Devils @ Leafs - Jan. 31st, 7:30pm - SN, Fan 590

[Guilt Trip]

At least it?s 3-1 now.

Haha, yup

 

[Bullfrog]

?Andreas Johnsson started his 2nd season with the Devils on fire with 18 points in his first 20 games. He has just 1 goal and 6 points in his last 21 games since then though

CtB.  tsk tsk

 

[L K]

Vesey with two hits and a crosscheck to the back of Rielly on one shift.  Where the hell was any of that from him last year?

 

[rdowdall]

All Star break coming at the perfect time.

Not really because the last break over Christmas didn't help at all....they were rolling before that break.

Christmas break was rife with COVID. Hard to use that as any comparison. Also, they?re scuffling right now.

They are trying a lot of cute plays again, like that one that Marner just tried at the line.  They got to get back to taking care of the puck in the defensive zone.

That?s what this team does when they?re struggling. They try to do too much instead of simplifying.

Should be fixable, but they gotta commit to playing the right way, the way they did after that initial stretch of bad games.

 

[L K]

All Star break coming at the perfect time.

Not really because the last break over Christmas didn't help at all....they were rolling before that break.

Christmas break was rife with COVID. Hard to use that as any comparison. Also, they?re scuffling right now.

They are trying a lot of cute plays again, like that one that Marner just tried at the line.  They got to get back to taking care of the puck in the defensive zone.

That?s what this team does when they?re struggling. They try to do too much instead of simplifying.

At what point is that a little too concerning for the GM.  The core isn?t young enough to still be making those same mistakes.  This team
Can be so good but that?s the kind of mentality that is going to hand them another early playoff exit.  This team still doesn?t know what to do with adversity

 

[Bender]

Liljegren making some bad decisions under pressure.

 

[L K]

Better effort since going down 3-1

Now we can watch the no-name goalie stonewall the team

 

[Bullfrog]

That ended with a good shot by Holl from a nice pass by Spezza, but otherwise being way too cute with the puck. Lots of missed shot opportunities.

 

[L K]

Matthews might score 10?tonight

 

[azzurri63]

Well miss the first 10 minutes and come home to a 3-1 deficit. Goalie we've never heard of in net and Campbell gets pulled. Doesn't surprise me with the loosey goosey play of late. Team needs to get back to the small things that was working so well defensively back in December etc. Defence has struggled as of late and the forwards need to do a better job as well.

 

[Bender]

Come on AM34, hatty watch!!

 

[Bullfrog]

What a goal: great pass by Marner, good shot by Reilly, wicked tip by Matthews.

 

[lamajama]

Not sure really why but Leafs certainly play to their opponent.

 

[L K]

The good news is we are still in the game after playing poorly.  The bad news is the Leafs haven?t been able to shake this poor play off.  Still a lot of t fancy passes.  If Marner spins in the offensive zone one more time tonight I think we need to take his skates away

 

[Guilt Trip]

The good news is we are still in the game after playing poorly.  The bad news is the Leafs haven?t been able to shake this poor play off.  Still a lot of t fancy passes.  If Marner spins in the offensive zone one more time tonight I think we need to take his skates away

The bad news is Jack continues to struggle..

 

[Guilt Trip]

Kerfoot to the 4th line...

 

[Bender]

Bleh.

 

[L K]

Yeah outside of the Matthews line I don?t like anything from the team tonight

More bad defensive play leads to a. 4th goal

 

[Guilt Trip]

Haha..nice coverage there...JT line again.
We got them right where we want them!

 

[azzurri63]

Nice seeing our top pairing standing in front of the net doing absolutely nothing.