Post-Game Talk: Leafs beat a playoff team!

[kk87]

Not a great game for the JT line but not everyone will be at the top of their game every night. Nice to see depth players chip in tonight. Freddy was a ****ing god

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Auston Matthews may go down as the best Maple Leaf of all-time...

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Caps obstruction game beautiful to watch. Hope Leafs pick up a few things. Should come in handy, especially when playoffs roll around

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

JOSH LEIVO FINALLY DID SOMETHING

 

[GodEmperor]

Lmao! "Auston, have you ever had a stretch where the puck seems to follow you like this?!?!" "Yah I have"

He has always been generational.

Ez game, 150 goals ez, GG Gretz, Auston has arrived.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Did we just sweep the road trip?

 

[IPS]

I usually agree with you, but the greedy part of me wants to see what a team with Matthews, Nylander, Marner, Kadri and Tavares can do offensively if this is what we do WITHOUT Nylander.

Yeah I know but I'm in hot-take mode right now. Nylander 100% provides another dynamic element to our offensive punch.

How did Washington win with a worse defense though?

Brrother i wish our defense was as good as Washington's.

 

[Budz22]

Anyone who's not on board with trading Nylander for D is out to lunch.

There will be no Stanley Cup in Toronto with the way this blueline is.


Terrific win tonight though. Bend but don't break, right? Toronto weathered a storm and took it to 'em in the third.

If the Leafs do win the cup, you would be the one to rain on the parade.

 

[PromisedLand]

 

[FabledKnight]

Lots of positive things.

Dermott and Oz looked like the third pairing duo we've been missing.
Reilly and Matt's keep trucking along
Andersen held us in
Hainsey looked good? For the most part?
The depth really help. Kappy, lindy and leivo tonight.
Goat looks like the 4th line centre we've been missing.

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Big game by Freddy. Kap looking great. Oz showing signs of life. Got some secondary scoring. Matthews got his cookies. Just need Kadri and Marleau to get on the board and we’re laughing.

 

[James Duthie]

5-1 Record, I'll take it. Third period was fantastic!

 

[La Masse]

Dermott is amazing. Screw that weak preseason.

We won with JT and Marner going scoreless. Leafs proved they could hang in there with the best. Except for the last few minutes, the Leafs dominated the 3rd

 

[StannisFollower]

Andersen played great. Matthews is a god. Kapanen looks great on that first line, should have had 2 goals. Happy for both Leivo and Lindholm.

Kadri really needs to get going.

 

[Nalens Oga]

If Zach Hyman doesn't start doing his job (winning the puck) then it's gonna be a long season in the defensive zone for the Tavares line.

Also, nice that they were able to use their skill to beat this Caps team but it'd be nice if for once they didn't let a more aggressive and more physical team be able to outplay them for such long stretches.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Freddy=anti October Freddy, MASSIVE game for him.

First star.

We lose that 6-4 with Sparks.

(win 4-4 in OT with McBackup).

 

[Joe Lynch]

McJesus who?!

 

[rumman]

JOSH LEIVO FINALLY DID SOMETHING

Leivo looked great tonight.

 

[Mitchy]

Was impressed with Oz offensively. Was much more involved and made some good decisions that led to good chances.

 

[Apotheosis]

Yeah I know but I'm in hot-take mode right now. Nylander 100% provides another dynamic element to our offensive punch.


Brrother i wish our defense was as good as Washington's.

Also, to me, the defensive problems are solely a system problem IMO. Remove stretch passes and turnovers as well as possession aren't a problem for us anymore.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Caps obstruction game beautiful to watch. Hope Leafs pick up a few things. Should come in handy, especially when playoffs roll around

Ya the casual interferances, picks and clutch n grabs were crazy

 

[EmergencyExit]

I thought the Leafs played really well in the 3rd. The Caps started getting some really good looks near the end, which should be expected from the Cup champs. Andersen played like the rock we need him to be.

Thought Rielly made a great play near the end there which lead to the goal. Dude gets so underrated. As for Matthews... just take a blank cheque good sir.

 

[Blanche Blanche]

Kapanen seems to have that touch

Nice to see leafs hit back in the third, and see caps wilt a bit.

Tavares and Marner : not your night

 

[FlareKnight]

They played well. Some up and downs as any team will have during a game. But when it counted guys stepped up. Big goal to extend that lead to 2 late. And huge saves by Andersen late in the game.

Heck the third period was really strong. For a lot of the period the Leafs were on the attack.

A deserved win.

 

[Raym11]

Kapanen is the perfect winger for Matthews. Gives Matthews all the puck possession he needs (unlike Nylander) and just battles and floors it.

 

[Gary Nylund]

JOSH LEIVO FINALLY DID SOMETHING

That makes it sound like he's done nothing but he hasn't been bad IMO. Nice to see him finally get paid though so to speak, and he showed nice hands on that goal, not everyone has the skill to do what he did there.

So happy for Josh!