Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 5-3

[hamzarocks]

So much for we can without Nylander

Nylander is irrelevant to the leafs right now. He is not under contract with the leafs and is sitting out. Once he is willing to sign a deal than we can look at the impact he will have on the team. Can't blame Dubas and Co for not trying to sign him, but if he wishes to get 8+ million than Nylander will be playing in Europe this season.

 

[Not My Tempo]

I was upset about the win against Montreal because we played like shit, so I guess it’s only fair for me to be okay with this loss cause I think they played great. On to the next one

 

[PromisedLand]

good job babcock

• your insistence on playing hyman entire game not missing a shift with jt/marner is brilliant
• your brilliance of bringing in kapanen for two shifts with kadri and brown instead of sitting brown
• and the best of it calling a time out when you had ottawa all huffing and puffing was just absolutely GENIUS

good job dj smith

• god of defensive zone structure
• god of breakouts
• god of zone exits
• did i miss anyting

good job freddie

• what rebound control
• what poise and calm
• what an awesome SV% and GAA this game absolutely mind blowing beauty!

FML

 

[The Best Leafs Ever]

Andersen needs the Basketball to make a save, he is that garbage. Always need to score 5-6 goals to even have a chance to win. Because Andersen is AHL caliber backup throughout October. He is basically playing for every opposite team.

 

[MJ65]

Leafs dominated. Ah well. Anderson came through for the sens

I would rather say Anderson and Andersen came through for the Sens

 

[Maplebeasts]

why did they deserve the win today?

They outchanced nad outshot the Sens badly. They lost because of a woeful game from Andy. It's the same situation but in reverse from Wednesday

 

[Rogie]

I'd kind of rather these guys have a little adversity - maybe it might help keep them grounded a bit more, getting cut down a rung/peg won't hurt them, with all the talent these guys have.

 

[TDotMassive]

I love Tavares. I think he will be a good player for us. But I really wish we would have spent the money on a defenseman.

Marleau and Jake coming off the books next 2 years... that will free up about 10 mil to get a real D, if one is even available.

 

[Ratboy]

f***. Now I'm pissed off. Bullshit. Stick on the ice freddy. Get your shit together.
Oz. You're not ready and you're f***ing slow. Oh but you shoot right so you can play.

This loss is on Andersen.

f*** f*** f***

 

[DopeyFish]

You can not win game despite all the fire power unless you work for it (you have to earn it)

Andersen was garbage and defense was pretty weak, need some juggling with lines especially the 3rd and 4th line

What's garbage is our systems... Again. Why are we chip and chasing/dumping? We're a skilled team. This is amateur hour coaching

 

[ToMaLe]

3 stars tonight:

1. Freddie Andersen
2. Mike Babcock
3. Oz





if your a Sens fan.

 

[Pi]

... how the **** did we manage to lose to the Ottawa ****ing Senators?

The same way the Penguins got blown out by the f***ing Habs.

It’s early in the season.

The cream always rises to the top eventually.

 

[Atomos2]

Ozhiganov is pure shit

 

[Leafidelity]

Matthews deserves a better linemate than Ennis

 

[Suntouchable13]

Any chance we see Holl tomorrow?

 

[Derekhanna89]

Rough game, Andersen was underwhelming. Every forward except Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Kadri on offense were basically invisible. Honorable mention: Marleau and Ennis who had....moments? Oz had a rough, rough game. Overall, a bad team effort.

 

[Liminality]

We completely outplayed them.

Shot attempts all situations (5v5 in brackets): 80-40 (66-35)

Scoring chances: 41-19 (32-17)

High danger chances: 14-6 (11-5)

Hate to blame one player, but Freddy lost us this game. Oh well, he'll also steal us games that we don't deserve to win (like Wednesday against the Habs.)

I think we did outplay them for the most part but I also think that's to do with the score effects.

 

[Kiwi]

Boys didn't play to badly tonight, some breakdowns but overall it wasn't a bad effort

Andersen let in a few stinkers and Ozhiganov made me wish for the "good old days" when Carrick played on the bottom pair but it is what it is

 

[LeafShark]

I think Sparks can do better than .826 guys.

 

[Koolboss]

Deserved to lose this one our D needs major upgrading and our lines are a mess. This is a good early wake up game and first thing first our line up needs some shakeup soon.

 

[Jozay]

Any chance we see Holl tomorrow?

Probably will.

But theres a huge overreaction to Oz right now lol.

 

[BertCorbeau]

****. Now I'm pissed off. Bull****. Stick on the ice freddy. Get your **** together.
Oz. You're not ready and you're ****ing slow. Oh but you shoot right so you can play.

This loss is on Andersen.

**** **** ****

Game. 2.

They weren't winning them all this season.

Ottawa, for some reason, has given this team fits in the last few years.

 

[TDotMassive]

its was obvious he wanted to rest our top 6 guys and keep them out as long as possible for the last 2 minutes with the O zone start.

Ya but their guys were out of gas... get the faceoff as fast as possible and try to take advantage with a secondary crew.

 

[Al14]

Gotta agree.

It is a lot harder for a gassed team to defend, than it is for a gassed offense to put on pressure! Babcock should know this!

 

[Community]

Not going to get upset about a single loss when we outplayed the other team. However, Ennis has not looked great so far. He got absolutely walked by Chabot and does a ton of moving around without making any progress (The opposite of Matthews).

First two weeks are still time for meshing and getting up to speed and our stars look good so far (Matthews, Marner, and Rielly today). We'll see if Hainsey, Oz, and Ennis improve their gameplay moving forward.