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mcdavid plays double the minutes mathews does
LOL
Are you saying he's so fast he defies time ... and plays 37 minutes a game?
mcdavid plays double the minutes mathews does
Can’t believe the difference in defending leads this year compared to last. Have we lost a game yet where we’ve had the lead going into the third period?
yes lolLOL
Are you saying he's so fast he defies time ... and plays 37 minutes a game?
2016-17Can’t believe the difference in defending leads this year compared to last. Have we lost a game yet where we’ve had the lead going into the third period?
Should note that these historical accomplishments should be put into context - winning games is easier now than it used to be. We have won some games where we were tied after 60 minutes of regulation, those used to go in the books as ties.
As much as I love watching 3 on hockey, it's still a bad way to decide games IMO. Not as idiotic as shootouts but bad nevertheless.
Missed the game ... just watched the McDavid highlights on TSN.
Wow, if the Leafs played the Oilers even, as some are suggesting based on some stats, I'd like to see the highlight reel from Brossoit. Oilers were concerned about losing their starter but Brossoit must be making him irrelevant.
Yes, the comparison should be regulation wins to be accurate, but still they have a nice record.
Can you imagine how the Habs felt when they were losing less than a dozen games a year in the mid-late 70's.
I remember being a Leafs fan and knowing that it didn't matter how good the Leafs were they were going to be 2nd. class. Okay with Ballard 2nd. class was probably as good as it was going to get.
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It’s nothing personal. I’m just sick of the “Babs can do no wrong/no player needs to be criticized” crowd. Sure we complain a lot for fans of a team that just got their 20th win in 31 games, but that doesn’t mean everything is perfect.
Yes we have a nice record, in fact it's so good that there's no need to make it sound better than it is. And records in early December are pretty meaningless anyway.
I was around when the Habs lost only 8 games out of 80 all season and only one of those was at home. It still seems unreal.
The game wasn't equal IMO but it also wasn't as lopsided as the shots and highlights suggest.
Edmonton hit 4 posts, Toronto hit 2.
Edmonton had 4 power plays, Toronto had 2. Edmonton also had a full 2 minute 5 on 3, while Toronto had one for about a minute.
Toronto had the better 1st, Edmonton had the better 2nd.
The 3rd was pretty even for the first 10 minutes (minus the Edmonton pp) and Edmonton controlled the flow for the last 10 lead by Mcdavid.
Though aside from the mcdavid crossbar and KR missing the open net most of their chances were to the outside.
Toronto played like a team with a lead while Edmonton played like a desperate one.
Honestly, the game reminded me alot of the Leafs from a few years ago where they would outshoot an opponent and go into desperation mode late, but in reverse.
There have been some concerning wins this season where the team won largely because of Andersen.
McBackup played great but I really didn't find this win all that concerning. Especially on a back to back and down Matthews.
To be fair, EDM was also on a back to back but other than that, this is some good perspective IMO. When I think of this game what I remember most is that sound the puck makes when it clangs off our posts (and McDavid's breakaway) but yeah, it wasn't as bad as it may seem.
And honestly, goaltending is part of the game so it's OK that they win it for us at times. At the start of the season our goalies sucked and cost us some games, it's just evening out now is all. Our goaltending is top 10, so is the rest of the team and top 10 is where we are in the standing so everything is as it should be. Let's hope we put it all together at the right time like we did last year and play our best hockey in the spring.
Wonder how effective mcdavid would be as nhl player if you took some of his speed away.
Also, the Oilers as a whole weren't good, McDavid was great.
He was trying his best but the rest of the team was easily handled. Look at the last two mins of play where the Leafs didn't even allow the Oilers the time to get Brossoit out of the net till it was too late.
Can’t believe the difference in defending leads this year compared to last. Have we lost a game yet where we’ve had the lead going into the third period?
Wonder how effective mcdavid would be as nhl player if you took some of his speed away.
Missed the game ... just watched the McDavid highlights on TSN.
Wow, if the Leafs played the Oilers even, as some are suggesting based on some stats, I'd like to see the highlight reel from Brossoit. Oilers were concerned about losing their starter but Brossoit must be making him irrelevant.
Can’t believe the difference in defending leads this year compared to last. Have we lost a game yet where we’ve had the lead going into the third period?
Why should the fact that he can skate so well be a point against him?
If you takeaway how good Matthews is at stick handling in traffic and along the boards, how good would he be?
McDavid is an electrifying player. Even if you took some of his speed away and he can only skate as good as Phil Kessel for example, he would still be an elite player. His vision is incredible, his ability to make plays at that speed is actually more impressive than the speed itself. There are players who can skate fast but can't do anything with the puck at that speed (Grabner etc) and there are players who can make good plays but can't skate fast. Combine both and you have a playmaking version of Pavel Bure which is McDavid.
Yes, we are better... but only marginally IMO.
Better goaltending is the biggest reason we have been holding these leads. Also some luck too.
We hardly ever continue to dominate through the 3rd period when we have the lead. We have gone back to our old style of playing only defense and giving up a ton of shots and scoring chances. Yes, we've been more successful this year, but that's due to goaltending, luck, the small sample size, and the fact that we are actually marginally better. We've also been playing some bad teams lately which has helped.
I don't think playing this way in the 3rd against Tampa will be effective.
Yup. McDavid is awesome. As much as I love Matthews and people love to argue that he's on McDavid's level if I could trade him for McDavid today I'd do it for sure. There's some chance that will change going forward but I don't think it's very likely. McDavid is just too good!
Disagree quite strongly. We're on pace for 108 points. Our goaltenders have outplayed the rest of the team as of late but early on, the opposite was true. Looking at the 31 games as a whole, our goaltending has been about as good as the rest of the team IMO, both are top 10 calibre and we're knocking on the door of being top 5.
On pace for 108 points!