Leafs @ Sharks - Feb. 28th, 10:30pm - SNO, Fan 590

[Jeremiad]

JVR gives it away in the SJ zone and then watches as the Sharks take the lead.

Terrible terrible game for him.

 

[BrownRolo]

Marner did a great job of screening Andersen.

 

[TML fan]

I've seen 8 games this season.

They've lost all of them.

 

[ZBBM]

Excellent road game.  For 58 minutes.

This may just be a very costly loss.

 

[BrownRolo]

Excellent road game.  For 58 minutes.

This may just be a very costly loss.

What do you mean excellent road game? They played like crap the whole game. No forechecking, no sustained pressure, constantly losing puck battles, lazy backhand passes...one of the worst games I've seen this season.

 

[azzurri63]

I honestly have had enough of this this season. I don't care how young we are the defence every f'n game is absolutely brutal. JVR with the giveaway. Marner, Gardiner skate by guys like ffs knock someone down. I would of benched Gardiner 2 periods ago. If they can find a good deal for him tomorrow get rid of the useless t*t. Message to management find some guys that can play D, have some ball* and some toughness. Had  chance to grab a point and let it slip away. What we expect been happening all year.

 

[TML fan]

Excellent road game.  For 58 minutes.

This may just be a very costly loss.

What do you mean excellent road game? They played like crap the whole game. No forechecking, no sustained pressure, constantly losing puck battles, lazy backhand passes...one of the worst games I've seen this season.

Yeah. The Leafs barely ever got near SJ's net. Every time they did it was like a lucky bounce or a one man rush, weak shot attempt. I imagine Jones was pretty bored. The game should have been over long before the third. Andersen had a great night.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Luckily Nylander just missed being hip-checked by the Sharks' Brent Burns, by cleverly and deftly dodging out of the way to set up Matthews' goal.  Josh Leivo also assisted:

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[herman]

For those that watched the game, was Boyle slowed down by the air resistance caused by his facial hair?

 

[Zee]

I honestly have had enough of this this season. I don't care how young we are the defence every f'n game is absolutely brutal. JVR with the giveaway. Marner, Gardiner skate by guys like ffs knock someone down. I would of benched Gardiner 2 periods ago. If they can find a good deal for him tomorrow get rid of the useless t*t. Message to management find some guys that can play D, have some ball* and some toughness. Had  chance to grab a point and let it slip away. What we expect been happening all year.

You don't want to see this defense without Gardiner unless Leafs get some stud back

 

[Zee]

JVR gives it away in the SJ zone and then watches as the Sharks take the lead.

Terrible terrible game for him.

Trade rumors weighing down on him?

 

[Bender]

I honestly have had enough of this this season. I don't care how young we are the defence every f'n game is absolutely brutal. JVR with the giveaway. Marner, Gardiner skate by guys like ffs knock someone down. I would of benched Gardiner 2 periods ago. If they can find a good deal for him tomorrow get rid of the useless t*t. Message to management find some guys that can play D, have some ball* and some toughness. Had  chance to grab a point and let it slip away. What we expect been happening all year.

I've honestly had enough of seeing that the Leafs lost and knowing the GDT thread will have a Trump-esque tirade.

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[Kin]

It really makes you wonder what the point is of even having Marner on the team if he's not knocking people down.

 

[Andy007]

I honestly have had enough of this this season. I don't care how young we are the defence every f'n game is absolutely brutal. JVR with the giveaway. Marner, Gardiner skate by guys like ffs knock someone down. I would of benched Gardiner 2 periods ago. If they can find a good deal for him tomorrow get rid of the useless t*t. Message to management find some guys that can play D, have some ball* and some toughness. Had  chance to grab a point and let it slip away. What we expect been happening all year.

Jesus, we all get it, you love toughness and seeing guys getting knocked over. Do we need multiple variations of this tirade every single GDT?

And by the way, defensemen can't just knock over guys at will or because they're parked in front of the net. This isn't NHL 92.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

If nobody watches 10:30pm games then did they even really happen?

 

[Arn]

I actually saw the last 10 minutes of the game over breakfast cos it was still on when I woke up to head to work.

Maybe if I sleep an hour earlier I can get up for west coast games...

 

[dekedastardly]

Tough loss. The score could have easily been 5-1 if it weren't for Andersen. They gave up way too many quality chances.

 

[Zee]

I honestly have had enough of this this season. I don't care how young we are the defence every f'n game is absolutely brutal. JVR with the giveaway. Marner, Gardiner skate by guys like ffs knock someone down. I would of benched Gardiner 2 periods ago. If they can find a good deal for him tomorrow get rid of the useless t*t. Message to management find some guys that can play D, have some ball* and some toughness. Had  chance to grab a point and let it slip away. What we expect been happening all year.

Jesus, we all get it, you love toughness and seeing guys getting knocked over. Do we need multiple variations of this tirade every single GDT?

And by the way, defensemen can't just knock over guys at will or because they're parked in front of the net. This isn't NHL 92.

How did Lidstrom ever succeed in the NHL without running guys over?

 

[ZBBM]

Excellent road game.  For 58 minutes.

This may just be a very costly loss.

What do you mean excellent road game? They played like crap the whole game. No forechecking, no sustained pressure, constantly losing puck battles, lazy backhand passes...one of the worst games I've seen this season.

They were tied with two mins left with one of the best teams in the league. It wasn't /all/ Andersen.

 

[bustaheims]

They were tied with two mins left with one of the best teams in the league. It wasn't /all/ Andersen.

It was like 95% Andersen. They were heavily outplayed, outshot, out puck-possessed, etc. The score was not a reflection of their play.