Post-Game Talk: Leafs def. Canucks - 3-1 (Pettersson)

[Paulinbc]

I liked Juolevi tonight. Good game.

Me too!

 

[Johnny Canucker]

You’re up to bat Francisco. As a so called “fan” of the team his family better not be the ones medaling with moves and let the GM do his thing or find someone who can. Green will stay or go according to the GM situation. Gillant or Ruff are just sitting there for the taking and have loads of experience behind the bench with success.

FA is no bigger fan of the team than anyone on here. Hes a business man. This is a business to him, that is it.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

I liked Juolevi tonight. Good game.

Didn't he get turned and burned on the last goal?

 

[mossey3535]

Beagle and Sutter both missing their check to allow those two quick goals by TOR is so poetic. Foundational players coming back to bite Benning in the ass.

To be fair, Beagle/Motte have been effective as a line most of this season.

But on the other hand Beagle is still overpaid and he isn't THAT good of a defensive player.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Green presser happening now

someone give me the coles notes please. Cant stand his face

 

[hellstick]

"Canucks hockey in 2021"

Jake Virtanen in 2021. If the rumors are true and he's being shopped, hopefully the pro scouts weren't paying attention.

 

[EpochLink]

I liked Juolevi tonight. Good game.

How he was benched for Jalen ‘big farts’ Chatfield is beyond me.

 

[Paulinbc]

How he was benched for Jalen ‘big farts’ Chatfield is beyond me.

Big farts?

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Jake Virtanen in 2021. If the rumors are true and he's being shopped, hopefully the pro scouts weren't paying attention.

Nah, pro scouts don't usually own TVs

 

[JiffyPB]

How he was benched for Jalen ‘big farts’ Chatfield is beyond me.

They have the opposite deficiencies.

Chatfield can skate and make the "correct play"... and that's it. He's the Eriksson/Megna of defenseman.

Juolevi has decent size and puck skills, but injuries crippled his ability to skate.

 

[Paulinbc]

Nah, pro scouts don't usually own TVs

Oh, that's god to know!

 

[I am toxic]

Continue.

Be civil - no flaming or attacking each other, and no trolling.

kidding, Mr C, kidding!

 

[polloqpiu]

Nah, pro scouts don't usually own TVs

Well jb efinitely doesnt thats the only explanation for his pro scouting

 

[tantalum]

So going through the naturalstattrick.com stuff in the end for all situations they had the Leafs winning the xGF 2.78 to 2.56.

Which is a bit shocking to me. However, as I thought about it other than a couple very big saves Anderson didn’t have to deal with a heck of a lot.

In the end this was one of those games that a couple years ago people would be saying “good effort, they are nearly there” and I would say “good teams find ways to win and bad teams find ways to lose.”The Canucks found a way to lose.

 

[yvrtojfk]

So happy I decided to watch the Raptors instead.

 

[LordBacon]

Well jb efinitely doesnt thats the only explanation for his pro scouting

Am I having a stroke

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Well jb efinitely doesnt thats the only explanation for his pro scouting

wait, you dont think

Virtanen
Juolevi
Rathbum
Chatfeld
Woo
etc
etc
etc


are good NHL players?

 

[I am toxic]

So going through the naturalstattrick.com stuff in the end for all situations they had the Leafs winning the xGF 2.78 to 2.56.

Which is a bit shocking to me. However, as I thought about it other than a couple very big saves Anderson didn’t have to deal with a heck of a lot.

In the end this was one of those games that a couple years ago people would be saying “good effort, they are nearly there” and I would say good teams find ways to win and bad teams find ways to lose. The Canucks found a way to lose.

Toronto had 7 shots through two periods.

And we lost.

 

[tantalum]

Well either Benning gets a vote of confidence or he’s fired. I don’t see much else.

 

[Bgav]

#firebenning

 

[I am toxic]

Wow, Sats and Walks are providing more clueless comments - Myers and Sutter are fine contracts, not losing sleep over them; You can have one crappy contract like Beagle.

Totally ignoring that Dowd or similar could do the same job for a fraction of the cost.

The pathetic level of discourse is kinda funny, resorting to whataboutisms and deflections over and over again.

But after a half decade of the same stuff, it's not surprising.

Amusing, but not surprising.

 

[I am toxic]

Well either Benning gets a vote of confidence or he’s fired. I don’t see much else.

hopefully a vote of confidence.

those usually precede firings by a couple weeks

 

[EpochLink]

Big farts?

Yeah dude, every time he f***s is a play I unleash massive farts of petty.

 

[vanuck]

To be fair, Beagle/Motte have been effective as a line most of this season.

But on the other hand Beagle is still overpaid and he isn't THAT good of a defensive player.

They've looked effective so far this season albeit in a very small sample size. I'm not convinced that this is anything more than a blip amongst the last 2 years or so of awful 5-on-5 play from them, and I have a feeling it'll regress to what we've seen before.

I just thought it'd be funny to point out how Benning's prized acquisitions are letting him down when it matters.

 

[SamInVan]

Vancouver's season summed up in 11 seconds.

Matthews was only average this game and was still better than every Canuck.