Oilers @ Leafs - Mar. 27th, 7:00pm - CBC, Fan 590

[Kin]

Easiest game in the world to quit on. Back to back, against a hot team and down early. This team showed some real heart getting back in it and getting the win. If the reverse had happened people would be lining up to say it revealed a character deficiency but those people are going to be conspicuously silent tonight.

Apart from it being a back to back, agreed.

Fair enough. I've got pandemic brain. All the days blend.

 

[Joe S.]

Well seen enough. Good night everyone.

This aged well.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Well seen enough. Good night everyone.

This aged well.

I mean, he's right that everyone had a good night.

 

[azzurri63]

Poor azzuri missing that 3rd period and overtime

Ha!

Yep poor Azzurri how little you all know.

What did you think of the Kassian hit?  Was it charging?  I need to look at it again but I thought it looked clean at first blush and on the one replay I saw.

Holl didn't take a penalty, but on the other hand their "tough guy" leveled our captain and if it was a charge, do you think Holl should have fought him?  These are serious questions, not gotchas.  I'd be interested in how you interpret that kind of borderline physical play since you emphasize team toughness.

I didn?t see it so can?t comment. When approximately did it happen? Time?

Went back and found it. Tough call I don?t think it was dirty looks like he left his feet but Tavares was going down from the hit at the same time. Late in the game a tie game smart of Holl to lay off. I don?t think Holl to be honest would want a piece of Kassian but Kudos to him for coming in. See if anything transpires on Monday but I don?t think so.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Praise for Galchenyuk tonight. Another solid game, plus assists on two crucial goals.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

I guess Campbell won't get a star, but he made three hugely critical stops in the last ten minutes on high danger chances that would have iced the game for the Oil.

So if he let one in that he'd like back, he totally made up for it in the 3rd.

 

[azzurri63]

Well seen enough. Good night everyone.

This aged well.

I mean, he's right that everyone had a good night.

You're welcome.

 

[azzurri63]

I guess Campbell won't get a star, but he made three hugely critical stops in the last ten minutes on high danger chances that would have iced the game for the Oil.

So if he let one in that he'd like back, he totally made up for it in the 3rd.

Nurse's goal I thought was weak wasn't a hard shot but can't really blame him on the other two. Muzzin should have taken away the pass but I don't think he even knew Draisitl was there or maybe he thought McDavid was going to cut to the net. I blame Muzzin more as well as the 3rd goal that was Muzzin again.

 

[TML fan]

They got saves from their goalie when they needed it. They chipped away and got a couple of garbage goals. Not sure what there is to complain about. Thought it was an all around good win.

 

[TML fan]

Poor azzuri missing that 3rd period and overtime

Ha!

Yep poor Azzurri how little you all know.

What did you think of the Kassian hit?  Was it charging?  I need to look at it again but I thought it looked clean at first blush and on the one replay I saw.

Holl didn't take a penalty, but on the other hand their "tough guy" leveled our captain and if it was a charge, do you think Holl should have fought him?  These are serious questions, not gotchas.  I'd be interested in how you interpret that kind of borderline physical play since you emphasize team toughness.

I know you're not asking me, but at that point in the game it's not worth the potential instigator. It should have been a penalty but you know NHL refs. If Tavares was hurt I think Holl fights him (and loses) which doesn't do the team any good either.

The Leafs won the game. That sends more of a message to the Oilers than anyone on the Leafs losing a fight to that knuckle-dragger anyway.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1375992524410617857

 

[louisstamos]

Jets lose to the Flames in regulation, so good night for the standings.

 

[herman]

All three plays were pretty great. The entry was in very tight quarters at pretty good speed, so it would?ve been not unusual to see the puck hit a leg or stick here and kill it at the blueline. Of course it?s Willy handling it so it?s quite a bit more usual that it comes over under full control and he slips a delicate area pass between two Oilers for Galchenyuk to skate onto.

One neat between the legs reverse (Galchenyuk?s wonky A-frame stance comes in handy!) and a very heavy snapper from the Captain later, we have a game. What starts out as a 3 on 4 turns into a 1 on 2 (+confusion) and then a 1 on 0 opportunity in very dangerous ice.

 

[Frank E]

I feel like it's so rare that the bounces go the Leafs way lately, but man, last night they sure got the bounces.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

I feel like it's so rare that the bounces go the Leafs way lately, but man, last night they sure got the bounces.

And even a non-bounce when Engvall failed to hit the puck with his glove.

 

[herman]

I feel like it's so rare that the bounces go the Leafs way lately, but man, last night they sure got the bounces.

And even a non-bounce when Engvall failed to hit the puck with his glove.

Should be hard for the luck deniers to claim there are only purposeful results in hockey.

The trick is playing in such a way that more and more good bounces are likely for your team (have the puck, play in the OZ a lot, set up good shooters to shoot).

 

[Frank E]

I feel like it's so rare that the bounces go the Leafs way lately, but man, last night they sure got the bounces.

And even a non-bounce when Engvall failed to hit the puck with his glove.

You're not wrong.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

All three plays were pretty great. The entry was in very tight quarters at pretty good speed, so it would?ve been not unusual to see the puck hit a leg or stick here and kill it at the blueline. Of course it?s Willy handling it so it?s quite a bit more usual that it comes over under full control and he slips a delicate area pass between two Oilers for Galchenyuk to skate onto.

One neat between the legs reverse (Galchenyuk?s wonky A-frame stance comes in handy!) and a very heavy snapper from the Captain later, we have a game. What starts out as a 3 on 4 turns into a 1 on 2 (+confusion) and then a 1 on 0 opportunity in very dangerous ice.

https://twitter.com/JhanHky/status/1375983262485655561

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Per Stephen Burtch protected tweet that I can't directly copy/paste:

Nylander has 5 goals this year when the Leafs are down 1 now.

Nobody else on the Leafs has more than 2 (Tavares and Marner).

Matthews has 1.

 

[ZBBM]

I feel like it's so rare that the bounces go the Leafs way lately, but man, last night they sure got the bounces.

And even a non-bounce when Engvall failed to hit the puck with his glove.

Should be hard for the luck deniers to claim there are only purposeful results in hockey.

The trick is playing in such a way that more and more good bounces are likely for your team (have the puck, play in the OZ a lot, set up good shooters to shoot).

Heh. I don't want to debate this but yes I still deny it.  We would have to get into a philosophical analysis of hockey as a series of performative events unspooling within a hyperdimensional Intentionality Space.  Within which the Engbeast roams wild and free.

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