Lightning @ Leafs - Oct. 25th, 7:30pm - SN1, TSN 1050

[ZBBM]

That wasn't even close.

 

[L K]

Oh good, a 20 minute delay that kills any momentum from the Leafs scoring.  You should get a 2 minute penalty for delay of game.

 

[herman]

Royal road pass for the goal

 

[rdowdall]

Jon Cooper really cares about goal differential.

 

[Bullfrog]

Hell of a play by Kadri. That's a nice looking PP group.

 

[Kin]

It doesn't matter if it was close or not. The idea that the goal would be waved off if Komarov had his foot six inches further into the zone is insane.

But good on the NHL for letting the coach's challenge take the air out of the game anyway.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

"Is the foot up on the far side???"

Jesus who gives a crap? I hate this rule. Let your linesmen do their jobs.

 

[pnjunction]

Isn't this the kind of game where Matt Martin is supposed to do... something?

Careful it seems like we need 10 or 20 or 80 games to make sure before we can talk about how some or all of the vet acquisitions might be suspect. 

I'm getting a vibe that people don't want the honeymoon for Shanahan et al to end, and admitting that they might have another bomb of a goalie deal and a Clarkson x0.5 on their hands would be just that.

I'm jokingly going with Andersen being a stealth tank commander at this point.

 

[rdowdall]

Oh good, a 20 minute delay that kills any momentum from the Leafs scoring.  You should get a 2 minute penalty for delay of game.

That's what I was thinking as well.  It was a smart tactic by Cooper even if the refs didn't reverse the call because it would take the wind out of the sails of the Leafs.

 

[McGarnagle]

Truth be told, I think Tampa could be right. Komorov has his right skate over the line, and his left skate in the air when the puck goes over the blueline. It's extremely close.

 

[azzurri63]

WOW a 5 minute wait for that. What's this league coming to with these reviews.

 

[azzurri63]

Well Bishop was biting on a shutout.

 

[L K]

Yep, it's those nasty rookies that are to blame for this as we show a bunch of veterans making poor plays.  It's amazing how the Polak/Hunwick guys became rookies again.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/791087343545483265
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/789987112250728448
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/788913477595332608

Oh, I forgot to add this gem:

Plays like that will be the Leafs bread and butter on the PP this year.

 

[Kin]

I'm getting a vibe that people don't want the honeymoon for Shanahan et al to end, and admitting that they might have another bomb of a goalie deal and a Clarkson x0.5 on their hands would be just that.

I don't and didn't like the Andersen deal when it was announced, that doesn't really impact my views on his play or the craziness of jumping to conclusions after a few games.

 

[herman]

I hated the Martin and Polak deals from the get go.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Isn't this the kind of game where Matt Martin is supposed to do... something?

Careful it seems like we need 10 or 20 or 80 games to make sure before we can talk about how some or all of the vet acquisitions might be suspect. 

I'm getting a vibe that people don't want the honeymoon for Shanahan et al to end, and admitting that they might have another bomb of a goalie deal and a Clarkson x0.5 on their hands would be just that.

I'm jokingly going with Andersen being a stealth tank commander at this point.

It's not exactly controversial to say that you shouldn't judge Andersen based on a sample of something like 3% of his career NHL games where his sv% is close to 40 points below his average over that career.

 

[rdowdall]

Isn't this the kind of game where Matt Martin is supposed to do... something?

Careful it seems like we need 10 or 20 or 80 games to make sure before we can talk about how some or all of the vet acquisitions might be suspect. 

I'm getting a vibe that people don't want the honeymoon for Shanahan et al to end, and admitting that they might have another bomb of a goalie deal and a Clarkson x0.5 on their hands would be just that.

I'm jokingly going with Andersen being a stealth tank commander at this point.

It's not the honeymoon being over.  It's that in order to accurately judge what is happening, you sometimes need a bigger sample size.  There are a lot of people being on record as saying they don't like the Andersen trade or the Matt Martin signing, and even though they didn't like the deals, there is still a strong push to make sure that blame is going to the correct areas, because if you don't define the problem properly, then you can't fix it.

 

[McGarnagle]

I hated the Martin and Polak deals from the get go.

Me too, (a bit less so Polak), but I didn't and don't think they were consequential enough players to be considered scapegoats.

 

[herman]

Brian Boyle reminded me a lot of Inigo Montoya on that little interview.