Man the Leafs looked pathetic last night eh? I stopped watching at the beginning of the 3rd.

  • @breakfastmtn
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    21 month ago

    Meh. The Leafs were purely playing for Matthews. At least two goals against were directly caused by cheating for him. I’m not reading too much into it.

    • Old_GeezerOPM
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      11 month ago

      True. To me, the Bolts seemed to have more team spirit because of the same issue with them.

      • @breakfastmtn
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        21 month ago

        If Matthews had scored against the Panthers, at least him, Marner, Nylander, Tavares probably wouldn’t have been playing at all. I thought the guys on the playoff spot bubble played pretty well.

        Both Brodie and Tavares looked like they were about to cry when they scored and Brodie had the longest goal drought in the league. Keefe pulled Jones and kept Matthews on for a nearly 3-minute shift. I just think the only real takeaway from that game is that they all really wanted Matthews to hit 70. They’d normally get benched for the dangerous, Hail Mary passes they were making to him.

        I also think the Kucherov assist is a different dynamic. He just needed a touch. Could’ve been a primary or secondary assist. Matthews needed a goal and finished with 16 attempts, 12 shots, and 2 posts. Could’ve been 15-1 but treated like a W if one of those went in.

  • @ryan213
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    21 month ago

    Stopped watching when Florida tied it up on Tuesday. Lol

    Meaningless games so I hope it doesn’t affect us on Saturday.

    • Old_GeezerOPM
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      11 month ago

      I hope it doesn’t affect us on Saturday.

      That’s my fear as well. Fingers crossed, historically they haven’t done well against the Bruins.

      • @ryan213
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        21 month ago

        No Bergeron to stifle Matthews this time though. Lol

        • Old_GeezerOPM
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          11 month ago

          No Bergeron to stifle Matthews this time though. Lol

          Yup and the Buds are a little tougher as well. How about Reaves, he is a scoring threat? LOL!