Leafs @ Blackhawks - Oct. 7th, 7:00pm - SN, TSN 1050

[herman]

I love Cam Ward.

 

[lamajama]

LMAO.

 

[Strangelove]

Stop. Playing. Zaitsev and Hainsey. Together.

They are both atrocious at gap control. Which is sort of the opposite of what you want in the last minute.

Luckily Ward has been just as much of a sieve as Sparks.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I love Cam Ward.

No idea why Quenneville thought he should start 3 games in 4 nights.

 

[lc9]

So the good..Marner, Tavares and Matthews.

The bad, Sparks.  After a night where Andersen was bad, Sparks trumped the bad. 

 

[Mot the Barber]

Matthews and Tavares are good but the rest of the team is gross.

I think Tavares already regrets coming here.

Troll.

fanboi

 

[Zee]

Just like we drew it up boys

 

[Guilt Trip]

Matthews and Tavares are good but the rest of the team is gross.

I think Tavares already regrets coming here.

Troll.

Definite troll.

 

[BermudaBudsFan]

Collectively the worst goaltending I remember in some time.  Neither of Sparks or Ward looked like professional players tonight.

 

[lc9]

Matthews should get an assist on that goal from Rielly.

 

[herman]

This was such a tight football game. What defence! What tactics!

 

[KW Sluggo]

Sparks is all over the place.  Not in a good way.

He hasn't been quite as perfectly solid as you'd like.

That's being nice. He's way too busy back there and I'm not talking shots. Way too much movement.

One might say he?s a ten years younger Curtis McElhinney.

No McBackup is better unfortunately.
Matthews is a beast.

Agreed and then some.

Sparks said that after 25 years, he had better be ready.

Well, not so much. He may be decent in the AHL but clearly he is not ready to be an NHL back-up.

Sparks = sieve

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Stop. Playing. Zaitsev and Hainsey. Together.

This times a million. Ideally, you wouldn't match them with anybody. Dubas is going to have to make a trade at some point this season.

 

[Zee]

Sparks is all over the place.  Not in a good way.

He hasn't been quite as perfectly solid as you'd like.

That's being nice. He's way too busy back there and I'm not talking shots. Way too much movement.

One might say he?s a ten years younger Curtis McElhinney.

No McBackup is better unfortunately.
Matthews is a beast.

Agreed and then some.

Sparks said that after 25 years, he had better be ready.

Well, not so much. He may be decent in the AHL but clearly he is not ready to be an NHL back-up.

Sparks = sieve

He wasn't just "decent" in the AHL he was the best goalie there last season

 

[ZBBM]

Collectively the worst goaltending I remember in some time.  Neither of Sparks or Ward looked like professional players tonight.

I was trying to cut Sparks some slack but you really can't.  That was terrabad.

On the good side, we put an end to whatever stupid streak they were going on about when 19/88 both score.

 

[rdowdall]

So looking at plus/minus, the top two lines all pluses, bottom two lines are all minuses.

 

[lc9]

Matthews with 8 points in 3 games.  Is that good?

 

[Zee]

Matthews with 8 points in 3 games.  Is that good?

Hope he stays healthy. Point a game for sure this season if not better

 

[Phileas Fogg]

So what we've learned today is that we can outscore our problems, as long as Ward is in goal.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

For a game where defence was pretty much optional, Marincin had a quietly solid performance.

#TeamMarty