Oilers @ Leafs - Jan. 6th, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[Chris]

You give him enough chances, and McDavid?s gonna McDavid.

Yep. We needed Matthews and company and they were absent.

Don't agree. Matthews has been fine tonight. Out of our big guns, he's the only one who's played a pretty good game.

He's been OK, that's about it though. Not one of his better games.

 

[ZBBM]

Yeah, I don't like that call.

But the Leafs didn't bring it for the first half of the period.  EDM deserves to win.

 

[Guilt Trip]

And that's not a penalty. Bullshit call.

 

[azzurri63]

Yeah, I don't like that call.

But the Leafs didn't bring it for the first half of the period.  EDM deserves to win.

Doesn't help when you take stupid penalties. Pretty hard to gain any momentum.

 

[lc9]

Well, what are you gonna do?

Not much if you're Hutch. Rielly though? That was pathetic on his part. Gap control, stick, body, something.

You realize he was selling pass the whole time until Rielly tried to gap up the body, and McDavid just went 0-60 in one stride

He was selling the pass to mike smith though.  It was 1 on 1 with no one else around. 

 

[azzurri63]

Empty netter for Drais coming up.

 

[azzurri63]

Refs trying to even up the calls.

 

[herman]

Well, what are you gonna do?

Not much if you're Hutch. Rielly though? That was pathetic on his part. Gap control, stick, body, something.

You realize he was selling pass the whole time until Rielly tried to gap up the body, and McDavid just went 0-60 in one stride

He was selling the pass to mike smith though.  It was 1 on 1 with no one else around.

https://twitter.com/leafsalldayy/status/1214372392002375681

 

[herman]

5F!

 

[Hobbes]

I don't understand why they want Matthews being the guy to enter the zone. It worked that time, but it frequently doesn't, and both Nylander and Marner are better/more reliable.

 

[ZBBM]

Yeah, I don't like that call.

But the Leafs didn't bring it for the first half of the period.  EDM deserves to win.

Doesn't help when you take stupid penalties. Pretty hard to gain any momentum.

Yep, they had way too many.

 

[Bender]

Some games you just don't have it. This was one of them. Can't contain McDavid and you probably can't win.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Probably the worst Leafs effort in a pretty long time but they still managed to stay in the game for most of it.

 

[Chris]

Oh well, Edm was better and deserved the win.

 

[ZBBM]

Probably the worst Leafs effort in a pretty long time but they still managed to stay in the game for most of it.

You don't win many when McD gets 4 points.  The Draisaitl goal wasn't chopped liver either.

That was just an insane goal by 97.

 

[Strangelove]

Rough game for Tavares and Nylander. The McDavid line made them look like AHLers.

 

[Bender]

O'Neill: No defenseman in the world could stop that

LC9: Rielly is garbage


The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

 

[Bender]

Rough game for Tavares and Nylander. The McDavid line made them look like AHLers.

Shit happens. McDavid hadn't even scored here before tonight. They've contained him before just not tonight.

 

[Guilt Trip]

I want to see Engvall get a shot on Th Matthews' line. Haven't liked Hyman for the last few. He's great at getting the puck but he's not finishing his chances.

 

[Hobbes]

I want to see Engvall get a shot on Th Matthews' line. Haven't liked Hyman for the last few. He's great at getting the puck but he's not finishing his chances.

Marner has also looked sub-par the last couple games. I'm wondering if a few other guys beyond Brooks have been coping with the flu.