When you underperform at times, have little resilience, and are inconsistent with your effort in the playoffs four years in a row, that is not parity, the vagaries of the luck of a cap system. That is a trend. Why not demand that this team win, Santo, instead of twisting your panties in a knot making excuses for them? Your "oh well" mentality is pretty leafy.
- fifty__missions

They lost to Washington and Boston. All tight series...they lost to a top 3 team in the league each time.

It’s hockey and it happens, they didn’t upset those teams. And really they shouldn’t of been expected to.

They (Columbus) were puck watching.
- fifty__missions

Classic fifty__missions post

So ugly

They lost to Washington and Boston. All tight series...they lost to a top 3 team in the league each time.

It’s hockey and it happens, they didn’t upset those teams. And really they shouldn’t of been expected to.
- Santo_44

The excuses just change and evolve....I thought it was parity?

If anyone says they had faith the Leafs were going to win that game at 3-0...they are outright bullpoopting, bullpoopters.
- Woderwick

Yup

Dude you really have no clue. This team, despite last night's "heroic" 3 minutes, needs changes made.
- fifty__missions

Yup.
But the blind will always remain blind.

Someone needs to make a GIF of that Ceci shot 😆

Reminded me of that throw home from Candy Maldonado

The craziest three paragraphs I have ever read, from Mirtle:

The sixsome of Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Zach Hyman and Morgan Rielly played the vast majority of the final 4 minutes and 18 seconds of the game, after Keefe’s very early goalie pull. They methodically picked apart the Blue Jackets, working the puck low and getting it to the net again and again.

But they directed only six pucks at the net in that time. Three were blocked. The other three went in.

In fact, the Leafs had just three shots on goal in the final 10 1/2 minutes of regulation, and they all beat netminder Elvis Merzlikins, who hadn’t allowed a goal in the previous 57 shots he had faced to that point.

The craziest three paragraphs I have ever read, from Mirtle:

The sixsome of Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Zach Hyman and Morgan Rielly played the vast majority of the final 4 minutes and 18 seconds of the game, after Keefe’s very early goalie pull. They methodically picked apart the Blue Jackets, working the puck low and getting it to the net again and again.

But they directed only six pucks at the net in that time. Three were blocked. The other three went in.

In fact, the Leafs had just three shots on goal in the final 10 1/2 minutes of regulation, and they all beat netminder Elvis Merzlikins, who hadn’t allowed a goal in the previous 57 shots he had faced to that point.
- Atomic Wedgie

We are all living in a simulation 🤫

Just realized hughsuck called kapanen scoring the ot goal last night, not Matthews.

I don't know quite how to articulate this, and maybe this is through blue-tinted glasses, but it didn't feel like a Columbus collapse.

They didn't play badly.

The Leafs won it more than the Jackets lost it.

Does that make sense?
- Atomic Wedgie

Reverse the jerseys, and I predict this would have been referred to as a massive collapse.

Just realized hughsuck called kapanen scoring the ot goal last night, not Matthews.


- burn

I thought I heard that.

Was Kapanen even on the ice?

Just realized hughsuck called kapanen scoring the ot goal last night, not Matthews.


- burn

They already edited it out on the highlights
Or show the NBC feed

You blew it Jim!

Went to bed depressed after the Jenner goal, woke up this morning to blue skies.

The craziest three paragraphs I have ever read, from Mirtle:

The sixsome of Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Zach Hyman and Morgan Rielly played the vast majority of the final 4 minutes and 18 seconds of the game, after Keefe’s very early goalie pull. They methodically picked apart the Blue Jackets, working the puck low and getting it to the net again and again.

But they directed only six pucks at the net in that time. Three were blocked. The other three went in.

In fact, the Leafs had just three shots on goal in the final 10 1/2 minutes of regulation, and they all beat netminder Elvis Merzlikins, who hadn’t allowed a goal in the previous 57 shots he had faced to that point.
- Atomic Wedgie

3 shots on goal in the last 10 mins of a game they were down 3-0.
Not a good stat.
Looks like the leafs got lucky.
Time to buy cbus goalie a few beers

The craziest three paragraphs I have ever read, from Mirtle:

The sixsome of Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Zach Hyman and Morgan Rielly played the vast majority of the final 4 minutes and 18 seconds of the game, after Keefe’s very early goalie pull. They methodically picked apart the Blue Jackets, working the puck low and getting it to the net again and again.

But they directed only six pucks at the net in that time. Three were blocked. The other three went in.

In fact, the Leafs had just three shots on goal in the final 10 1/2 minutes of regulation, and they all beat netminder Elvis Merzlikins, who hadn’t allowed a goal in the previous 57 shots he had faced to that point.
- Atomic Wedgie

Leafs skill is scond to none, when they play they are a handful.

8 pm on Sunday.

I thought I heard that.

Was Kapanen even on the ice?
- Leafs43

No

8 pm on Sunday.
- Atomic Wedgie

Spezza with the GWG 👍

I don't know quite how to articulate this, and maybe this is through blue-tinted glasses, but it didn't feel like a Columbus collapse.

They didn't play badly.

The Leafs won it more than the Jackets lost it.

Does that make sense?
- Atomic Wedgie

Hughson/Simpson —-> just get one in and maybe the confidence returns comment on steroids

3 shots on goal in the last 10 mins of a game they were down 3-0.
Not a good stat.
Looks like the leafs got lucky.
Time to buy cbus goalie a few beers
- Fakepartofme

Do you know how many shots that works out to over the course of a game?

Mitch had the quietest 3 points I've ever seen last night.
- Leafs43

Thank goodness for that “Power Line”. Not sustainable, but got the job done. Don’t get me wrong... I love Marner’s skill, but he, like most of his teammates, pooped the bed for 56 minutes. I expect more from him.

8 pm on Sunday.
- Atomic Wedgie

How did we watch hockey in the old days with these 8pm starts? Seems so late when they are done.

Thank goodness for that “Power Line”. Not sustainable, but got the job done. Don’t get me wrong... I love Marner’s skill, but he, like most of his teammates, pooped the bed for 56 minutes. I expect more from him.
- Woderwick

I don't know if he is trying to hard, or if he has the yipps or what.

But he is botching plays that he usually makes easily.

I am now going to backread this thread from the third period onwards.

Should be fun.

Thank goodness for that “Power Line”. Not sustainable, but got the job done. Don’t get me wrong... I love Marner’s skill, but he, like most of his teammates, pooped the bed for 56 minutes. I expect more from him.
- Woderwick

Even at the end. That turnover when the puck got stuck outside the netting. Can you imagine how different this place would be if that had gone in?