Post-Game Talk: Hockey is back - Leafs Win!

[crump]

Having vocal guys like Muzzin, Clifford and Campbell on the bench is something this team needed more of. Infectious.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Robertson earned his spot tonight

Anthony Stewart seems to think that Gauthier or Engvall should be ahead of Robertson because he quoted Brian Burke how the Leafs need "Truculence" for their bottom six.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

Interesting

Here’s a crazy idea media, stop telling the opponent our plans!

 

[Nylander88]

Robertson is a lock for game 1. I'll go ahead and say it. Wish one of Engvall or Gauthier would have shown more

 

[ACC1224]

Here’s a crazy idea media, stop telling the opponent our plans!

Teams aren’t reading Twitter for scouting reports.

 

[robertmac43]

Here’s a crazy idea media, stop telling the opponent our plans!

I don't think that tweet about a play that happens somewhat frequently in hockey is going to be an issue.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Having vocal guys like Muzzin, Clifford and Campbell on the bench is something this team needed more of. Infectious.

The LA connection.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Here’s a crazy idea media, stop telling the opponent our plans!

Leafs have been high tipping for years. Connor Brown got us into the playoffs 4 years ago with a high tip.

 

[ACC1224]

Pretty salty in the Habs PGT.

 

[member 300185]

Montreal will be ok. The league is doing absolutely everything they can to get them Lafrenierre. They gave them the best possible schedule, to the point of cheating. They went with 24 teams in the playoffs to make sure they got in. No reason whatsoever to only have 16 other to get them in the playoffs. And, when they lose against the Pens, they will be the team that gets Lafrenierre. BOOK IT!

Nice win by leafs. Robertson definitely outplayed Suzuki.

Nylander is still so soft its sickening. Watching him just coast around out there poking his stick at the other team all night accomplishing nothing. He needs to go. He can get us that D man we need.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Montreal isn't so good when they aren't playing against Hutchinson and a tired Leafs team

 

[Funk21]

The Good

• Soup
• Kerfoot
• Andersen
• Robertson
• Nobody hurt

The Bad

• NBC is the worst for broadcasting NHL games. For the love of god get the HNIC crew in there broadcasting the games. That was unwatchable and I ain’t talking about the sloppy Hockey.
• Marincin, how is this guy anywhere near the ice
• Our PP looked terrible
• Matthews, Nylander and Marner need to step it up

 

[Odie Cleghorn]

Montreal will be ok. The league is doing absolutely everything they can to get them Lafrenierre. They gave them the best possible schedule, to the point of cheating. They went with 24 teams in the playoffs to make sure they got in. No reason whatsoever to only have 16 other to get them in the playoffs. And, when they lose against the Pens, they will be the team that gets Lafrenierre. BOOK IT!

Nice win by leafs. Robertson definitely outplayed Suzuki.

Nylander is still so soft its sickening. Watching him just coast around out there poking his stick at the other team all night accomplishing nothing. He needs to go. He can get us that D man we need.

Don't be ridicuous. Robertson was very good. Suzuki was outstanding. He set up scoring chances all night.

 

[Brown Dog]

 

[member 300185]

Montreal isn't so good when they aren't playing against Hutchinson and a tired Leafs team

This

 

[robertmac43]

• Matthews, Nylander and Marner need to step it up

There were a couple chances for AM34 where his shot was slightly off. My guess is he gets one goal and thigns start to settle for him more. I also thought Mitch was solid as well.

What exactly do you mean by 'step it up'?

 

[member 300185]

Don't be ridicuous. Robertson was very good. Suzuki was outstanding. He set up scoring chances all night.

Talk about ridiculous. ALL NIGHT you say?

 

[Leviathan899]

Soupman was pretty good too

I thought he was one of the most impressive given his injury, he was always on the puck and was skating so well. That goal and finish was nice and he just looked confident and can play a great two way game.

 

[Funk21]

There were a couple chances for AM34 where his shot was slightly off. My guess is he gets one goal and thigns start to settle for him more. I also thought Mitch was solid as well.

What exactly do you mean by 'step it up'?

I mean sure they were okay but Montreal doesn’t exactly have the high end talent we do. AM should have dominated. Our PP was a mess. This is an area we should have added a goal or two. Look I get it that this was an exhibition game but we are going to be facing a very well coached team who stuck it to TB last year. Anything but our best is not going to cut it!

 

[Leviathan899]

Don't be ridicuous. Robertson was very good. Suzuki was outstanding. He set up scoring chances all night.

Yeah for sure, they were both impressive, Suzuki had a lot more ice and opportunity than Robertson and made a lot of smart, skilled plays, he’s really improved his skating over the last year or so. But it’s not crazy for both of them to have good games.

 

[LeafChief]

Robertson plays game 1 right?

 

[Superstar]

Boy, did the Leafs missed Rielly before the season was cut short...now it's back!

 

[TopCheese]

Really like the way the lines are looking to shape up. Kerf and Kap are such a pesky, quick duo and Robertson plays the same type of game. They worked well. Mikheyev looked 100% recovered. He works really well with JT. Book him for 60 pts next year. Thought Goat played pretty well but engvall was mostly invisible

 

[leafsfuture]

Robertson played good, as our old friend Baba would say. He didn’t do anything to scream ROY next year, but that said, he looked better than Engvall.

He’s earned game 1. If he struggles with the Jackets side, pluck him right away, but if he can help get Kerfoot going, it makes a big difference

 

[leburn98]

I thought he was one of the most impressive given his injury, he was always on the puck and was skating so well. That goal and finish was nice and he just looked confident and can play a great two way game.

The shutdown is going to benefit players like Soupy the most. Going back into the lineup when everyone else is in mid-season form is tough for any player coming back from injury. However, the 4 month pause certainly evens the playing field somewhat on conditioning.