[POSTGAME] Toronto Maple Leafs @ Tampa Bay Lightning – 4/11/23 – Penalty List Reads Like A Star Wars Opening Scroll Edition

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1. hopefully the leafs start samsonov and not a random marlies goalie that will put up a .950 in r1

2. Not a bad effort, lot to like about the game. Biggest concern is goaltending. Absolutely cannot lose the goaltending battle and Vasy got way outplayed

3. I just wanted Point to score ):

4. What the actual fuck? Who is this fucking kid???

5. 47 shots. Ofc the minor league goalie has the best game of his career against us lmao

6. Last 2 minutes of that game brought my blood pressure up considerably

7. a lot to digest. Not mad though played well showed fight just couldn’t finish Vasy let in some softy. Refs won’t call game like this in playoffs. We clean it up we can win if we don’t we losing and anyone who disagrees is arrogant ignorant or both

8. People are going to try to cope with this one by saying, “That game didn’t matter” and “The Bolts will turn it on in the playoffs.”

   But our guys clearly wanted that one. This wasn’t one of those lazy efforts where we lost because no one seemed to give a shit. They gave it everything and they couldn’t beat a third-string goalie on a team without several of its top players.

9. We learned what not to do on the power play lol

10. All I can do right now is put on a brave face

11. 8 PP. Zero goals. Against Woll. That’s just not good.

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13. When is it okay to start worrying? Because I’m a bit worried. Why does every backup goalie look incredible against us this season?

14. Call me crazy but I have a hunch that the playoffs will not go well.

15. I’m just glad we dominated them like we were expected to. The awful turnovers need to stop and we’ll be fine

16. All that matters is next week. The first two games will tell a lot if we are truly just gassed

17. The Lightning have played

    **16 games**

    without allowing a short-handed goal

18. Leafs fan coming in peace. This was a good game, and it was as scrappy as I was hoping, lol. Next week will be fun!

19. My hope is this gives the Leafs false confidence and gives us extra motivation. I know we seemingly always end the seasons slow, but I’m still a little concerned at how bad this month or so has been.

20. Not mad by this game at all. Feeling good, if anything.

    Outshot them 49-24. Leafs had a tough time getting much going when they weren’t on the pp. 2 pp goals on questionable calls.We only allowed 16 shots playing 5on5. Completely dominated the entire third period.

    Big kudos to Woll who played lights out tonight. He completely bailed the leafs out.

    Can’t wait for next week!

21. We lost to a lineup missing Marner and Matthews, an amateur goalie, and another dude that was playing in the Frozen Four on Saturday…

22. If the playoff games are going to be as scrappy as this one was, I BEG for the Amalie production team to play this song/after during fights:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixaQeO1Q4rE

    If anyone has any idea on how I can make this happen, please let me know.

23. For all of you worrying, this is the Leafs we’re talking about. Should be an easy dub in the playoffs. They’re literally a joke

24. (Uno reverse cope) now they have a false sense of confidence 😈

25. Kucherov with 10 SOG lol

26. Well, lot to like . People say not to be like” they will turn it up”. But I still believe I’m these guys and still see the fight in them Sure , powerplay was not great but that doesn’t take away from the positives from this. Hell of a lot better effort than these last couple of games. One thing I will say is that we got goalied

27. Hedman looked rough out there tonight. I thought it was a good game. Holl had a lights out game. I don’t feel like Marner and Matthews would add very much. Leafs we’re diving all over to block shots. Felt like they were desperate. I think if we stick to our guns and play em scrappy we have a chance. It all comes down to Vasy really, tightening up D and scoring on the few PPs we will get. Kuch was pissy and had one of his best games in a while. Love when he gets mad and starts shooting everything. He needs to keep that energy into the first round.

28. What happened in that Pittsburgh game where they suddenly got 6 hung on em in the second period? This team hasn’t been the same since. I feel like something happened before or in that game and it’s been a different team ever since.

29. So I’ve been on the “this is normal, nothing to worry about” train for a while now, but I’m starting to think this is an express train to the off-season…

    Guys I’m starting to worry.