Post-Game Talk: John Tavares is a Leaf, Leafs win 4-1.

[stickty111]

He is pretty good guys.
I thought Leivo had a solid game as did the young d men.
Hainsey was terrible though.

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[LeafSadist]

Feels good man

 

[Schenn]

John Tavares is a Maple Leaf.

 

[SnizzMitch]

Plan the parade!!!

 

[Pi]

Both keepers have been strong tonight.

McElhinney has gone fishing a few times in the game though. I think Sparks is more reliable.

McElhinney had good numbers last year but I don’t think the Leafs are prepared to lose a guy like Sparks on waivers for one year of an older goalie.

No one will pick McElhinney on waivers. It makes zero sense not to pick Sparks over McElhinney to start the season. If it doesn’t work out, you can always call him back up.

 

[weems]

Great game from Tavares.
Marner and him will be magic.
Liked the Kadri line, thought both Leivo and Brown had good games.
Moore stood out with his energy and speed.

I know its just preseason and game 1 but I'm officially worried about Hainsey.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Oz making the team. I'm a fan. We got ourselves a plr.

 

[Sypher04]

He is pretty good guys.
I thought Leivo had a solid game as did the young d men.
Hainsey was terrible though.

I thought Leivo was fighting it all night. Just one game though, no biggie

 

[DarkKnight]

Three stars for me: JT, Borgman, Marner. Honourable mention: Leivo.

 

[Ratboy]

Tavares. Marner. Borgman.

My 3 stars.

Special nomination to Bobby Ryans broken hand.

 

[GodEmperor]

Tavares pacing to destroy Gretzky's records, gonna be a good year.

 

[wc17]

Was Dermott benched in the 3rd?

 

[Schenn]

Oz making the team. I'm a fan.

I'd like to start a petition to refer to him as "The Wizard of Ozhiganov"

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I liked Tavares and a few other guys. It was fun to get the win

 

[Mitchy]

Tavares + Marner =

 

[Tall Morty]

Good game I’ll be happy if I never hear about Lucan or Kraft for a little while.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Tavares and Marner are going to feast this season.

 

[mcinnesja]

Wow, have i ever missed Hockey!!!!! Cant see how we dont have Sparks as our back up next month. Oz and Borgman looked pretty good

 

[Kiwi]

I'm officially concerned about Hainsey as our top pair RD
He looks very very old, like back end of last season old

 

[TMLeafer]

Let's do it again tomorrow.

 

[LeafsNation75]

To all the other 30 NHL teams I just have one thing to say. Welcome to the John Tavares show.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

also no surprise that the line Hyman was on was good. he's the glue on this team

 

[BertCorbeau]

Vets don't really need to be graded in pre-season.

Oz was the best out of the defenders on trial.
Borgman and Holl were strong too.
Dermott was ok - shaky start but settled down as the same went on.

Up front:

- Leivo had a very solid game all around, very involved in the play
- Moore can skate. Good compete effort, did a lot of little things well
- Timashov was also strong in this game
- Grundstrom did some good things but didn't particularly stand out in any way

Other notes:

- McBackup and Sparks look dead even in the backup goalie tryout. They were both excellent.
- JT and Marner showing obvious chemistry is an excellent thing to see

 

[Mikeyg]

Oz is on the team

Holl just isnt skilled enough to hang in the nhl

Dermott needs a kick in the ass

 

[Drytoast]

We are not gonna be able to marner and matthews now lol