Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 5-3

[DarkKnight]

Lindholm played well tonight and Gardiner continues to make silly mistakes.

Lindholm starting to show the offensive side of his game, he was top line for Sweden at the Olympics, he has it.

 

[Kurisu]

they added a point for Tavares 4 Assists.

 

[MyBudJT]

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Love it! I've got three of those five in my Pickuphockey fantasy pool... All that matters is points (and team wins)....

 

[ThewThew]

Lindholm starting to show the offensive side of his game, he was top line for Sweden at the Olympics, he has it.

Yeah more games under his belt and he will keep on improving

 

[1specter]

Looking like JT got 4 assists

He took himself out of the running for the Cy Young

 

[Havoc]

Looks like they're just going to rotate who gets 4 points each game lol


Hainsey next

 

[Confucius]

Not really.

It’s becoming more apparent this team is not good enough. Matthews will not score 2 goals every night and the defensive flaws are the same as last season. Maybe worse.

My mom told me about guys like you.

 

[DarkKnight]

Marner on pace for 49 too.

 

[Burnie97]

So... they have 4 guys tops in scoring after tonight possibly. It's just silly right now... but very fun to watch.

 

[Pi]

To those complaining about defensive gave... 2 pts is 2 pts... at this time of year, it doesn't matter if we're firing at all cylinders or playing perfect hockey.... just need the points...

Its the last 20 games of the season that its important that we're playing the right way...

Yeah. What truly matters is how you are playing after the all star break because there is no switch you can turn on in the playoffs. Either you are slumping into the playoffs or going into it on a high note.

As long as we are winning and getting as many points as possible to win our division, that’s all that matters.

Who would you rather be right now? Tampa who has scored 2 goals in 2 games or the Leafs who score 5 goals a game while giving up 3-4?

Things get tighter as the season progresses. It always happens.

 

[Boutette]

Looks like they're just going to rotate who gets 4 points each game lol


Hainsey next

Marincin

 

[DarkKnight]

Yeah more games under his belt and he will keep on improving

Seems fine on the wing too.

 

[Nooodles]

Marincin is looking good, I'd keep him in until he earns a night off.

Pardon me?

It's not nice to get this drunk on a Thursday night.

 

[56 Years No Cup]

Wasn't too concerned during the third, even if the Wings tied it up there wasn't much chance of them taking the win. Leafs sat back too much but in an 82 game season, it's going to happen, especially when you think you can score at will (and essentially have been).

Marincin is looking good, I'd keep him in until he earns a night off.

Marincin is looking good? Your hockeyes need glasses.

 

[Havoc]

So... they have 4 guys tops in scoring after tonight possibly. It's just silly right now... but very fun to watch.

It's not all good news.


Matthews lost any hope of the Lady Byng tonight with that vicious penalty.

 

[Semantics]

Marincin was good in his first game and on the PK tonight. Dude needs to get his act together with the pinching though, I understand that we want the D pinching MOST of the time and that Tavares didn't back him up properly, but dude is playing on his weak side, he needs to recognize that he's at a disadvantage.

 

[PromisedLand]

Cap lost 6-0 tonight... Damn, they'll want blood on Saturday

thats what I was thinking. Should be a great game on Saturday

 

[Zybalto]

Guys, pretty sure it was fatigue that got them in the third tonight.

Not mad at all.

Time to go into Washington on Saturday and sweep the road trip in a statement game.

 

[Boutette]

He took himself out of the running for the Cy Young

That's Okay, Matthews is now 9-3.

 

[PromisedLand]

Kadri will get a goal soon, he's close

It's a team game. There is no reason for Kadri to be "selfish" when his team mates are scoring goals

 

[WestCoastLeafs]

After giving up 11 shots in the furst two periods, I really wanted to see them close it down convincingly in the third for an altogether dominant game.

As it turned out, Leafs got bored and wings pushed hard. Disappointing, but given a choice between being the team that played strong for two periods, or the team that had a too little, too late burst in the third, not too hard to decide. Let's not doom and gloom this one up.

 

[Mitchy]

Well that’s what happens when you are leading a game. Most teams get complacent and the Leafs are no different. Also, it’s the beginning of the season and their 4th game in 6 nights.

Wish we could keep pushing the pace against when we are leading but **** happens.

I’ll take the W and move on.

I get score effects and that we might be tired, but the Wings had 8 high danger chances at 5v5 in third versus 0 for us. 20-5 were the shot attempts in favour of the Wings at 5v5. It was insane.

It's just disappointing because we played a really solid overall game over the 2 first periods.

 

[Revolt]

Feels really good man.

 

[Erdinger]

Hainsey looks like an older slower version of Marincin

 

[Judas Tavares]

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