Leafs @ Panthers - Jan. 18th, 7:00pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[ZBBM]

You want to take Nylander off of the Matthews line, fine, whatever. But putting Brown in his place isn't going to do anything to help the Matthews line score.

I thinks it?s to make the 4th line some semblance of dangerous.

Maybe that was the plan in the 2nd, but the 4th line has had 2 shifts in the 3rd and probably won't see too many more. So I doubt that's it right now.

It's to send a message, don't you think?

 

[cujo4ever]

You want to take Nylander off of the Matthews line, fine, whatever. But putting Brown in his place isn't going to do anything to help the Matthews line score.

At least Brown will win some puck battles and maybe get the puck to Matthews.

 

[Guilt Trip]

You want to take Nylander off of the Matthews line, fine, whatever. But putting Brown in his place isn't going to do anything to help the Matthews line score.

I thinks it?s to make the 4th line some semblance of dangerous.

If Nylander can't be dangerous with Matthews he ain't doing it with Goat and Lindholm. Sorry but that's piss poor coaching.

 

[lc9]

Leafs need to run 2 lines now, Matthews-Tavares-Marner, Johnsson-Kadri-Kapanen, rinse repeat.

I like it. 

 

[lc9]

Leafs still strongly mightily with simple passes. 

 

[dekedastardly]

Pull the goalie with 3 mins left Babs. We love EN goals against!

 

[dappleganger]

Marner using the body to break up a play. Why can't more players do that?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

It's to send a message, don't you think?

I'm not sure what the message is. Nylander knows he needs to play better. I don't really know exactly how to get him up to speed but I don't think the answer is not playing him.

Anyway Zaitsev just iced the puck for the bajillionth time tonight. I'm sure his ice-time will reflect that.

 

[herman]

Willy was back with Matthews on that last shift.

 

[L K]

Millen identifying that Nylander is back with Matthews for the first time 5 shifts after it happened

 

[lc9]

Every pass is just off. 

 

[L K]

Not a good effort. 

 

[dekedastardly]

Pull the goalie with 3 mins left Babs. We love EN goals against!

Sweet.

 

[Zee]

Of course, they just flip it out and it goes in the net. Matthews with the puck in the slot can't get a shot off

 

[ZBBM]

Garbage game, way to lose to the bottom feeders boys.

 

[lc9]

What an embarrassing loss.

Matthews and Nylander no shows again.  Babcock is amazing at pulling the goalie and the opposing team scoring within first 10 secs. 

 

[azzurri63]

Team and management f?n irk me.

Make some f?n changes.

 

[dekedastardly]

Every pass is just off.

More shots. Less passes. Thought the same of their PP.  They're too cute with it.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Before they pulled Sparks Tavares had the puck in the Florida zone near the blue line while the Leafs were changing and he just dumped it behind Luongo. I don't get that one. There was literally no Leaf in sight to retrieve that puck.

 

[TML fan]

Don't dump it in if you're not going to go and get it.