Post-Game Talk: Leafs beat a playoff team!

[LeafGrief]

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.

I thought they did a great job with the breakout and not making stupid stretch passes tonight. The defense were managing the pucks quite well and most of the stretch passes that didn't work were because they skipped over the stick of our forward.

 

[Pocket Hercules]

“Have you ever been in a stretch like this where the puck is just following you?”

Auston Matthews: “Yeah I have....”

 

[member 262271]

Woooooooooooo!

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Some reality check eh?

Matthews scores again, Leivo got his first of the year, we held a team to under 3 goals!!!!

Fantastic win. Proud of the boys.

 

[Liminality]

Nice .gif work.

Yeah finally figured it out lol

 

[ToneDog]

It was clear on June 24 2016.

Perhaps, but now it is also clear to Jets fans.

 

[Boutette]

Some reality check eh?

Matthews scores again, Leivo got his first of the year, we held a team to under 2 goals!!!!

Fantastic win. Proud of the boys.

Sorry, we did not hold a team to under 2 goals.

 

[Dynamite Kid]

Matthews is on pace for 50 goals in 30 games. The record is 39 games. It would be great for him to break that record!

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Mostly positives out of that one. Kadri line looked great. Hainsey had his best game of the season and Freddy was huge late. Tavares line was a bit off but some of the question marks coming in to tonight stepped up.

 

[Confucius]

Kapanen-Matthews-Nylander
Hyman- Tavares- Marner
Marleau- Kadri- Lindholm/brown
Leivo- Goat- Lindholm/brown/ johnsson

one of these have done sweet f*** all for us this season.

 

[Cleetus]

big 2 points by the buds, our third was outstanding, big saves there by Freddy. and ovechkin no goals!

 

[Nithoniniel]

Glad to see Leivo get one. If Matthews, Rielly and the top guys were gunning for huge seasons, Leivo seemed to be aiming towards an early lead in the unsustainably unproductive category for a while there. Despite limited time, he's had some tremendous chance generation. Finally gets that point, hopefully helps him keep it up. We need more scoring from the bottom of the lineup.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Gardiner needs to sleep in Marner's apartment so he doesn't look Daddy tired

 

[Cleetus]

Sorry, we did not hold a team to under 2 goals.

well it wasnt over 2 goals lol.

 

[Zybalto]

5th game in 8 days against the cup champs in their house.

Statement game.

Feels good man.

 

[Nalens Oga]

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.

No team in their right mind is going to trade a guy who's already a top pairing dman for Nylander unless it's an older pending UFA. Who would trade a signed young top pairing dman for a winger worth around $5-6M right now.

Also, one dman alone is not going to fix this team's defensive issues. Their main issues are that they're too passive in the defensive zone and they make bad passes, this is a team coaching issue not a lack of top pairing dman issue.

 

[BM14]

“Have you ever been in a stretch like this where the puck is just following you?”

Auston Matthews: “Yeah I have....”

Dumb question. Glad he was put in his place.

 

[PromisedLand]

Fred the MVP tonight

Freddie was a BEAST!

Mr. Andersen stopping them like this:

Neo!

 

[mallory67]

Great night to kick start some secondary scoring.
Tavares and Matthews were shouldering too much of the offense. Leivo, Lindholm on the board now ... Hopefully Kadri is next.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Depth was big tonight as was the goaltending and defense even if they had two separate breakdowns.
OZ had a beauty of a game imo, was solid in our own end and showed signs of offensive iq as well.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

We need more scoring from the bottom of the lineup.

aka Kadri

 

[Leafsman]

Huge win!! Beat defending Stanley Cup champions with primarily secondary scoring.

Gards with two much-needed points. Johnsson, Brown, Leivo, Lindstrom, Kappy, and Hainsey all putting up points.

Great character win! Love it!

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Matthews was dominant. 2 points and 75 cf% against Washington's best line. Morgan Rielly is also unreal beyond putting up points. he's killing it

 

[BM14]

Perhaps, but now it is also clear to Jets fans.

It'll never be clear to them or Finland and it's their loss.

 

[Antropovsky]

Depth was big tonight as was the goaltending and defense even if they had two separate breakdowns.
OZ had a beauty of a game imo, was solid in our own end and showed signs of offensive iq as well.

Yea... liked OZ, good crisp passes, used his body to separate the player.Big "can't teach size".