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

[azzurri63]

azzurri, promise us you won't have an aneurysm when this baby ends 3-2 Stars, which we all know it will.  We need you, Compare.  Stand strong.

It's not going to and if it does we'll be on the right end.LOL. Had me chuckling. Believe it or not although I take the games to heart I'm pretty easy going and have a huge sense of humour.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I didn't notice this before, but is Marty Biron a wight?

Edit: Proof

How about you relax on the eye contact with the TSN analysts ya creep!

 

[L K]

2-0....2-1....I think we know how this one is going to end.

 

[azzurri63]

Man some of these calls are pathetic but why do you need to even grab the guys jersey? Good job Hyman. It's ok Mike will forgive you. Glad it wasn't Nylander.

 

[ZBBM]

Zaitsev with a nice little hesitation before firing it past Niemi.

 

[azzurri63]

How long before a Leaf penalty?

 

[L K]

By the way, remember that time when Mitch Marner eclipsed the Maple Leaf scoring leader from the 2015-2016 season?  Yeah, that was tonight when he hit 46 points on the year, surpassing Nazem Kadri's 45 points from last year.

 

[disco]

Mcilhinney > Andersen

2500+ minutes, third in the league. Two months at .945 GAA. Nope.

 

[ZBBM]

By the way, remember that time when Mitch Marner eclipsed the Maple Leaf scoring leader from the 2015-2016 season?  Yeah, that was tonight when he hit 46 points on the year, surpassing Nazem Kadri's 45 points from last year.

In terms of Cumulative Fun, this year's team surpassed the last year's on October 15.

 

[disco]

2-0....2-1....I think we know how this one is going to end.

4-1 Leafs.

 

[ZBBM]

"Streamlined pants don't bother me in the least."
-- Curtis Tecumseh Sherman McIlhenney

 

[disco]

Great win after six on the road and limited practice time.

 

[ZBBM]

Tighter tonight in our own end but still gave the Stars too many good chances IMO.

 

[barney_rebel]

We rule btw

 

[Andy007]

Tighter tonight in our own end but still gave the Stars too many good chances IMO.

Yea I was kind of surprised about how much credit the panel was giving the defense. They were better than the last few games, granted, but gave up 40 shots and a lot of really good in-close chances.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/829183922420477953
www.twitter.com/mirtle/status/829183922420477953

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/829183922420477953
www.twitter.com/mirtle/status/829183922420477953

He's going to accept the captaincy as selflessly.

 

[Zee]

Mirtle has slowly transformed into a Leafs cheerleader.

 

[Coco-puffs]

Mirtle has slowly transformed into a Leafs cheerleader.

Moving from a National gig (Globe and Mail) to a Toronto-centric outfit (AthleticTO) means your focus changes.  The fact that the team is pretty young and pretty good makes it easy to cheerlead.  That said, he still has his criticisms of the team (namely, use of Hunlack and Ben Smith).  Kudos to him for recognizing that the goat should be sent back to the minors to grow his game more at this point, even if he seems a tad bit better than Ben Smith at this point.  (More minutes for him in the AHL)

 

[herman]

http://theleafsnation.com/2017/2/7/leafs-postgame-luck-of-the-draw

A lot of last night's goals were scored shortly after winning the draw. Naturally, TSN 'analysts' and commentators alike, chewed that bone to the nib.

Sarcasm translation for the above article: Face-offs are not insignificant in and of themselves. But pursuing and expending assets on a 'face-off specialist' (e.g. 53% vs 47%) is a folly if that face-off specialist is only good at face-offs and bad everywhere else because the difference between being 'good at face-offs' and 'bad at face-offs' is nominal at best.