Post-Game Talk: Today has been a good day. Leafs beat Wild 5-3!

[Kiwi]

I'm going to see, now with Nylander back, how the lines look defensively. They really tightened up with Matthews' out which is a sign of the team adjusting to the absence of their top player but with Matthews' they look a bit looser. Nylander back should really boost Matthews line's 5 on 5 play.

Which leads me to believe it's mental rather than system, when the boys need to button down defensively through necessity because we can't just out skill our opponents we do

Unfortunately when we've got everybody in the lineup the boys like to get into track meets and enjoy themselves without sticking to the defensive basics, we can win like that but it's not great for the old defensive metrics

 

[ShaneFalco]

Who do you take out of the lineup becomes the big question then.

Marincin, Oz, maybe even give Hainsey a game or two off

 

[ShaneFalco]

Gardiner has been really, really good this season to anyone who gives a damn about defense.

Not sure how they keep him
And hate to see him walk

 

[Zybalto]

Not sure how they keep him
And hate to see him walk

Next year is the biggest year for contracts ever.

Gonna make the Nylander drama look insignificant.

Cant wait.

 

[Zybalto]

Not sure how they keep him
And hate to see him walk

Nylander held the team hostage with his "it's not gonna be me" approach to negotiating this year which kicked the can down to the big glut of players coming up next year.

You wanna play on this team? Gonna have to be some discounts or youre out......or youre forcing someone else out.

I wonder how that dynamic comes into play.

What if Nylander craps the bed while Gards has a great run this year?

Lots of variables to look at.

 

[GhettoHockey]

I was watching the Minnesota' Wild's home commentator last night... what a f***ing nut-job ....

Anyways, the Wild look very good, underrated team for sure!

 

[Torontonian]

Post game thread after a win with only 11 pages, something must be going on

Hard to find stuff to bitch about when they are winning games.. If this was a 5-3 loss, (which it very well could have been). You would see this be 30+ pages complaining about Babcocks usage and how Brown/Hyman/Z suck lmfao

 

[Boutette]

Nylander held the team hostage with his "it's not gonna be me" approach to negotiating this year which kicked the can down to the big glut of players coming up next year.

You wanna play on this team? Gonna have to be some discounts or youre out......or youre forcing someone else out.

I wonder how that dynamic comes into play.

What if Nylander craps the bed while Gards has a great run this year?

Lots of variables to look at.

Nylander's contract will cost relative peanuts to a cap floor team after July 1st next year the way his contract is constructed. Just saying.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Good teams can win ugly too. They are not all Picassos.

Ugly win but still a win. Not everyone will be a picasso

That’s very.... odd

 

[ToneDog]

That’s very.... odd

What's very odd about it? Two different posters with the same thought of the same game. Everybody knows what an ugly win is and most have heard that not all games are Picassos. More brilliance than odd IMO

 

[hector morrison]

I was watching the Minnesota' Wild's home commentator last night... what a ****ing nut-job ....

Anyways, the Wild look very good, underrated team for sure!

I too listened. It was the first time I have heard him and the color guy. I expect a teams play by play guys to be homers,but geez,the guy whined about everything that didn't go Minnies way....I think he broke out the rule book on Hymans lousy glove goal..he carried on for a what seemed like minutes while the game was on! Brutal!I think they blamed the Leafs for winning!

 

[mulefarm]

Listen to Wild broadcast and found him very knowledgeable.

 

[The Man with a Plan]

I watch more opposing feeds whenever possible. The San Jose guys were pretty damn good by comparison. Talked up both teams and called both teams on their faults. They also were drooling over our lineup lol

 

[Not My Tempo]

Detroit’s are pretty bad homers

 

[Maplebeasts]

I don't understand how anyone goes about claiming that Gardiner has been carried to consistently good results in second pairing minutes by the likes of Polak, Marincin, Carrick, and the other fringe NHLers he's played with over his career.

That is up there with "Willy is a worse Jason Blake" as the worst takes on a player I've read on here in the last few months.

It's befuddling. Gards has maybe not been an elite player for us, but he's been our second best defenseman, at times our best over the last 5 seasons. He's a really under rated player.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

Neither is going on waivers. You do realize teams have 3 extra roster spots? 1 of them has to come out of the lineup yes, that’ll be Babcock’s decision. Holl, or Marincin will go on waivers and we’ll run 14/7/2 like most teams do. Outside chance it’s goat. It won’t be Leivo or Ennis.

I just have a strong opinion that Babcock is rigid. I’m under the assumption, he has made up his mind for the season. Babcock committed to 13/8/2.

I was unaware that Goat is still with the big club.