Oilers @ Leafs - Jan. 20th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[Guilt Trip]

Andersen doing his part.

Yup.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Mikheyev has been a beast tonight.

 

[L K]

No urgency at this point from the team.  Edmonton is doing a good job of clogging the neutral zone and doing a lot of little minor interference and the Leafs just keep handing the puck back to them on ineffective dumps

 

[Phileas Fogg]

I have no idea what Reilly was trying to do there. He basically gifted mcdavid a 2 on 1.

 

[L K]

Maybe they shouldn?t have complained about the puck because they can?t complete passes tonight

 

[ZBBM]

The day in review:

1.  Trump goes poof, sanity/decency returns to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
2.  QAnon is in full, self-recriminating meltdown.
3.  Leafs run into some bad luck.

To quote that great philosopher, Meat Loaf, two out of three ain't bad.

 

[L K]

Spezza misses an open net and of course Edmonton scores on the empty net.  Didn?t deserve to win this one with this effort but Edmonton does not deserve a win from this one either. 

 

[Bender]

So unlucky by Spezza. Also I hate when we pull the goalie without possession. Jesus why do they always do that?

 

[Phileas Fogg]

I don't understand why they didn't pull andersen at 2M when they had possession.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Spezza misses an open net. Tough break. No bounces tonight. Good defensive effort though.

 

[bustaheims]

A fairly tidy defensive effort, which shouldn?t be discounted, but overall, not a great night for the Leafs. They look gassed.

 

[BermudaBudsFan]

They just took too long to decide to play.

 

[azzurri63]

Want to get out of a slump play the Leafs. Decisions some of these stars make are mind boggling. Nurse had nowhere to go with that puck other than reversing it and I think it was Reilly who could have blocked out the pass but didn?t straddle the boards.

 

[dekedastardly]

A game like this, how they've played tonight, they should probably keep the goalie in

 

[BermudaBudsFan]

Marner not very good tonight.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Marner not very good tonight.

I thought he was one of the only players that showed up with a good effort.

 

[Chris]

They look out of sorts on offense. Lots of bobbles, poor decisions and passes. Partly due, I think, to "forcing" Thornton and Vesey onto the first 2 lines. Neither belong in those positions. The Thornton issue might be solved by injury but Vesey needs to give way to Mikheyev.

At least, that's how it looks to me.

 

[BermudaBudsFan]

Marner not very good tonight.

I thought he was one of the only players that showed up with a good effort.

I felt like Matthews was doing it all on that line without support.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Marner not very good tonight.

Nope. On the other hand Mikheyev was fantastic. Time to move Vesey off the 2nd line. Terrible penalty calls.

 

[BrownRolo]

So when Muzzin was carrying the puck up the ice and almost tripped that's not a penalty? I'm really getting sick of the Leafs getting the short end of the stick when it comes to calls.

The thing is this team doesn't dive or embellish calls. You would think refs want to reward that, but it's probably a better strategy to go down. If Muzzin goes down on that play they have to call a penalty.