Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose in a Shootout 4-3

[6ix]

Good game missed some chances, vasileviskey is just a wall on breakwaways/shootout even in the all star game he robbed McDavid like 5 times on a breakaway lol

 

[Alerion]

Tough start for Pleks but he was thrown into the fire. He'll adjust with time.

 

[FlareKnight]

I'd ask why JVR got a shot over Marner...but well Marner already missed his penalty shot.

Nice we got a point. Too bad we couldn't get two. Just a game to forget and move onto the next one.

 

[Stephen]

Tampa ain't shit, we can take them any given night. And I really don't think today's acquisitions put them over the top. They just got some old Ranger legs and we can feast on McDonagh and Girardi all night.

Tough loss to take though.

 

[OVO16]

Patrick Marleau is trash lmao. Dude has zero offensive extinct. Offensive extinct is on par with Zach Hyman and KOmarov at this point. Wtf

 

[BertCorbeau]

The good - Babcock's line combinations in OT make sense
The bad - he likes to roll 4 lines in OT .. Need more Marner/Kappy/Nylander time out there

 

[Tall Morty]

JVR looked like even he was surprised to be in the shootout with that one .

Glad we got a point. That was a very strange game for so many reasons.

 

[BigGulpsEh]

How does our fastest player in Kapenen get no ice time in OT...

He did

 

[Tavares to Marner]

Nylander was pretty bad tn sadly, hope he rebounds

 

[Faltorvo]

we don't stand a chance against Tbay when they are fully mand

Kuch>matt
McD>polak
Miller>leivo

is the healthy trade off from tonight.

 

[glue]

Even though we lost..amazing game..and leafs I thought were as good if not better! Gives me hope for sure in the playoffs and leafs had some terrible puck luck

 

[2 Slick]

Babcock has a fetish for Polak, Hyman, Komarov and other useless plugs.

I don't get his fascination with them.

Hyman should never be on the first line.... EVER.

 

[leburn98]

I ain’t even mad. Take the point and move on to Florida.

 

[Stephen]

I'd ask why JVR got a shot over Marner...but well Marner already missed his penalty shot.

Nice we got a point. Too bad we couldn't get two. Just a game to forget and move onto the next one.

That JVR move was terrible. He used to have a Sundin-ish move where he just trucked in and blasted it.

 

[Liminality]

5 more years of Babcock? I just don't understand some of the decisions he make. But hey, he's the best coach in the world right?

For all his "faults" I'm glad he's the coach for our team the next 5 years.

 

[Al14]

Jvr is bad.

No wonder he wasn't traded then!

 

[Loosie]

Kypreos saying 'good on Callahan' The Bolts were lucky to not get a penalty there.

 

[slozo]

Ok folks, we got it . . . wasn't the greatest shootout attempt by JVR. We got it, bunch of Gretzkys on here you'd think . . .

Not a bad game overall. Could have gone either way honestly, and glad to get a point I'd say. Add Matthews and McDonagh, and we win this one in playoff OT

 

[Discordia]

12 Forwards, Nylander 8th in icetime.

Without looking at his icetime from the second period on (I'm willing to bet it decreased) I'd call this his last game at center.

Unfortunately for him, with the coaching staff we have - he has to have amazing games night in and night out. There really is no room for anything less.

If his dream is to play C in the NHL, my advice would be to seek a trade. It's not happening here.

 

[PromisedLand]

Happy to get the point without Matthews but...wtf was that shoot out attempt?

Tampa lost kucherov early in the 1st period and were playing 7D.

that said; I thought we played okay... Plekanec taking 2 dumb penalties certainly didn't help. I really hope he is not a mole sent by Bergevin to screw the Leafs so that habs fan don't say look how good Leafs are doing and get their frustration out on Bergevin

 

[Brown Dog]

Missed a lot of chances but so did TB.

Vasilekskiy just a bit better than Andersen. The 2nd and 3rd GAs were weak.

 

[Mitchy]

Zaitsev has been brutal. That giveaway in OT was just amazingly bad. Don't know what he was thinking.

 

[Moncherry]

Babcock is the only coach I have ever seen that goes through nearly his entire bench in OT.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

Should have put Marner out there at least. Also, why does Kappy get no love in OT?

The OT he started?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Patrick Marleau is trash lmao. Dude has zero offensive extinct. Offensive extinct is on par with Zach Hyman and KOmarov at this point. Wtf

he has 528 career goals, 1116 career points. what the f***?