Post-Game Talk: Kadri nets GWG #2 against Edmonton. Leafs sweep Oilers, win 4-2.

[Pi]

Leafs have a much better top 3 D but the oilers D is deeper. Will take ours every time though.

Yeah, Rielly, Gardiner and Zaitsev are better than any of their D, easily. Carrick is a decent top four. Our only problem is too many minutes to Hunlak. This team is going to be scary good very soon. All that dead money coming of the books.

People don't realize but right now in terms of dollars, we are icing a team closer to the cap floor than the ceiling.

Really? What if Babcock says to Lou, really want them, maybe they get re-signed for 1 year terms? We could be in a year to year hell with them.

Babcock is smarter than that. Right now we don't have a choice because those guys are developing with the Marlies. Dermott, Nielsen, Valiev etc all will contend for spots, we will definitely get a big acquisition (hopefully Shattenkirk).

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

Freddy Andersen is a terrible interview

 

[Pi]

Freddy Andersen is a terrible interview

As long as he plays like that on the ice, he can be Belichick bad on the interviews for all I care.

 

[sxvnert]

Yeah, Rielly, Gardiner and Zaitsev are better than any of their D, easily. Carrick is a decent top four. Our only problem is too many minutes to Hunlak. This team is going to be scary good very soon. All that dead money coming of the books.

People don't realize but right now in terms of dollars, we are icing a team closer to the cap floor than the ceiling.

Yep.

F - 24,111,668
D - 15,425,000
G - 5,750,000
Total: 45,286,668

 

[Caesium]

For an offensive defenseman, I hardly see Rielly ever getting caught up the ice. His transitional game is unreal.

He blew his coverage very badly trying to strip the puck and whiffing quite a few times earlier this year that caused Andersen to be left out to dry.

 

[Pi]

Yep.

F - 24,111,668
D - 15,425,000
G - 5,750,000
Total: 45,286,668

Damn that's below the cap floor . I love that we waived all those veterans and stuck to our rookies. The best guys are truly playing for the Leafs now. No one getting ice time just to justify their paycheque.

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

As long as he plays like that on the ice, he can be Belichick bad on the interviews for all I care.

Mos def

 

[Antropovsky]

Haha Andersen is strange in a goalie way... he reminds me of a cat there, something gets to close to him and he's lifting his paw at it.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Damn that's below the cap floor . I love that we waived all those veterans and stuck to our rookies. The best guys are truly playing for the Leafs now. No one getting ice time just to justify their paycheque.

I'm thrilled as well. I really thought for some reason that guys like Laich and Michalek would be on the roster but nope, it's turned out exactly the way I hoped it would.

 

[Clark4Ever]

And that's how you close out a game on the road. Hopefully, a sign of things to come.

 

[IBeL34f]

Haha Andersen is strange in a goalie way... he reminds me of a cat there, something gets to close to him and he's lifting his paw at it.

That's a pretty good sign. Last time we had a Cat in net, things were looking half-decent in Leaf Land.

 

[highslot]

Crosby has 15 goals in 16 games. He isn't fair.

the funny thing is that he's still not on the same pace as gretzky when gretz decided to find out how many goals he could score.

 

[schenneuf]

Kadri is really surprising me. He is legitimately awesome. Clutch goal scorer, dirty, defense, big hit. What a steal of a contract, wow.

 

[67Cup]

Freddy Andersen is a terrible interview

Freddy can do his interviews in mime and I won't care as long as he keeps playing like he has recently.

 

[SEER]

Don't see this posted in here, but if I missed it, apologies..

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

 

[realgoodleafs]

Watched the highlights this morning and couldn't believe McDavid got an assist on the first goal. He passed it to the defense who then passed it back and forth between each other four times before shooting.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Watched the highlights this morning and couldn't believe McDavid got an assist on the first goal. He passed it to the defense who then passed it back and forth between each other four times before shooting.

Yeah?

That's how it always works.

 

[lastnotice]

Such a sweet win.

Poor Oiler fans today...all tears.

 

[SnazzyNazzy]

Zaitsev is really, really good.

 

[The ORB]

Reading the Oilers board, I was shocked at just how vitriolic,bitter and seething they are in their hatred of anything Toronto. Kind of ironic that their latest messiah is a born and bred Leaf fan.

 

[Antropovsky]

What a difference smart management can make.

We're already better than the perennial tankers in every single position. Love it.

It's insane how bad Nonis and Burke were... insane. Drafting, trading...media, relationship with players... just utter crap.

 

[The ORB]

It's insane how bad Nonis and Burke were... insane. Drafting, trading...media, relationship with players... just utter crap.

Burke is such a clown. Thinks he is THE MAN though.

 

[Mess]

Hyman was the best Leaf on the ice tonight and the games 1st star.