Post-Game Talk: GAME #67 (haha, 67): Canucks 3 vs. Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

[RebuildinVan]

Impressive comeback. The Leafs don't usually get out-played, especially that significantly, in 3 on 3.

Curious to hear how Schenn has been for you guys. He's always been one of my favorite players, happy to see he's back in the league. Had a couple unlucky bounces tonight but overall how has he looked?

He's definately slow but when he gets the puck he doesnt panic and cough it up or ice it. Usually makes a good outlet pass, such a big difference from Gudbranson

 

[niccolo19]

Demko goes tomorrow right?

 

[LordBacon]

If the leafs think that they have a cup contender they are being delusional. That was weak.

 

[Peen]

Fair haha. Next time don’t be shy, you were the guy talking about the Zaitsev contract ?

I was sitting next to a guy wearing a green st pats leafs jersey. I think so though.

We switched onto that train like halfway thru bc of some weird guy on another one of the trains

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

The ice has been brutal all year...It used to be considered one of the better ice surfaces.

It MIGHT have been Thornton, but I remember some vet saying "That was the worst ice I've played on in my career" just few months ago.

 

[Zombotron]

This team went 4-2-0 in its 6 games versus the TBL/TOR/BOS triumvirate this year, lol

bunch of weirdos

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

It MIGHT have been Thornton, but I remember some vet saying "That was the worst ice I've played on in my career" just few months ago.

It was Stamkos...

 

[DomY]

Goldobin - vacillated b/w making some nice little touch passes and then vague area passes.

I learned a new word today.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I know Leafs Nation are brimming with optimism about the post-season, but just not sure how this group is going to respond to heavier hockey, where the refs put their whistles in their pockets. They love to free-wheel, but thought they looked vulnerable to the Canucks down-low forecheck.

Gaudette is quietly becoming one of the Canucks real success stories this season. Has made a quantum leap in performance. And after watching Alex Biega for the past couple of weeks, I'm baffled.

How in the world did this guy sit in the pressbox night after night, while Erik Gudbranson lumbered around out there? He has 10 times more mobility and despite his stature, has a far higher battle level. But I guess it's the same reason two goal scorer Jay Beagle gets more ice-time than Gaudette.

Coaches's decisions, but bizarre ones.

I know all the media are impressed by the Leafs smurf cheap point producing Leafs 4th line lately, but I'm not really convinced that its going to pay dividends in post season play..Its entirely different...I even remember Raffi Torres being rather insignificant in the regular season to being a total factor in the playoffs....Playoffs are a totally different animal.

 

[DL44]

I know all the media are impressed by the Leafs smurf cheap point producing Leafs 4th line lately, but I'm not really convinced that its going to pay dividends in post season play..Its entirely different...I even remember Raffi Torres being rather insignificant in the regular season to being a total factor in the playoffs....Playoffs are a totally different animal.

Pretty much... a lot of recent buzz of the new era skilled 4th lines being a thing... as repped by the the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4th...
(Ennis hattrick was the driving force tho)

We'll see in the playoffs... I'm thinking otherwise..

 

[DL44]

I started watching with 4 left in the 2nd...

Really like how smothering our team was... Vegas style... gave em no space or time the 27 mins I watched...

Great to see em finish it in OT...
The Eagle... was a beast.. gave em nothing when he was on.. then snipes it... Reilly hesitates thinking Boeser has speed to get in the play, realizes his mistake too late... Snipe. Win.

 

[Jackson14]

No idea what Toronto was doing in OT. they had a couple chances to gain possession and they acted like they couldn't care less.

They always look like that against shitty teams. Not trying to a dick towards the Canucks but it is true.

Ultimately stuff like that is going to come back and bite them.

 

[DarrenX]

The whiny resentment of Toronto is a Vancouver thing, not a hockey thing.

What’s to resent?

I don't know, but there must be something... if you're a Torontonian visiting Vancouver, a Vancouverite will passively-aggressively tell you within five minutes of meeting you that he thinks your city sucks.

Back to the game. Full marks to the Canucks ... the Leafs might have had a touch of Roxy flu, but their fragility was also in evidence. I do wonder how that's going look against the Broons.

 

[Hemty]

Watched Pearson a lot this year and i can say this easily with conviction, that this was his best game of the year.
Holy hell, he never played like that when he was on the Penguins.

 

[Slapshot_11]

So only loui played less than gauds

 

[David Bruce Banner]

A win vs the Leafs always makes my day

 

[tantalum]

Fun fact.

With his OT assist last night, Markstrom is tied with Sutter in that category this year. Sure Marky has played more games but, well you know, he's a goalie.

 

[VanCanFanEDM]

Unpopular opinion, but I thought we blew chunks till the last 15 minutes of the 3rd period against a clearly tired as balls Leafs team. Obviously better than Vegas game but that wasn’t a high bar, and without Marky(how many times has that been said) we guarantee lose that game.

I don't get that at all.. Anderson played well for the Leafs as well.. I thought the Canuck's played hard and fast and was really surprised how well the defense as a whole played.. Sautner in particular but Shenn and Puliot were solid. Impressive.

 

[LordBacon]

Fun fact.

With his OT assist last night, Markstrom is tied with Sutter in that category this year. Sure Marky has played more games but, well you know, he's a goalie.

But is he foundational?

 

[Cogburn]

I'm not angry, just confused and surprised.

 

[vanarchy]

This Nucks/Leafs fanbase beef is so weird. lol

Like it's one of the most heated things on the board and we see each other twice a year and the teams themselves don't even seem to hate each other.

 

[RobsonStreet]

This game illustrates something I’ve observed throughout the season, that Edler-Stecher is probably* our best pairing by a quite a lot. They trucked the Leafs forwards lines at even strength. When they were on the bench, the Canucks were on the ropes.

*limited minutes, I want to see more

Line Stats - Natural Stat Trick

 

[TruKnyte]

This Nucks/Leafs fanbase beef is so weird. lol

Like it's one of the most heated things on the board and we see each other twice a year and the teams themselves don't even seem to hate each other.

It's basically the Leafs vs. every other fanbase in Canada.

 

[Cogburn]

This Nucks/Leafs fanbase beef is so weird. lol

Like it's one of the most heated things on the board and we see each other twice a year and the teams themselves don't even seem to hate each other.

Years of Luongo and Tanev "trade rumours" have led to a lot of ignorant comments, which have led to hurtful attacks. I used to live out east, and honestly, anything between Thunder Bay and New Brunswick could drift away and I wouldn't bat an eye.

Also I think politics plays a factor in our resentment. We can have a play being narrated stopped dead so someone can tell us how great Marner is, in a Flames-Canucks game, and that is a reflection of western alienation in how federal politics affects us. "Stop what you're doing, Toronto has a runny nose!"

 

[nucks88]

I don't know, but there must be something... if you're a Torontonian visiting Vancouver, a Vancouverite will passively-aggressively tell you within five minutes of meeting you that he thinks your city sucks.

Back to the game. Full marks to the Canucks ... the Leafs might have had a touch of Roxy flu, but their fragility was also in evidence. I do wonder how that's going look against the Broons.

Hmmm....maybe Torontonians wear their arrogance a bit like cheap cologne? Also is the Roxy Flu still a thing? Or just a lazy excuse?