Post-Game Talk: Leafs surrender 5 and then fall short on comeback to Chicago

[Gallagbi]

How was Kadri on the ice instead of Nylqnder with the goalie pulled at the end there...

He took the faceoff.

 

[The Man with a Plan]

Quick whistles for no reason, knocking the net off after you lose your stick with no call. This is the NHL.

Throw in the non call on Toews on that last face off call too. We should have had 6 skaters against 3

 

[ShaneFalco]

Pretty sad effort in the first 2 after being killed the last game

 

[theTTC]

Positive: that third period is what we'll get from this team during the playoff games.

Negative: moral victories only counted for the past 50 years. Now, losing to a lousy Hawks team is inexcusable.

 

[MagicalRazor]

If he played like how we did the last 10 mins of the 3'd we would have a better record than Tampa ,

 

[LeafSadist]

Tavares inching closer to 50 goals, other than that feels bad man

 

[member 262271]

At least they didn’t totally give up, that and stat padding are the sole positives.

 

[Havoc]

I don't get it.

Down 5-0, people talking shit how they're throwing in the towel

They show fight and almost tie the game, and people talk smack how ohhh they deserve to lose, F them for not trying in the first period.


So you're mad if they don't fight to come back, and you're also mad if they try to fight back but come up just a bit short.


okay thennnnnnnnnn

 

[JerseyMike34]

If they played with urgency just 15-20% more, we'd be ahead of Boston currently.

 

[saffronleaf]

At least they made it entertaining after being down by so many goals.

A few things:
- Nylander was arguably our best forward tonight. How come he didn't get used 6-on-5? Why were Marleau and Kadri used??
- The zebras were utterly ridiculous tonight. There were at least two blatant penalties (a hook and a slash) by Chicago that were missed. And then the icing -- Reilly won that icing!!! They've never given Kapanen that benefit of the doubt. And at the end that was delay of game! AND more time should have been added, look at when the goalie intentionally pushed it off (like 25 seconds left).

But yea, first period was awful. Second period was solid. Third period was great.

Absolutely love the Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander line. It'll become our first line.

 

[Advanced stats]

Seriously this is gonna kick start a big winning streak and this team will get fire hot coming into the playoffs.

Even in a loss like this, a team really unites and grows in situations like this. Especially for a young team, this is a growing game.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

it wasnt exciting.

It was crap

 

[Cleetus]

honestly, if the Leafs don't spot Boston 5 goal leads and are fully healthy, I like our chances. Freddy needs to be better too, but I know he can be

I agree!

 

[Suntouchable13]

Almost a fantastic comeback.

I'm just happy we fought back and showed some life.

Feeling good moving forward now.

Nah, they will go back next game and again no show in the first period. Flyers will not be easy, they are even hungrier than Chicago. If they don't show up in the first again, they will be blitzed.

 

[7even]

Why no will in the last min

Marincin just brings that "it" factor

 

[Gallagbi]

costly missed points.

but at least they finally nutted up and maybe gave themselves some needed confidence.

in the end, Andy cost us this one. back down to .920 on the year, one tick higher than his usual .919.

I wouldn't consider that "nutting up". They started playing in a no-lose situation. We need them to start giving a shit in the first period.

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

What happens if Freddy knocks his own net off when the Bruins are pressing us behind 1 goal with 1 minute left in the game?

Jack Edwards leaves the booth and dropkicks Freddy in the back. Refs let them play.

 

[lovemyleafs]

Kadri is ****ing garbage. Had all the time in the world to settle it down and just flicks it at the net.

man S T F U . he was our only forward that showed up all 60 minutes.
team shouldn't have been down 5-0 in the first place.
we deserve to lose that

 

[MyBudJT]

It Boggles my mind how there was no penalty on Delia for knocking that net off.

We were absolutely dominating possession with scoring chances left and right. Add the fact the goalie lost his stick...

This opens up a whole new can of worms!

 

[Amadeus]

We had this game if we had one more minute! Also, this game shows a glimpse of our potential!

We literally dominated!

 

[Sniper99]

**** THE REFS

nothing else to add

BUSH LEAGUE

Dont ***** about them now.

**** this team for not playing 60 mins. Play 60 mins and then find a reason to ***** about the refs

 

[ULF_55]

Looks like they have the talent.

So if it isn't the players.

 

[Leafidelity]

Sucks that it came down to reffing incompetence, but it should never have gotten that far to begin with.

 

[BertCorbeau]

I started watching this game when they were down 3-0 already...

So I watched a 4-2 game

 

[Anthrax442]

and I'm not surprised the game died on Kadri's stick. He has been trash all season long

 

[Cleetus]

Thought Matthews had a good amount of dominating shifts... looked real good in the third.

 

[IPS]

I don't wanna call that the "real Leafs" in the 3rd period against the worst defensive team in the league but it was pretty cool watching what they could do when the reigns get loosened on the offense.