Leafs @ Stars - Jan. 25th, 8:30pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[herman]

It's going to be hard to pick accolades tonight.  Hyman, for example, has had a great game (current penalty excepted) but won't make the cut.

Not to mention McElhinney and Gardiner and Kadri.

 

[ZBBM]

Man, I really, really wanted Paul Ranger to succeed here. Looking forward to that piece next week.

He has clinical depression?  I couldn't quite catch what they were saying.

Yeah. There were always rumours surrounding why he left the game for awhile there but I think this is the first time he's talked about it.

Thanks.  I remember some of that discussion now.

 

[ZBBM]

It's going to be hard to pick accolades tonight.  Hyman, for example, has had a great game (current penalty excepted) but won't make the cut.

Not to mention McElhinney and Gardiner and Kadri.

Yeah, 2 of those 3 will probably get my votes.  Even though Dallas has been out of whack all night, you have to give McElhinney credit for being sharp.

 

[ZBBM]

Not that it matters but that whistle was a hell of a lot slower than last period.

 

[herman]

3-1 without Martin.................

 

[CarltonTheBear]

One of the best wins of the season.

And to do it without 3 critical members of the regular lineup wow.

 

[ZBBM]

3-1 without Martin.................

And your point is .....?  8)

 

[ZBBM]

One of the best wins of the season.

And to do it without 3 critical members of the regular lineup wow.

Ja, that was great.

 

[barney_rebel]

We rule man...

 

[Al14]

We win.

Thank You Leafs.  Thank You Mike Babcock!

Thank You McElhinney!

Nice way to go into the break!!!

 

[ZBBM]

We win.

Thank You Leafs.  Thank You Mike Babcock!

Thank You McElhinney!

Nice way to go into the break!!!

Yes indeed.

 

[herman]

3-1 without Martin.................

And your point is .....?  8)

My point is the team should make drastic lineup decisions based on small sample sizes in this case.

 

[azzurri63]

Great effort solid game.

 

[ZBBM]

3-1 without Martin.................

And your point is .....?  8)

My point is the team should make drastic lineup decisions based on small sample sizes in this case.

So you're essentially saying dump and chase works, when it works.

 

[Zee]

Amazing that Kadri is scoring again now that he's not skating around with a Komarov sized anchor attached to him.

 

[cabber24]

https://twitter.com/jeffveillette/status/956723474122313728

This is a gem. If there was a player on the Leafs to deserve a weirdo goal like that, it?s Naz.

Love this clip. You can literally see the monkey climb off his back. The switch has switched and it's go time. Glad that's over.

 

[Chris]

Amazing that Kadri is scoring again now that he's not skating around with a Komarov sized anchor attached to him.

Hope he enjoys it while he can, since Babcock pretty much said the lines were going back as they were for the home games. Maybe he'll rethink it...

Really solid game last night. Kapanen and Moore have energized the 4th line, and removing the other anchor (Martin) doesn't hurt. Macbackup was really solid and I'd probably give him the 1st star.

 

[cabber24]

Was Babcock serious about the current lines only being temporary because they were on the road?

Maybe they should start playing some Pink Floyd in the room.

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone

All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone

All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall

[Spoken:]
Wrong! Do it again!
Wrong! Do it again!
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
You! Yes, you, behind the bike sheds, stand still, laddy!

 

[Guilt Trip]

Too many men for Dallas: whistle. Face off at centre.
Too many men for Toronto: penalty, baby.

I wish the crew explained why Dallas' wasn't a penalty. They just said something like "sometimes it's not a penalty".

?\_(ツ)_/? ?\_(ツ)_/? ?\_(ツ)_/?

Dallas didn't get a penalty because they didn't touch the puck. Nylander di and went on the offence. If he didn't touch until Marner got off, no penalty. My view is both are penalties.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Was Babcock serious about the current lines only being temporary because they were on the road?

At the time, yeah he was. Let's see if he re-considers after the break:

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/956755176676761600