Post-Game Talk: Complete Domination, Leafs win

[kb]

I'm glad the boys played well, but I'm not going to get my expectations out of control.

Lets make sure they can play this well against teams that aren't complete dog****

Like say, Pittsburgh? Washington?

 

[sxvnert]

Gardiner seemed quite solid to good tonight. Anyone have his advanced stats for the game?

Maybe having Muzzin has taken some pressure off him.

He looks better with Zaitsev off his line. They need to be split up asap.

Gards Dermott
Hainsey Zaitsev
or
Gards Hainsey
Dermott Zaitsev

 

[Myopic]

Anaheim is a terrible team. Winnipeg was up 6-0 in the first on them Saturday and won the game 9-3. Their previous game Anaheim lost to STL 5-1...I know a win is nice but don't get too giddy here. The Leafs are still a baby soft team not equipped for the playoffs.

 

[ULF_55]

Nice to see Nylander getting back to speed.
Brown has fit in really well with Kadri and Nylander.

Nice to see Johnsson is starting to play with some grit.

Be interesting to see if Lindholm or Gauthier take a seat when Ennis is back.

 

[34]

Good win, don’t look back now... keep rolling!

 

[DopeyFish]

Gardiner seemed quite solid to good tonight. Anyone have his advanced stats for the game?

Maybe having Muzzin has taken some pressure off him.

gardiner was 2nd best to nylander in metrics tonight

73.47% CF%
85.23% xgf%

edit: actually i messed up... all my stats were all situations

but 5v5 wasn't too much different.

the thing that is so impressive with gardiners stats is his pairing had 40% OZS... only pairing below 50%

 

[ULF_55]

Leafs dominated the 1st. period, just didn't get anything done. Had around double the shot attempts in the 2nd.? Sometimes they go in sometimes they don't.

Leafs still aren't firing on all cylinders though, Marner been a little flat. Too predictable.

This team has more to give, and Muzzin is still new to the system.

One RD ...

 

[WestCoastLeafs]

Anaheim is a terrible team. Winnipeg was up 6-0 in the first on them Saturday and won the game 9-3. Their previous game Anaheim lost to STL 5-1...I know a win is nice but don't get too giddy here. The Leafs are still a baby soft team not equipped for the playoffs.

Not sure how you can beat any team other than the one you're scheduled to play.

 

[Puckstuff]

He looks better with Zaitsev off his line. They need to be split up asap.

Gards Dermott
Hainsey Zaitsev
or
Gards Hainsey
Dermott Zaitsev

Gardiner and Dermott are our 3rd and 4th best defensmen. I'd give it a shot

 

[GardinerTheForward]

Good win against one of the worst teams I've seen in a long time. That said, to sustain this type of offense going forward, I think Toronto needs to get Matthews going. With Nylander playing a little bit better, I'd be in favour of going...

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Mango-Matthews-Nylander
Moore-Kadri-Kapanen
Ennis-Marleau-Brown
Linholm
Gauthier

At this point I think you should load of your top 2 lines and let the Kadri line chip in what they will by giving him two speedy wingers who can score. It's obvious Naz is snake bitten. He easily could have had a hat trick tonight and he's up to 10 posts / cross bars on the season. I say quit fighting to get him going, and focus on getting Matthews back to his dangerous self. Marleau at 83 is still a better 4C option than Gauthier or Lindholm, with a responsible two way guy on one wing in Brown and a guy that can give you some 4th line scoring in Ennis.

I’m sorry but Ennis sucks. He will be even more benign coming off a broken ankle especially because most of his offence is generated by good edgework. Enzo *should* be traded after his first or second game back. Lindholm better, Moore has replaced him.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Excellent win all around! Really happy Willy managed to pot one too.
Muzzin is a beast

 

[great]

Finally I was waiting for this kind of win after a long time

 

[kb]

Gardiner is usually pretty solid. He gets no respect here

Him and Zaitsev allowed a lot of easy entries and uncontested cycles, plus were on for the only GA.

Am I missing something?

 

[kb]

He looks better with Zaitsev off his line. They need to be split up asap.

Gards Dermott
Hainsey Zaitsev
or
Gards Hainsey
Dermott Zaitsev

And conversely Zaitsev looks better without Gardiner. That pairing needs to be broken up. Zaitsev looked better with Dermott because Dermott is more predictable and Z doesn't have to look up to see where he is, unlike with Jake. Hainsey and Gardiner have looked good too - Hainsey can play with anyone.

 

[Brown Dog]

 

[Brown Dog]

Buzzin' for Muzzin!!

 

[I am Canadian]

Hopefully this is the beginning of what makes us all believe again. GO LEAFS GO

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Nice to see Nylander getting back to speed.
Brown has fit in really well with Kadri and Nylander.

Nice to see Johnsson is starting to play with some grit.

Be interesting to see if Lindholm or Gauthier take a seat when Ennis is back.

Good post.

Brown has shown chemistry with Kadri in the past and has the speed to keep up with Nylander on the rush. Kadri and Nylander seem to be gelling better with brown on that line

AJ was great again too.

 

[IPS]

I’m sorry but Ennis sucks. He will be even more benign coming off a broken ankle especially because most of his offence is generated by good edgework. Enzo *should* be traded after his first or second game back. Lindholm better, Moore has replaced him.

We already have a younger, better, faster, and stronger version of Ennis in Moore.

 

[Nithoniniel]

And conversely Zaitsev looks better without Gardiner. That pairing needs to be broken up. Zaitsev looked better with Dermott because Dermott is more predictable and Z doesn't have to look up to see where he is, unlike with Jake. Hainsey and Gardiner have looked good too - Hainsey can play with anyone.

Zaitsev's biggest problem is that he can't defend the blue line, he can't move the puck out, he can't rush it up the ice well, and he can't contribute effectively in the offensive zone. Those things don't happen just because Gardiner is unpredictable, they are limitations in his own game.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

gardiner was 2nd best to nylander in metrics tonight

73.47% CF%
85.23% xgf%

edit: actually i messed up... all my stats were all situations

but 5v5 wasn't too much different.

the thing that is so impressive with gardiners stats is his pairing had 40% OZS... only pairing below 50%

They were excellent tonight. It's becoming fashionable to hate on them. Don't know why.

 

[kb]

Zaitsev's biggest problem is that he can't defend the blue line, he can't move the puck out, he can't rush it up the ice well, and he can't contribute effectively in the offensive zone. Those things don't happen just because Gardiner is unpredictable, they are limitations in his own game.

I think for all the good things he does, Jake being Jake means that Zaitsev has to spend waaay too much time thinking and looking instead of reading, anticipating, and reacting. He just has never looked comfortable with Jake.

 

[Nithoniniel]

I think for all the good things he does, Jake being Jake means that Zaitsev has to spend waaay too much time thinking and looking instead of reading, anticipating, and reacting. He just has never looked comfortable with Jake.

Well I agree. But at the same time, he had those issues with Rielly in that first year too. We just glossed over it because he was a rookie producing well. And personally, I had been touting him as a potential top four d-man before he came here so I might have not wanted to see it.

 

[Amadeus]

Boys, do you remember when it was a guaranteed loss against the California teams?
How far we've come!

 

[kb]

Well I agree. But at the same time, he had those issues with Rielly in that first year too. We just glossed over it because he was a rookie producing well. And personally, I had been touting him as a potential top four d-man before he came here so I might have not wanted to see it.

Definitely has had an issue with the speed of the play at times. Babcock sees a lot in him for whatever reason.....