Post-Game Talk: Leafs def. Canucks - 5-2 (Miller, Suter)

[Kryten]

No, it's November and out of conference. We have a 10-3-1 lead, .500 is the playoff line right now

.600 is the likely cutoff for playoffs at year end

 

[LemonSauceD]

Sell the team. Tank for Celebrini

 

[kylek023]

meh off to the next one

 

[Michael Dal Swolle]

We destroyed the Oilers on a franchise level and scored ten goals in a game already this season, winning this game would have just been spoiling us.

 

[wetcoast]

Good start, then we fell apart.

Games like this happen - how we respond is key. Hoping for a significantly better 60-minute effort tomorrow.

Basically the part in bold the better team won tonight.

 

[I am toxic]

I think it is important that we don't underreact to this crippling blow. See you in the tank thread.

 

[petterdaddy]

i forgot how much losing sucks.

are we no longer considering re-signing myers now

… were we ever considering it?

 

[canuckking1]

Canucks always seems to lose in Toronto. The only time they won there was during that Bruce run in 2022.

 

[wonton15]

Get Myers off this team. He shows ok playing lower minutes for a few games which bamboozles yet another coach that we can rely on him to not play like complete chaos against better teams and he folds.

 

[bbud]

bro stfu

No he was sh.t tonight should be called out

 

[PavelBure10]

Not Demkos best game, but he's stood on his head for awhile now. Can't really blame him.

 

[dealwithit]

What a troll this guy is lmao

 

[God]

first two goals against were lucky, then the next two were just poor defensive efforts. didn't help that they did nothing to capitalize on the two back to back powerplays in the second.

oh well. had to happen eventually.

 

[petterdaddy]

At least we aren’t the Oilers dropping 6 points (minimum I haven’t checked the rest of their pacific record) against a division rival

What a troll this guy is lmao

He has so much hair quaff and so little chin

 

[David Bruce Banner]

There's not much worse than losing to the Leafs... other than, maybe, losing to the Oilers.

Bleh, glad I tuned out early.

 

[bbud]

.600 is the likely cutoff for playoffs at year end

Not the loss it's how tied and just let game go after 1st that is not what's gotten wins this season tocchet better do some ball kicking after tonight's game

 

[krutovsdonut]

good win for the leafs. they were physical all night. i think they were really happy reaves was out and made a statement to their coach to keep him out.

canucks had too many power plays early and the top guys were gassed and 5x5 was messed up. they never really got going 5v5. and leafs made it tough the power play overload used to happen to the sedin core as well. didn't help that pettersson is just so off for a guy leading the league in scoring.

 

[docbenton]

I thought the team overall played decent despite the loss...not sure why some are overreacting. Hughes-Hronek was still good I thought and skated better than against Ottawa, can't blame them for some weird plays and bounces (and honestly bad goaltending). Pettersson was bad, but I don't think Pettersson has played well with the puck this whole year...he just gets points every game somehow.

What frustrated me was the forecheck, especially in the top 6 (the bottom 6 actually forechecked okay). In particular, Boeser and Kuzmenko (and to some extent PDG) were not getting to any pucks, and Pettersson was just waving at pucks a lot instead of actually getting on a guy. That said the shots were 32-22 Vancouver, we had lots of good looks, bounces just went the other way tonight. The Leafs defense also played well I thought, probably their best performance of the year lol.

 

[VanJack]

Second game in a row where the Canucks just looked like the slower team. Canucks had a chance to bury the Leafs on the PP, but despite scoring twice, they squandered too many chances.

The only disappointment about this game was that the Leafs were on a back-to-back and the Canucks were supposedly rested and ready.

Although they both picked up an assist, it was another 'off night' for the Hughes-Hronek pairing. And some strange, scrambly goals got behind Demko.

But you can't win 'em all, particularly on the road.....they have a chance to salvage the trip tomorrow afternoon in Montreal.

 

[I am toxic]

At least I can take consolation in Gregor (league minimum salary, signed off PTO) went 1G1A while Lafferty (making $400k more against the cap and costing a 5th - a 5th!) went scoreless.

I hate always being right.

 

[dealwithit]

He has so much hair quaff and so little chin

The little dick energy is big with him

 

[bbud]

Get Myers off this team. He shows ok playing lower minutes for a few games which bamboozles yet another coach that we can rely on him to not play like complete chaos against better teams and he folds.

Hughes was as bad when It counted too tonight team was not together or working hard enough across the board

 

[petterdaddy]

At least I can take consolation in Gregor (league minimum salary, signed off PTO) went 1G1A while Lafferty (making $400k more against the cap and costing a 5th - a 5th!) went scoreless.

I hate always being right.

Calm down Francis at least the 4th line isn’t costing 12 million anymore

The little dick energy is big with him

He strikes me as the dude that describes himself as “the devils advocate” in debates

 

[wonton15]

I’d bet that Hogs comes out because coaches

 

[canuckking1]

This game really highlighted the weaknesses in our defensive lineup. When Hughes and Hronek are kept in check, there's an absence of a third Dmen who can step up and compensate.