Man. LEAFS didn't play a sound game tonight... very sloppy, lots of give aways. Couldn't win a face off in the 1st. And still...take the president trophy winners to 5-4 in the dieing seconds of the 3rd.
I'll take that!
But could you guys not save this for an NHL dark night?
Maybe late in the 2nd round or something?
Man. LEAFS didn't play a sound game tonight... very sloppy, lots of give aways. Couldn't win a face off in the 1st. And still...take the president trophy winners to 5-4 in the dieing seconds of the 3rd.
I'll take that!
That giveaway at the blue line was devastating. I really think they had a shot before that happened.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Buds may have lost the battle last night, and in other news, it appears the Sens Troll managed to win himself another Banning.
Blink Blink.
But back to the point of the thread...Time to bounce back Leafs. It's a new best of 3 series! The goal differential from the past 4 games is ZERO... which in and of itself is a fantastic result in addition to the currently tied series. I'm having fun!
Yes.. Something about all of us being Dumb and his generosity to grace us with his brilliance and presence.
Neither here nor there now.
Did he last second see the puck as it was behind him? Or maybe he didn’t know there was pressure on his left and he wanted to turn it up the ice quickly?
Either way it was dumb because 1, your guy is down too, 2 the caps are changing and you’re by the boards (never rush that way), and 3 you’re on the blue line CARRICK.
I’m sure they’ve been told more times than we could count already what they did wrong. Friday night hockey is going to be fun to watch, hopefully Leafs come out HARD. Get the crowd out of it.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Babcock was selected as TC head coach in 2010, when perception was that he is a better head coach than JQ. Would upset the apple cart of a winning squad to change that now, hence his selection in 2014 and 2016. That doesn't mean Babcock is a better coach, that means there was no reason or justification to switch them.
Quennville is a better coach than Babcock. Their records speak for themselves. That doesn't mean Babcock is bad, or trash. He is one of the best. He just most certainly is not THE best, that honor goes to Quennville (obviously talking about active coaches).
I don't see how discrediting Babcock's achievements with Team Canada is any different than Quennville with Chicago. His team was STACKED for years, and only recently the Hawks are feeling the effects of the cap crunch and the team hasn't been that successful.
They are both good coaches but I don't rank them in their own tier, not even any higher than someone like Trotz. In fact I think what he did with a small budget team in Nashville is even more impressive.
This was a very good year for Babcock, but the jack adams should go to Tortorella.
Way to go Leafs! Way beyond what we all thought was going to happen in September 2016. If this was a year of pain, then omg we're going to be so happy moving forward. Just stinks today.
Things we learned:
Kadri and Gardiner weren't bad players
The rookies were all hits
Unsung rookies made huge impacts (Brown, Hyman, Kap)
Marner is not too small
We have our goalie
Teams respect/fear the Leafs now. Almost every week we heard how other teams praised the Leafs. Trotz finished off the series by telling Babcock, "You've got a hell of a team". And that the Leafs grew before his (Trotz) eyes this series.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Worst part of the Marincin goal was that was Polak’s spot. You’d like to believe Polak wouldn’t have let that happen.
I’d like to think Marner was worn down, and his style doesn’t compliment the Playoffs yet due to his size right now. After his flu that slowed him down near the end of the season, he didn’t seem to have the same dynamic ability.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
I'm already stoked for next year. This team is going to be so damn good. Add one stay at home top4 Dman, bring up Dermott for #6 duty... and there we go.
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