Post-Game Talk: Welcome to the Leafs Killers Club Aleksander Barkov Jr. | Leafs Lose 4-3 in OT

[HamiltonNHL]

I know the popular question here is always whether Matthews is injured, whenever he doesn't score. But is kadri injured? He can barely skate these days.

That's his baseline.

 

[The Legend]

shouldn't be cute. cost us again.

at least we're getting points in this little slump.

What was cute about that game?

 

[Critical13]

Stop crapping on Matthew's. He did miss a month remember? He had the great 1st game back and then you could tell he was off a bit. I thought he got better as the 3rd went, and Nylander is so close.

Also Andersen had zero shot at goal 2 and the OT was was a sick deke. Rielly is the goat of anyone..he put the puck in Marners feet.

We got a point and over 60min we didn't deserve it. How we played in the 2nd half of the 3rd was how we need to play and how we did in Tampa but Vase stonewalled us.

I really do think it's time to get that defenseman. What's happening is Hainsey isn't out as much all game so Gardiner plays more but so does our 3rd pair. I think if we got a top 4 RHD it fix that issue.

Note roster freeze Dec 19 is close and all insiders have said should be quite a few deals. Let's see

Will we ever hold Matthews accountable!? Maybe when he demands 1q million?

 

[TakeTheBody]

The Maple Leaf effort has been inconsistent this season. When the Leafs are engaged and play hard for three periods there isn't many better teams in the league. Too many games lately the Leafs try and flip the switch in the third period and pull it out. Doesn't work that way. Win a few Cups before you pull that crap. Effort. I blame the players and I blame the coach for not having the team ready. Plenty of blame. Plenty of time to fix the problems. Dubas???

 

[Popeye7735]

Proud of the boys to get a point, down 0-2. It is about time Willy shows up in his next game or so. He makes a million more than Barkov but plays nowhere close.

 

[Drytoast]

meh. we lost to another shit market team in florida...

yay?

 

[Nineteen67]

We are about plummet despite a ridiculously easy schedule.

High octane offence fails us again. Feel like a broken record saying that the last month.

You can go ahead and book your late April and May vacations.

 

[saffronleaf]

Matthews hasn't looked good since that hit into the boards a few games ago.

Barkov really demonstrating that he's above Matthews, who is injured and invisible.

 

[Liminality]

*positive spin alert*

It’s so obvious how good this team is when they/we get going. The amount of skill and speed they have at the top/middle end is astounding. That third period was like Canada/Latvia.

So they’ll be fine.

That said, there are some moves they can make on the fringes, like upgrading Zaitsev. I can only handle so many unforced icings and shots careening fifty feet wide of the net.

More like common sense alert. People are too busy jumping off the bridge to really look at what the Leafs have.

 

[Budz22]

People are blaming Anderssen. Smh!!!!

 

[tmlms13]

Me watching game tonight
- Watch about 45 minutes
- F this watch football
-check back, 2-2, sweet watch game now
-barkov immediately scores
-F this watch football
-Check back, sweet it's in OT,
-Barkov immediately scores.

FML

 

[LaPlante94]

Eventually someone will start listening to me when I say Gardiner is the Leafs best D-man.

Rielly is too north-south. Has bad tunnel vision.

Are you describing Rielly or Gardiner here?

 

[Sniper99]

Ignore @Daisy Jane her posts are...lacking for loss of a better word...

Ever go over what you say before you post? We're all trying to figure out what you were saying about us and Carolina

 

[stakesishigh]

5 games with the full line up and 4 of them are losses.

This depresses me the most. All of us who were excitedly thinking "Just wait until Nylander gets back!" sure look like idiots right now. Our team looks completely out of sync.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Proud of the boys to get a point, down 0-2. It is about time Willy shows up in his next game or so. He makes a million more than Barkov but plays nowhere close.

Dude clearly you haven't been watching closely. He's been amongst the best forwards on the team over the last 3 games.

 

[GoldenGOOSE]

Dubas reminds me of my best friend growing up. Stellick. Too green to cope.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

the 4th line has been the weak link for a while now

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

This seems to follow a trend from the Carlyle years.

-Win early in track-meet hockey

-Develop bad habits and start stealing wins

-Start trying to win games in the last 10 minutes

 

[Critical13]

Ever go over what you say before you post? We're all trying to figure out what you were saying about us and Carolina

Ignore me then, I don’t mind.

 

[Kazparov]

Matthews hasn't looked good since that hit into the boards a few games ago.

This

 

[hockeyes]

Bad execution by the boys...last game they had 8 shots on Vas for one of the PP's.

I'm sorry but when teams completely ignore the point and collapse on the sides, you don't keep trotting Rielly out there to do nothing.

 

[Critical13]

the 4th line has been the weak link for a while now

It has truly been awful lately. I’m nervous every time they hit the ice these days.

 

[Azazel]

That was on Rielly, he should have stayed in the middle instead of hanging his goalie out to dry.

Rielly did a great job of turning a 2 on 1 into a 2 on 0 by completely taking himself out of the play.

 

[CelticDruid]

Lindholm should sit and the Goat should be in. Both can't score but at least the Goat is better at forechecking.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Ignore @Daisy Jane her posts are...lacking for loss of a better word...

Go to bed man.