Post-Game Talk: Buffalo. What else is new?

[Stephen]

After Matthews hit that crossbar he went straight for those chest shots the rest of the way.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

Sigh.... Losing to Detroit and Buffalo is just.... We play in the weakest division and can't beat the weakest team in it, but can dominate the Preds.

Maybe this bodes well for the playoffs?

 

[Suntouchable13]

It happens.

Leafs gotta watch these blown 3rd period leads. Sure, it's no big deal now but if that happens in a playoff game? Could be the difference between a series win or a loss. It happened twice now in the past week to 10 days or so.

 

[Cleetus]

Tampa must really want us in the first round laying an egg to Zona lol

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

After this game, I hope Matthews doesn't ask for more than $10m/8yr.

why? it was one game and he was the best player on the ice. Sometimes you get bad luck

 

[stickty111]

After this game, I hope Matthews doesn't ask for more than $10m/8yr.

Why is that?
Do you only make conclusions after 1 game?

 

[Atomos2]

Zaitsev has been a joke all season. The fact he got more minutes than Dermott that game makes me puke

 

[MattySnipes]

That was a bad goal, but he did make a few beauty saves in the second when we were down 1-0. We really let Johnson off the hook by missing the net so often.

TOO MANY missed shots. So frustrating.

 

[PromisedLand]

meh whatever....

Only thing I disliked is that Babcock benched the Plek line in favour of Bozak line when Plek line with Kappy and Johnsson was giving sabres the headache.

Also; Freddie get all the bad goals out of your system now; don't pull a 1st game against caps in the playoffs where you gave up a goal to Wilson from way outside with no-one in front. Repeat: Get all the bad goals out of your system now; in the playoffs you gotta be a WALL

 

[Alerion]

I'm gonna sum up this thread for people.

There are gonna be people ripping on Z and his contract.
There are gonna be some people ripping on Andy.
There are gonna be people ripping on the team "not showing up" even though they literally made like one mistake that cost them the game.
There's gonna be some doorknobs lament how this proves we won't be doing well in the playoffs.

then there are gonna be people going back and forth.

save yourself some time and avoid it.

Another blown lead in the 3rd, at least that's not a trend or anything.

 

[2 Slick]

A third stringer with a sub .900% played better than our starting goaltender.

That about sums up the game.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Sigh.... Losing to Detroit and Buffalo is just.... We play in the weakest division and can't beat the weakest team in it, but can dominate the Preds.

Maybe this bodes well for the playoffs?

They lost to Detroit?

And the Leafs did dominate the game, just couldn't bury their chances. Buffalo did.

 

[stickty111]

why? it was one game and he was the best player on the ice. Sometimes you get bad luck

Bad luck and questionable goaltending. Oh well lets hope Freddy gets his bad games out of the way now.

 

[frizzer1]

Matthews already told us that he would not be 100% for the rest of the season......and the left winger on that line contributes nothing, but he still had a ton of chances..

 

[zeke]

That was a bad goal, but he did make a few beauty saves in the second when we were down 1-0. We really let Johnson off the hook by missing the net so often.

all goalies make good saves. Johnson made many more good saves tonight.

 

[Stephen]

Kapanen looks like our answer to Carl Hagelin though. Just needs to upgrade the flow and he’s good for a June run.

 

[La Masse]

Can someone beat Risto up a little next game

 

[Pyromaniac]

I said it in the GDT and I will say it again. Still puzzled how anyone can blame Zaitsev for that one. He did his job by keeping Eichel to the outside, at that point it was Andersen's job to stop that weak attempt from Eichel.

 

[Gallagbi]

There's the case for resting Andersen.

We were 68% CF% tonight, you won't lose many games like that.

Johnson and Buffalo with a horseshoe up their ass again and you could see it from the very start.

Isn't he somewhat rested now?

 

[Incognito]

How I feel about this loss right now is the same as what the city of Buffalo is: dirty and gross.

 

[Alerion]

After Matthews hit that crossbar he went straight for those chest shots the rest of the way.

Yeah, he rifled that chance he got with 90ish seconds left right into Johnson's crest, which he almost never does.

 

[BertCorbeau]

all goalies make good saves. Johnson made many more good saves tonight.

He was also lucky the Leafs missed the net a dozen times from prime scoring areas.

 

[scotian1]

When your 4th line is your best line in a game that says something as well.

 

[Stephen]

Matthews already told us that he would not be 100% for the rest of the season......and the left winger on that line contributes nothing, but he still had a ton of chances..

It’s not that he was necessarily awful but human and didn’t bury his many chances due to so so shot selection.

 

[Al14]

Eichel delivered for his team (with some help from Andersen)!

Matthews, not so much delivered! Maybe his shoulder is still a little tight.

 

[saffronleaf]

This is a terribly wrong assessment. Just terrible.

What's your assessment? He got trounced by his counterpart.