Leafs @ Panthers: Ekblad is Dead Edition

730pmEST

HUUUUGE game for both teams with respect to the playoff hunt, but remember:

>Connor Brown is elite
>Marner is cute
>RIP Ekblad
>Reim tiem is never

Keep er comf

Got a new laptop boys no memes on this one

Here's some Marner

Post marners and cold ones

I dont have a lot of cold ones but I have a lot of Marners

I want to be that fish.

wew ded thred, where the leafs at?

What the fuck happened

Well fuck

Barkov is fucking elite

P-playoffs...

this is not good

Need this one boys. Let's kill this!

That shift was crazy.

Is Reilly unbusting?

Holy shit Marner, what a steal

Holy Shit Marner looks amazing tonight.

Will Matthews get off bust watch this game?

How is it flowing tonight lads?

WHAT THE FUCK

Cold ones not working their magic tonight

KEKKEKEKEKEKWK

Who threw a banana peel out on to the ice?

if that had been anyone but martin in front of the net on that marner pass it would be 2-1

I like martin but jesus christ

>leafs
>playoffs

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That's one of a few times this year that Martin has been the recipient of a great play and he has no idea what to do with.

>45 years old

LEOOOO

LEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LEO ELITE

>all the leafs in the crowd
>jagr looks pissed

This game is great already

Wow, Karma. One blooper reel goal leads to another.

Komarov's been guilty of that too this season, good thing he scored just now

For sure. I don't know what the management things but I think the team needs more time for the grinders to adjust to playing with actual good players.

Nylander assisting on that goal, nice to see him coming up big in crunchtime. More points the past 2 months than both Matthews and Marner.

just die in my sleep already

we're not even winning a single playoff game if we make it are we

Come on boys. A game this important they need to step it up.

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b-but y-youre already winning

Not winning yet.

>islekeks losing to the hurrican'ts again

kek

h-hey guys w-what did i miss

>there are people here who unironically think the leafs arent drafting Dmen with literally every single draft pick this year

The husky attacking the great dane

wow im glad i miss that first period jesus
>zaitsev falling down twice
>on the same play
>on a power play
>allows goal

how many leafs will babcock have murdered by the start of the second

That was just a fluke tho. That could literally happen to anyone.

>panel unanimously agrees fighting should be removed from the game
wtf i hate tsn now

the only people that want it out are people that dont play

the rest are fans and players

i hope it stays and the sports world takes note by listening to the players for a change

pls score Matthews

save us McBackup

stop putting reimer in against the leafs ;-;

Who else do the cats have to put in the net?

Leafs a shit

That was a terrible play to clear and a terrible change.

a literal cat at this point wouldn't make a difference

mathews has been extremely disappointing the last few games, is one thing when he was getting unlucky with the post and generating shots but he hasnt been doing anything offensivly for us and its bad enough he has to waste time with hyman

Bust

>waste time with hyman
hyman is an elite forechecker he isn't being wasted

dont you get it

if you dont have large numbers in your goal and assist columns youre shit

duh

the elite forechecking doesnt make up for the literal zero he puts in on offense, literally a quarter of his goals this year are from tip ins he wasnt even paying attention to. even when he wins the puck in the offensive zone hes so bad he can barely even find a teammate with a simple pass 50% of the time

>favoring grinders over skill players

i thought we were past this old school bullshit thats been proven false

its one thing if hyman were below average on offense and a great forechecker but hes literally nothing on offense

he gives the team possession in the offensive zone, that is an invaluable asset on any line, but especially on a line with Austin Matthews

>number of milk commercials is 0

CHANNEL YOUR MILK. BELIEVE IN THE MILK!

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that is true but again back to my point i would be fucking estatic with hyman and his ability if he was a below average player on offense, even really bad. But he is so fucking terrible that its unreal, forget the fact he only knows how to shoot dead center of the goalies torso and gets flustered anytime he gets the puck in traffic and cant even make passes to teammates half the time when he does win possessision, how many times is he simply not where he needs to be when mathews or nylander make a play

oh for fuck's sake

>hyman

Riemer with the great save tho.

still his first year mate, he's doing pretty well for a 5th rounder

move bitch

not even Andersons fault leafs D has given away the puck so many fucking times now cmon boys get your shit together

hyman has 2 points in his last 12 games playing with auston mathews

JUST

rip

matthews has 0 in his last 5

SOHINOKIVVVVVVVCCCCC

>two leafs play the pass

this is so depressing

5-2 is the most dangerous lead

IF BRAD PITT FUCKS THIS UP FOR US...

I mean, he helped make the play as well.

LEAVE US ALONE PLS

The comeback starts now!

I WANT TO DIE

>hyman chases down puck like a real good pro
>loses possession because he literally cannot make a fundamental basic pass back to a teammate

really activates my almonds

JOKINEN!!

worst thing is we cant even look forward to a fun all out line like mathews marner and nylander in the hopes of getting a goal or 2 back

what the fuck is babcocks problem

he's developing players, not making a cup run.

Leave Reilly alone!

is that why we traded a pick for a few months of boyle?

and dont come back with muh only a 2nd rounder, the point is if development is the goal we shouldnt be trading for vets on expiring contracts

and how exactly has hyman developed at all? Hes just as bad as he was to start the year and we all started bitching about him first playing with mathews and hes just as bad now, the only difference is mathews carried the line up untill recently

relax man i want the leafs to win too
boyle was acquired to win face-offs, a short term investment, yes. That doesn't change the fact that the team is mostly full of rookies that need to get as much experience in the league as possible, and playing a first line of superstars for 23 minutes a game isn't going to get anyone else very much experience.

Let's go boys. Time to rally.

so embarrassing

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>leivo benched

i just want an explanation

babcock even admitted to the media on the fucking record he made a mistake not recognizing leivo and his improvement, and he still goes and benches him

just put the whole franchise on waivers, jesus christ. trade rielly for whatever we can get

>2-7

are those plastic rats?