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[MetatronM]

Just saw how Yotes-Ducks ended. Are you serious, Mike Smith?

 

[Unhandled Exception]

TeethMummies got bodied by the Avs

edit: By the way, Long Beach Native Matt Nieto was the sole reason we won that game. The energy on the team was completely different tonight, and Nieto was the catalyst.

 

[Fata1moose]

:lol Islanders lost to a dumpster fire.

 

[Quick]

Stats are stats

https://mobile.twitter.com/dalter/status/817591736461627392

After tonight, the Maple Leafs have the NHL's best road power play (29.0%) and road penalty kill (91.2%). That's astounding.

 

[Pikma]

Stats are stats



https://mobile.twitter.com/dalter/status/817591736461627392

Doesn't this also mean that they're very good at blowing leads? I mean, not necessarily but still

 

[23qwerty]

Canucks are 6 in a row..... Playoffs here we come :/

 

[Quick]

Doesn't this also mean that they're very good at blowing leads? I mean, not necessarily but still

No, YOU'RE very good at blowing leads!

 

[Pikma]

You know I love the Leafs, they're my 15th favorite team, I would never fight Kave or any other LeafsGAF member, except maybe Imbask, he's the only diehard leafs fan I don't like

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

Just saw how Yotes-Ducks ended. Are you serious, Mike Smith?

What a puck handler.

 

[NetMapel]

Rodin didn't score or hat trick. Time to bench him for a thousand games.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

I'm sorry but I have to show this to people

 

[Montresor]

Stats are stats



https://mobile.twitter.com/dalter/status/817591736461627392

Hhhhnnnnnggggg

 

[Reckheim]

I remember saying before the end of last season that the Leafs would make the playoffs this year, even LeafsGAF made fun of me

We haven't made shit yet. Its only 38 games into the season.

Knowing the leafs, well go on a 10 game loosing streak sometime around the 72 game mark.

 

[Marvie_3]

I'm sorry but I have to show this to people

Quite possibly the dumbest thing Ive ever read.

 

[Clydefrog]

If the playoffs started right now:

Flyers @ Blue Jackets
Rangers @ Penguins
Capitals @ Canadiens
Maple Leafs @ Senators

Canucks @ Blackhawks
Blues @ Wild
Flames @ Ducks
Oilers @ Sharks

*GRABS DICKS AND FLIES AWAY*

 

[Kave_Man]

Stats are stats



https://mobile.twitter.com/dalter/status/817591736461627392

As I saw someone made a point about it.

Obviously blowing all those leads is ridiculous but at the same time the fact they're able to lead for that long also shows it's not just a fluke.

It's frustrating as hell but I'll take this team that blows leads versus a team that never has em to begin with.

 

[Simon Belmont]

As I saw someone made a point about it.

Obviously blowing all those leads is ridiculous but at the same time the fact they're able to lead for that long also shows it's not just a fluke.

It's frustrating as hell but I'll take this team that blows leads versus a team that never has em to begin with.

Bingo bongo. Oingo Boingo!

 

[CreeperBlocks]

I don't know if he ends up being an elite NHL player or not, but Hischier definitely seems like he'll be at least a "good" NHL player with his board work, puck control and effectiveness down low around the net

Speaking of Nico

Sportsnet is showing Seadogs vs Mooseheads today at 3Pm EST. Definitely going to watch that.


Scherbak playing in his first NHL game vs the Leafs. Going to be a fun night

 

[Yawnier]

I think the Leafs playoff chances will ultimately boil down to 1) Matthews & Andersen staying healthy and 2) T.B. not rebounding

If Tampa Bay wakes up, I think Montreal/Tampa/Boston are the three division teams, and Leafs are left in a down-to-the-wire wild card race against the Flyers and Senators. I'm not optimistic that they come out as the winner in that scenario.

I've prepared myself that the Leafs will probably draft 12th or 13th overall, aka the Jiri Tlusty range

Just gonna have to hope that somebody like a Willy Nylander ends up falling a bit on draft day

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

https://youtu.be/UzpbpDViTZo

in case anyone missed Mike Smith's latest blooper

 

[Kave_Man]

I've prepared myself that the Leafs will probably draft 12th or 13th overall, aka the Jiri Tlusty range

Just gonna have to hope that somebody like a Willy Nylander ends up falling a bit on draft day

That was my expectation going into the season so they're right where I thought they might be.

 

[imBask]

I've prepared myself that the Leafs will probably draft 12th or 13th overall, aka the Jiri Tlusty range

Just gonna have to hope that somebody like a Willy Nylander ends up falling a bit on draft day

Leafs are entering the infamous middle of the pack limbo?

AWW YEAAH

 

[lamaroo]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to lose at hockey tonight against the Montreal Canadiens.

 

[DopeyFish]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to lose at hockey tonight against the Montreal Canadiens.

rip the playoff dream

 

[imBask]

second game in a row
against Carey Price
on a saturday night

 

[sirronoh]

https://youtu.be/UzpbpDViTZo

in case anyone missed Mike Smith's latest blooper

Like holy crap lol

Gibson and Bernier laughing at him as they skate off. Wow. *_*

 

[CreeperBlocks]

second game in a row
against Carey Price
on a saturday night

Didn't Andersen play last night too?

 

[Foggy]

https://mobile.twitter.com/dalter/status/817591736461627392

After tonight, the Maple Leafs have the NHL's best road power play (29.0%) and road penalty kill (91.2%). That's astounding.

There's another word for that. It's

UNSUSTAINABLE

https://youtu.be/UzpbpDViTZo

in case anyone missed Mike Smith's latest blooper

Highlight is amazing, but all I can think is what sort of people pay a bunch of money to see a hockey game in the lower bowl, watch OT, see their team win in hilarious fashion, and then immediately jog up the stairs to beat traffic. What went so wrong in your life to make you act this way?

 

[imBask]

There's another word for that. It's

UNSUSTAINABLE

the so called percentages

 

[Pikma]

https://youtu.be/UzpbpDViTZo

in case anyone missed Mike Smith's latest blooper

Lmao why the fuck would you want to handle the puck on a fucking 3on3

 

[DopeyFish]

second game in a row
against Carey Price
on a saturday night

Leafs took the last half of the previous game off

no lie

 

[Pikma]

There's another word for that. It's

UNSUSTAINABLE

If a beer league team like the Columbus Blue Jackets can win 30 games in a row I doubt a future elite team like the Toronto Maple Leafs can't sustain a ~30% PP and a 99% PK

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Montreal signs Markus Eisenschmid to a Two year, Two way contract

 

[ElephantShell]

Didn't Andersen play last night too?

Yup but fuck it, he's going again! Backup goalie? Whats a backup goalie?

Not expecting much from this game, but I haven't expected much from either game against the Habs this year and they were both close and this is the first in Toronto so maybe I'll be surprised. If it's a gong show I'll put on football.

I hit that Split Second ad so much it's in my frequently visited pages on my phone.

 

[ElephantShell]

Oops I posted the same thing twice.

 

[yyzjohn]

Yup but fuck it, he's going again! Backup goalie? Whats a backup goalie?

Leafs are also off another tonight for 5 days straight so no point in resting Andersen.

 

[DopeyFish]

when are they announcing the all-star game roster?

 

[astroturfing]

wtf is with Laine passing all the time now? shyness or something?

 

[DopeyFish]

wtf is with Laine passing all the time now? shyness or something?

he's afraid of the sound his stick makes when it hits the ice

(i am too)

 

[calder]

wtf is with Laine passing all the time now? shyness or something?

Especially on 2 on 1s like that sometimes the goalie and D overplay him so much it's hilarious. He's a good passer but with his shot it's understandable when goalies bite so hard when he fakes shot

 

[calder]

Bad goal late in Helle, this is not a recording

No idea at all what hellebuyck was doing on that shot. It almost looked like he was flailing his feet around desperately trying to get out of the way of the puck 🙄

 

[Erdrick]

wtf is with Laine passing all the time now? shyness or something?

Points are points.

Bad goal late in Helle, this is not a recording

No idea at all what hellebuyck was doing on that shot. It almost looked like he was flailing his feet around desperately trying to get out of the way of the puck 🙄

Par for the course with our goalies this season. Lets hope it's his only blunder today.

 

[calder]

Gionta trying to get puck out from under Buffs skate was just about the funniest thing I've seen this season

 

[Red_Man]

Tampa is a mess this season

 

[Erdrick]

Nice to see Stafford and Armia score against their old team. Armia really deserves more goals, as he works his ass off.

 

[iLLmAtlc]

I was just looking back on the 2013 world juniors and man that team USA was loaded on defence:

Trouba
McCabe
S. Jones
M. Reilly
Gotisbehere
C. Murphy

Also RNH with 15 points in 6 games >_>

 

[alexthekid]

The shift-by-shift of Liljegren was surprisingly underwhelming, but it may be because he was just getting back from being sick + playing in a men's league for the first time. Would not be surprised if he starts dropping if he continues to play like that, although the elite skill potential is still obvious.

He played in SHL last year.

 

[ColdPizza]

Wow. McCabe murdered Laine

 

[calder]

Hope Laine is ok, that was a huge collision. Looked like he got some helmet to the face

 

[alexthekid]

Ah yes my mistake.

Guess I'll default to it just being a bad game for him after coming back from illness.

Yeah hopefully, but It feels like you never know what happens with a propects development when they are put for considereble time.