Islanders @ Leafs - Jan. 4th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[Hobbes]

Leafs only scored 3 goals so I guess we're not time-warping back to the early 90's after all.

 

[Zee]

Awesome to see Hutch get the SO. Leafs are improving their dzone coverage. Nice to see.

Let's not get crazy here Islanders aren't exactly Colorado on offense.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Leafs only scored 3 goals so I guess we're not time-warping back to the early 90's after all.

The way Trotz has this team structured to play, I think it's about a 2 to 1 goal equivalent when playing against the islanders. So a solid 6-0 win.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Awesome to see Hutch get the SO. Leafs are improving their dzone coverage. Nice to see.

Let's not get crazy here Islanders aren't exactly Colorado on offense.

No but the Isles are one of the more structures teams and he made some big saves. Don't rain on his parade man! Lol.

 

[lamajama]

Leafs only scored 3 goals so I guess we're not time-warping back to the early 90's after all.

The way Trotz has this team structured to play, I think it's about a 2 to 1 goal equivalent when playing against the islanders. So a solid 6-0 win.

I couldn?t imagine watching 82 Islander games  :-[

And Uncle Leo hasn?t scored in almost a year (Jan 20)?

Shades of Scott Gomez

 

[Guilt Trip]

Is that 3 in a row for Hutch now?

 

[Chris]

Awesome to see Hutch get the SO. Leafs are improving their dzone coverage. Nice to see.

Let's not get crazy here Islanders aren't exactly Colorado on offense.

No, but overall the past couple of weeks the Leafs appear to be playing a more coherent team defense when they do get stuck in their own end. Less running around and panic, better coverage in front, preventing clear second chances, keeping teams mostly to the outside. They seem to get in trouble mostly when someone (ahem Marincin tonight) tries one of those silly up the middle clearing attempts, or on odd-man rushes where the defender (ahem Barrie) chooses to play neither the shot nor the pass. Sure, sometimes a defender gets beat cleanly but that happens to all teams. I think they look quite a bit better in the dzone.

 

[Kin]

Awesome to see Hutch get the SO. Leafs are improving their dzone coverage. Nice to see.

Let's not get crazy here Islanders aren't exactly Colorado on offense.

Which of the three anodyne sentences are you replying to that you think amounts to "getting crazy"?

 

[hockeyfan1]

The Leafs forwards were calm, collected, and effective.  Can?t say quite the same thing for some on the backend like Marincin.  Certainly not one if his better games.

So glad for Hutchinson.  This is what having a reliable backup means.  He kept them in the game (along with the aid of some posts) but all in all, solid effort from him.  Hopefully, his sense of positivity will backstop the team to more wins whenever he?ll be called upon.

 

[Kin]

Leafs win, Raptors win, Patriots lose...A+ night.

 

[Bender]

Maybe I actually picked the wrong night to go see a movie! [emoji50]

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1213680610696482816
That Dubas glasses emoji.

 

[BrownRolo]

Leafs win, Raptors win, Patriots lose...A+ night.

Bills lost :'(

 

[Highlander]

I know Willy is getting a lot of praise lately but I'm totally impressed with Kerfoot. His game has gone to a new level since being moved to wing.

Ya Kerfoot a lot better now!  Apologies to Hutch, he is a new player since Keefe took over.

 

[Guilt Trip]

I know Willy is getting a lot of praise lately but I'm totally impressed with Kerfoot. His game has gone to a new level since being moved to wing.

Ya Kerfoot a lot better now!  Apologies to Hutch, he is a new player since Keefe took over.

He was coming around well as the 3rd line centre but it's different. Seems anyone who plays with JT just  works harder on his line. His work ethic is infectious.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

He was coming around well as the 3rd line centre but it's different. Seems anyone who plays with JT just  works harder on his line. His work ethic is infectious.

This is why I'm not as sold as keeping him on the wing as some others are. The teams overall depth is just better with him at C and there's a pretty good chance that Johnsson can perform well on that Tavares line too.

 

[Guilt Trip]

He was coming around well as the 3rd line centre but it's different. Seems anyone who plays with JT just  works harder on his line. His work ethic is infectious.

This is why I'm not as sold as keeping him on the wing as some others are. The teams overall depth is just better with him at C and there's a pretty good chance that Johnsson can perform well on that Tavares line too.

Agree. I think he goes back to 3rd line centre when Johnsson comes back. Spezza is doing an admirable job with Engvall and Kappy but I think having Spezza as our 4th line centre will make them a threat also.