Post-Game Talk: Leafs Get Shutout 4-0

[ToneDog]

We need an arshole or two like Watson.

 

[BTP]

We should have won that game.

Whatever. If it was a playoff game I'd be more pissed off.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Whatever. I was far saltier losing four-nothing in the last game before the New Year than I am tonight. Leafs played poorly and clearly have some things to work through, but at least we lost to a team that doesn't really mean anything to us rivalry wise.

On to the next one.

 

[Nineteen67]

Can y’all admit there is a gap between the two teams?

Yes it’s Januaury but that was a clinic on how to defend the Leafs.

 

[PromisedLand]

Preds are so freakin GOOD.

look at that Structure they play with.

f*** DJ Smith
f*** Dubas for not firing that garbage

Sorry folks Leafs are "NOT" a contender this season; way too many games where they mail it in; get schooled by good teams. Freddy hid a lot of their mistakes not anymore when teams start to tighten up

 

[Leafsdude7]

Leafs completely dominated tonight and deserved to win this one.

NHL needs to fix this stupid "offside" rule.

What game were you watching? We got schooled from start to finish. We were outshot 32-18, we did not get anything on net from in close, all our stars looked like 4th liners. Moore-Gauthier-Lindholm was the best line of the night EASILY. Our PP was just pathetic, didn't even get a shot on goal in a 2-0 game with 15 minutes left. Our defensive coverage was horrific, especially on those last two goals. It was NOT a good night. We did NOT "dominate", unless "dominate" means "get your ass seriously owned by a REAL playoff-calibre team". It was a stinker.

Babs has some work to do. This was not good. At all.

 

[JerseyMike34]

The Leafs played a strong 1st period, and then were just fed us dinner by the Predators.
That's a playoff team that just shut us down.

Managed only 18 shots on net.
But some fans will tell you our scoring chances were higher. If only those counted too.

The Mighty Power Play is once again the weakest Enforcer in the NHL. 0-3.
We are once again very predictable.
And it's game 14 for William Nylander. When will he actually show up.

 

[A4T1L6]

Matthews

 

[LeafSadist]

Feels bad man

 

[Gallagbi]

18 shots for...

Seemed like 10+ chances within that

 

[Mitchy]

5v5, I thought we did well, especially over the first two periods.

PP definitely needs a shakeup though. That first unit is way, way too predictable.

 

[LaPlante94]

Keep reading we dominated but we only had 18 shots and also blaming that goal being called back on a clear offside play. If we challenged that play and it worked in our favour we wouldn't be complaining about the rules.

 

[ULF_55]

Leafs PP is costing them momentum and as a result games.

Leafs don't make other teams earn their space.

 

[ECanuck]

Can y’all admit there is a gap between the two teams?

Yes it’s Januaury but that was a clinic on how to defend the Leafs.

Yeah, they got better goal tenting. You are not serious about the gap are you ?

 

[Mr Hockey]

sucks, it was a good game until the end.

 

[weems]

We played a great first period and had numerous quality chances tonight but just couldn't finish.
The Zaitsev bad giveaway followed by a penalty was a momentum shifter.
I really want to see this good player in him but I consistently see him handling the puck like a grenade and panicking bad under any kind of pressure.
Oz is a rookie just getting used to the league and he looks far more comfortable with the puck compared to Zaitsev.

Paying Marleau and Zaitsev a combined 10+ million is pretty hard to stomach.

 

[Marshy]

Nashville is a structured team. No shame losing to a team that can play like that. We're not there yet - but we can win against teams like that if the bounces go our way (because the calls won't - you can take that to the bank and smoke it).

If this game and others like it does one thing - show Dubas the need to upgrade the D - I'm happy.

 

[raydizzle]

So why does Babcock always feel the need to drag down lines by putting Marleau on them, when the lines were already fine previously??? Is he still trying to get Marleau going, and in doing so damaging existing chemistry? SMH

 

[Alerion]

The Leafs played a strong 1st period, and then were just fed us dinner by the Predators.

That's a playoff team that just shut us down.

The Mighty Power Play is once again the weakest Enforcer in the NHL. 0-3.
We are once again very predictable.
And it's game 14 for William Nylander. When will he actually show up.

You want us to take more penalties by hiring an enforcer...because that will help us score goals?

 

[Polaris1010]

Meh.

LOL!

Story of the Maple Leafs team tonight!

 

[saffronleaf]

Hartman rips an eye high clapper in a 4-0 game with 20 seconds left. Too bad this team doesn’t have any balls to give him at least a bump

Our PP is our enforcer! Very good at enforcing things btw.

 

[sxvnert]

Now we get kypreos with his hot takes. Just retire you plug

The 50K a year he made playing hockey wont allow him to do that.

 

[MSZ]

Just one win in this four game homestand. Not good enough.

 

[Nithoniniel]

missed the game, at work.

but basically. we did not deserve that score?

We drove most of the play, found ways to not score. But outside a bunch of chances where it was hard to believe we didn't score, Preds did a good job boxing out, limiting second chances, and blocking shot attempts. Meanwhile, we Leafed our defense.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

zeke will be happy at least