Post Game Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs at Minnesota Wild – 19 Nov 2023

44 Comments

1. TheSkeletones 12 months ago

   We haven’t beaten the Laffs in years. This team flat out sucks

2. Steezy-g35 12 months ago

   So thats not considered a trip?

3. Skinnysota 12 months ago

   They fuckin suck

4. MNGopherfan 12 months ago

   You blew it! You could have gotten 4 points this trip and you blew it!

5. Thestateofhockey 12 months ago

   Funny that this was supposed to be a home game.

6. jonn_jonzz 12 months ago

   Half this team needs to be sent down to Iowa.

7. Kaleb595 12 months ago

   God this team is garbage. Start the tank

8. WildKodiak 12 months ago

   2 points on this trip. Better than nothing. Could have been worse.

9. DudeAbides29 12 months ago

   Thoroughly out play the Leafs and that’s the result. Idk man, something has to change. It might have to be Deano getting the boot.

10. stumpybubba- 12 months ago

    Rip in pieces. I vote we tank.

11. TheSkeletones 12 months ago

    Kappy is regressing in ways that make me concerned about that contract. There’s no excuse to keep playing him if it’s injury. Evason and Co need to fucking do something about this

12. HerbalAndy 12 months ago

    If you think of the 2 points we got as 1 win and 1 loss instead of 2 losses, it’s not so bad..

13. luongofan 12 months ago

    Pedestrian 1v1 by Johansson.

14. [deleted] 12 months ago

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15. Seraphax 12 months ago

    I’m so fucking tired of seeing the Wild lose 😮‍💨

16. triumphantV 12 months ago

    Really wanted that one. Fuck.

17. jordynbebus8 12 months ago

    Kaprizov no show AGAIN… god damn

18. JustaRoosterJunkie 12 months ago

    Swede Mafia in shambles. How frustrating must it be to see your best players have the yips, and throw away the chance to win a game in your home country.

19. guywhois0nline 12 months ago

    Deano should be sweating.

20. L3NK1902 12 months ago

    The wild are 0-0-3 in games I attended…

21. Paladad 12 months ago

    Eh essentially the same result as winning one game, losing one. And the team is looking defensively way better than the nightmare of the last month. I can’t be that mad.

22. Kdiddy_78 12 months ago

    Why did we bring JoJo back again?

23. Kaleb595 12 months ago

    This Kaprisov contract is starting to look very bleak

24. Honesty_From_A_POS 12 months ago

    No one wants to hear this but this team is going to be bad for the next 2-4 years. Concerning that kaprizov has fallen off so much. If he’s injured they should be resting him

25. jordynbebus8 12 months ago

    I do not want to go to the game against the Aves next Friday my lord

26. TheSkeletones 12 months ago

    Has Dean EVER taken accountability for the team playing bad, or does he repeat empty platitudes like “playing 60 minutes” and “play cleaner”?

27. MNgirl83 12 months ago

    I hate to say it, but I don’t see this trip as a miserable fail. Our losses could have been greater

28. thprk 12 months ago

    Well the team showed some steps forward so there’s that. Two points for the Global series going 0-0-2 actually improves our win% from 0.400 to 0.438. As for the game itself two thing sting: that the Leafs scored a goal off a non existent power play and the two missed chances by Ek and Brodin? (not sure who was the second one with the puck on the 2-on-1 that lead to the Leafs OTG). But overall a decent performance despite a .840sv% (Woll had a respectable .917), I liked the discipline (a stupid penalty, a nonexistent one and nothing else), I didn’t like the PK, I didn’t like the PP. There’s a lot to improve but maybe a step in the right direction. Let’s just hope this game is a baseline for our performance and not the ceiling.

29. Kdiddy_78 12 months ago

    Does dean get the hook when we get back home?

30. coalsack 12 months ago

    u/NorthernPuck deleting all of his messages right now.

31. cantbelievethename 12 months ago

    Well that was damn near exact end as last years Black Friday game

32. IAmPartialToRed 12 months ago

    We are all Wild fans, we love them. But let’s talk real talk. The Wild power play is complete shit. It has been shit for 3+ years. Why?¹?

33. LukeSbj 12 months ago

    Should start looking into Macklin Celebrini

34. Internal_Garden5787 12 months ago

    Improvement right?

35. swlp12 12 months ago

    Why is Boldy/Gaudreau the second OT line? Boldy hasn’t really had a good game this season and Gaudreau didn’t do anything today.

36. icydata 12 months ago

    [Recap: TOR @ MIN](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6341443488112)

37. Internal_Garden5787 12 months ago

    Joel EE being so damn positive in the post game interview makes me happy anyway…

38. essenceofpurity 12 months ago

    Watched the game on and off from “work.”

    The Wild looked like they outplayed the Leafs for most of the game, but they didn’t win. Somehow, when it went to overtime, you just knew a Swedish Leaf player would win it. Hey, that’s a Minnesota thing letting some other bum be a hero.

    What’s with the Leafers there? Is it like Manchester United, where people follow them because of the name?

39. DontPlayJustPray 12 months ago

    It’s our special teams that is losing us games. Every fucking game is lost because of limp special teams outings. Our PP is fucking dogshit and our PK is even worse. This special teams coach is fucking brutal. It’s just predictable nonsense that’s so easily countered… How have they not changed anything? The opposing team crowds the net with 4 people and wait for the Wild to shoot into traffic and recover the rebound OR let the Wild kill their own PP by passing and looking for an open shooting lane. Shoot the fucking puck, recover the rebound and score in the ensuing chaos, you have to break down their defense to open the lanes.

    How can this fucking guy not just look at our PK and see how they’re doing it? Fire this fucking thick-skulled butt.

    On top of that Johansson completely fucks up 2-3 prime chances every game. He’s good at zone entries and fucking useless in literally every other scenario, weak shot, slow hands, takes too long with the puck. He’s the best worst player I’ve ever seen. He’s not even bad it’s like he’s just thinking for an extra 3 seconds every time he touches the puck.

40. 43moon 12 months ago

    Welcome surprise to see the star player Merrill score a goal. Love to see Middleton score a goal and place him only two goals behind the teams super star for the season. That was nice to see Zuccarello get a goal in front of his mom.

41. The_Next_Wild_GM 12 months ago

    Disappointment, but moral vicory… I saw a huge improvement in defensive coverage and very few breakaways/odd man rushes allowed in these games, which is a massive improvement from the games prior.

42. Malcom_Ecstacy 12 months ago

    Some of you guys are the most miserable fucks my God lol why watch if you’re just going to come in here and complain and then say “I’m done with this team! Bye.”

    And then you’re right back here the next game.

43. dollabillkirill 12 months ago

    The Twitter meltdown happening right now is nuts compared to the reasonable reactions in here.

    Yes, they could’ve won both games, but the Leafs are lucky we didn’t win in regulation. I’m actually pretty stoked they didn’t give up and showed some fucking fight finally.

    It’s a long season. My biggest concern is still our forwards forgetting how to score goals, but those will come. They’re only 4 points out of a playoff spot 1/4 of the way through the season after playing the most atrocious hockey ever in Oct. I’m actually slightly more hopeful than I was 2 days ago.

44. Slight-Ad-728 12 months ago

    Embrace the tank and trade Kap and Boldy. Team sucks. Our big names aren’t doing shit.