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Leafs @ Stars - Apr. 7th, 8:30pm - SNO, Fan 590

I don?t hate Dallas do them getting a point doesn?t make me upset.  Especially when Matthews gets another game winner
 
Matthews took 13 shot attempts for 12 shots on goal (career best) and two goals (career and franchise bests)
 
https://twitter.com/bradytrett/status/1512267124193955843
Sound on for the Dallas call. I promise you won?t regret it
 
Mattews 2 more goals and that last one will be on the highlights of the year show. Wish they could not blow leads but hopefully after getting Campbell a couple of more games in net he will be able to settle things down. Great road trip getting 7 out of 8 points and up 5 points on Tampa and Boston and yes I know they both have 1 game in hand. Now we have to play the dreaded last place Montreal Canadians, trying to think happy thoughts.
 
Not to be wet-blanketish but looking at the replay several times that was some pah-thetic defense on the OT goals by the 2 Dallas forwards and the third guy too (didn't catch the numbers).  They were all exhausted, to judge from the tape.

Stiil, it was awesome.
 
princedpw said:
L K said:
The sports gambling crap is so awful.  Why the hell are we this obsessed with this crap.  It?s sick
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It sucks money out of people who can least afford it.
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There's def a huge market for it. The way I look at it, nobody is forcing anyone to gamble.
 
L K said:
The sports gambling crap is so awful.  Why the hell are we this obsessed with this crap.  It?s sick
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It adds that dopamine hit to sports and gets people hooked on consuming sports even if they don't care about the teams involved from a fan perspective.

It's a revenue source and that's all the leagues care about.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Not to be wet-blanketish but looking at the replay several times that was some pah-thetic defense on the OT goals by the 2 Dallas forwards and the third guy too (didn't catch the numbers).  They were all exhausted, to judge from the tape.

Stiil, it was awesome.
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Seguin was absolutely gassed and wanted off and I have no idea what he was doing on the Matthews zone entry, it looked like he thought he could change for a second and then had to quickly turn and at that point he didn't stand a chance of defending Matthews. Pavelski and Suter were fresh off the bench for the first time in OT and just stood there.
 
Just watched the highlights, those were a couple of sweet goals by Matthews. It is a lot of fun being able to watch him as his career moves along. :)
 
Besides the two goals, I noticed Matthews more prominently than usual defensively last night, not that he isn?t always solid defensively.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
Besides the two goals, I noticed Matthews more prominently than usual defensively last night, not that he isn?t always solid defensively.
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I actually think that Matthews defensive contributions predict the Leafs winning, more than his goal scoring.  I took a look at Matthews +/- for the season and correlated that to loses.  I know that +/- isn't the greatest stat, but I just wanted to do something quick and dirty to see how that number correlates to the Leafs winning or losing.  Here are the numbers:

Loses
Oct 18 - Rangers: 0
Oct 22 - Sharks: -2
Oct 23 - Pens: 0
Oct 25 - Canes: -1
Nov 8 - Kings: -2
Nov 20 - Pens: -1
Dec 4 - Wild: -2
Dev 5 - Jets: -1
Dec 9 - Lightning: -2
Jan 12 - Coyotes: 1
Jan 19 - Rangers: -2
Feb 10 - Flames: -1
Feb 12 - Canucks: -1
Feb 19 - Blues: -2
Feb 21 - Canadiens: -1
Mar 2 - Sabres: -2
Mar 5 - Canucks: -1
Mar 10 - Coyotes: 0
Mar 13 - Sabres: -2
Mar 26 - Canadiens: -1
April 5 - Panthers: -2

Wins
Oct 30 - Det: -1
Nov 18 - Ranger: -1
Jan 22 - Islanders: -1
Jan 26 - Ducks: -1
Mar 29 - Bruins: -1

Only once this year, have the Leafs lost when Matthews is a positive player, and only 4 times this year have the Leafs managed to win the game when Matthews is a - player.  I think that if a deeper dive was done, it would show that on the nights where Matthews isn't as effective defensively, those are the nights where the Leafs are going to struggle to win, regardless of if he scores. 
 
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