Post-Game Talk: Toronto Maple Laughs all the way to the bank

[zeke]

Is this available by period?

no. but they're high danger chance tracker is available by period:

1st: 9-4
2nd: 5-9
3rd: 4-0

 

[zeke]

So Brossoit outplayed Andersen by a wide margin. Without the own goal he'd have been the star.

Oilers were probably worried about the Talbot injury, but maybe they'll be okay.

Andy looked shaky all night, even on normal shots. Looked behind himself so many times it was weird.

I don't know if Brossoit was lucky or good this game, but man he made some big saves.

 

[Nithoniniel]

no. but they're high danger chance tracker is available by period:

1st: 9-4
2nd: 5-9
3rd: 4-0

That third period is interesting. My impressions of how things went might have been a bit clouded by the emotions of seeing a game well in hand start to slip away.

Andy looked shaky all night, even on normal shots. Looked behind himself so many times it was weird.

I don't know if Brossoit was lucky or good this game, but man he made some big saves.

Yup. In terms of saves, he did fine tonight. In terms of how he looked, it really wasn't a good night.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

No they were horawful. They had easy matchups and were the reason why we almost losted the game. Number 22 is struggling with reads and miss assignments and like last year is dragging his partner down.

The brilliance of the bolded aside, and at the risk of sounding obtuse; I'm not sure Zaitsev plays 25+ minutes if he's "horawful".

 

[authentic]

Polak puts in effort, I won't argue that. But he stinks. Hyman works hard too, but he's not a first liner. If all it took to make the league was hustle then I'd be there too. Babcock punishes Nylander for anything and everything and rewards Hyman and Polak. Babcock has a track record of double standards. I like Babcock but this is his his weakness.

I totally agree and as a fan it is very frustrating. Hyman is not even a 2nd or possibly 3rd liner in terms of skill or offensive IQ. No vision, no hands, no finish. He is a useful player don't get me wrong but would be better suited to the 3rd line I think. Polak is a head scratcher though, he is truly one of the worst defensemen I have ever seen, and I'm not sure why he is ever allowed to play in the NHL.

 

[Morbo]

You guys got lucky.

Oh, the ironing...

 

[Budsfan]

You guys got lucky.

By glancing at the standings, I think you guys are very unlucky and we are very lucky?

 

[MJ65]

What a roller coaster was it last night

 

[Cleetus]

rematch at the ACC on the 10th of December! hope we win again lol

 

[MJ65]

You guys got lucky.

Well thank you but we will take that any day but I am just going to remind you that "Fortune (Luck) always favours the brave"

 

[Pickle Juice]

edmonton losers

 

[sommervr]

Hyman sucks and always will suck. Of all the Marlies grads he is the least deserving. Leivo, Brown at the very least should be playing over him. Leivo was the best of the Marlies group that got called up/aged out. Basically he is another Brown and yet he sits.

Anyone who disagrees with me is either wrong or JIDF

 

[Menzinger]

Their two young future core wingers are shooting below 10% (3.9% and 7.5%, respectively), their goalie had an October that rivaled Vesa Toskala, and their star #1 centre has been clearly hampered by a back injury for the prevailing part of a month.....and you think they're living a charmed life?

Yep.

Some folks are going to be in for quite the shock as Marner and Nylander get back to normal. Andersen has returned more back to form and doesn’t even need to steal games from here on out, just put up an average sv%.

That Oilerr’s own goal by Ruse last night really was the perfect metaphor for the Chia era in Edmonton. “They may score on themselves but at least they do so WITH HEART” lol

 

[weems]

That play with Hainsey getting hit with the shot was extremely scary.

Can you imagine this blueline without him?

 

[hullsy47]

Not pretty at all, but, I think they should take the 2 points and head to Vancouver really, really fast.

The Laughs win, the Laughs win!

looks like a picaso the next day .....grrr still pissed that tsn 4 cut out the feed in Windsor last nite ,I thought we were in the leafs region?

 

[Warden of the North]

That play with Hainsey getting hit with the shot was extremely scary.

Can you imagine this blueline without him?

Can you imagine saying this statement in July of this past summer?

 

[Clark4Ever]

That play with Hainsey getting hit with the shot was extremely scary.

Can you imagine this blueline without him?

I was thinking the same thing at the time. It's unbelievable, but he is arguably our most irreplaceable defenceman right now because of what he brings to the table.

 

[Apotheosis]

Leafs seem to be living a charmed life this season as everything generally tends to break in their favour even when outplayed and outshot.

Here Russel shots itin his own net with a minute left.

Honest question. Are you actually a Leafs fan? I'm not asking you to be biased at all. But your posts generally perplex me majority of the time.

 

[Drytoast]

Gardiner...

Goal #1
Gardiner picks up the puck and has an easy path along the boards to skate it out or he could drop pass it back behind the net out of trouble.

But, he's Jake and is easily stripped off the puck by 16 causing a turn over...

No forward comes back to check 55...1 timer from behind the net and it's in.

GOAL #2
Peels away from the front of the net to double up/puck watch on a person behind the net who is in no position to score...Guess who scores this goal?

2 of the 4 goals directly caused by this idiot's miscues on defense. He seems to be easily removed off the puck, makes low percentage passes in his own end...think's offense first constantly. And his idea of defense seems to be more towards trying to block passes rather than check the people in front of the net or in the slot...why? And don't tell me that's Nylander's man. Nylander is suppose to block passes to the point. It shouldn't take 3 Leafs to check 2 Oilers.

Zaitsev is doing the right thing as he's in between his man's(off screen) path to the front of the net.

But no...Polak ices the puck. Clearly Polak is the problem.

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

"Funny" part of all this is Edmonton's probably going to have a decent shot at ANOTHER 1st round pick come the end of the season.

 

[firstemperor]

Reading through the GDT....I didn't think JVR was that bad last night. He's never going to be great covering the points but he's been noticeable on the back-check and fore-check lately. Really think the problem with our possession game (going either way) starts with Bozak.

I don't think Bozak is a bad player, he actually has good playmaking/vision and clearly is a talented hockey player but he's not a great fit up the middle for our team- given he shares similar weaknesses to Marner.

 

[rent free]

sucks for russell. wonder what people will say when a leaf scores on his own net

 

[Confucius]

sucks for russell. wonder what people will say when a leaf scores on his own net

Well we’d have to dig pretty deep to reach the level of the fans from Edmoanaton.

 

[BertCorbeau]

sucks for russell. wonder what people will say when a leaf scores on his own net

Ask Bryan McCabe

 

[Pocket Hercules]

Ask Bryan McCabe

Didn't Kevyn Adams also score on own net as a Leaf?