- Matthews looked pretty good, but im still waiting for him to go 'beast mode'. You could see him a couple times get mad and just out muscle the CLB D to a puck.
- If not for an amazing save, Matthews would have had the game 1-0.
- Marner, looks like he has lost a step during the break. He finished the last month playing pretty well
- Nylnader is still playing a style that annoys tons of the Leafs fans, but he gets and keeps the puck a good amount.
- Tavares has never been fast, but I wonder if the lack of foot speed is only going to become a bigger issue the more we see him in the playoffs against a hard checking team
- Kerfoot, Kapanen both looked pretty solid on the 3rd line.
- Robertson had a few nice shifts (could have scored in the first few minutes of the game) but was easily separated from the puck. Got to wonder how he does this year without putting on more muscle.
- Reilly looked good. Ceci looked like an AHL all star, woof
- Dermott was pretty impressive, Barrie wasnt as bad as I was expecting, but thats a low bar
- Muzzin looked solid, Holl looked like a guy playing in the top 4 only because of injury. Needs to get his early season swagger back.
- If Anderson gives you that type of performance every night, you should win the cup.
From the practice lines, im happy to see Engval coming in over Gauthier. 4th line barely played, and when they did he is just obviously way to damn slow.
At least Engval can be on the PK and provide some speed. Means one of the top 9 guys can take a quick breather while we are short handed.
Engval, Kapanen, Marner, Kerfoot are all quick and solid PKers it seems.
Overall, disappointing game overall.
CLB seemed to be more 'ready to go' for playoff hockey. Every one of their forwards and D were prepared to outskate, outhit, and outwork the Leafs.
If this continues, gonna be reallllllly hard for the Leafs to find a path to victory.