Post-Game Talk: 46 Wins, baby!! 4:3 Victory

[ottomaddox]

Why didn't we see much of Plekanec in the last 4-5 min of the game?

 

[Superstar]

Woot! Another day, another win!

 

[Daisy Jane]

Andy didn't tie the goalie wins record yet.

He has 36 after tonight. Eddie and Raysoft have 37.

i see the future.
he breaks it.
(actually he set a career high, and thanks for the correct)

 

[PromisedLand]

....what lead did they blow?

they had a 3 goal lead that became 3-1; which became 3-2

gotta manage the game and the clock better

 

[MattySnipes]

no. they need to lose

Yep my bad. Mixed em up. Referred to post #51 from GDT. Thanks Daisy

 

[Beaninfritz]

Solid effort. Box out on that 3rd goal Hansey. That’s what you are here for.

I'm willing to give him a mulligan on that one. He did get hit with the slapshot, and the puck bounced weird off him. He did save a goal shortly before that though.

 

[OmNomNom]

Love you all, please visit our boards anytime <333

 

[FlareKnight]

Good job. Some ups and downs. Definitely felt the pushback. But got more goals, got the 2 points, I'll take that.

In the end helped out the Devils a bit. But making it or not is up to them .

 

[Liminality]

Feels good man!!

I swear that picture is getting bigger every time I see it.

 

[The Best Leafs Ever]

He was actually talking about the giant booger that Dale lodged out of his nasal passage.

Holy f*** that Matthews photo, I would like to know how Lou would react to those hair. I just can't stop laughing.

 

[NjDevsRR]

 

[Cor]

So he's the one with bad taste?

haha

" it's alright and it's coming along, We gotta get right back to where we started from" is kinda fitting though

 

[htpwn]

After that Huberdeau embellishment in the 2nd, I can't say I feel sorry for Florida... you can thank us later, New Jersey... and hey, Philly... no better way to repay us for this than by losing tonight so we can get that beautiful 'x' beside our name.

 

[Superstar]

Romanuk and Millen kept egging on that the Leafs had won with 5 minutes left .. Very annoying. How many times did they say "that's a dagger to the Panthers"?

Embarrassing, they sound like a couple of highschoolers.

 

[canadon]

Feels good. Out odds now have increased to probably 99.99999999999%. Lol.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Clinched the playoffs, plus established new wins records, both for the club and for Andersen. And the cherry on top was getting to be the ones to end another team's season for once. Feel good, man.

Not clinched yet.

 

[Liminality]

Who else is watching the Flyers/Avalanche game?

 

[BertCorbeau]

1 more point until the century mark

I can't believe, in an era with loser points, the Leafs haven't hit the century mark since the 04-05 lockout.

 

[mix1home]

Andy didn't tie the goalie wins record yet.

He has 36 after tonight. Eddie and Raysoft have 37.

I believre he set his personal win record in a season, but not Leafs record yet.

 

[Leaf of the Mind]

Always feels good to beat this guy:

 

[mix1home]

Who else is watching the Flyers/Avalanche game?

All of US!!!

 

[BertCorbeau]

If the Leafs were in the Metro, they'd be leading the division

I don't think the Atlantic is the weakest division in the league.

 

[Ratboy]

Romanuk and Millen kept egging on that the Leafs had won with 5 minutes left .. Very annoying. How many times did they say "that's a dagger to the Panthers"?

Daggers serpentining everywhere!

 

[Warden of the North]

they had a 3 goal lead that became 3-1; which became 3-2

gotta manage the game and the clock better

Thats not blowing a lead though.

They blew the Panthers away in the first period and stuck a dagger in them in the third.

 

[Nithoniniel]

That was a complete game by Marner.

Before I head off to get some work done, there's something I just want to mention. I loathe the way the Leafs defend empty net situations. Not only do we often put a pairing of Hainsey and Polak out there, which is pretty much a guarantee that the best we can hope for is an icing, but we are probably the most passive team in the league tactically.

Example situation from this game: The puck goes to the board, and Brown is first to the puck. It's an easy chip past the the pinching d-man, and that's what Brown does. My issue there is Matthews. He is the next guy to the puck, if he just actually tried to go get it. Instead he looks over his shoulder and takes up a passive defensive position in the high slot, and we get pressure against the net and a 4-3 goal instead of icing the affair.

There's no better way to defend against a late push than making sure the wind goes out of their sails completely with an empty netter. But not only that, we are so passive that it often becomes these pressure situations where you just hope that things go well.

I try to watch as much of other teams as I can, and to me there's a clear correlation between teams that try to ice the game with an empty netter and how they handle late pressure.