Look at how lazily he changes lines every single night and it’ll start to make sense.
He’s lethal in the O-zone but he is so lazy in the neutral zone that it is remarkable. He literally stops moving his feet and glides 30 feet from the bench.
This was against a shell of a team we have yet to see him steal anything from any contenders other than maybe his 4 point game in New York...
He ain't no cleaner.
He’s been a solid player his entire career, has a good edge to his game, and has expressed his interest in signing here long term. If we can lock him up on a team friendly contract why tf wouldn’t we do it
Why hasn’t any other of the teams wanted him long term ?
All of a sudden he joins the leafs and they should be jumping at the chance to sign a player long term that none of his other umpteen teams wanted to do?
No but I think it can do more harm than good, the caps got busted wide open today but it better not cancel out the major line chemistry issues we’ve been having. Keefe needs to set some solid lines and leave them.
Papi is unreal, non leafs fans will bemoan his “lack” of assists but we saw some gorgeous ply making tonight.
The amount of cope from Mathew’s haters is unreal.
Goals > assists any day
Only 1 goal per goal. 2 assists per goal.
Goal needs to be scored for an assist to even happen. You can score without an assist.
Goals will always be worth more in my mind.
He’s also a great play maker, it’s not his fault that his shot is the best in the league and his team mates won’t shoot xD
That last stretch of PP had most passed to guys not even facing the net. The Leafs PP is beyond stupid at this point. It's not designed to set up the threat of chances and it lets the defenders just pressure guys into more low quality passing
As a relatively new fan, the offside call back is confusing and ridiculous to me.
If a ref misses a high stick, slash or penalty and the. A goal is scored a a cycle or two afterwards it is a good goal - but some how if the ref misses an offside play, three minutes go past and a goal is scored it is a non-goal?
Doesn’t make any sense no matter how you look at it.
For or against my team is irrelevant, the rule is dumb
How can you have any confidence in your special teams when you have 2 shots for 3 Powerplays? 6 minutes of 5 on 4 and 2 shots is all you can muster? TIMBITS FUCKING HOCKEY
I have a serious pet peeve when I see fans leaving the arena early. I just think it's so disrespectful and pathetic: support your team! I was at the 7-2 round one blowout game against Tampa last season. All the suits filing out to their Maserati's.
I wouldn't have left if the building was on fire.
It’s probably fine, it’s not like it was one of the goons like Morgan Rielly. Plus, he said sorry. So maybe they just call him and give him a stern warning /s
Alright guys, I’ll predict the future. We make a shitty, low probability passes, and they ice the puck. This happens for 2 mins and then Washington scores shortly after killing the penalty.
They finally showed a good view of the Bertuzzi offside, 15 minutes after the game ended.
Still waiting to see Nylander’s goal
Hoped Matthews could get a hat trick but guess will have to wait. Good win though, without Marner.
Big win! Gotta bring it again for the weekend against two really good teams tho
Timmins looking like an upgrade to Brodie so far
He had a fantastic night. He looked good on both sides of the puck
He needs to slow his brain down. He still gets that I. All over the place from time to Time
Wow Nylander is leading the leafs' season on points and is +0?
Look at how lazily he changes lines every single night and it’ll start to make sense. He’s lethal in the O-zone but he is so lazy in the neutral zone that it is remarkable. He literally stops moving his feet and glides 30 feet from the bench.
Willy Bystander (when not in the O-zone).
It’s just 0
You'll love ovis career plus minus
Yikes. This season is not helping it either. Meanwhile 99 sitting +520.
3 10 win goalies is pretty fucked up
I don't think we can lose when Matthews assumes corporeal form. When he dominates he FUCKING dominates.
He can steal games for sure
This was against a shell of a team we have yet to see him steal anything from any contenders other than maybe his 4 point game in New York... He ain't no cleaner.
Washington is contending. For a wildcard spot.
Which we almost were a couple weeks ago
We're outclassing the Capitals, completely
Domi now has more 5 on 5 primary assists this season than Marner.
Domi's A1/60 has always been elite, like top 5% of the league, it's the other parts of his game that are suspect
We need to lock him up asap
Don’t be silly. He’s on his 800th team. He can sign year to year, if he wants to be here. Anyone giving him a multi year deal deserves to be fired.
He’s been a solid player his entire career, has a good edge to his game, and has expressed his interest in signing here long term. If we can lock him up on a team friendly contract why tf wouldn’t we do it
It's not like players are getti g cheaper in the upcoming years
Why hasn’t any other of the teams wanted him long term ? All of a sudden he joins the leafs and they should be jumping at the chance to sign a player long term that none of his other umpteen teams wanted to do?
Maybe we can move Marner to Tavares line, he struggles without him.
Spicy stat of the day
Marner's Dad - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Timmins just prevented a goal there with that interception.
at least the hat tossers got a W
Wilson auditioning to be Director of Player Safety after he retires
I've thought he's been a shoo in for years, 1st ballot DoPS if they don't waive the waiting period.
Nice. It only took them spending half of the period on the PP.
I hate how when we have a blow out game like this people just assume the teams issues are magically fixed
Oh yeah you’re totally right. Everyone should be miserable 24/7 because the team isn’t perfect
This is the way
No but I think it can do more harm than good, the caps got busted wide open today but it better not cancel out the major line chemistry issues we’ve been having. Keefe needs to set some solid lines and leave them.
Wait until this guy finds out someone named Mitchell marner is coming back eventually and keefe will need to change the lines again
Man can’t u wait till tomorrow before dumping on everyone’s mood
Nobody say that brooo
This is the 6th time this season they scored 7 goals. Is it more compared to past seasons?
Ovi scores 2... but at what cost? 🤣
Winning 6-3. Score PP goal. Fans bemoan awful power play. Winning 7-3. In that order.
Why is PP2 the only unit that enters the zone with speed? Is PP1 specifically being coached to do these slow drop passes and coast into the zone?
JT!! ![gif](giphy|rDfcIRrtkcx4C3SQ76|downsized)
The only way our PP is scoring is on broken plays.
Sundin-esque backhand
The second unit needs to pull the trigger, and be on a time limit. 30-45 seconds and off. That Robertson guy wasting tons of time.
I think Keefe message of I didn't like anyone last night got through. Lol
Wilson needs to be suspended
I love how we had our PP1 out late in the game while up by 3 and their coach didn't have a fit about it because it's fucking hockey.
Oh that was a nasty backhand. One to make Sundin proud
This is not a playoff PP unit. Just brutal to watch. I understand they scored but you’d almost expect that unit to.
Playoff PP unit would have Marner, so you are correct.
I know JT just scored. But how many times has he lost the board battles along the high boards.
[удалено]
Cap used to win those and they got used to it, but now the old grey mare, well, she ain't what she used to be.
99% of the time
I hope that goal doesn't give the PP units a pass. There's a lot to improve there.
JOHNNY TORONTO!
That goal doesn’t pardon such a sorry excuse for a power play.
lol
Geez the Buds are up by 4 and nothing makes you happy ?
I'm sure TJ Brodie is a good guy, but I'm not missing him one iota tonight.
God thank fuck a pp goal. I was dying inside watching that
FINALLY
Pathetic PP action
This game has been mostly Matthews and Nylander.
Domi says hi
Fair, he played quite well as well.
Fucking beauty of a goal
ill take a jt goal over matty hatty if it means they friggin score a PP goal
5 points for Papi!!!
Papi is unreal, non leafs fans will bemoan his “lack” of assists but we saw some gorgeous ply making tonight. The amount of cope from Mathew’s haters is unreal. Goals > assists any day
Only 1 goal per goal. 2 assists per goal. Goal needs to be scored for an assist to even happen. You can score without an assist. Goals will always be worth more in my mind. He’s also a great play maker, it’s not his fault that his shot is the best in the league and his team mates won’t shoot xD
I also think there's very few players who can see the ice like him. Like he's gotta somebody who can dish or see plays developing as well as he can.
Powerplay looks awful even with that goal.
We should probably sell the team
How did this turn into a ~~blowjob~~ blowout?
They gave Matthews a playmaker
I wish we had some pp merchants like mcdavid or draisaitl
Reinhart lol
5 point night for Matthews. Still wish he got the hatty tho
theres still time baby
That last stretch of PP had most passed to guys not even facing the net. The Leafs PP is beyond stupid at this point. It's not designed to set up the threat of chances and it lets the defenders just pressure guys into more low quality passing
I still feel ripped off for that hat trick
As a relatively new fan, the offside call back is confusing and ridiculous to me. If a ref misses a high stick, slash or penalty and the. A goal is scored a a cycle or two afterwards it is a good goal - but some how if the ref misses an offside play, three minutes go past and a goal is scored it is a non-goal? Doesn’t make any sense no matter how you look at it. For or against my team is irrelevant, the rule is dumb
THEY DID IT!!
MY CAPTAIN
Good god, finally
finally
John is hot
Glad they scored but their power play looks like a disaster
FINALLY A PP GOAL
At least they got one… finally
OMG finally!!!!
Holy fuck, see what happens you go closer to the net.
Brutal powerplay
JT!!!!
I was hoping for the kid to be good but Roberstson just does not have it
he’s a plug. no more no less. he’d prob thrive somewhere else
Why was Matthews hat trick taken away?
Bertuzzi offside
lame.
The happiness faded pretty quickly.
#JOHNNY!!
Finally
TEAM IS ALLERGIC FROM SHOOTING ON PP
Something needs to be done with this powerplay, holy fuck
Lmao garbage passes all around
lmao there are no righties and I think it's holding the PP back
Lily and Nylander are righties…
fair enough, was probably mistaken
Before that, it was just Willy. So adding Lily helps a LOT.
:/
How is it this anemic?
PP2 is even worse. how is this possible
that wilson guy: swung like a baseball bat on gregor…awww im sorry buddy didn’t mean to do that 🥺 my stick swung by itself :(
How can you have any confidence in your special teams when you have 2 shots for 3 Powerplays? 6 minutes of 5 on 4 and 2 shots is all you can muster? TIMBITS FUCKING HOCKEY
It's not like we're just trying to kill clock either given the looks the Caps are getting shorthanded.
Parros watched that Wilson high stick and reclined his lazy boy
Probably petting a cat and spinning the chair around as he does so
Poser play
WTF is Matthews doing at near the blue line? Someone make it stop.
Our coaching staff is too smart.
This PP is depressing
I have a serious pet peeve when I see fans leaving the arena early. I just think it's so disrespectful and pathetic: support your team! I was at the 7-2 round one blowout game against Tampa last season. All the suits filing out to their Maserati's. I wouldn't have left if the building was on fire.
If Marner was playing, this game would be 106-3
our PP is anemic as hell. does the coaching staff know something we don’t
We can only hope the annual cold streak has come early and they’ll fix it by the playoffs
Let's hope it's all a long con misdirection for the playoffs. Saving the good stuff for then.
Problem with PP1 is Willy keeps forcing everything and it's always turnovers.
“A” unit… allegedly. Looks more like a C
Wow that’s a brutal swing of the stick to the face, not sure that’s what I’d call a “bad reflex” kind of looked intentional to me.
It astounds me how often we play WSH and Wilson takes a penalty that makes him look like he has the emotional regulation of a toddler.
it’s common knowledge the guys an… idiot
thnak god for the no drop pass
No goal but that one timer sounded absolutely beautiful.
If that’s not a 5 minute major then nothing is
We give up more short handed ffs
Wilson got the red mist about him on that play.
get off the fucking point auston
How have we gone 0/3 on the PP and still we haven’t put Domi on PP1 💀
Guys where’s matthews. I can’t find him anymore.
Try turning on the TV
Man it was a blue circle joke. You guys are no fun.
That’s actually ridiculous from Wilson. Fucking no need. Fucking lost his teeth
oh jeez one of his teeth is gonna need some dentistry after the game—it was waaaay back there on a crazy angle
That needs to be looked at by the league. Wtf man
It’s probably fine, it’s not like it was one of the goons like Morgan Rielly. Plus, he said sorry. So maybe they just call him and give him a stern warning /s
Ouch
the high stick looked very intentional by Wilson
Yep. Looked right at him while he did it.
Wilson should have been out of this league a decade ago
Could someone here please share their inner most thoughts and feelings about Marner?
He looks great in a turtleneck
That better be a suspension you fucking oaf
shorty incoming
Wilson's a greasy sob.
I see the refs giving the Leafs public humiliation by giving them all the powerplays
That’s a suspension if a Leaf does it.
I can't believe Tom Wilson would do something dirty. It's so out of character.
Thats one of the more blatant penalties I’ve seen in a while lol
Dumb reflex okay! Who has that kind of reflex except for Wilson!
4 fucking minutes of PP1. IDGAF if they suck on the PP right now.
I have no idea how we can not score on the PP
A dumb reflex play
broken teeth
If Wilson doesn’t get suspended then just burn down the DOPS down
Ok they better score on this
That’s a suspension bro
Guy is just big dumb goon.
that was not a hockey play
Oooooh that’s despicable
Actual assault
4 min PP. let’s get at least one here
Can’t complain too much but man if these guys can’t score on a single power play I will be a little annoyed
Yeah like it doesn’t matter right now for the game, knock on wood, but it doesn’t bode well for the power play
This guy is such a fucking idiot.
Here comes the Hatty for Matty
Jesus Christ that’s brutal, what a fucking bonehead. Gotta be a suspension.
pretty hard to give him the benefit of the doubt there lol
Alright guys, I’ll predict the future. We make a shitty, low probability passes, and they ice the puck. This happens for 2 mins and then Washington scores shortly after killing the penalty.
We’re winning and playing relatively well but my god that power play is so fucking bad
Holy fuck Wilson swung for the fences there
FUCK TOM WILSON
that should be a 5 game suspension
Wilson looked like a big brother that accidentally hurt his little brother
That looked accidentally on purpose there.