ya - seriously... the whining about the goaltending.... seriously Jets made mistakes in the early part of the game.. and the Leafs made mistakes at the end.

there huge upside to this types of games - the players who are exposed as week probably are...

but seriously blaming Andersen for this one... is just ridiculous - but by all means drive yourselves insane complaining about this.
- BorjeFan4Ever

Make a save, ffs.

Pretty much 2-1(1-0-2)

A well deserved point but also a well deserved loss.

Let's get a win in Minny tmro

Yep...We have seen "Ok" in the past..
- Fruitcakenipple

But 50 yearsish

Matthews was fine, Laine was good. Neither are the story. Our team completely entirely fell flat on their face in the third. Laich and Prust will be welcome additions for this very reason. We need vets that can stop momentum.
- lightz39

Michalek, Bozak, JVR were all useless and they are veterans

I'm just glad I'm at the point where stuff like this is hilarious rather than frustrating. We all knew they'd probably be poop this year. Fun to watch though.
- daeth

This.

Going to be a frustrating tease of a year watching flashes of brilliance in spectacular losses.

Michalek, Bozak, JVR were all useless and they are veterans
- twiztedmike

Jvr was decent

I agree with this too. I'm hope Lou will soon realize that this D core is garbage and do something about it
- WingmanWillie

It's quite simple. The defense is the problem. We're averaging 4GPG. Andersen played bad in Ottawa but I thought he was good tonight actually. We have 2 quality defensemen in Rielly and Zaitsev. I jinxed myself with Gards at the beginning of the game, he chased the game a lot tonight. Carrick is probably our #3.

Jvr was decent
- Yeti1181

yeah but I have to exaggerate to make a point

Just filthy skills on the kid. Wish his linemates had some
- WingmanWillie

That pass was meh that ended up on Bozaks stick by luck....and he had no where to go with it. IMO

He looked ok tonight except that terrible penalty

Aetherial next time I will watch the game with you and I'll report to HockeyBuzz when you step away

It's the only way to be sure

That ok? Beer is on you (thanks!)
- twiztedmike

We need a "watching yes or no" flag, clearly.

I think I have a couple bottles of Labatt's 50 in the basement somewhere from the 70's should still be yummy, as long as there is no mouse a bottle.

Cue up the old trouba rumours
- Yeti1181

The D needs help for sure. Not sure Trouba is the answer, but he can't hurt

Fun game. Night night.

Sometime it would be nice to watch a Leaf goaltender actually play big and win a game...or not..
- Fruitcakenipple

I don't know.. I kinda like the Leafs not being demoralized 3-4 minutes into the game beacuse the sieve gives up a soft goal... and if you actually watched the game you'd know that Andersen made 2-3 saves that looked like sure goals in the the late first and early 2nd.

Matthews was fine, Laine was good. Neither are the story. Our team completely entirely fell flat on their face in the third. Laich and Prust will be welcome additions for this very reason. We need vets that can stop momentum.
- lightz39

The leafs didn't even play bad in the final 20.

Marincin was soft in front of the net against a guy with a lethal shot.

bad bounce off of marner on the next

Then a stupid penalty.

None the less these guys need to learn how to hold a lead.

were you watching spatso and simpson pleasure each other?
- BorjeFan4Ever

I wish
I really did sprain the (frank)ing thing though.
If it's any consolation I'm in a lot of pain right now.

It's quite simple. The defense is the problem. We're averaging 4GPG. Andersen played bad in Ottawa but I thought he was good tonight actually. We have 2 quality defensemen in Rielly and Zaitsev. I jinxed myself with Gards at the beginning of the game, he chased the game a lot tonight. Carrick is probably our #3.
- iTOLDu

get Polak in there as a 5-6. Keep Hunwick as #7

Bye Marincin, (trade Gardiner for another #4), add another #5-6 dman

We need a "watching yes or no" flag, clearly.

I think I have a couple bottles of Labatt's 50 in the basement somewhere from the 70's should still be yummy, as long as there is no mouse a bottle.
- Aetherial

Fine we'll spark some doobs instead

I don't know.. I kinda like the Leafs not being demoralized 3-4 minutes into the game beacuse the sieve gives up a soft goal... and if you actually watched the game you'd know that Andersen made 2-3 saves that looked like sure goals in the the late first and early 2nd.
- BorjeFan4Ever

I fk'n watched the game..You clearly missed it..

It's quite simple. The defense is the problem. We're averaging 4GPG. Andersen played bad in Ottawa but I thought he was good tonight actually. We have 2 quality defensemen in Rielly and Zaitsev. I jinxed myself with Gards at the beginning of the game, he chased the game a lot tonight. Carrick is probably our #3.
- iTOLDu

Andersen was pretty solid from what I saw. I didn't see the 3rd, reviews here seemed mixed.

It would be nice to see a goalie bail us out instead of HOPING we get NHL caliber goaltending every night.

But you are absolutely right, our D is a train wreck.

PS At least it's not Game 7 of a playoff series, some of you guys act like you've never seen a 4-1 lead get blown before.

I wish
I really did sprain the (frank)ing thing though.
If it's any consolation I'm in a lot of pain right now.
- hunglikeapuck

I'm happy to hear you're in pain

The D needs help for sure. Not sure Trouba is the answer, but he can't hurt
- WingmanWillie

Throw a boatload at ANA for Lindholm. Take a crap contract. Send JVR/Leipsic/D prospect and a high pick.

get Polak in there as a 5-6. Keep Hunwick as #7

Bye Marincin, (trade Gardiner for another #4), add another #5-6 dman
- twiztedmike

Marincin has absolutely got to (frank)ing go.

Fine we'll spark some doobs instead
- twiztedmike

damn I was hoping to rid myself of that damn beer. I can't bear to dump it.

get Polak in there as a 5-6. Keep Hunwick as #7

Bye Marincin, (trade Gardiner for another #4), add another #5-6 dman
- twiztedmike

Marincin is absolute trash.


I don't like Hunwick. But he's been surprisingly quiet so far...he's fine as a. #6 for now