Flames vs. Leafs - Oct. 26th, 8:30pm - SN+

[lc9]

Man your negativity is way over the top for a team that is coming off a 7-2 win. You are acting like the team is 0-13

Your ref blaming is over the top. The division is passing the leafs by. You can’t lose to bad teams. These let down games is exactly what has defined the Matthews era. They didn’t show up tonight. They weren’t ready to play. How can that happen when it’s such a dog fight in division. And we know they never in in Vancouver.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Man your negativity is way over the top for a team that is coming off a 7-2 win. You are acting like the team is 0-13

I was tempted to say something an hour ago but why bother. Some people always look for the negatives and that's all they post 90% of the time. When the Leafs do well or have good moments during the game....crickets.

 

[L K]

Your ref blaming is over the top. The division is passing the leafs by. You can’t lose to bad teams. These let down games is exactly what has defined the Matthews era. They didn’t show up tonight. They weren’t ready to play. How can that happen when it’s such a dog fight in division. And we know they never in in Vancouver.

the bad team they just lost to has wins against Carolina, Minnesota and Vegas this past week. They are playing good hockey.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Cowan did not have a good game all things considered. Yeesh.

Rough game for him. I guess he was due at some point.

 

[Frank E]

The soft goals that Bob should have stopped sucked the life out of the team early, then add in the turnovers and penalties with some underwhelming pressure on a young team, and you have a gift for Calgary fans.

On to Seattle.

 

[herman]

Big difference this year from previous (see both clips)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2114941002611925227

This is a real team. They’ve got some execution stuff to sort out, and some injury obstacles to overcome, but this is a real team now, not just co-workers.

 

[Bender]

Big difference this year from previous (see both clips)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2114941002611925227

This is a real team. They’ve got some execution stuff to sort out, and some injury obstacles to overcome, but this is a real team now, not just co-workers.

Can't overstate how important it is to take accountability, learn from it and move on. I'm still worried about Bob, but I like the rest of the team for the most part.

 

[cw]

Can't overstate how important it is to take accountability, learn from it and move on. I'm still worried about Bob, but I like the rest of the team for the most part.

Bobrovsky's last Vezina was nearly ten years ago
Goalies start to tail off in their 30s
At 38, a Vezina season seems like very wishful thinking
Tim Thomas did it at 36, Fleury 35 - the oldest in recent times
Plante did it at 39 but NHL expansion played a factor in that.
A goalie can easily hit a wall anytime after 33. Their reaction time starts to tail off. Bobrovsky's fitness probably extends that.
Bobrovsky's been a little below average. A little above average is probably his high water mark.
I didn't think any of the goals last night were soft but a couple of them seemed stoppable - first one in particular where he butterflied down on an angled shot that went high. One of them seemed like a really good shot that would have eluded a bunch of NHLers.