GDT: Leafs at Kings 10:30 p.m. Sportsnet Ontario

[nwarrior]

Great game, well worth staying up to watch it

 

[Blufreezy]

I am so excited for when this rebuild is over. ****.

The Kings were very lucky on some of our chances, on the few shots we had, there were some great chances.

 

[Audi*]

great game to watch and a solid effort

 

[diceman934]

Great Game....

Rielly with 26 minutes of ice time!

 

[yubbers]

Not a big Gardiner fan but he was looking pretty comfy in that 3rd. Smooth

 

[p.l.f.]

Gardiner's best game I thought

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Don't admire the way Reimer plays. But if it stops the puck, he could swim all the way across Lake Ontario for all I care

 

[Swervin81]

Great Game....

Rielly with 26 minutes of ice time!

Real nice to see him still play great even towards the end and set up a couple of great chances while having to log all those minutes and pick up Polak's minutes too on the 2nd half of a back to back.

 

[Audi*]

both rielly and gardiner were playing solid

so who gets the start on saturday?

 

[BertCorbeau]

Gardiner is almost having a Kadri like season on the back end .. He looked solid defensively and moving the puck but wasn't getting the points early on .. But now all of a sudden he's starting to get on the score sheet.. 4 points in his last 5 ... 8 in his last 8.

Looking like the Gardiner we saw in that Boston series except he's stronger defensively

 

[Tak7]

Solid effort that, on the second half of a back to back as well.

More of that would be fine - great effort, tons of fight, lots of good things, but ultimately 0 points. No complaints from me.

 

[Rogie]

I love this team.

 

[yubbers]

Bernier because of the SO

 

[keonsbitterness]

No complaints about this one -- an honourable loss.

Babcock should show that Komarov-Doughty incident at every team meeting for the rest of this season.

 

[Tak7]

both rielly and gardiner were playing solid

so who gets the start on saturday?

Has to be Bernier - the shutout probably means he was going to start Saturday regardless of what happened tonight, even though Reimer played really well.

 

[saltming]

both rielly and gardiner were playing solid

so who gets the start on saturday?

I think Babs said bernier

 

[p.l.f.]

it's easier for the D when you got the forwards coming back hard
it's really helping Gardiner

 

[RayNibbs]

DAMMIT! If we had Stamkos or one of our young prospects, we win this game...HEARTBROKEN. Looks like Bernier took back the #1 spot lol sorry Reims

No. Reimer played well tonight. How could you come to this conclusion...?

 

[Zybalto]

Has to be Bernier - the shutout probably means he was going to start Saturday regardless of what happened tonight, even though Reimer played really well.

Best to ease Reimer back in as well.

Did'nt look like he was in any discomfort so it looks good so far. Looked great in his first game back though.

 

[Ciao]

both rielly and gardiner were playing solid

so who gets the start on saturday?

Bernier.

 

[mcleex]

Everyone played good tonight even Reimer. Except Phaneuf tho he had some horrid plays out there
Seriously tho I love this team. Babcock is worth every penny

 

[Le Cobra]

We hemmed the best possession team in the league in their own zone for the last 3 minutes of the game.

That was ****ing awesome.

thanks for this post. definitely made the loss easier to swallow. good point. defnitely a moral victory if there ever was one.

 

[zeke]

go with bernier, just because reims is coming back from injury.

but this might turn into an interesting test of Babcock's flexibility eventually - he prefers going with one clear starter but the hockey gods may be telling him that it's time to use a true platoon.

 

[Ciao]

Don't admire the way Reimer plays. But if it stops the puck, he could swim all the way across Lake Ontario for all I care

If Bernier has his head back in the game (and it seems he does) then Reimer is a more than capable back-up. Forget about style. Results count.

 

[thewave]

Not a big Gardiner fan but he was looking pretty comfy in that 3rd. Smooth

Hey yubs are you a fan of anyone over the age of 19?