Game 57 Maple Leafs at Avalanche 2/24/24 7pm est.

[corkym]

At the moment…………this is just great

[TMan]

20 to go. Love the composure of the Leafs. Bend but don’t break. Sammy has looked good at times and lucky as well. Here we go!!

[randys]

Boys have to pick it up a bit, 10 to go and the Avs are taking over the play.

GO LEAFS GO!

[TMan]

Agree. Av’s been getting in our zone too easy and staying there.

[Leafs_Pam]

Wow! Bertuzzi has a hat trick!

[randys]

Big 2 points, big night for Bertuzzi, big night for Sammy.

[Leafs_Pam]

7 straight wins. Unbelievable! Team turned around their game with that suspension against Rielly.

[corkym]

And now, makes me very happy 

[TMan]

I’ll be dipped in dogsh*t!! What a f’in great game. First 7 game win streak in 20 years. I’m stunned at how we hung in there after going down early. Proud of our team on this night. I’ve got a sore throat from screaming/swearing. I had a sh*t day but the win has made me a happier man.

[Leafs_Pam]

About 3 or 4 minutes before period 2 ended, Joe Bowen said in the 11 visits to the Avs the Leafs record was 8-0-3. Now it is 9-0-3. The game sounded great. I wish I could have seen it. After 20 years without 7 straight wins, this streak feels really good.

[TMan]

This is the first time all season where I’ve really loved the way they are competing. Maybe Keefe has finally found good line combos. Bottom six seem to finally finding a groove whether it’s Reaves or Gregor on the 4th. Huge points they’ve been collecting at maybe the toughest stretch of the season.

[kazzie]

Well I certainly didn’t expect Bertuzzi with the hatty but I’ll certainly take it.  Great win.  Sammy looked shaky to me but withstood the barrage for the W.  He gave up way too many rebounds for my liking but Lady Luck was on his side for a few of them as they threatened the goal line.  This team is beginning to show me something but in my estimation still needs a little tweaking on the back end.  Now let’s see if we can keep this streak going at home.  

[stugats1]

I'm the biggest whiner here probably haha but got to give them their due rt now. Lot to like last night. First off who was that wearing #59 last night?

7 wins in row

Sammy made some huge saves. He is getting back to being a force in nets.

Coming back from 2-0 against a top team

Willie's pass on winner.

Bertuzzi.. hope he is finally rounding in to form. We can really use that guy who played last night.

Moving JT to a third line is good.

Keefe out of his comfort zone

Winning at Colorado and Vegas makes up for a bit for losses to Columbus.

Mitch playing his best hockey.

For first time thus year I'm comfortable with us making playoffs.

I'm sure there will be more stinkers but we are improving

[hobie]

On how Morgan Rielly has played since rejoining the group:

I am thrilled the guys haven’t taken a step back with him coming in.

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[TMan]

They give us all reasons to whine Stu 😁. You are not alone. As you say Willys pass on the winner was next level. Not sure we’ve seen games as complete 60 minutes efforts like these last several games. Funny how confidence can win games. Down 2-0 early and they don’t fold, just kept prsssing and were rewarded. Let’s hope this is what we see down the home stretch. If they play this well and lose then the other team earned it. Keep Rollin boys!