Junkyard Dog

Petey good job on Matthews tying up stick when Marner passed it through the crease.

Ugh Petey thought there was a trailer ffs

Leafs PP dangerous.

Pearson’s revenge.

Rough start. Goaltending why.

I meant top 6 D but I alluded to the fact that their offense is worse than ours which is a disadvantage Dahlin has. I pointed that out in the post I made as well. My mistake if I was not as elaborate as I should of been by stating top 6 and not throwing D out there. I can see how it can be mistaken, my bad to the both of you.

I don't know if they get that. They have gone on stretches without points. Streaky scorers. Hard to tell. Also they need to develop another side to their game, like bringing a good physical presence every night with Virtanen or developing a defensive/checking role with Gaud. Otherwise they're only secondary scorers.

Not hard at all. Buffalo has a better top 6 than us. They have only 1 guy over 20 minutes. They can spread the minutes. We can't. That doesn't mean they'll give up less goals because there is a lot to go into goals against than just your #5 and #6 defenseman. Our top 6 D are not as good. Stech and Fanta average like 15-16 minutes a game. have almost 4 guys over 20 minutes. Tanev is like 19:42. I said our forwards were much much better as well and that most certainly helps Hughes production Conclusion is we have a better goalie and a better team. They just have a better top 6 so they can spread out the time more easily. We are significantly better in almost every other category. You switch Hughes and Dahlin, Dahlin would get 20+ minutes with the Canucks because we still have a bad top 6 and would have to rely on him like Hughes. It's pretty easy to see. If we have better top 6 D than Hughes/Myers/Edler/Tanev don't need to play as much. It is pretty abundant that we want better D. People screaming for Tryamkin and making all kinds of proposals to acquire one. Points per 60 point to the fact that Dahlin has similar production as Hughes despite being on a weaker team in Buffalo. Also Dahlin gets scored on less when he's on the ice. His save percentage when he's on the ice 5v5 is 93.9% which is higher than Buffalo's overall 5v5 save % as a team while Hughes is 90.5% which is lower than the Canucks overall 5v5 save %. Also I never said that solely these stats for be used definitively but they help prove that Dahlin has dominant numbers on a bad team. When you watch him you see why those numbers are the way they are. I can only imagine how good he'd be on a better team like ours. I feel he'd have Hughes-type of production.

Not if our bottom 6 fwds and top 6 D play like crap in their own zone. It'll be fuel this NHL goal leading Leafs team. They also have the advantage of playing Anderson over Demko/Domingue. Leafs are really used to playing a high offensive style. If it is a matter of who scores more they've got the advantage going in at home. Gotta hope they're quiet and Demko has a better game.

Game Saturday will be ugly if we give up those kind of chances and/or Demko lets in a couple goals he''d like back. Leafs are no joke offensively when they show up.

Who would you suggest? Miller? He's been here just almost a season. If he was here a bit longer already sure you could make a case but does he deserve it when he's played 3/4 of a season with us? Every other option we have is too young and shouldn't have that sort of pressure.

Consistency is key with Jake and Gaud. They have games where they're great, on the forecheck and offensively but they also have games where they make mistakes with the puck and don't produce offense.

Can I interest you in a coaches challenge? It is a risk/reward sale that can sometimes work and you can get your goal back at the cost of only a timeout! Good deal if it works.

Top 6 fwds and Top 4 D need to play most of the game. Ride on them hard.

Demko let in 2-3 goals he'd probably like back.

Need to mix up top 4 to get most out of it. Edler-Tanev Hughes-Myers. We are a better team with these guys on the ice. Need to play the better players more. Petey and Horvat's line like 2/3 the game. Roussel does nothing so he needs to come out. Just put in Mac and hope Boeser returns soon. Bottom 6 shouldn't get much more than 1/3 of the game accumulated. It's clear we need to rely on our better players more. Most of the bottom 6 is is a void of offense and are incapable of controlling play consistently. Either put Virtanen or Gaud with Bo and hope you can find an okay line with the other on the 3rd line till Boeser is back. It's fine to have defensive forwards but this team has too many that are void of any offense in the bottom 6. Secondary scoring is only Gaudette and Virtanen

What.

Feeling like a goal coming.

Good play by petey.

Shutout

Stitches for Tanev

Hoberg dialed in. Gotta start crowding the net like we did with Rask.

Ottawa seems to be pushing us around a bit.

Not two guys I ever saw fighting.

Another bad start like in MTL. Can’t let this become a running theme.