. He went on to be their leading scorer, a 40 goal man, and signing a very generous contract.

The Leafs would get called out if they tried to circumvent the cap.

All of a sudden Matthews, Tavares, McCabe, etc should sit the last few games?

Who is playing and how do we fit them in the cap?

 

[Confucius]

It’s a meaningless game so if this helps ensure Brodie is in the press box game 1, so be it

Lots of anger for a game that means zilch in the standings

Well if it really was meaningless, why blame Brodie for anything maybe he shared your viewpoint.

 

[mikeyz]

Matthews gets to 69 goals, Red Wings and Dylan Larkin apparently won their championship in OT.

Well, Detroit is fighting for their playoff lives TBF.

 

[Beanzy]

That net-front D from Brodie in OT was atrocious. What was that clear into the corner? Just brutal.

 

[1specter]

Well, at least we screwed Dubas?

 

[ACC1224]

Don’t usually see penalties with 10 seconds left in regulation

That one was pretty obvious, had to be called.

 

[OVO16]

Dubas exposed him to the expansion draft and Seattle claimed him. He went on to be their leading scorer, a 40 goal man, and signing a very generous contract.

LMAOOO oh man you got me there

What happened to McMann?

 

[Burnie97]

Shocked that it was an actual penalty? Cause it was

Yeah 10 seconds left....

Leafs would forsure of got the same treatment...

You new?

How about that "2 minute boarding" penalty on Lilly... you good with that too?

 

[LaPlante94]

At least that final wild card spot is gonna be a really interesting race now for the last few days of the regular season. Going off of their schedules I'd say Detroit has the best chance to get it with Montreal being their final 2 games.

 

[Stephen]

shouldn't be

he's had worse years and still turned it on. He was somehow even worse defensively in the canadian division. Single-handedly costed us 2-3 games by making pinches with like ~3 minutes left to get scored on. Yet he still turned it on

It's like his brain cannot be switched on unless the games are counted after 82

but the second part........does terrify me. Brodie could legit be the next holl next year

In his younger days when his ceiling hadn't been established, I said Rielly needed to develop that off-speed field general game that all elite number one defensemen have, the ability to slow it down, play change up speed and dictate the pace of the game. Many years later, it's clear this is not a strong point in Rielly's game whatsoever.

Rielly is at his best playing a high paced, free flowing game which is almost a track meet. Those intense playoff openers, tense tie games requiring a game breaker, back and forth, jumping into the rush as the trailing man or leading a mad dash down the wing, that's where Rielly thrives. He's almost like a tunnel vision rusher the way Mackinnon goes into bowling ball mode. That's where he shines.

 

[GoonieFace]

Yeah 10 seconds left....

Leafs would forsure of got the same treatment...

You new?

How about that "2 minute boarding" penalty on Lilly... you good with that too?

Nope, should have been a major, but the call on Domi was a penalty. You can continue with your conspiracy theories though, as all you seem to do is whine about penalty calls

 

[Confucius]

Meaningless or not, I'd rather see the team I cheer for win.

I feel sorry for the few fans in the SBA seeing their first game live, end up being an OT loss.

It was a good game to be at even though we lost. A depressing result but many exciting moments

 

[Evilhomer]

It was a good game to be at even though we lost. A depressing result but many exciting moments

Agreed. It was about the best you could ask for when it comes to meaningless games. Lots of goals and back and forth action.

 

[thinkblue]

 

[GoonieFace]

It was a good game to be at even though we lost. A depressing result but many exciting moments

Definitely better that a lot of games this year

 

[WillyC]

Rest literally everyone… 69 is still a record and a nice number.

Chase 70 again next season.