Post-Game Talk: Well We Win! Devils 2, Leafs 3

[Erdinger]

Finally saw the reply on the disallowed Bozak goal

What. The. ****.

I'm baffled as to how that was goalie interference

What made it worse was it was the same official that allowed Malkin to pitchfork Bernier into the net.

 

[thewave]

What made it worse was it was the same official that allowed Malkin to pitchfork Bernier into the net.

Good investigative work. It's not surprising to me for some odd reason.

 

[Simcoe23]

Our bottom 6 has a combined 10 goals? This is why we ****ing suck. Shut out our top 2 lines and you will win. No chance in hell the bottom 6 can help.

But that 4th line intimidates the hell out of opponents though, doesnt it? <insert sound if crickets>

Orr hasn't just lost a step, he's lost multiple strides. He cant keep up with the play and unfortunately doesnt have much else to offer.

 

[Daisy Jane]

What made it worse was it was the same official that allowed Malkin to pitchfork Bernier into the net.

Good investigative work. It's not surprising to me for some odd reason.

is it the same guy who screwed Phaneuf in Montreal too? seriously those goals need to be sent to the League.

 

[ToMaLe]

Year ago on Coach's Corner Maclean mentioned the ref that night was from Montreal and Cherry replied "Aren't they all?" Have to admit that was hilarious.

This is not the first time Hebert screwed the Leafs around, yet if the habs are in a close game, it is a given that the habs will get a late PP or two...this guys name has been brought up a few times now and the league should start looking into this guy...should have his ass canned!

 

[ULF_55]

So Rielly or Gunnarsson who has the worst shot?

Rielly could have 8 goals with all the opportunities he has had.

Didn't he have amongst the strongerst grips at the combines? We know why now, he's be squeezing the life out of his sticks.

Leafs move back to 18th. in the league, if we disregard the extra game(s) they've played.

 

[thewave]

This is not the first time Hebert screwed the Leafs around, yet if the habs are in a close game, it is a given that the habs will get a late PP or two...this guys name has been brought up a few times now and the league should start looking into this guy...should have his ass canned!

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[SprDaVE]

So Rielly or Gunnarsson who has the worst shot?

Rielly could have 8 goals with all the opportunities he has had.

Didn't he have amongst the strongerst grips at the combines? We know why now, he's be squeezing the life out of his sticks.

Leafs move back to 18th. in the league, if we disregard the extra game(s) they've played.

Rielly definitely needs to work on that shot. It's weak and not that accurate.

Gunnarsson has no shot.

 

[Peasy]

The day Orr is scratched is the day Carlyle is fired.

 

[Muston Atthews]

So Rielly or Gunnarsson who has the worst shot?

Rielly could have 8 goals with all the opportunities he has had.

Didn't he have amongst the strongerst grips at the combines? We know why now, he's be squeezing the life out of his sticks.

Leafs move back to 18th. in the league, if we disregard the extra game(s) they've played.

Rielly definitely needs to work on that shot. It's weak and not that accurate.

Gunnarsson has no shot.

Weak? I wouldn't call his shot weak at all. Inaccurate would be a better word. He could have a lot of goals if he could hit the net. He's going to bury one time on that move he does where he cuts to the outside and goes the opposite top corner and it'll be beautiful. He looks for it all the time

 

[Commander Clueless]

Nice to see the win, but man, the Leafs game is...I don't even know where it is. They need to find it, and fast! To be honest, I think the Devils should have had us in this one.

I liked the Gardiner-Rielly pairing, if only because it's two youngsters together. But man, that's a fast pairing!

That was a really weak called back goal. Shades of some of those phantom calls on Tomas Holmstrom because of his reputation.

 

[Mess]

While the 2 points in nice, all these SO wins could be troublesome come playoff time.

With ROW being the main tiebreaker and Leafs leading in SO wins to accumulate their points it might have a problem. With a bunch of teams battling for wild cards and ending up potentially tied in points Leafs will lose those tiebreakers.

 

[ULF_55]

While the 2 points in nice, all these SO wins could be troublesome come playoff time.

With ROW being the main tiebreaker and Leafs leading in SO wins to accumulate their points it might have a problem. With a bunch of teams battling for wild cards and ending up potentially tied in points Leafs will lose those tiebreakers.

Remember the shoot-out loss in New Jersey? I believe that started the string of missed playoffs.

 

[Mess]

Remember the shoot-out loss in New Jersey? I believe that started the string of missed playoffs.

I don't like Leafs chances in holding a wild card when the music stops because of limited regulation-ot-wins and feasting on shootout wins to secure points.

Besides SO go away when the playoffs start so winning in regulation becomes mandatory and the regulation season is only warm-up practice to ROW.

I could see 3-4 teams tied in points for the wild card spot in the East the way things are unfolding. If Leafs are one of them then the season is over.

 

[8816 others]

I don't count this one as another 3pnt game for the Leafs. It should have been a 3-2 regulation win with better officiating.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Nice to see the win, but man, the Leafs game is...I don't even know where it is. They need to find it, and fast! To be honest, I think the Devils should have had us in this one.

I liked the Gardiner-Rielly pairing, if only because it's two youngsters together. But man, that's a fast pairing!

That was a really weak called back goal. Shades of some of those phantom calls on Tomas Holmstrom because of his reputation.

Jake Gardiner was our weakest defenceman last night, his decision making when you see a game live is atrocious.

1 - He has men open and he refuses to move the puck up quickly
2 - He shoots the puck up the boards to waiting Devils players
3 - He loses every puck battle out of the corners
4 - He never shoots the puck even in good scoring position

All the things that some keep saying be patient with him for 2 years now. I wonder if this is just Jake, but people who say Gardiner was good last night were not correct.

 

[I Am The Stig]

Remember the shoot-out loss in New Jersey? I believe that started the string of missed playoffs.

I remember there was a SO loss that the Leafs didn't even play in that kicked them out of the playoffs. It was the Devils and Islanders and the Isles beat them in the shootout. Of course the Devils started Clemmensen that game too.

 

[ULF_55]

I remember there was a SO loss that the Leafs didn't even play in that kicked them out of the playoffs. It was the Devils and Islanders and the Isles beat them in the shootout. Of course the Devils started Clemmensen that game too.

Yep, that's the one I was referring to.

A shoot-out killed the Leafs that year and it stacking up that way right now.

At least this year they are winning them, unfortunately, they are the only games they are winning.

 

[SprDaVE]

Weak? I wouldn't call his shot weak at all. Inaccurate would be a better word. He could have a lot of goals if he could hit the net. He's going to bury one time on that move he does where he cuts to the outside and goes the opposite top corner and it'll be beautiful. He looks for it all the time

It's weak as hell. He has no slap shot either.

The amount of times he flubbed a shot into the chest of the goaltender while using his speed to rush down the boards. Or the weak wrister from the point, meh.

It's weak in terms of NHL standards, and he misses the corners all the time.

It'll get better as he gets stronger and keeps progressing, but right now it's below-average.

 

[BertCorbeau]

The biggest knock on Rielly when we drafted him is that he needs a stronger shot .. I have faith that will come with time

He's been a bit snake bitten too I've found on those opportunities .. Some tough rookie luck

 

[Gallagbi]

Jake Gardiner was our weakest defenceman last night, his decision making when you see a game live is atrocious.

1 - He has men open and he refuses to move the puck up quickly
2 - He shoots the puck up the boards to waiting Devils players
3 - He loses every puck battle out of the corners
4 - He never shoots the puck even in good scoring position

All the things that some keep saying be patient with him for 2 years now. I wonder if this is just Jake, but people who say Gardiner was good last night were not correct.

He wasn't even the worst player on his pairing last night.

 

[-DeMo-]

I don't count this one as another 3pnt game for the Leafs. It should have been a 3-2 regulation win with better officiating.

sports don't work like that, this team has shown it's inability to hold a lead if they counted the goal NJ would have pressed more pulled there goalie Toronto would have sat back more and gave up better opportunities to score. I highly doubt they could have secured a 3-2 win had that goal counted we've seen it a lot this season. teams play differently when the score is 2-2 then 3-2. game probably ends 4-3 in a shootout instead.

 

[LeafsMonster]

Its so ironic how we couldn't win in shootouts last year and this year shootouts are the only way we're barely surviving

 

[Peasy]

Its so ironic how we couldn't win in shootouts last year and this year shootouts are the only way we're barely surviving

Just proves that they shouldnt be in the league.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Jake Gardiner was our weakest defenceman last night, his decision making when you see a game live is atrocious.

1 - He has men open and he refuses to move the puck up quickly
2 - He shoots the puck up the boards to waiting Devils players
3 - He loses every puck battle out of the corners
4 - He never shoots the puck even in good scoring position

All the things that some keep saying be patient with him for 2 years now. I wonder if this is just Jake, but people who say Gardiner was good last night were not correct.

Gardiner needs to get stronger around the boards just like several of our defensemen, that's perhaps the biggest weakness on our team. But that's relatively easy to fix. His decision making concerns me much more.