Leafs @ Panthers - Feb. 27th, 7:30pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[Chris]

Holy cow, what a save

 

[herman]

Holy cow, what a save

Dude.

 

[herman]

OT shifts:
Ma-Ma
Ka-Ka
Ny-Pl

 

[CarltonTheBear]

JVR skating to make that a 2-on-1 was the fastest I've ever seen him go.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

What did we say about playing Zaitsev in OT?

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

OK time fire Zaitsev into the sun. 

 

[lc9]

Marleau is so bad. He continues to make every wrong play.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Again if Gardiner did that... just saying. I don't get how Zaitsev constantly gets passes for stuff like that.

 

[Chris]

Apparently Babcock is a slow learner. But then, we already knew that

 

[lc9]

Another game they should have won. 2 points on the back to backs though. Should have been 4. 

 

[bustaheims]

Terrible pinch by Zaitsev there. Leafs deserved better tonight.

 

[lc9]

Again if Gardiner did that... just saying. I don't get how Zaitsev constantly gets passes for stuff like that.

He isn't good currently. 

 

[herman]

McElhinney deserved better

 

[bustaheims]

Another game they should have won. 2 points on the back to backs though. Should have been 4.

They were outplayed pretty significantly after the 1st period last night. 2 out of 4 points is what they deserved - just not the way they earned them.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Again if Gardiner did that... just saying. I don't get how Zaitsev constantly gets passes for stuff like that.

He isn't good currently. 

He was never really that good.

 

[ZBBM]

McElhinney deserved better

Yeah.

Zaitsev went for the steal and blew it.  But in the big scheme of things, it was a somewhat reasonable thing to try.  What upset me more was the look he had earlier in OT and couldn't win it then.

 

[Strangelove]

Zaitaev contihues to show poor instincts (not to mention bad puck handling skills).

It?s pretty painful watching Marleau around the net. Shoots at the goalie?s crest every time, often with other guys wide open and in a better position to shoot.

On the plus side Dermott seems to be learning from Gardiner how to create space for the guys around him.

 

[BrownRolo]

Why is Zaitsev out on 3-3?

Reilly, Gardiner and Dermott are the three guys that should be used.

And Marleau? Wake the hell up. Now I know why he never gets injured. When you do everything half-assed it's easy to stay healthy. Was it Roenick who said Marleau didn't care? I kind of get that feeling too. He better step it up in the playoffs  because he has shown nothing. 

 

[Chris]

But Marleau has such a high RealGudPro% rating...

 

[gunnar36]

It's still early to assess but so far Plekanec hasn't showed me that he is going to be much of an upgrade over Moore.  In fact a couple poor defensive plays stick out in my mind.