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Post-Game Talk: Leafs lose 4-3 in OT - JT gets point 1000 against former team
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Our Leafs were fortunate to get the LOSER POINT last night.
On paper, comparing team rosters player by player, one would think we should beat the NYI without much of a hassle.
Thanks to JT, and his 2 points, our Leafs secured a point. If only our Leafs were better in OT, we could have gotten 2 points. But alas, I think the NYI wanted that game a lot more than our Leafs.
Speaking of JT, I kinda wish he'd have pulled a Lindros and refused to sign a contract with the NYI. That would have really deserved the booing he gets from that fan base. JT did his time with them and wanted to move on to his hometown team. Get the f*** over it NYI fans !!!
Congratulations to JT for reaching the 1000 point club of the NHL. With his lack of speed it's a wonder how he could do it. It's all because of his work in close to the oppositions net. His shot and high hand eye coordination are supreme.
Hopefully, when his current contract expires, JT signs a retirement contract with our Leafs that reflects his desire to remain a Leaf. We need him to accept a much smaller cap hit!
IMHO, if we swapped goalies last night, our Leafs win that game in regulation something like 6-3.
On paper, comparing team rosters player by player, one would think we should beat the NYI without much of a hassle.
Thanks to JT, and his 2 points, our Leafs secured a point. If only our Leafs were better in OT, we could have gotten 2 points. But alas, I think the NYI wanted that game a lot more than our Leafs.
Speaking of JT, I kinda wish he'd have pulled a Lindros and refused to sign a contract with the NYI. That would have really deserved the booing he gets from that fan base. JT did his time with them and wanted to move on to his hometown team. Get the f*** over it NYI fans !!!
Congratulations to JT for reaching the 1000 point club of the NHL. With his lack of speed it's a wonder how he could do it. It's all because of his work in close to the oppositions net. His shot and high hand eye coordination are supreme.
Hopefully, when his current contract expires, JT signs a retirement contract with our Leafs that reflects his desire to remain a Leaf. We need him to accept a much smaller cap hit!
IMHO, if we swapped goalies last night, our Leafs win that game in regulation something like 6-3.
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By no means am I trying to blame Sammy entirely for this game, but sometimes you need your goalie to make a save he shouldn't in key moments to weather the storm. These saves have just been missing all season long for him. I've said it before, and I'll say it again; Sammy's season is so eerily similar to Freddy's last season as a Leaf. Consistently out of position, and failing to track the play well enough. So many pucks get behind him because he is a millisecond behind on his read. It makes the viewer think, "oh well what's he to do on that play" but in reality it's his initial read on the play that pretty well removes all chance at coming up with a save. Or at the very least makes what would be a hard save nearly impossible.
Goal number 1 for example: Puck gets dumped in and we lose the battle in behind the net. Sammy then drops to a RVH, which makes sense when the puck is below the goal line. The puck then gets collected on the wall by Palmeiri on his OFF WING and Sammy is still planted on his post in the same RVH. Like does he think Palmeiri of all people has the ability to rip shortside titty on his backhand there??? for referance this is the look Palmeiri had right as he dished the puck to Nelson in the slot
and then below is a screenshot of Brock Nelson at the exact point of release
Sammy, deep in the blue paint, stapled to his post in that same RVH he has been in for over 6 seconds...
Again, it is completely unfair of me to blame Sammy entirely on this play. A board battle was lost and the defensive zone coverage thereafter was not great. But little details like this have been missing from Sammy's game all year. This isn't the bang bang play it looked like in real time. Great effort by that Isles line on the forecheck, great pass by Palmeiri, and great finish by Nelson, but its hardly as if Sammy didn't just gift them they entire glove side.
You could almost breakdown every Sammy goal in this fashion. The same way you could have done to Freddy in 2020-21. Realistically, Sammy just doesn't make enough positional saves. Pucks never just seem to hit Sammy, and that's not a coincidence.
That said, I liked the battle to come back in the game and get the single point, and major kudos to JT on 1K. Huge accomplishment.
Overall not too disappointed with that loss. We are trending in the right direction IMO. Credit to the Isles for playing really hard after that first GA. They really won that game in the ensuing 20 mins that followed that opening goal. It ended up being a 50:50 game that ended in their favor, largely from them outworking us early in the game.
Love the battle back, Just need to find a consistent 60 minute effort
Goal number 1 for example: Puck gets dumped in and we lose the battle in behind the net. Sammy then drops to a RVH, which makes sense when the puck is below the goal line. The puck then gets collected on the wall by Palmeiri on his OFF WING and Sammy is still planted on his post in the same RVH. Like does he think Palmeiri of all people has the ability to rip shortside titty on his backhand there??? for referance this is the look Palmeiri had right as he dished the puck to Nelson in the slot
and then below is a screenshot of Brock Nelson at the exact point of release
Sammy, deep in the blue paint, stapled to his post in that same RVH he has been in for over 6 seconds...
Again, it is completely unfair of me to blame Sammy entirely on this play. A board battle was lost and the defensive zone coverage thereafter was not great. But little details like this have been missing from Sammy's game all year. This isn't the bang bang play it looked like in real time. Great effort by that Isles line on the forecheck, great pass by Palmeiri, and great finish by Nelson, but its hardly as if Sammy didn't just gift them they entire glove side.
You could almost breakdown every Sammy goal in this fashion. The same way you could have done to Freddy in 2020-21. Realistically, Sammy just doesn't make enough positional saves. Pucks never just seem to hit Sammy, and that's not a coincidence.
That said, I liked the battle to come back in the game and get the single point, and major kudos to JT on 1K. Huge accomplishment.
Overall not too disappointed with that loss. We are trending in the right direction IMO. Credit to the Isles for playing really hard after that first GA. They really won that game in the ensuing 20 mins that followed that opening goal. It ended up being a 50:50 game that ended in their favor, largely from them outworking us early in the game.
Love the battle back, Just need to find a consistent 60 minute effort
Clark4Ever
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It was an entertaining evenly played match that could have gone either way.
I'm glad the boys fought back until the end to earn a point, and to get JT his 1000th point in front of those bitter fans was just icing on the cake.
I'm glad the boys fought back until the end to earn a point, and to get JT his 1000th point in front of those bitter fans was just icing on the cake.
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While we hope Sammy can make a save on one of their goals at least, there's equal or more blame to team D. Letting guys take a clean pass in the middle of the slot, or at the dots, is not a recipe for success. At times, the islanders were passing through our team to high enough danger zones. Last year's team and attention to D detail wouldn't have let those passes through as easily.
At the same time, with half an ahl-ish d-core.. I guess we're doing alright.
At the same time, with half an ahl-ish d-core.. I guess we're doing alright.
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On that particular goal, JT lost the board battle, forcing Brodie to go after Palmieri, and Mitch just stood there doing nothing. Sammy could have reacted faster, but it was a one-timer.
(Brodie and Rielly played it properly, and Bert had his man tied up.)
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im happy
man he looks like a pouty full grown man .
everybody wants to play with mathews .....get over it dude .
i hope he was intoxicated or that was a very ignorant way to celebrate johnny t seniors boy .
the guy was an iron worker ffs
Look who is standing beside Sammy and the lack of white jerseys around.
Sammy had to remain deep in the blue paint. If he came out, Nelson would be able to pass to the Islander at the side of the net who would bump it in behind Sammy.
That wasn't my point. I mentioned the defensive breakdown. The point was that defensive breakdowns are going to happen even for the best of teams, and when they do you sometimes need your goalie to bail you out. Sammy didn't even put himself in a position to do that because he was still in an RVH and hugging his post. Not to mention he never even kicked off his post to try and make a more positional save, he just try to extend from his already poor position.
Would it have been a hard save if he were to have made a better read on Palmeiri? sure. But all good goalies make hard saves. Sammy is just not making enough of them this year.
I will say, and I may not have been overly clear in my last post. Sammy is not the reason we lost. He gave us a chance. We fell asleep for 20 straight minutes in the 1st and 2nd where we were getting pummeled. You cannot do that at the NHL level and expect to win. Sammy let in 3 goals during that stretch and none of them were his fault. It doesn't mean he couldn't make a save on those plays either.
I guess its just challenging watching teams routinely get bailed out by their tendy's when playing us only to have 50% of our mistakes end up in the back of our net.
Is the benchmark for a good Sammy game going to have to be mistake free hockey in front of him? It's never going to happen with our injuries on the back end.
Of course it's not all on Sammy to carry that extra load, but he certainly has the power and ability to do just that.
therealkoho
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Couldn't believe the so called back check on the winning goal, not even 1 simple stride to make it look like he was making an effort. Totally hung MoRielly out to dry
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therealkoho
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What the heck is Butchie talking about, the defensive player is stick down first. Truth just doesn't matter I guess.
therealkoho
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Sometimes it's a pretty picture sometimes it's not. Playing in San Jose the last few years has really hurt his game.
And the classless Leafs fans?
I have to agree with this all, sure Sammy was a little too loose on two of those goals and the 1st one he just kind of whiffed. He just needs to get back to where he was last year. All those years I wished Leafs goalies would finish with his numbers last year 2.33 and a .919.
Snazzy?
As long as he keeps petting his big cat he does!
Leafs fans have done a pretty good job of booing the B&W at home for years
Again, my point was not meant to deflect away from the lost board battle and defensive breakdown thereafter, my point was that Ilya remaining in an RVH as the puck is collected at the hashmarks by a guy on his off wing eventually put him into a situation were he made a hard save damn near impossible.
If you watch Ilya Sorokin for with the net empty for example, He drops to RVH when Matthews is behind the net collecting the puck. Makes sense. Protect the post in case Auston makes a move towards net, and protect the bottom 1/3rd if he hucks it towards net for a redirect or jam play
Fast forward 1.2 seconds and what do we see....
Matthews is 3 feet past the goal line and Sorokin is already on his feet reading the play and ready to make a save. You'll also see Jarnkrok wide open in about the exact same spot as where Nelson scored his goal. Ready for that 1T. the puck then went back down to Willy where Sorokin once again dropped to RVH which is to be expected, and eventually centered out front where he was prepared to make a good positional save.
Sammy's use of the RVH looks like a lazy out of shape beer leaguer who wants to limit the amount of times he goes up and down.
there are so many examples of Sammy's poor use of RVH and going down into RVH too early and staying too long. I'm not even a tendy and I see it
therealkoho
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Huge milestone, so it's not really silly
What is silly is the;
"Superstar who's made 10s or 100s of millions over the course of his career while playing against your home team, going on the 'give me expensive gifts' tour, at his retirement!"
That to me is just greedy.
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Last comment made there at 1:57 hasn't been mentioned enough.
