Post-Game Talk: Leafs beat McDavid again

[stickty111]

I was mainly referring to their playoff games against us and their recent run where they have won a ton of close games.

Obviously they aren't going to win ALL the time lol.

They won because Andersen was terrible almost the entire series.

 

[Nalens Oga]

The 2nd and 3rd overall teams in the NHL will play each other in the first round.

Conceiveably the 1st and 2nd overall teams could play each other in the second round.

What a dumb **** league.

Who gives a f*** you still have to win 4 rounds and 16 games to win the cup. If you're good enough to win it then you'll win it regardless of when you have to play Boston or Tampa in those 16+ games.

 

[Pi]

Nylander has a 7 million dollar contract.

His proper usage is to put him on a line where he is suppose to be the best player. Lets see if he really is.

So far, he is a bust as a 7 million dollar player.

7M is chump change now in this league. It’s the same as 4.5-5M a couple years ago. Nylander won’t have a lot of points because he doesn’t play on the top PP.

He has no problem producing on ES, given some proper wingers....
He did have a primary assist on the game winning goal tonight on ES.

 

[garce]

I think Babcock is old school and he’s punishing Nylander for holding out. It’s the only plausible explanation. If he doesn’t think Nylander is competing at a high level right now, I don’t think anything will convince him this season. Nylander will just have to ride it out and hope that next season Babcock doesn’t have it out for him.

No one can look at that Matthews line and think that it is good right now. Kapanen is a weak link on that line. He skates hard, he can shoot the puck but he does nothing in terms of passing the puck to his line mates and a lot of plays die on his stick.

Nylander has the same situation when he was with Brown and Marleau. Kadri and Nylander are good but Matthews and Nylander are one of the best 5v5 duos in the league.

They both likely want to play their asses off against Boston after that last series and they may not even get a chance.

I think it’s a eff u to dubas. I dare you to tell me what to do in game. Shanahan is going to have to choose this spring unless they win at least 2 series. Otherwise it’s reach a buyout with Babs and he heads for parts unknown (Edmonton for another fortune). And Dubas moves in Keefe to complete his vision.

 

[deletethis]

Matthews actually had a ton of chances tonight. I thought Marleau was very noticeable in a good way. Kadri seemed like he hadn't missed any games. The difference between Andersen's performance and Stolarz' performance was night and day. How on Earth did the Leafs only win this game by 1 goal? But they won. Move on to the next game.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

Good win. I'm glad Muzzin had the game winning goal, since he seems to be a bit unappreciated

He had a good game from the parts I watched

- resident Muzzin detractor

 

[Whaleafs]

If the leafs carry play like that against Boston, they'll win in 4 or 5

So we’re just going to pretend that nearly blowing a 3 goal lead to a borderline AHL team in the last minute didn’t happen.

 

[Leaf4Life]

They really did win vs Tampa Bay in the 2nd round.

Yes, by that logic every team is garbage in the entire league except for Capitals.

For any discussion for any team: "Did team X, Y or Z win the cup? No? That team sucks then."

LOL

 

[toasterart]

Hmm, so they don't hold the lead as well, and just 1 more win when trailing but lead the Leafs by 4 points with 4 less losses.

Interesting.

- scenarios involving teams entering the 3rd period tied are not included, so maybe Boston makes up the difference there.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

So we’re just going to pretend that nearly blowing a 3 goal lead to a borderline AHL team in the last minute didn’t happen.

McDavid, Draisaitl, and RNH aren't AHL caliber players. Leafs were the much better team over the whole game, and should have very little trouble in a series if they outplay Boston by that much

 

[Leaf4Life]

Well in the last 44 years we’ve only played them in the playoffs twice, so that might not exactly be the best measuring stick.

And what's our record? 0-2

 

[deletethis]

Yes I figured that much but with the shift in analytics more networks should focus on this. It would help educate fans and provide context when comparing players or evaluating.

Somebody's a "Studies" major of one type or another.

 

[RomanianLeafs]

Oilers fans instead of crying about that pathetic team continue to worry about our first round exit and Matthews contract..so funny they deserve that team..a team with 2 mega elite franchise generational players is missing the playoss for the third time in 4 years of Mc David..

 

[Nalens Oga]

McDavid, Draisaitl, and RNH aren't AHL caliber players. Leafs were the much better team over the whole game, and should have very little trouble in a series if they outplay Boston by that much

Boston has 4 lines which forecheck hard like that Cave-Khaira-Currie line and that line gave the Leafs a decent amount of trouble.

I'm not in the game of predictions though, either they'll beat them or they won't....we'll see. It'll come down to coaching & goaltending imo.

 

[Whaleafs]

McDavid, Draisaitl, and RNH aren't AHL caliber players. Leafs were the much better team over the whole game, and should have very little trouble in a series if they outplay Boston by that much

Yes, the measuring stick that is the Edmonton Oilers.

While the Bruins are extending their 19 game point streak without Pasternak the Leafs are blowing leads to Vancouver & nearly Edmonton.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Who gives a **** you still have to win 4 rounds and 16 games to win the cup. If you're good enough to win it then you'll win it regardless of when you have to play Boston or Tampa in those 16+ games.

It's probably why fans are starting to get disinterested after the second round.

 

[Not My Tempo]

And what's our record? 0-2

Yea and one of those loses was with a team that we barely have any players left over from. And in terms of win record it’s 12-14. It’s not like we’re dying every time we face Boston.

But I digress, my point being that there really isn’t a large enough difference between the two teams, nor the sample size, to put any significant weight into the 0-2 record.

 

[MattySnipes]

Somebody's a "Studies" major of one type or another.

What?

 

[joe dirte]

Oilers fans instead of crying about that pathetic team continue to worry about our first round exit and Matthews contract..so funny they deserve that team..a team with 2 mega elite franchise generational players is missing the playoss for the third time in 4 years of Mc David..

1 generational talent and 9ne of the biggest coattail boys ever.

Theyre a crap team and mcdavid will be wasted.

 

[ULF_55]

Oilers fans instead of crying about that pathetic team continue to worry about our first round exit and Matthews contract..so funny they deserve that team..a team with 2 mega elite franchise generational players is missing the playoss for the third time in 4 years of Mc David..

Yep, they should try and hit a homerun this summer. There are several stars available.

Kind of like the Leafs did to land the player who got 3 points in tonight's game.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Yes, the measuring stick that is the Edmonton Oilers.

While the Bruins are extending their 19 game point streak without Pasternak the Leafs are blowing leads to Vancouver & nearly Edmonton.

You're the one who tried to connect this game to Boston for some unknown reason. Nobody thinks Edmonton is a measuring stick.

By the way, Boston only beat Ottawa by a goal scored in the last minute. Not sure why that impresses you so much

 

[Nalens Oga]

It's probably why fans are starting to get disinterested after the second round.

This is a dumb argument and you know it. Fans of team X would become disinterested when team X is eliminated regardless of that being round 1 or round 3. What matters is you win 4 rounds not who you play in April or June.

 

[Whaleafs]

You're the one who tried to connect this game to Boston for some unknown reason. Nobody thinks Edmonton is a measuring stick.

By the way, Boston only beat Ottawa by a goal scored in the last minute. Not sure why that impresses you so much

Probably the 19 game point streak. If the Leafs did the same against Ottawa you’d be planning the parade route. Do keep going I want to have lots of your hot takes to quote in mid April.

 

[Leaf4Life]

Yea and one of those loses was with a team that we barely have any players left over from. And in terms of win record it’s 12-14. It’s not like we’re dying every time we face Boston.

But I digress, my point being that there really isn’t a large enough difference between the two teams, nor the sample size, to put any significant weight into the 0-2 record.

Sure, but that wasn't what I was saying either. If you look at my previous post I was responding directly to someone who said Bruins are a paper tiger.

My point is, no they're not.

 

[RomanianLeafs]

His line did a lot good job against McDavid's line, but a lot of the credit for that belongs to the aggressive forechecking of Kapanen and Johnsson.

I don't think Matthews won a single puck battle tonight.

I don.t think u watched the game