Post-Game Talk: 101 Points for our 101 year old team: 5-4 Leafs Win

[Kiwi]

Honestly with Freddy it could simply be fatigue, we've been riding him way too hard. He better not be starting tomorrow night.

I wonder if he's not getting enough work right now

He does seem to get better with more shots and playing a ton which he hasn't been getting a steady diet of recently

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Marner 69 points
Laine 68 points

Marner's better

 

[saffronleaf]

I suspect the Hockey Gods have the leafs on the better side of favor...

THEN...Islanders play dirty and hurt Matthews when they were within striking distance of the WC.

NOW...Islanders still play dirty, have the refs favor, and late in the third, a rebound goal from Matthews sinks the dagger to a team now nowhere near the Playoffs.

- May the hockey gods give the Refs a more clear and balanced eye when we are in the playoffs.

- More so... May the gods grant the leafs PP opportunities we have been denied so blatantly this season DURING the playoffs

*bows head & looks towards the heavens*

Ain't no rebound. That was tape to tape.

 

[Polaris1010]

Darn it!

Did the Leafs win? I forgot there was a game!

Have a good holiday weekend!

 

[Swedish Gretzky]

Who’s this new guy?

sergay berezipper

Im an old dog

 

[7even]

His best take was: Bozak is the next Martin St. Louis. He loved Bozak for some reason.

I remember he was really active in the 2013 draft threads, and I was as well. He'd wax poetic about big two way centers for weeks but inexplicably hated Alex Barkov. His opinions were just maddeningly inconsistent at even superficial levels of analysis.

 

[saffronleaf]

2 years ago we finished dead last in the league.

Now, we're already at 101 points and have team that is just going to continue to grow.

Feels absolutely amazing man.

Started from the bottom now we here.

 

[TMLeafer]

6th best record in the entire league. Starts playoffs on the road.

Idiotic.

 

[Swedish Gretzky]

I agree. Marner has superstar written all over him.

I was referring to Barzal. But yes Marner is headi g that way too. I just think Barzal is the more valuable player, given his poise hes shown in his first year, also his positiin as centre

 

[ponder]

Leafs beat the Isles and some insanely bad refs on the road, I like it! Marner was magic once again.

 

[IamruKusleaf]

How? He was fantastic, had an assist, game winning goal to boot.

Good point
I was going to put him in the Good and I could for sure and now that you brought it to my attention agsin I’ll have to do a review
So upon further review I’ll overturn my call and call it “ GOOD “

But seriously
I was on the fence only because I guess I expect too much from him night in night out and I always try to be as objective as possible but it’s hard when your a die hard Leafer !
I just thought he was in and out a bit , but your comments are very good and therefore I’ve altered my grade , but still want more consistency in the future , it would be better for him with a real 1st line Left winger tho .
But to be very clear
Mathews is incredible no doubt about it
Cheers

Gooooo Flying wedge Leafs GOo

 

[Incognito]

I was referring to Barzal. But yes Marner is headi g that way too. I just think Barzal is the more valuable player, given his poise hes shown in his first year, also his positiin as centre

That's fair. They're both definitely superb young talents.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

6th best record in the entire league. Starts playoffs on the road.

Idiotic.

Likely against the 3rd best team in the league.

Idiotic indeed.

 

[saffronleaf]

6th best record in the entire league. Starts playoffs on the road.

Idiotic.

They should re-seed 1 through 8 before the playoffs start.

It would look like this right now based on nhl.com:
1. Tampa
2. Boston
3. Toronto
4. Washington
5. Pittsburgh
6. Columbus
7. Philly
8. NJ

Matchups:
Tampa vs. NJ
Boston vs. Philly
Toronto vs. Columbus
Washington vs. Pittsburgh (lol poor Washington)

 

[Peiskos]

6th best record in the entire league. Starts playoffs on the road.

Idiotic.

Something definitely needs to be done about this at those GM meetings, seems like nothing good ever comes out of those so it would be nice if they went back to the 1-8 system, nothing was wrong with it whatsoever. Its almost as if Bettman decided to change it just for the sake of change, like he was bored or something.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

I fell asleep late in the 1st and woke up to hear Matthews had the game winner. Sucks getting old. Or maybe I shouldn't start drinking at 1:00pm. Either way, GLG.

 

[TIGERCOOL]

Marner 69 points
Laine 68 points

Quick someone make a thread on main

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Something definitely needs to be done about this at those GM meetings, seems like nothing good ever comes out of those so it would be nice if they went back to the 1-8 system, nothing was wrong with it whatsoever. Its almost as if Bettman decided to change it just for the sake of change, like he was bored or something.

Well all 30 owners agreed to the realignment too so...

IMO Keep the divisions as they are, but get rid of the wildcard and just do 1-8 with each division leader getting a 1-3 spot. Like say right now it would be:

1) TB* - 108 points
2) BOS - 107
3) WSH* - 99
4) TOR - 101
etc

* - Being their respective divisional leader

 

[MattySnipes]

A member of the media asked nylander a question about the Stanley Cup lol.. TSN 1050 on the post-game show were like

 

[weems]

2 years ago we finished dead last in the league.

Now, we're already at 101 points and have team that is just going to continue to grow.

Feels absolutely amazing man.

Early days but when you set out on a rebuild whats happened to us is close to best case scenario.

A winning team that has a elite young core, tons of young depth, lots of upcoming capspace and a franchise C.

 

[Peiskos]

Well all 30 owners agreed to the realignment too so...

I've found most high up folk tend to follow the leader, not want to cause problems in the workplace.

 

[IPS]

 

[Gabriel426]

They should re-seed 1 through 8 before the playoffs start.

It would look like this right now based on nhl.com:
1. Tampa
2. Boston
3. Toronto
4. Washington
5. Pittsburgh
6. Columbus
7. Philly
8. NJ

Matchups:
Tampa vs. NJ
Boston vs. Philly
Toronto vs. Columbus
Washington vs. Pittsburgh (lol poor Washington)

We will be playing the Pens if they re-seeded. As Division winner will be the top 2 seeds.

 

[saffronleaf]

We will be playing the Pens if they re-seeded. As Division winner will be the top 2 seeds.

True but you're talking about a modified re-seed. A pure re-seed would be by points.

 

[Liminality]