Terrible calls. The worst calls. Make officiating great again.
- TheMussel

.........shut up donald.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=176922

He doesn't look as scary as that in other pics.
- mykokes

Patrik Laine of Tarth

I miss Jays playoffs

not ready to be disappointed by the leafs
- senstroll

Ya it sucks.
But at least the leafs didnt wait long to disappoint.

Leafs play Minnie tonight?
Enroth or whoever our backup is will be playing?
Play andersen for the blackhawks.

Or just ride him for all three?
- Fakepartofme

As much as I don't have a lot of faith in him. I think you need to go with him in Chicago. You have to go with a clear starter until you think the sample size is large enough that you need to make a different decision on how to divvy up games. Also, because of Andersen missing most of training camp, you need to give him a chance to catch up before evaluating.

He dosnt deserve the benefit of "getting calls". Known diver - embellish-er
- poohcrumbs

Doesn't matter if he is a diver, a hook on the hands is a penalty, if the refs are being bias, then the NHL has a big problem.

HE WAS HELD SCORELESS ONE GAME. HE (frank)ING SUCKS. LAINE RULES. BOTH CAN'T BE GOOD. THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS. CROSBY ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND OVECHKIN CAN'T BOTH BE GOOD AT THE SAME TIME. MCDAVID ANNNNNND EICHEL CAN'T BOTH BE GOOD. ONE MUST RULE AND ONE MUST SUCK. IF THEY DIE, THEY DIE - DOZZER 2016
- AdamFrench

Doesn't matter if he is a diver, a hook on the hands is a penalty, if the refs are being bias, then the NHL has a big problem.
- LeafMan

is what it is.

To put things into perspective, if I was to tell you the following back in the dog days of August, what would you think?

4 of a possible 6 points with no regulation losses;
Matthews 5 points in 3 games;
Nylander 4 points in 3 games;
Marner 2 points in 3 games;
Rielly with a 3-game point streak, longest in his career so far;
all rookie skaters with at least a point, and a whole lot of them playing too;
Zaitsev looking exactly as advertised, NHL-ready.
- gravyface

I would have said...sure I see that. Its not a surprise the leafs come out firing.

Like the Leafs, a nice young core to build off of.
- bixll

Oh yeah Winnipeg has a really good mix of vets and young players. They're becoming one of my fave teams

As much as I don't have a lot of faith in him. I think you need to go with him in Chicago. You have to go with a clear starter until you think the sample size is large enough that you need to make a different decision on how to divvy up games. Also, because of Andersen missing most of training camp, you need to give him a chance to catch up before evaluating.
- Aetherial

Yup..Enner tonight and AD saturday.
Gotta give him at least 15 games.

Hold judgement.

- poohcrumbs

Patrik Laine of Tarth
- twiztedmike

Terrible calls. The worst calls. Make officiating great again.

Realistically the officiating might have been so so but the Leafs had a mighty hard time maintaining possession throughout the entire game. Ain't gonna get too many wins like that.
- TheMussel

Once the big goof (Buff) yapped at the ref for like a minute, I knew we'd get "screwed back".... that tying goal (PP cause of Rielly) was such a fluke and lucky ass bounce to a Jet when Carrick slapped the puck... ugggh!!.. heh

What's the end-game here, fella?

Laine had a great game; he "won" the Great Big Fabricated Battle of the Draft Picks last night.

I just watched the goal again and Matthews looked pretty tired at the end of that breakaway; I don't expect him to catch Laine, do you?

And given that Matthews has shown a propensity for backchecking in every game, tournament, and league he's played in recently, I would suspect that he felt (and quite rightly) that he had no chance of catching up to him.

So besides trying to rub salt in the wound, what exactly are you doing here?
- gravyface

Not to mention Matthews backchecked his ass off earlier in this gameand drew a penalty when the guy Scheifele(?) had a step on him.

I would have said...sure I see that. Its not a surprise the leafs come out firing.
- Fakepartofme

Holy mother of...

You of all people...

Holy mother of...

You of all people...
- gravyface

Its not a surprise a group of youngsters come out firing.

Not to mention Matthews backchecked his ass off earlier in this gameand drew a penalty when the guy Scheifele(?) had a step on him.
- Aetherial

Matthews played great last night.

- twiztedmike

spitting image!

Matthews played great last night.
- Fakepartofme

Not really. He played decent, wasn't terrible, but not great.

Not to mention Matthews backchecked his ass off earlier in this gameand drew a penalty when the guy Scheifele(?) had a step on him.
- Aetherial

Matthews doesn't backcheck tough...

Matthews doesn't backcheck tough...
- burn

AK34!

Was the Loss a Leadership thing? Culture? andersen?
I need to know where to direct my anger.. please help
- senstroll

The Leafs should have bunted.

The Leafs should have bunted.
- Kinger34

Small Ball brah. Small. Ball.

Not really. He played decent, wasn't terrible, but not great.
- gravyface

#MakeAustonGreatAgain

So Dmitri Sokolov who dropped like a (frank)ing stone in last years draft has 8 goals in 7 games for the first place Wolves. Maybe playing on a poop team shouldn't warrant a massive drop in the draft?