Game 42: Devils @ Leafs - Apr. 15, 7:00pm - LeafsTV

[nutman]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

If they do perform like last night, they will not win but it won't be a blow out.

 

[Derk]

Nice win last night. Good game by Reimer.

 

[crazyperfectdevil]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

Ottawa was kept to 11 shots by New Jersey.  So I don't think the shotcount is really all that reflective of how the leafs were playing more how committed to the trap the devils were.  Washington plays a different game.  So while the leafs may very well lose this one.  I don't see them doing it the same way because it won't be the devils

 

[OldTimeHockey]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

Ottawa was kept to 11 shots by New Jersey.  So I don't think the shotcount is really all that reflective of how the leafs were playing more how committed to the trap the devils were.  Washington plays a different game.  So while the leafs may very well lose this one.  I don't see them doing it the same way because it won't be the devils

Ottawa being kept to 11 shots doesn't necessarily reflect the average that NJ gives up on a nightly basis.

And the 13 shots may not be reflective of how the Leafs played, but if we're going to try and pretend that the Leafs played well, I think we need to remove our rose coloured glasses.

Yes, Washington plays a different game, but so does Montreal and the shots were tough to come by in that game as well.

I'm not saying that the panic button should be hit, just that I don't like the way the team is trending.

 

[nutman]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

Ottawa was kept to 11 shots by New Jersey.  So I don't think the shotcount is really all that reflective of how the leafs were playing more how committed to the trap the devils were.  Washington plays a different game.  So while the leafs may very well lose this one.  I don't see them doing it the same way because it won't be the devils

Ottawa being kept to 11 shots doesn't necessarily reflect the average that NJ gives up on a nightly basis.

And the 13 shots may not be reflective of how the Leafs played, but if we're going to try and pretend that the Leafs played well, I think we need to remove our rose coloured glasses.

Yes, Washington plays a different game, but so does Montreal and the shots were tough to come by in that game as well.

I'm not saying that the panic button should be hit, just that I don't like the way the team is trending.

I do were climbing. ;D

 

[crazyperfectdevil]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

Ottawa was kept to 11 shots by New Jersey.  So I don't think the shotcount is really all that reflective of how the leafs were playing more how committed to the trap the devils were.  Washington plays a different game.  So while the leafs may very well lose this one.  I don't see them doing it the same way because it won't be the devils

Ottawa being kept to 11 shots doesn't necessarily reflect the average that NJ gives up on a nightly basis.

And the 13 shots may not be reflective of how the Leafs played, but if we're going to try and pretend that the Leafs played well, I think we need to remove our rose coloured glasses.

Yes, Washington plays a different game, but so does Montreal and the shots were tough to come by in that game as well.

I'm not saying that the panic button should be hit, just that I don't like the way the team is trending.

so you're saying i'm cherry picking right?  but so are you kind of.  shots were hard to come by in the montreal game, but goals weren't.  4 goals on 5 shots?  that's going to change a team's approach.  First the team playing catchup generally has the puck more because the team with the lead plays safer.  I don't think looking at the montreal game tells you anything other than that price had a crappy night. 

 

[AvroArrow]

Didn't get to watch tonight's game but I saw a 4 minute highlight video on NHL.com.  It was about 3:30 of Reimer saves.

I watched mapleleafs.com "Game in 6" and it was pretty much the same thing.  The Reimer show!

 

[OldTimeHockey]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

Ottawa was kept to 11 shots by New Jersey.  So I don't think the shotcount is really all that reflective of how the leafs were playing more how committed to the trap the devils were.  Washington plays a different game.  So while the leafs may very well lose this one.  I don't see them doing it the same way because it won't be the devils

Ottawa being kept to 11 shots doesn't necessarily reflect the average that NJ gives up on a nightly basis.

And the 13 shots may not be reflective of how the Leafs played, but if we're going to try and pretend that the Leafs played well, I think we need to remove our rose coloured glasses.

Yes, Washington plays a different game, but so does Montreal and the shots were tough to come by in that game as well.

I'm not saying that the panic button should be hit, just that I don't like the way the team is trending.

so you're saying i'm cherry picking right?  but so are you kind of.  shots were hard to come by in the montreal game, but goals weren't.  4 goals on 5 shots?  that's going to change a team's approach.  First the team playing catchup generally has the puck more because the team with the lead plays safer.  I don't think looking at the montreal game tells you anything other than that price had a crappy night.

I have no idea what you mean by cherry picking.

Like I said, the Montreal game was stolen by poor goaltending on the Habs part. There's no way that game is a blowout without Price playing terribly. The habs IMO carried the play for the 1st two periods despite the Leafs scoring 5 of the 6 goals scored in those two periods. It was a case where the blame can be squarely placed on the goaltender's shoulders.

Like I said, I'm not hitting the panic button. I just don't think we should be too impressed with how they've played lately.

 

[Zee]

One thing that does worry me is the lack of shots this team is getting. Reimer may of stolen this one, and poor goaltending on the part of the Habs stole the last one, but this type of play can't continue.

It's not always how many shot you take, it's how many go in. as for Jersey not many teams get a lot of shots on them.

While teams may not get a lot of shots on NJ, 13 is far below average I'd think.

If Toronto repeats with a similar performance tonight against the Caps, it'll be a blowout.

Ottawa was kept to 11 shots by New Jersey.  So I don't think the shotcount is really all that reflective of how the leafs were playing more how committed to the trap the devils were.  Washington plays a different game.  So while the leafs may very well lose this one.  I don't see them doing it the same way because it won't be the devils

Ottawa being kept to 11 shots doesn't necessarily reflect the average that NJ gives up on a nightly basis.

And the 13 shots may not be reflective of how the Leafs played, but if we're going to try and pretend that the Leafs played well, I think we need to remove our rose coloured glasses.

Yes, Washington plays a different game, but so does Montreal and the shots were tough to come by in that game as well.

I'm not saying that the panic button should be hit, just that I don't like the way the team is trending.

so you're saying i'm cherry picking right?  but so are you kind of.  shots were hard to come by in the montreal game, but goals weren't.  4 goals on 5 shots?  that's going to change a team's approach.  First the team playing catchup generally has the puck more because the team with the lead plays safer.  I don't think looking at the montreal game tells you anything other than that price had a crappy night.

I have no idea what you mean by cherry picking.

Like I said, the Montreal game was stolen by poor goaltending on the Habs part. There's no way that game is a blowout without Price playing terribly. The habs IMO carried the play for the 1st two periods despite the Leafs scoring 5 of the 6 goals scored in those two periods. It was a case where the blame can be squarely placed on the goaltender's shoulders.

Like I said, I'm not hitting the panic button. I just don't think we should be too impressed with how they've played lately.

The Habs game was home and cooled away with shoddy Habs goaltending.  Sure the shots were in favor of Montreal, but I don't recall Reimer having to make huge saves in that game.  Most of the shots were of the "ordinary save" type that any NHL goalie should make.  I wouldn't point to that game as an alarming one, Leafs had it well in hand and did what they needed to.

 

[nutman]

The way I see it, if you have players that can score, and we do, then all you need is the right shots. maybe we never had many shots, but the goalies we were facing were two of the best. so 10 shots or 40 its how good them shots are. see leafs the last six yrs.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

I have no idea what you mean by cherry picking.

Like I said, the Montreal game was stolen by poor goaltending on the Habs part. There's no way that game is a blowout without Price playing terribly. The habs IMO carried the play for the 1st two periods despite the Leafs scoring 5 of the 6 goals scored in those two periods. It was a case where the blame can be squarely placed on the goaltender's shoulders.

Like I said, I'm not hitting the panic button. I just don't think we should be too impressed with how they've played lately.

The Habs game was home and cooled away with shoddy Habs goaltending.  Sure the shots were in favor of Montreal, but I don't recall Reimer having to make huge saves in that game.  Most of the shots were of the "ordinary save" type that any NHL goalie should make.  I wouldn't point to that game as an alarming one, Leafs had it well in hand and did what they needed to.

Perhaps it was just me then..I just wasn't overly impressed despite the score. I get what you're saying completely. I just have issues when on back to back nights(games), the first period shot totals are so lopsided.