Post-Game Talk: Leafs win in Style 5-4 OT

[LeafsNation75]

Won’t be popular but I think Gudas is a beauty and would take him any day over Holl.

I disagree about ever seeing Gudas playing for the Leafs. Did you see the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he took in the 1st period, because he was angry about Engvall being in the crease with Bobrovski, even though it was Gudas himself who hit him and threw him into Bobrovski.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[tokyoite]

murray is useless

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I am pretty sure the NHL would have Keefe arrested and never seen of again if he went after the league and officials like Maurice did last night.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

murray is useless

Might be injured. He's gotten up slow after a couple of plays in recent games.

 

[Racer88]

Rehire everyone we fired in the first period!

I think we need a committee to study this.

Sometimes it doesnt pay to trash the team in the gdt all game long eh ?

Be that as it may if we go down 4-2 like that in the playoffs against a good team we will probably not recover.

 

[1specter]

Might be injured. He's gotten up slow after a couple of plays in recent games.

I noticed this too in the Nashville game

 

[Racer88]

Looks like I missed a barn-burner.
Had to call the paramedics for my Mum just b4 puck-drop.
Hope an ER doc comes to see her by HNIC puck-drop

Holy crap. I hope she is alright

 

[ACC1224]

Bad call or not that goal by Matthews only made it 4-3. Toronto still had to come from behind and found a way to do that.

That last second goal was a huge boost.

 

[Macallan18]

Might be injured. He's gotten up slow after a couple of plays in recent games.

something wrong with his catching arm

Some bad calls both ways tonight

Absolutely. The Refs really weren't favouring either team with their incompetence.

Well playing dirty and hoping that "game management" will balance it out and you get a free pass to play dirty some more... Shouldn't be rewarded. Officiating was rough, but Florida could have had plenty more calls. The Leafs also had some bad ones. The main board can't bitch on Leafs fans when the refs screw the Leafs and now bitch if they get a PP advantage.

Honestly, f*** the main board. Complete waste of time. Haven't been there since Matthews was drafted and idiot Buffalo fans kept insisting that Eichel was better and it wasn't even close.

 

[Havoc]

Nylander hands down has the smoothest looking OT goals out of all teams this season. I'm sure there's been some nice dangles, but key word is smoothest.

 

[ULF_55]

He got hit by both his stick and McMann's, although McMann's only hit the helmet. Still, the right call.

Did the ref check for blood?
I thought he did?
That was where his own butt end hit was it not?
Unless it was another play where they were checking for blood ... smoking gun.

 

[fancy lad]

Zach Aston Reese was very impressive this game. I think his best game as a Leaf.

What can you say about Samsonov? Incredible performance when called on.

Whole team played very well and very physical.

 

[LeafsandSharksfan]

Overcame shoddy goaltending from Murray and absolute clown show officiating to win it, feels good man.

 

[egd27]

The Panthers fans on the main boards are complaining about the number of power plays the Leafs had, especially that charging penalty on Gudas. Maybe they should blame their team for blowing a 4-2 lead.

So pathetic. That would never happen on this board.

 

[Niagara Bill]

Might be injured. He's gotten up slow after a couple of plays in recent games.

No, he is useless.
1. A veteran who cannot prepare himself for a game 2 times per week
2. A veteran who cannot watch a video of himself playing on his knees
3. A veteran who has so little energy for his job that he cannot figure out what routine to use to get ready for a game.
4. A veteran who is not committed to his team or he would do 1,2 and 3.

So we are left with a cheap imitation of Dominic Hasak who lies on his stomach, and a veteran goalie who has NO CONSISTENCY.
Now Keefe has to guess come round 1 of the playoffs if Murray can play today.
The goalie coach had better have the guts to make a call.

 

[Twine Tickler]

really proud of the player Willy has become these last 2 seasons. Talk about a guy silencing the critics and blocking out the noise. He had been a staple of controversy for the better part of 5 seasons and now he has completely evolved his game to just utterly dominate play in the way we always knew he could. We are getting the consistent Team Sweden version of Willy that is impossible to handle.

What a goal by Willy to call game.

Nice battle back. I love the compete to gut out that victory. Hopefully we can pull out the same result on Thursday. I'd love nothing more then to see that clown Jesse Pollock cry once again about how the Leafs don't dominate his every thought.

Go Leafs Go!!

 

[JT AM da real deal]

ooooops there it is, ooooops there it is, ooooooops there it is ... Willy's back yes he's back, Willy's back yes he's back .. text from my son this morning .. omg another world class goal from Willy .. maybe goal of da year candidate in NHL season .. brought entire crowd up from their seats .. haven't seen that in a long time .. wow speed kills my friends .. Willy slowly dropped it into 4th by centre ice, 5th by blue line and then right into 6th gear by D man before using his edges to make a highly skilled play with his stick on da deke by Bobbo .. folks there are 4 guys on planet who can make that play happen .. and we got one of those guys here in TO baby .. he does not do it often enough but when he decides my friends it is gonna take Makar to stop it or maybe MAC or McJesus but only a few guys .. watch it over again it competes with Makara goal last year

 

[Jojalu]

Gudas during the Flyers is a guy I'd love.

Irrespective I think we need a top six winger the most. And hopefully that winter is dirty and gritty.
Everything else is cherry on top.

Tom Wilson would be so perfect lol.

He would be perfect. Too bad Washington will never trade him unless it's for an unrealistic package. At least until Ovie retires, but by then who knows what his game will be

 

[wingman75]

Wasn't there some games where Keefe should have made a goalie change, however he didn't because they were on the first night of a back to back?

Yes.. not sure the actual reason but I am sure that played into it.

I guess the point being, there HAVE been other instances this year that warranted a goalie pull but they did not happen.

That was a pretty play kicking the puck up to his stick.

He did it again in the 3rd I think but Bob made a good save.

Let's not kid ourselves though, more often than not, those kicks end up with the puck in the stands lol

 

[wingman75]

I think it was because he pushed the goalstick towards an opposing player (not intentionally, but....)

Pretty sure the call was supposed to be on Engvall... ???

I thought you could only pick up and carry your goaltenders stick back to the goalie and not push it along the ice. Engvall pushed it back towards the goalie... by the time the refs got their heads out of their asses Timmy was the one standing in front of the net, so they called him.

That is my interpretation... no idea if that is really what happened. Concerning point being the refs clearly did not see what happened, so how can they call a penalty?

 

[saffronleaf]

Nice to see the GDTs buzzing again after a holiday lull

 

[wingman75]

I am pretty sure the NHL would have Keefe arrested and never seen of again if he went after the league and officials like Maurice did last night.

Probably. But, I sympathise with Maurice. There is clearly a ref that is holding some sort of grievance against Paul, for whatever reason. If a professional official cannot move on from that, the league needs to move on from them. That is amature hour shit and has no place in a professional league, regardless if it is biased against our team or any other.

I am sure it is prevalent across the league to lesser extents. I mean, we all know Graham 'skellator' Skilliter has it out for Sheldon but it's never gotten out of hand like what we watched last night.

 

[X66]

Good to win in OT as well because it misses up MTL's draft pick.