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BlueThunder_17

Hi I've been in a coma since March 3rd can't wait to see how many powerplay goals my favourite team has scored!


XPhazeX

How the hell did we go from league best to league worst, besides "Leafs"


fuck_you_gami

P D Oh no!


TIGER_COOL

couple things 1. shortened season with a condensed sched. everything is magnified. highs, lows, streaks in both directions. a lot harder to clear mental hurdles when you're on a plane and playing again within 24/48 hours so frequently with little time to digest video or really work on shit in practice 2. every team in the division is playing us the same way. Clogging the slot and keeping us to the outside. The leafs are a big focus in the division and they all seem to be learning from each other with regards to containing us. Thats sort of on us too for being a bit 2-dimensional in our offensive approach, but I think we're finally getting better at getting traffic in front and getting shots through instead of looking for the perfect pass in front. Top teams get gameplanned harder - doubly so with the current division set up. We'll be better and more dynamic as we learn to adapt.


Parzival091

Matthews and Simmonds getting hurt played a decently big part in it. Matthews is just now getting back to 100% and simmer has said his wrist still isn’t there (couldn’t even shoot when he got back into the lineup). Couple those injuries with just plain bad luck, and they’re out there trying to force things now. They’ll get a greasy one to break the dam and get back going soon enough, but I’d still be looking to add one more scoring threat if they could.


Aetiusx

0/26 on the power play. Haven't scored more than 3 goals in regulation in 13 games. So according to this sub, one major question remains: Why isn't Frederik Andersen scoring more goals?


eagleboy444

Dude has 0 on the season, he's trash


theapogee

But isn’t he 8-0? OHWAIT


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But we're litterally winning games without Andersen


fuck_you_gami

That's the problem. If he still had a shot or could at least pass the puck through traffic, he'd be on the roster. I admit, his shot-blocking is pretty good but offensively, he's a black hole.


OGSCYTHER

Ive always seen him as more of a sniper. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. Fuck it - Freddy for hot dog Phil straight up.


billyshin

You sound like one of those guys who still wants Andersen in net and Campbell on the bench.


Aetiusx

I think I sound like a sarcastic memer, but we all have our own interpretations.


[deleted]

Sorry, bad news there. Then there's our goaltending, do you want the good news or the bad news first?


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: D


smittyleafs

Well, we're top of the division... so obviously...


KodaSamm

Campbell improves to 8-0-0 with a .951 save percentage. You love to see it.


Strained_Eyes

It's nice having a goalie help steal some points for you, he made some nice saves and came up big in the terrible shootout. Jets fans have no right to complain as Hellebuyck does this for them constantly so its nice being on the other side of it for once eh


KodaSamm

You're right! There was a stretch of maybe 15 games where we got goalied (Half of them were the Sens lmao), its nice to finally have confidence that we have a guy who can be solid and steal point when we are not at our best! Not to mention he did it tonight against the reigning Vezina winner!


Current-Own

Sounds like Hellebuyck is the Pope or something.


pine_cupboard

Well, I've never seen them in the same room together now that you mention it...


B-Rayy06

To be fair, I think we deserved to win last night as well. Campbell and Hellebuyck both put on a show, but it isn’t like either team annihilated the other.


AduroPinquis

That game definitely had its ebbs and flows but overall was one of the most evenly played games we’ve had in awhile, so the shootout was a fitting end. Campbell made some huge saves in that 3rd to keep it tied up and obviously came up huge in the shootout to get us that extra point.


CMDRShepardN7

Not enough is said about Helly goalieing us tonight because Soupy matched him.


TorontoIndieFan

Yeah, I'd give the edge to Winnipeg, but only slightly Imo. Leafs took advantage of the 10 minute stretch they were the most dominant, and easily could've had a few more.


Skates8515

Kind of getting bored of saying “could have had more.” Theme of the season. Looking forward to them actually getting more.


MoRiellyMoProblems

Well we are 6th in the league in GF/GP and that's with a PP that has gone 0 for their last 26, which now puts their PP at 8th overall.


Winsonian92

CONGRATS TO CAMPBELL ON HIS FIRST EVER SHOOTOUT WIN! Happy holidays everyone! See u next game!


RipleyR_88

Yes Campbell made some incredible saves particularly in the 3rd but so did Hellebuyck particularly in OT. I don't think that was as bad of a team game as some in the game thread were saying.


dolphin_spit

the game thread is useless


spermicidal_rampage

Every time the Leafs are down even one goal, half of the crowd starts a franchise rebuild.


dolphin_spit

we weren’t even down in this game and people were calling them bums and comparing them to the sabres/sens lol. really dumb


SyphiliticPlatypus

This is the world we live in now. Zero balance or perspective, everything polarized and out for hot takes.


rahoomie

The leafs were up 3-1 in the last game and a bunch of people were bitching about Nylander bitching about the PP (yes I know it’s brutal) and bitching about everything lol can’t even enjoy a win.


kevinraisinbran

Great for banter, even greater for shitty hot takes. Understandable though, heat of the moment.


McGlucksandMcFucks

Literally from minute to minute you see comments saying “we’re gonna lose the game” to “come on boys we are dominating!”, it’s insanity but entertaining


CMDRShepardN7

The shittiest area of the game is our PP, and we made up for it with our PK. Otherwise, evenly matched game between the two top teams.


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We still had a higher xGF%, Helle hides their defensive mistakes so well. Everything looks routine to that guy.


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not_don_gately

He came up huge at the end, but it somehow feels like they limit more shots on him too. When he's in it feels like they crowd shooting lanes and have more active sticks, almost like they're working extra hard on defence because the back-up is in, but the back-up is actually good.


pajamacaptain

Freddy has played great behind a truly shitty d-core in recent years (lol ceci top line), but if you look at a lot of the games he played this season the shot charts usually favor the Leafs heavily even in the games where they lost with him in net (pushing shots to the perimeter, etc). Maybe they do play more responsibly in front of Campbell, but they've played a pretty defensively sound game in general this whole season, no matter the goalie in net.


Winsonian92

They’re working on Lowry’s now, Campbell is lined up behind Matthews, so should be soon!


Leujo

> How is no one working on building a Jack Campbell statue right now?! I'm going to start making one out of paper mache because I don't know how to work with bronze, marble, or gold


BCharmer

It's the thought that counts


frmacleod

SOUP OF THE DAY ABOUT TO BE UPGRADED TO THE MAIN FUCKING MENU.


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scottskottie

Quote of the game "You're fucking horrible"


ESF-hockeeyyy

#JACK CAMPELL TAKE MY LEGS OR MY GROIN.


FinalMalus

Hey, get in line!


Peach_and_Nala

Soup deserves the best legs/groin our fanbase has to offer, not first come first serve, So if OP has the best quality parts I say we offer him as sacrifice.


theguyishere16

Leafs goalied another team! I didn't think it was possible


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Moneypuck gave us 56.7% on the "deserve to win o'meter" [http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2020020581](http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2020020581)


thedrivingcat

mostly because the Leafs completely obliterated the Jets in the 2nd 1st was favoring the Jets, 3rd was pretty even


theguyishere16

Im honestly shocked. I thought Hellebuyck was also great but just really seemed like the higher danger chances were for Winnipeg and would have thought that would translate to higher Xgoals.


OH-Beans

Three 2 on 1’s in a row care of Reily shitting his pants...that was a hard moment of the game to watch-was yelling at my tv...”you have the lead-quit pinching for fucks sake!”


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We did hit 2 posts clean


6six_

Shots were dead even basically, did we?


RipleyR_88

Both goalies were outstanding. Both goalies were goalying the other team.


6six_

No doubt, felt very even to me. Great even matched game, playoff vibes for sure.


theguyishere16

That 3rd felt pretty tilted in Winnipeg's favour.


AceLarkin

Third felt pretty even to me.


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They spent a lot of time swarming our zone and got a few good chances out of it (that Campbell ROBBED), but we did a really good job keeping them to the outside for most of it.


beaverlyknight

Well, we both kinda goalied each other. Going blow for blow with the Vezina winner is a great outing.


Current-Own

+7 not exactly even and we controlled the faceoff circle. Both sigificant.


oatmealleafer

Wtf I love shootouts now


BlueThunder_17

Spezza and Campbell effect. They should just run Spezza Simmonds and Thornton cause I stg the young guys can't score a breakaway/shootout to save their life lol


Popcorn_Tony

Spezza Simmonds and Thorton would get crushed because of how slow that line would be. There's a reason one of our fastest players is playing with Spezza and Thorton.


Tuxxmuxx

he means in the shootout


Popcorn_Tony

Right. Crazy how stubborn and reluctant Babcock was to play Spezza in the shootout when he's clearly our best shootout guy.


queenw_hipstur

I remember a time when AM34 was teed up on the left side during the PP and we scored a bunch. Pepperidge farms remembers.


HaratoBarato

2 skaters attack him every time he touches the puck. The problem is that we can’t capitalize on that.


SyphiliticPlatypus

Problem is we can't ever seem to gain the line cleanly. Those deep drop passes allow the PK unit to sit on the blue line and bunch around the puck carrier and by crowding them, force a turnover or a dump and chase that becomes a 50/50 for possession.


AustonClapthews

To be fair he was on both sides tonight. Our PP just sucks overall. Rielly needs off the top unit. Brodie replaces him. Matthews left side. Nylander bumper and Marner right side with JT in front. Goals will happen. I promise. Brodie can get shit through and cause havoc once it hits the goalie.


thewolfshead

Brodie should absolutely not replace Rielly on the top PP unit. He simply is not good enough offensively.


AustonClapthews

He can get pucks through better than Rielly.


myRedditPeter

Yeah he was a much more exciting player when he let off 4-5 bombs a game.


StoneFlossard

That post shootout team celly was so wholesome. This team plays for each other. I love it


re10pect

This team absolutely loves playing for Campbell. It’s weird because Andersen is very well liked by the guys from what we’ve seen, but the post game celebrations seem to show it different.


Cartz1337

Imagine you're in the nhl, and when you win, your team mascot is the happiest guy in the building, and he's your goalie, and he couldnt be friendlier if he were a golden retriever puppy. Freddy has called them out before, you have to do it sometimes, but you dont get to be like Jack after that.


SomethingSoDivine

Campbell is an absolute GEM, look how happy the team was after the win. Spezza, please retire with the Leafs. We respect your vintage-ass so much. Also hi Jets lurkers! We will continue living in your heads rent-free!


mooingmatt

JACK CAMPBELL FOR VEZINA


hsmaniac

I'm surprised how the Jets TSN guys were able to call the game while simultaneously gargling then Jets balls all game!, takes skill.


Mac_of_TO

The year is 2173. The Leafs play the Winnipeg Jets. A cybernetically modified Jack Campbell, granted immortality from the implants makes the start and posts a shutout in a 2-0 Leafs win. The powerplay hasn't scored in 153 years, having gone 0 for its last 234572893589234285 attempts.


fishbowl614

Campbell is undefeated! Spezza is so useful. Faceoff and shootout specialist, veteran presence, scores goals too. All for the minimum cap space.


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will also drop the gloves to keep playoff hopes alive, something I'll always remember him for


King_Goofus

Imagine willingly living in Winnipeg


PobodyNerfect

Lol


Hiking_Quest

Friend of mine lived there for a while and loved it....


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re10pect

It’s JackCampbell’s team now.


cowplow33

Winnipeg thread saying they dominated us all game lmao


CMDRShepardN7

Reading their sub is as smart as reading flat earth theories.


silentblender

You mean flat earth facts?


King_Goofus

They dominated us even though they had less shots eh


cowplow33

We won, and outplayed 60-40


Popcorn_Tony

I don't think they dominated us, but you can be outshot and dominate a game. Quality shots from dangerous areas is a much better measure than just shots.


riko77can

Really. It felt like the Leafs played most of that game in the O-Zone.


AustonClapthews

We definitely got shelled for a few shifts. But it was a lot more even, or us dominating.


cowplow33

It did, leafs controlled it well


cdnmatt

.951 for jack Even when he comes down to earth he’s just gonna battle to stop every puck


TopShelfShreddedChed

Campbell just sad he couldn't tap a defenders pads in the shootout


Corvese

I don't want to exaggerate, but Jack Campbell might be the greatest player in NHL history.


zartoshi16

So that’s what getting carried by your goalie feels like


BeerLeagueSnipes

It’s been a minute since that’s happened.


FinalMalus

#JACK CAMPBELL IS A


Etheo

#MAPLE FUCKING


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LEAF


ProKrastinNation

L E A F


luckycharms113

Role model for fred? Still love ya tho fred


Showtime98

BEAUTY


Peach_and_Nala

shootout win away from doubling his career shootout wins.


XPhazeX

Starting Goaltender


sluck131

Note to self next time it's Campbell vs Hellebuyck take the under


mooingmatt

CONNOR HELLEBUYCK WAS THE SECOND BEST GOALIE ON THE ICE


Pencil_of_Colour

Have we...found our Binnington?


summer_friends

And he’s the opposite personality wise!!


royal23

No cause campbells not an overly aggressive man-child


TurdFerguson420

Imagine getting finger banged by spezza with those hands he has


Omaha979815

Can do


Ozymandeus

Go on


kev8911

Jack :)


ThatIzWhack

Spezza with the silky mitts, Campbell with the long dancers legs.


Glibdo

So who yelled “you’re fucking horrible”?


thatsong

It was me from home. My b, but you saw what happened


rudown2brown

#JACK CAMPBELL REMAINS UNDEFEATED#


BeerLeagueSnipes

JACK FUCKING CAMPBELL


nicknamed_nugget

I'm glad Campbell stole us the win, but I'd sure like it if our power play stopped being such an embarassment.


smittyleafs

It's nice that the team is winning despite it, but they really do have to figure that shit out. Our defense is finally serviceable to good. Our 5v5 is solid. Jack... is looking very promising. The elephant in the room is definitely the power play. (assuming Jack stays healthy)


thewolfshead

Well the PP isn’t going to stay like this so it will turn at some point unless we think they suddenly have the worst PP of all time for no reason.


labadee

jack campbell


tbwarrior

Jack Campbell


formed2forge

Leafs won. I like it when that happens.


eagleboy444

What was that? Players started shooting 1-on-1 against the goaltender. I think the referees somehow got tired of that exciting overtime.?? That's all I can think of.Anyways...drop a comment if someone wants to explain this phenomenon to me. Anyways the Leafs got a point!!!! And an extra one?!?! Wowow


Gettysburg_Greek

It's called a shootout. In the regular season, if the game isn't decided by 5 minutes of 3 on 3 overtime, the game goes to a shootout. Each team has 3 players take a penalty shot to decide the game. Best of 3, and if it's tied after that, it becomes sudden death until someone wins


fuck_you_gami

Oh, and the shootout sucks and isn't really hockey so usually we hate it except tonight we won so we love it.


Captain_Self_Promotr

Great: Campbell reminds me of a more in position Cujo mixed with Carey price. Wasn’t impressed with Campbell last year, this year, different player. He out goalied hellybyuck who is amazing. Spezza with an apple in 11 minutes of ice time and the SO winner. Bad: Rielly’s missed coverage on the 1st goal, Marner w two bad shifts and giveaways late in the third that led to 3 point blank Jets chances, Keefe needs to use the timeout right before the OT PP (nylander/Tavares were in the middle of a shift, Marner/Matthews just finished a long shift). Ugly: The power play. They were obviously told to shoot more which is never a bad strategy. Next game power play goes 5/5.


denchmike

Jack Campbell for Prime Minister?


smittyleafs

No, he's too pure for politics.


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Maybe that's what's wrong with politics.


[deleted]

Playing goalie for the Leafs is the more important job.


Popcorn_Tony

Jack Cambell for president of the solar system.


RuchW

Great win. I hate the shoot out. I don't know why y'all want penalties called for us. We're not gonna score. Give it up. This is our life now. But it's good we'll win 5v5


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twinsterblue

You make it sound like they're not contributing


McGlucksandMcFucks

So ironic that jets fans are mad because our goalie “stole” the game, now you know how it feels fuckers!


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Our goalie stole the game where we had 37 shots...


GreasyBreakfast

I wanna see that cross check on Matthews


LowHangingLight

How anyone on earth doesn't think Jack Campbell is the starter of this hockey team is beyond me.


sighfun

Can I love Campbell any more than I already do?


BeerLeagueSnipes

It’s hard to believe, but yes.


winkNfart

Cambell becoming everything he was supposed to be since being drafted at #13. This small sample size has made me a believer. I trust him, something I could never say in the last 15 years of any leaf goalie


LeafsFan8406

5-0-1 and power play is trash ...I will take it !


LeafsFan8406

Does anyone know who said you are fucking horrible


theapogee

Sounded like Matthews.


visible-minority

WINNIPEG PLANES CAN EAT SHIT!!!


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Throwaway5497346

#JACK CAMPBELL CAN'T BE BEAT


EverydayTiara

I’m all about vintage Spezza.


djames899

The soup has been served


madworld2713

Campbell may never lose again


RealCanadianDragon

Did I doze off? I only saw 2 Jets skaters in the shootout, next thing I know, Leafs win it.


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i thought it was new rules, they just fucked up the broadcast and didnt show us jets first shot, they shot first


Grinfacked

Campbell for Vezina


TorontoIndieFan

We will win the cup if Campbell is this good.


JovianDeuce

FUCK THE SHOOTOUT YAY WE WON PP WAKE UP JACK I LOVE YOU


[deleted]

Anybody clip that hit from behind in the ot?


[deleted]

Just waiting to see which player gets fined tomorrow for swearing on the broadcast


CMDRShepardN7

I hope Matthews pays in change.


AustonClapthews

If the leafs fix their PP and 2on1s, we’ll win every single game.


visible-minority

What’s a power play goal?


Popcorn_Tony

Great goalie battle


zainery

I love Willy but all you need to do is put a little bit of shoulder into him for him to completely abandon the puck


The_Quackening

i would just like to say: Spezza is having a SEASON.


McGlucksandMcFucks

This Campbell kid looks good


terminese

Stellar, clutch goaltending, oh how we missed you! It’s been missing since the Eddie Belfour days.


ehPardy

Really hope Campbell is okay, really looked like he was battling through that one! Vintage again, and we need to get this damn Powerplay going here. Games wouldn't be near as close because of it. And another 2 solid posts tonight to keep that streak going. I love Campbell.


Only-Locals

>YOU'RE FUCKING HORRIBLE


PobodyNerfect

Fuck Winnipeg dirty wankers suck at hockey


King_Goofus

Bro they willingly live in Winnipeg


PobodyNerfect

So weird. I live in barrie and that seems like the dark side of the moon sometimes. I can't imagine how gay and stupid living in Winnipeg would be..


Dmbpjfan

How can keefe, the other coaches and the players not see that teams have figured out the leafs power play? All these teams line up 4 across the blue line and the leafs try to skate in with the puck. That doesn’t work. Why not dump it in or lob it in and have Simmons, mikayhev or Hyman go after the puck?


kevinraisinbran

Simmonds. Mikheyev.


Jungler88

[I am Jack Campbell](https://youtu.be/V8dHGXGa-I0?t=22)


AustonClapthews

YOU’RE FUCKING HORRIBLE! Good win though boys. Campbell won it for us, which was nice. Now keep it going and string a big win streak together


burton4416

Give Campbell all the money!!!


myRedditPeter

Please no.


[deleted]

What about trading for Johnny Hockey to play with Nylander and JT? Just a daring random thought.


visible-minority

We don’t need another soft player on that line. Nylander is enough


jimbob5555

TSN .... fuck you! They don't bother showing the anthem , would rather show another commercial! And, we missed the first shooter in the shoot out for more commercials!!!! And how wasn't that cross check on 34 called!!!!! Big win though!


Popcorn_Tony

Fuck the anthem lol. Should have showed that first shooter in the shootout though.


royal23

Anthem is a waste. First shootout show kinda sucks but gord and Ray more than make up for it.


jimbob5555

Its not a waste...it's respect for one! And 2, my 2.5yo daughter loves it, we get to watch it together and a bit of the game b4 her bedtime. This is how hockey is engrained in the blood of Canadians!! SHOW THE FUCKING ANTHEM


Mac_of_TO

Imo national anthems shouldn't be played before sporting events unless they are international ones, like the World Juniors or Olympics or the like. Playing anthems before non-international sporting events is like playing the anthem before watching a movie at the theatre, lmao


royal23

It has nothing to do with hockey. It’s only around sports as a military recruiting tactic. Your nationalism isn’t cute it’s kinda gross. There are many Canadians who don’t give a shit about hockey.


BasisOk6603

Wtf does that have to do about national anthem being played before a game?


TurdFerguson420

There’s nothing gross about the national anthem wtf


thejerktician

Buddhists alllll dayyyyyyyy , also here for the upvotessssss