Avalanche @ Leafs - Nov. 17th, 7:30pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

Pulling Berra is hilarious, he's made some amazing saves.

And only for a few minutes, as Roy is gonna play with his net empty for basically the rest of the game.

 

[ZBBM]

Pulling Berra is hilarious, he's made some amazing saves.

And only for a few minutes, as Roy is gonna play with his net empty for basically the rest of the game.

Kadri with the hat trick in response.

 

[Redleaf]

How are these no-talent bums doing it?

 

[Stronger Than All]

I bet Kadri is secretly pissed at every Leaf that scored tonight.

 

[L K]

lol Kadri

 

[L K]

Seriously...I just looked at the standings and Edmonton is last again.  How can an organization be this bad with repeated top picks. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Colorado actually outscored the Leafs at 5-on-5 tonight!

 

[herman]

Holland needs to show he can do this 5v5.

 

[Redleaf]

Seriously...I just looked at the standings and Edmonton is last again.  How can an organization be this bad with repeated top picks.

I don't think they can be for long, but it's already been a while. One of these seasons, maybe even this one when McDavid comes back, they are going to light up the league.

 

[bustaheims]

How are these no-talent bums doing it?

On the backs of some unsustainable goaltending.

 

[Al14]

How are these no-talent bums doing it?

It's the Babcock effect! 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I felt bad leaving Reimer off the MoTM thread tonight, so just wanted to point out he was great tonight. Especially before the team made things a blow-out. He looked very comfortable in the net.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

.971 for Reimer tonight bring him to 5-1-2 with a .949 save percentage in his last eight starts.

 

[Redleaf]

How are these no-talent bums doing it?

On the backs of some unsustainable goaltending.

Well that remains to be seen, I guess. Much like my prediction that Babcock would be a difference maker, regardless of the players he had to work with.  ;D

 

[barney_rebel]

We rule btw...

 

[bustaheims]

Well that remains to be seen, I guess. Much like my prediction that Babcock would be a difference maker, regardless of the players he had to work with.  ;D

jonasTSN1050: James Reimer now 5-1-2 with a .949 save percentage in his last eight starts.

That's an unsustainable save percentage. That doesn't need to remain to be seen. If, by some miracle, Reimer kept that up for a full season, he would destroy a number of goaltending records.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Holland needs to show he can do this 5v5.

Grabner(71%)-Holland-(73%)-Boyes(81%) All had a great night 5v5, it was weird that they didn't get more ice time, by far our best on the night in terms of tilting the ice the other way.

 

[Tigger]

Likely Holland's best game as a Leaf. Maybe of his career.

And he has the 2nd least amount of ice-time in the game.

There was that game against Chicago.

 

[Redleaf]

Well that remains to be seen, I guess. Much like my prediction that Babcock would be a difference maker, regardless of the players he had to work with.  ;D

jonasTSN1050: James Reimer now 5-1-2 with a .949 save percentage in his last eight starts.

That's an unsustainable save percentage. That doesn't need to remain to be seen. If, by some miracle, Reimer kept that up for a full season, he would destroy a number of goaltending records.

Those stats may be unsustainable, but I don't think even you could deny the fact that Babcock has had a pretty substantial impact on the play of this 'talentless' group of players. Or maybe you can.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

How are these no-talent bums doing it?

On the backs of some unsustainable goaltending.

That's a bit of an oversimplification.

PP and PK have been much improved this month too.

Good special teams and around .920 Sv% goaltending will see them outside of the bottom five till they start shedding pieces. 

In all seriousness, they need to improve on their possession numbers a little too, granted they've played some good teams lately, but they have been slipping and that doesn't bode well.