Post-Game Talk: Leafs Beat Flames 4-2

[CanadasTeam]

Jumbo did mentioned Freddie is a great goalie when he first signed with the Leafs.

Jumbo owes Hutch dinner --he bailed him out on that terrible giveaway.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

That’s because there’s nothing special about him. He’s a career 4th liner that people give more attention to than needed because he was drafted high 7 years ago.

And he wears #93 and drew comparisons to Gilmour in the scouting reports.

 

[NK94]

And he wears #93 and drew comparisons to Gilmour in the scouting reports.

I bet Gilmour could have done a pull-up at the scouting combine, though.

 

[Leaf4Life79]

Jumbo owes Hutch dinner --he bailed him out on that terrible giveaway.

Agreed, terrible game from Joe... he has not looked good since returning from that rib injury, he is invisible out there until he makes bad plays.... time to hang em up, I am thinking.

 

[Not My Tempo]

In the same position as Alex galchenyuk

Not really, Galchenyuk has actually showed the ability to be a top 6 forward over the course of a season.

 

[stickty111]

Didn't play very well, but need to find ways to win when you don't have it. Credit to Hutch. He was solid again. In typical fashion he allowed a weak goal which is common for him, but he didn't let it snow ball.
Good team building game and especially for Hutch. In certain moments, he was stealing us a win.
You can do a lot worse then Hutch as your 3rd stringer.

 

[stickty111]

Hutch seems like such a nice guy you want him to do well. This win is so important. He has been good this season, but this game you can really say he won it for us.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Hutch seems like such a nice guy you want him to do well. This win is so important. He has been good this season, but this game you can really say he won it for us.

When the game could’ve really gotten away from us because our offence was on snooze he kept it close. Cheers to Hutch.

 

[Battle Lin]

really starting to bother me that our current 3rd liners are on pace for like 20 point seasons...thats not gonna cut it if you want to beat great teams in a playoff series...took keefe awhile to get the top 2 lines right, hes gotta get the bottom 6 right, especially that oh so important third

 

[Garthinater]

Nice to see line 2 show up on the score sheet.

Sweet pass by marner on the matthews goal.

Did anyone else barely notice gaudreau? I used to love watching his highlights but he's been well below a ppg the last 1.5 seasons.

 

[Stephen]

Jumbo owes Hutch dinner --he bailed him out on that terrible giveaway.

Joe probably owes everyone dinner.

 

[Leaf4Life79]

Hutch seems like such a nice guy you want him to do well. This win is so important. He has been good this season, but this game you can really say he won it for us.

Agreed, we we're hating on him big time at first intermission, but he totally came in clutch for the rest of the game, making some very important saves to give the boys the confidence to win this game. I am sure this is a huge confidence booster for him. Now we run with Campbell tonight and secure another likely win! GLG!!!!!!!!!!

 

[IPS]

Gotta love how overrated these dinosaur coaches like Sutter are. We had one ourselves in Babcock who way overstayed his welcome.

 

[AvroArrow]

That Matthews goalie was a beauty. Good hit on Tkachuk. turtled from the hit instead of chipping it out, kept the puck in. Hyman wins the puck battle, as usual, and I love it. Down low pass, Marner feed to Matty, beauty. Just made it that much better that the rat is the one who got dropped for the turnover.

 

[stickty111]

Gotta love how overrated these dinosaur coaches like Sutter are. We had one ourselves in Babcock who way overstayed his welcome.

Meh can't blame this on Sutter. The roster can't perform and the defence continues to get overrated.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

#grateful that we, the worst team in the universe, are #blessed enough to be ahead of all these amazing teams of literal allstars and we suck and are terrible. Really says a lot about the society that we live in.

 

[leafsfan5]

The Leafs are now tied for 1st in the division for goals per game. They are also first for goals against per game.

The all around play of this team has been sensational

 

[Le Cobra]

Didn't play very well, but need to find ways to win when you don't have it. Credit to Hutch. He was solid again. In typical fashion he allowed a weak goal which is common for him, but he didn't let it snow ball.
Good team building game and especially for Hutch. In certain moments, he was stealing us a win.
You can do a lot worse then Hutch as your 3rd stringer.

he’s our backup goalie. He isn’t supposed to shutout the other team every game. He earned the win. This “typical fashion” talk is overly negative. While I admit he let in a softie, it wasn’t typical. He is a good backup goalie and top 20 in the NHL.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Love going into other teams around the leagues and seeing how NOBODY wants to talk about us unless we lose or win in OT/SO. I love the hate we get.

 

[zeke]

really starting to bother me that our current 3rd liners are on pace for like 20 point seasons...thats not gonna cut it if you want to beat great teams in a playoff series...took keefe awhile to get the top 2 lines right, hes gotta get the bottom 6 right, especially that oh so important third

Bottom 6 paces:

Spezza 44
Thornton 38
Kerfoot 35
Simmonds 25
Mikheyev 24
Engvall 20

Last year TBay bottom 6:

Coleman 40
Gourde 35
Goodrow 31
Maroon 29
Paquette 24
Joseph 16 / Stephens 13

 

[MattySnipes]

 

[MattySnipes]

Even strength road production since last season

 

[stickty111]

he’s our backup goalie. He isn’t supposed to shutout the other team every game. He earned the win. This “typical fashion” talk is overly negative. While I admit he let in a softie, it wasn’t typical. He is a good backup goalie and top 20 in the NHL.

Wasn't being negative. Just pointing it out. He has been terrific though. He's been a reliable backup.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Our backup and what started as our 4th string goalie have combined for a 12-2-1 record and a .935 SV% playing behind this team.

Freddy better come ready to play. It should be easy to play well behind a team that limits chances as well as this one does.