GDT - Round 2, Game 1 - Can Climate Change Hurry Up and Put Florida Under Water?

[Preston]

I mean I'm not jumping off buildings or anything. Just saying they need to be way better 5 on 5 than they were last night. Not too concerned.

 

[Montana]

I mean I'm not jumping off buildings or anything. Just saying they need to be way better 5 on 5 than they were last night. Not too concerned.

i hear ya, but if I told you you could have that identical all situations xG chart for game two, you’d jump at the chance wouldn’t you?

that’s all I’m saying.

 

[Preston]

Would be great, but I wouldn't expect that PP advantage again. So they'll need to make up for it by being better at evens.

Though, the PP did look amazing and that was very encouraging.

 

[thehabhater]

It is just the first game. It is done, regroup and move on.

 

[zeke]

And the other bit is, the score/venue adjusted xgf% at 5 on 5 after the 1st period when Keefe got his head out of his ass favored the Leafs. It was still pretty even and I'd hope for better but the narrative shifts if you remove that heinous 1st period.

True. But consistent under Keefe.

 

[zeke]

I wouldn't count a double PP with 37 seconds left and the goalie pulled as having any real impact on the game.

real PPs were 3-1

 

[LeafGm]

It is just the first game. It is done, regroup and move on.

It’s certainly an improvement on the Leafs previous game one, at least.

Plus it was probably unavoidable that the Leafs were going to lose this game, considering it was their seventh game of the playoffs.

 

[leafman101]

I wouldn't count a double PP with 37 seconds left and the goalie pulled as having any real impact on the game.

real PPs were 3-1

agreed, except for the fact that they had 1 xG in the last 30 seconds.

 

[CH1]

from what I saw, Leafs made too many individual glaring mistakes last night.

it seemed like every Panther goal could have been avoided with average defending

 

[Preston]

and goaltending

 

[Habsy]

from what I saw, Leafs made too many individual glaring mistakes last night.

it seemed like every Panther goal could have been avoided with average defending

Opportunistic

 

[CH1]

Cousins goal -- Marner half assing vs Tkachuk
Bennett -- unlucky Knies
Vergy -- Brodie gamble + ROR lazy backcheck
Montour -- Samsonov floating in space

 

[zeke]

my biggest worry is that we let Tkachuk be the best player in this game.

we beat the bruins because our best players were clearly better than theirs.

the best players are the ones that usually decided things in the playoffs. not always, but usually.

 

[Wayward DP]

my biggest worry is that we let Tkachuk be the best player in this game.

we beat the bruins because our best players were clearly better than theirs.

the best players are the ones that usually decided things in the playoffs. not always, but usually.

yeah I was disappointed with our top guys last night. particularly Mitch and Willy. they need to outplay the cats top guys and it wasn't really happening yesterday

 

[CH1]

Nylander looked super fast...but also drunk

 

[zeke]

Willy was all over the puck tho. Not sure he was actually bad.


I woke up thinking i'd like to see something like this:

Knies - Matthews - Jarnkrok
Bunting - Tavares - Marner
Acciari - O'Reilly - Nylander​

 

[Wayward DP]

and ROR looked pretty grim for much of the game I thought. although he did make a great play on the Bunting goal.

 

[Wayward DP]

I think we're gonna need to drop Acciari to the 4th line and move Kerfoot back up to account for the cats' forwards speed/skill advantage over Tampa.

 

[Wayward DP]

Willy was all over the puck tho. Not sure he was actually bad.


I woke up thinking i'd like to see something like this:

Knies - Matthews - Jarnkrok
Bunting - Tavares - Marner
Acciari - O'Reilly - Nylander​

his decision making seemed poor.

 

[Preston]

Nylander had 1 shot late in the 2nd and that was it for the first 2 periods. He was bad.

And then in the 3rd he may have been their best player. 6 shots and all over the puck.