Avs @ Leafs: The Aftermath
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At least we can get a good draft pick…?
by laser358 on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
phil kessel
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
HAHAHAAHAHAH
THIS JOKE IS SO FUCKING FUNNY
EVERYBODY KEEP TELLING THIS HILARIOUS JOKE
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
YOU’RE SO FUNNY
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
HEY! WHAT DO THE LEAFS AND BLUE JAYS HAVE IN COMMON?! LOL!!!
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
1967
PARADE ROUTE
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
A CIGARETTE MACHINE HAS PLAYER’S
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
this crap makes me want to smoke.
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t get it.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
He means we’ll get a really good 2nd round draft pick and 3rd and 4th, if we actually have any of those.
/too lazy to look into it
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh.
Yeah.
That’s true.
We will.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
We traded our first for this year and next year for Kessell….
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing against Kessel, but we could win without him- certain players (Komisarek) just choose not to
We can’t win without him… have you been watching the games?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 13, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
you aren’t getting what I am saying…
This has nothing to do with Kessell, You said we can win without him… we havent won a game yet…..
where’s your proof???
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 13, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Or just ban the next one
to make this dumbass argument
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
hahahahahaha
maybe we’ll start winning then!!
by torontocoltsfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes let's blame Ron Wilson
instead of the fact that the only player on the Leafs tonight that has scored over 25 goals in a season is JASON FUCKING BLAKE.
Yes it’s ALL Ron Wilson’s problem.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
check that
30 goals in a season… not 25… woops.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually I was right the first time
25.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhhh
and I missed this comment till I caught your ACKNOWLEDGE posting below… sorrrrrrrrry Stempniak (and Till)
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m certainly not going to throw Ron Wilson under the bus, but it’s not a realm of impossibility to say that the whole team needs to improve. A coach influences special teams the most, along with breakouts and defensive zone coverage. However, routinely the Leafs have been either too passive, too lazy, or too confused with each other. That shouldn’t be happening at this juncture of the season, at least the passivity. And that does reflect on the coach and how he sends out his message.
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THE COACH IS TOO COZY WITH THE GM! PLAYERS SENSE THAT “ACCOUNTABILTY” IS A HOAX!
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
They have a good PP
if he takes the blame for the PK does he get credit for the PP?
A lot of those short handed markers were complete flukes, and missed coverages by players… I’m not placing those on the coach.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
No, but
you could blame the fact that they have no breakout plan, can’t handly anyone else’s forecheck, and are soft as fuck on the puck on the coaching staff.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Also,
you could blame the fact that they don’t go to the net anymore (they used to, doesn’t make sense to me) and they can’t forecheck and they can’t get scoring chances from good areas. Also, that they don’t block shots either. Where are the forwards on the point men? WAY too many point shots getting through.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually they do block shots
at least some of them do.
And if White wasn’t blocking shots tonight, I"m not sure what that’s called where one stands in the way of the puck and keeps it from going into the net as a D man.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
but, as bowen went on at length about, he didnt get those as counted
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Which doesn't mean they aren't blocking shots.
They do.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
They registered 13 blocked shots
Colorado registered 20… ouch.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
On a weirder note
Colorado had 16 giveaways, while the Leafs only had 7. Strange.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
They also missed the net
17 times while we only missed 14.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Kulemin needs to shoot more, he only had 1 shot tonight.
And Bozak only had 1 shot also.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Blake only played 14:10 this evening
THANK GOD… he’s due for a benching.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Ian White led all Leafs in ice time.
Deservedly so.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like a good coaching decision to me.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Bozak was on the ice for 3 of the Colorado Goals
along with Stempniak and Stalberg.
Rookie mistakes or crap luck?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Check that
Stempniak was only on for 2 goals against.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
let’s remember that Colorado crashed the crease really effectively on a lot of their goals… I’m not sure what the forwards could do about that, but it seemed to be occurring fairly often.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Bozak was on the ice for 3 of the Colorado Goals along with Stempniak and Stalberg. Rookie mistakes or crap luck?
He turned the puck over in the neutral zone on the weird goal of Komisarek’s head.
To answer your question, a little from column A and a little from column B.
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
If Ian White is blocking shots in the crease (making saves) then there’s a problem. Need blocks out up high, especially if opposing forwards get to stand in front of the net unmolested. No forwards up high on the points at all. Brutal.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course he does get credit. He can’t make the players draw penalties when the talent isn’t there. But effort, the ability to get pucks out of the zone, punishing players on stupid penalties can all be ingrained. That hasn’t happened very consistently.
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What’s your suggestion to fix this, Steve? Cause it’s sure a shitshow, and I’m not sure how much longer people can take it.
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
I'm still going to keep saying this team is going to suck
as long as they trot out Blake and Mayers… they’re doing a job the team can get from other sources for a lot less money.
Send those two to the minors, and try to pick up useful players from other places. Trades, Free Agents, etc.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Hell, sign Chris Chelios
He can’t hurt the D at this point… it’s so god awful.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
he would
provide some veteran leadership, I actually wouldn’t mind this.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
how about..
some Canadian boys for leadership?
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Nationalism is ugly. It got us the Ballard years.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s only ugly in the extreme – that was Ballard – extreme crap.
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Suggesting geography has anything to do with leadership capability is extreme enough.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
a local boy can do lots for team confidence because of fan feedback.
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
fan feedback works better
when the team is winning some
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
something..
needs to kick start this team.
Angry coaches and GMs don’t seem to work.
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering Toronto is one of the ethnically diverse places in the world now, and MLSE has acknowledged the high number of immigrants in the population make-up, a good Canadian boy probably doesn’t have that much leeway.
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maybe
a good LEBANESE boy…
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
who is also canadian
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
And crazy handsome....
:)
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
US nationalism
has brought us to this shite team. I fail to see how Canadian nationalism will fix it.
They need players who can do little things right. And a little goddam luck.
They need that first fucking goal like its nobody’s business.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE BORN
this is a hockey team, not a fascist ideal.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 14, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I want doan
but we all know that’s not happening.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Chelios is a douche. Concept is interesting, but wrong individual.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I know he's a douche
But so is Jason Blake… and I bet Chelios can out douche him.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Not exactly rushing to Blake’s defense over here either.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
at least
Chelios has the hardware to justify his douchiness
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I still don’t want a douche brought in specifically for motivational purposes.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
me either
at least not really, I think if we just ship out some of our problem players we’ll get better
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
what would gary roberts do?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
make
everyone go to the gym.
Also, he would be standing in front of the net, getting garbage goals.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
and cracking skulls
i say bring up hanson for blake
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I concur.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the question
I demand that every single member of the Leafs be asked tomorrow what they can do to be more like Gary Roberts circa 2002. And that they do it.
I've joined the truculentsia.
Sit them down and show them videos to explain it if necessary. And have Gary show up to club them on the back of the head if they don’t nod
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
2 metal hips?
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
WHY????
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if only BevMo or LCBO and Frequent Drinker Points
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
*had* Frequent Drinker Points
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually
I think Liquor World might have a card, and if that fails I have 17 other liquor stores I can check within 10 minutes
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Liquor World is an awesome name. More places need to be named that.
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Liquor Barn is pretty sweet as well
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I saw a Discount Liquor in Vegas. The bottles with missing labels where 75% off. It was awesome! (I least, from what I remember)
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Come to Alberta! Booze may be the only thing we have going for us
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I've got the BevMo
in Sunny (well not today) California.
I can get my booze at the Safeway at 9am.
But I do enjoy boozing in Alberta. I barely remember Calgary, but Edmonton and Canmore where a blast.
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Good, because I’m in Edmonton I approve, that and I like California
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my girlfriend is from Edmonton, I’ll be back there soon enough!
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds like a plan
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
My condolences.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It could be worse, it could be Fort McMurray
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as a Newfoundlander...
I have family there..
apparently Timmies pays well
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
ah...
the sausage factor.. not so much fun
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I love you for this. Totally love you.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I am now officially a NASCAR fan
Go Juan Pablo Montoya
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by The Meatriarchy on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
I blame confidence and chemistry
there is none of either
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
But there sure is TRUCULENCE.
We can fight a lot… too bad we can’t score goals… or stop them.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Which... last I checked
was the whole point of the game.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, its nice when the tough players who can also play are doing both
which neither beauchemin or komi are accellerating at
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Beauchemin
scored a goal tonight!
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed it (stupid work making me work)
was it a beauty?
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
dunno
I missed it too.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a nice point shot
Half screened by Stalberg… but it wasn’t a beauty.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice hammer from the point on the PP. One of the few shots that actually hit the net.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a rising point shot on the PP.
by Hungry Leafs Fan on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Beauchemin scored a the goal tonight!
Fixed.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, but other than that, his game wasnt that impressive
but it was one of his better games this season
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
he wasn’t bad. it wasn’t the d that stank tonight.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
It was the random skate in the slot that the puck caromed off that fucked us there.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Wilson looks ready to kill someone
Come on Berger, say something stupid!
just remember, he can walk through the woods faster than you can run
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by Kerry Fraser on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what, as disappointing as the result was, there are some positives here. They did outshot the Avs. They also had half the number of giveaways.
Yes
they are turning the corner. That opening 10 minutes was quite good actually.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s a sensible observation. The Pittsburgh game was like walking in on your grandparents sixty-nining. The horribleness is getting toned down. Too slowly, but they show up for chunks at a time now, which is something.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can’t look at where they are absolutely, you have to look at the trajectory. Which seem at least vaguely upwards. And when a team is doing bad, that’s not a given.
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
No I'm not
that was a solid 10 minutes.
The second was a complete cluster fuck though.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
FYI
Everybody the Avs have played this season has had more shots than the Avs.
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3 days without a game
I want and expect something big to happen here. Specifically, Jason Blake getting waived. I’ll accept alternatives.
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YES PLEASE
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Ron Wilson
may be the 4th winningest coach in the NHL, but our team looks confused and lost. Maybe some players are tuning him out, in which case, I think those players should be gone. But if that’s not it, then he isn’t able to use the strengths that this team DOES have, and we need something to change.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions
What are those strengths exactly?
Other than pounding the other team into the ice?
We have a good PP quarterback in Kaberle – but since we never draw penalties that doesn’t seem to help much… we’re too busy taking idiotic ones behind the other team’s net.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
speed. youth which should mean teachableness
we should be tough defensively
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
WE NEED AN AGITATOR
I can’t stress this enough…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 13, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone but Avery.
I’d prefer Downie.
Oh, did you get my FTB links?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Over/Under on number of questions Wilson answers post-game
4.5
Any takers?
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Guess what? I don't read your blog. Ever.
Can someone post a link
to the post game presser when it’s done… my fiancee took the TV over following the game… not that I blame her.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
me three! I thanked her
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by blindfolded tank driver on Oct 13, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Leafstv.com
or just watch LeafsTV.
That’s all I do.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
yes I was watching it
was the only place I could see the game… but now I have to wait for the LeafsTV.com posting of it.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
just tell me if anything interesting happens
I’ll settle for that.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
A word from Nazem Kadri
What the hell was that!? 6 straight losses to start the year!? Okay, Phil Kessel, get better soon, and lead this team to victory. I’ll be here to help next year. As for the disenfranchised Leaf fans, don’t worry, things are going to get better, I guarantee it. Stay strong, Leaf Nation.
Your Pal,
Nazem Kadri
(P.S.: Congrats Tyler, on your first NHL Point.)
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Yeah, Nazem, you’re far more negative than I would have thought. Considering you’re still playing in juniors. So pleh on you.
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He wasn't being negative....
He just likes to motivate us. So to echo his words:
Stay strong, Nation. Things will get better.
(I sounded like Stephen Colbert for a sec. WOO!)
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Aww
Thanks!
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s b/c Viktor is so sincere, and a part of the team right now. Kadri will have day but it is not this day…
Nazem understands what he needs to do. For now, he’s taking a break from motivating us and the team. But, he’ll be back when he’s ready.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
i fucking needed this
since this kid is the only thing vaguely resembling a young gun the Leafs are going to have until 2013 at the earliest.
In that case, Nazem will stay, and be more positive in his speeches.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
You do know Kessel is 21 years of age, right? I hear Tlusty’s a young guy, too.
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amen
Kulemin – 23 years of age.
sometimes I think people assume the NHL pans out like it does on EA Sports…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 14, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Me in gif form;
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by Wrap Around Curl on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
Well, at least you didn’t flash your hoo-ha. Then i would have been mighty confused.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
pika pika!
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not going to imagine the thunderbolt
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CHUUUUUUUUUUU
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
TWSS
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
But electric kills water type
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positives
-goalie didnt shit the bed
-bozak looked pretty good
-stalberg is back and looks good
-there is no way exelby gets another game over finger
-they didnt roll over and die in the third
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
please
please no more exelby
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I keep saying that about Exelby
and he keeps coming back.
and the only game they’ve really rolled over and died in in the 3rd was the Rangers game… they hadn’t done that prior to that game… They’ve outscored the opposition in the 3rd all season so far.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
exelby is fucking terrible
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
understatement! He’s hollwegging it!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Oct 13, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed on all your points except the first one… and I know, I know what the thinking is on Exelby, but he was rather truculent tonight, had seven hits and a fight (as weird as it was).
he took a stupid fucking penalty that was dangerous and he took himself out of position twice to throw a hit
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
And Exelby in the lineup means no Finger,
And I want Finger in the lineup because the guy has been good.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
finger is 10x the defenseman exelby is
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
please
fax this to RW. NOW
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
he hits better, is better offensivly, better defensivly, is less offensive to my eyes and has a pun tastic name
exelby can fight ok
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, another Ron Wilson post.
First of all, I am not advocating the firing of Ron Wilson. I really don’t think this group has given him much of an effort this season. 6 games is not enough of a sample size to make that kind of a decision on his handling of the team. But at one point does management step in and say: ok, enough is enough. we need to shake things up.
I’m not talking about the fans or the media. I mean Peddie and Burke. There obviously has to be some point that this becomes a possibility.
Thanks for swinging by tonight guys and gals.
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Thanks for putting up with our bitching
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
It is sad that I now fully accept losing, I just don’t want to see an embarrassing loss…
pretty pathetic… sad panda
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
The only major positives I can come away with are:
1. Tucker didn’t score the winning goal.
2. Joey Mac was pretty good, considering.
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Well, not that its really a consolation, but
the f’ing fluke goals that bounce of heads and skates and land in the net can’t continue forever.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
How long have you been a Leafs fan, sergei? :)
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by kidkawartha on Oct 13, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Too freaking long Kk. One of these years, maybe surprise us with fewer retardedly lucky goals against?
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
no kidding.
there is a not insignificant amount of luck at work here and sooner or later it has to turn in our favour…
I repeat
Kidkawartha’s question to you, “cat”.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
took me way too long to figure out what the question was! BLAME THE DEVILS DRINK. (i’ve been mixing, bad idea, y/n?)
I have officially been a fan since 93/94. My father’s a Habs fan (I KNOW) but doesn’t really watch anymore, mostly b/c he despises the increasing amount of fighting that is part of the game now. There wasn’t a lot of HNIC around my house until I found the leafs on my own at 12 years old. I wish I’d played, I loved (and still love) to skate.
we need one of those
SO BADLY. preferably early.
So somebody can play with some semblence of swagger. Not desperationg. Swagger. “We’re winning, and I’m better than you, and I’m going to score again.”
But the first one’s going to take some luck. Remember powerplays? JESUS
ugh
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
nothing?
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
It was so bad
That I flipped over to So You Think You Can Dance with about 8 minutes left. Just sad.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:23 PM EDT reply actions
I sort of love that show. Yes, I’m a guy. So what. Really hot women dancing? I’m sold.
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I’ll give you that. Except the host lady has a Mulroney chin. Scary.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Deep breath..
Imagine a clean slate. Forget the first 5 games of the year. This game was not that bad. MacDonald looked okay, the 3rd and 4th goals were flukey and the Leafs are too offensively challenged to mount a comeback against a team sitting on a 3 goal lead. Nevermind that there confidence is rattled, 2 new guys (Stalberg and Bozak) are in the line-up and the Leafs were missing 2 of their regular forwards (with good reason, but still) in Stajan and Hagman.
Overall this was a better effort with some tough breaks. You expect to lose games like this during the season. Just came at the wrong time.
My guess is Wilson will defend his team’s efforts tonight and say he feels bad about the booing. The one consolation maybe is that Toskala wasn’t in goal or else he probably would have had to endure being the focus of the booing.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I tried that already
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's another idea.
Let’s call up Gunnarsson and Frogren next time, and bench Komisarek and Exelby… just an idea!
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Got my vote.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Has Komi been that bad? I know he’s taken bad penalties but I can think of more deserving candidates for healthy scratches than him.
Hope Exelby has lots of nice suits… he’ll have lots of practice wearing them in the press box. At least, if it were up to me.
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
Who else would you sit on the blue line?
Beauchemin would be more deserving I guess… it’s either him or Komisarek.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
One man you can’t bench is Ian White.
However, you could move him up to Forward and get rid of Blake/Mayers/Stempniak/whoever.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Fine with getting rid of Blake or Mayers (Stempniak’s been doing quite well), but Ian White should stay on the D. He’s been probably our best guy back there. There are enough kids to take over for the shit forwards.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
blake and mayers were totally useless this game (and most others)
stemp is just snakebit, he should have like 4 goals this year
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Blake and Mayers
just don’t do anything… and I’d put Mitchell on that list also.
They don’t do enough of anything useful.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
god the leafs need a number one center
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
we need a LOT
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
a scoring center would go a long way
goaltending at least we have gustavsson who may (or may not) be legit
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I want marleau this summer.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I think what’s alarming is that Grabovski has seemed to regressed a lot.
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
this disappoints me greatly.
Kulemin is doing well though.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I really want to like Michell. I think everyone does. But it seems like he has really regressed.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
He was punching above his weight at his best, and his best was 3rd line centre quality on a bad team.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just thinking Wilson rattled Mitchell’s confidence by overplaying him in the first two losses.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Regressed from what?
It’s not like he was a borderline star last year. He had one of the worst +/- numbers on a defensively shit team last year.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Right now all he's got going for him is
he “tries hard” and is a “good listener” … great attributes in a boyfriend, but it doesn’t make him the top line centre of the future for the Leafs.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Steve and Johnny
sittin’ in a tree…
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Beauchemin’s been worse overall, but he’s improving. Komisarek is regressing.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
komi needs to go bat shit insane next game, just fucking lose it
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Komisarek
is trying to do too much (hate quoting Craig Millen but whatever)…
he also spent too much time tonight trying to get revenge for that hit into the glass.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m totally into that. Free the Viking! The Gunnar too.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
finger for exelby,
Gunnar for Komi
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear ya General,
but I’m tired of making excuses. What other management team would have let this go this far? Christ, 0 for 5? Does everyone else have a win now except for the f’ing Islanders?
Something significant has to happen. They have good players but it just isn’t working.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Could this be the year!!!?1
That I start drinking?
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
I am so incredibly exhausted…. I’m gonna go to sleep, someone wake me up when the Leafs start winning?
Also, a win on October 24th would be greatly appreciated.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions
Kyle Wellwood fat joke Twitter-bomb day!
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
You're telling me
I’ll be there with my dad wearing my Leaf’s jersey with pride. The only problem is that the likelihood of being assaulted outside GM place does not change whether we win or lose. Please please please please start the monster for that game RW!
I will
be there in my Leafs jersey too.
With my husband in his Canucks jersey.
I am anticipating needing MUCH beer.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
All you have to do is have your friends lightly slap you for 15 minutes at a time and you’ll be good to go.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 13, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
So, um...are they at least playing hard?
If so, they’re one up on the Caps…if that’s any consolation.
Seriously, I’m sorry about the way the season has opened up…
Whoever the chick is in the moving picture above is hot, though…so you’ve got that going for you…which is nice.
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they seem to be improving….
the Caps are talented enough that they can take a period off and still win.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Umm Britney Spears?
And no they aren’t trying hard.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
So..
How many games would we have won so far this season if we DIDN’T sign Mike Komisarek?
Furthermore, I think the Leafs have found the answer to their netminder woes in Ian White, the most versatile player in the history of the sport. Defense, right wing, AND goalie? What a champ.
by NinjasFromSpace on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
The problems with the Leafs are 3 fold
Offense, Goaltending, and Defense… not in that order.
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Steve
rather than saying that the ENTIRE ROSTER is the problem, isn’t it simpler to point at the coach???
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes it's always simpler to point at the coach
but that isn’t really the problem here to my mind.
If anyone’s to blame it’s the GM that thought signing big forwards that can’t score would make a difference in the won/lost column.
But hindsight is 20/20 and I’m just as bad as everyone else for it. I was lulled into thinking they’d be competitive… they aren’t.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
hold on a sec
signing big forwards that can’t score? Like who?
But yes, I am disappointed in our “scorers” so far this season.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Orr
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
uhhuh
what does that matter? We needed someone who wouldn’t be walked over. He’s a good addition.
I like spending the money on the defense as well.
I don’t like playing useless vets that aren’t going to be around when we’re competetive up front, however.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d agree that most of the current deadweight was preexisting.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I want
it cut from the roster fast.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
No debate there.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I just want
to see some people get some fucking pucks past some fucking goaltenders. Is that too much to ask of a hockey team?
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
i still like all the signings (well except komi, but ive never liked that one)
and I dont think paying camalarri 6 mil a year would be helping much right now either
I just wish we had some offense right now to show for the summer
soon enough though
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
We spend more on D than any team in the NHL
and we have the worst defensive record in the NHL.
That doesn’t bother you?
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
of COURSE it bothers me, I just DON’T THINK IT’LL STAY THAT WAY
YESH, STEVE, Stop making INCREDIBLE jumps from what I’m saying!!!
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I still think the new defensive signings were worthwhile. They aren’t playing up to anything near an acceptable level, and need to be held accountable (I’d like Komisarek and Beauchemin to keep each other company in the press box soon if this keeps up), but over the haul, I don’t expect their overall performance to even resemble the start they’ve had.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not saying I think signing Orr was a mistake
I’m saying that it doesn’t make a difference in the Wins and Losses. Despite what Burke told everyone in the off season.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I corrected myself
then uncorrected… I knew I was missing someone… I ACKNOWLEDGE… and thank you for pointing out for me who I was missing.
I thought at first it might be Ponikarovsky… but then knew that wasn’t it…
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
wasn't in the lineup tonight.
So I wasn’t wrong on that front.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Stempniak and Blake
were the only 2.
and that’s kind of a problem when Stempniak can’t buy a goal, and Blake is completely useless otherwise.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
You get ’em, Godd.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
the special teams aren't so solid either
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
PP is fine.
The PK is the problem.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
pk was pretty good this game
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey blurr, got my FTB entries here:
http://truculenceiseverything.blogspot.com/2009/10/double-whammy-thoughts-leafsnyravsleafs.html
http://truculenceiseverything.blogspot.com/2009/10/leafs-picture-comics-3-what-s-that.html
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Like a calgon commercial
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I apologize
for my negativity. I will never lose hope in this team. It will get better.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
It will
but this season is already lost… how sad is that?
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Not yet. Not if Phil “The Thrill” Kessel has anything to say about it.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
not lost
if we can get some progress from the young guys – Stalberg, Bozak etc. – and we find out how good Gustavsson is.
But no playoffs, like Burke promised though.
I take comfort in the fact that Burke is probably as pissed about that as we are.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
KEEP IT CUTE, OR PUT IT ON MUTE.
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Winning percentage needed to reach 95 points in 76 games: .625
Leafs current winnign percentage: .083
Making the palyoffs is going to b an awesome ride.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Knowing the Leafs, they’ll make it happen. I’ll be laughing my ass off.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 13, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Do I need to
re-ask you your own question? ;)
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Missing the playoffs by a point is gonna be a hell of a ride too, though much less satisfying at the end.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Berger
Asks the dumbest question:
‘What do you think of these video tributes to ex-Leafs?’
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what do you think about a pen to the jugular howard?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw that on Supernatural once.
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me too, ,its where i got the idea
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Just like Joker in the original Batman.
“The quill is truly mightier than the sword”
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's a giant wank off
sort of like Flashback Fridays for the Jays. Let’s remind people incessantly of how great we used to be, because frankly the current product sure is shitty.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering that the Leafs were continually railed against for being very non-cognizant of their past, I have no problems of the Leafs propping up their history and actually honouring their past players properly.
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Is this finally the last “homecoming” we have to stomach? Seriously, enough with the ex-Leafs coming “home” and scoring big goals. I thought we were supposed to be moving on?
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
hahahahahahah
oh, Berger
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
“that they’re good. Next question.”
I want to trade players between my teams. Spoon can go to the Leafs (truculossity!), and Vesa can go to the Tigers, where conceding 6 points a game puts you at the top of the league, not the bottom.
There is precedent for that kinda thing.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
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So are we panicking now? Cause I’m honestly not sure what to think anymore.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
To quote an old song...
“Don’t worry, be happy”
Because, things can only go up from here.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Well if the Blues can go from 15th to 6th…
Although this is quite the hole we’re digging for ourselves.
“I know! We’ll dig our way out!”
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The Leafs
Need to play .605 hockey for the remainder of the year to get to 93 points. Anyone else think that’s unlikely?
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
What, starting from tonight? Seems a bit steep, but then again I am in no condition to do math and therefore in no condition to dispute it.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the best thing about math
it’s kind of not possible to dispute that 76*2 = 152, and 92 divided by 152 = .605263157… so yeah… .605 hockey the rest of the way.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
No because I won’t allow it.
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Panicking....
is another form of surrender.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Well if you say so.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
wrap is laying down the law.
I think I like it.
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
Seriously, we are not going to sit around and eat ice cream and cry like we were ditched at prom. Get over it. Nothing productive comes out of wining. Yeah there are problems. But calm down, the season is young.
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Yeah on the condition you aren’t crying and eating your feelings.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Oct 13, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
we can still have ice cream though right?
i want a blizzard
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
oh hellz naw, mint oreo with cookie dough
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
No Vesa EVAR!!!!!!! (please)
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the Leafs proved tonight that they’re not losing because of Vesa.
by Belligerent Burkie on Oct 13, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Positives
Poni was solid. 7 shots.
White was terrific.
Stalberg is back.
Gustavsson is coming back.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions
Besides for Komisarek killing all momentum, and the one bad goal by McDonald, what was so bad tonight?
Darcy Tucker
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by Almo89 on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
all you can do in a time like this
…is talk about something somewhat irrelevant to keep your mind off the stuff that matters.
LADIES, name your top five Leafs who give you tingly feelings in your lady parts:
MINE: Schenn, Bozak, Stalberg, Orr, Poni.
HONORABLE MENTION: Beauch, Exelby, Komi.
um
Schenn, Stalberg, Komi………
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That puck off his face isn’t gonna help.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
scars are sexy
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
Missing teeth aren’t sexy though, that’s a buzzkill. I do love a man confident enough to wear a visor. So many refuse to b/c they are afraid to act anything less than 100% super manly. I think it just shows confidence and actual brains.
ok
ps… just so you know, people are often posting while wasted here
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven’t done that in so long :(
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
oh good
I just wanted to ensure I wasn’t bothering the largely non-female posters with my impulsive choice to bring up leafs eye candy. :)
I kind of built the whole idea for my site around Leaf eye candy.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that ship sailed long ago.
There’s not a soul here of either gender who would not bear OLAS’s firstborn.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
drunk is good
i dont have any lady bits
but schenn, schenn schenn schenn and stalberg
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Poni
Appreciates the mention.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
his hair rules so hard
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
That's true
Good observation
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Wilson giving team the day off tomorrow
I actually kind of like this. Hockey players play hockey. They can get back to it when they decide they want to be hockey players again.
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They do have the rest of the week to think about what they did wrong.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
If I were him, I’d be telling them to take notice of what it feels like not coming to the rink, and decide if they want that to be their normal day-to-day life, because some are close.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
oooh
I like how you think.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
About everything?
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
he probably walked in the dressing room and said “fuck ya’ll, I’m out” and then booked it for the bar
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
with Burke, Nonis and Fletcher? To sing the Bloge Salming song?
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
fridge is so cold my pop has ice in it, i like this as it saves me having to make more cubes
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
You’re awesome, Jared. Ice-cold pop is the best.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 13, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
especially when i am making triple crowns
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
pre – made on the rocks
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by blindfolded tank driver on Oct 13, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Here’s Jeff Blair’s take.
I think I’ll fanshot it also.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
Steve
take a look at who he points to
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
You want me to go on an article in which the media blames Ron Wilson?
Cox wrote his first Wilson bashing article 2 days ago… Blair is late to the party.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously... you want me to accept this?
When a team can’t move the puck out of its own end and does a lousy job of penalty-killing, then that is a reflection of man management and tactics and system.
Moving the puck out of it’s own end is the COACHES job? Holy crap. Having coached hockey, I now realize what my real job was all along… playing for the players!
As for the “lousy job penalty killing” it sure doesn’t help when your original starter has a .652 save percentage when you’re a man short.
Basically the media are running out of players to blame, and they have to write articles… some of which write themselves. There is no tactical “flaw” that the media can refer to with any clarity. They just spew crap like that to make it sound like it’s all Wilson’s fault.
What is Wilson doing that doesn’t work on the PK? What tactical system of occult defensive positioning is he using that is SO freaking arcane that the Leafs D can’t figure it out to a degree where they kill some penalties off?
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Makes you wonder....
if the Leafs should have a coach that just focuses on special teams.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn’t that what the assistant coaches are for?
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Zettler handles D
Hunter handles the Forwards.
I want to know what system people think Wilson SHOULD be using.
I’ve heard players use the term “backside pressure” about 4 times already this year, specifically in reference to the fact that they aren’t applying it. This amounts to the weak side forward not DOING HIS FUCKING JOB AS WILSON INTENDS IT. That isn’t his fault. It’s the shitty forwards that don’t back check who are fucking things up half the time.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
not DOING HIS FUCKING JOB AS WILSON INTENDS IT. That isn’t his fault. It’s the shitty forwards that don’t back check who are fucking things up half the time.
I’m a mangaer responsible for 10 people at my office. It’s part of my job to make sure they do their jobs, and to ensure that they carry out my instructions as I intended. If they don’t their job they get in trouble, but I also I have to make an adjustment to the way I communicate to them. Eventually, if they still won’t do their job, MY BOSS comes down on me and tells me to do my job the way HE intended it.
I’m not really a manager but the rest of this is true.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Shit rolls downhill and all that. I have to agree, that’s basically how management works in everything, except sports.
The problem is when the players make ten times the salary as the coach and the coach is in danger of losing his job before the players do. The balance of power shifts because while the coach can yell all he wants, it is still easier to can the coach at the end of the day.
Not sayin it’s right, but that’s just the way i see it.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I understand that coaches don’t have that much effect on a team’s performance if said team doesn’t have good players. There’s only so much a coach can do when the roster is marginally talented. That being said, what a coach can do is put said players in the best position to succeed. And if a coach doesn’t do that, then that’s not a good coach. If Ron Wilson continually plays players that don’t deserve ice time, makes lineups that don’t fully utilize the talent he does have, and still struggles to communicate to his players on making better choices on the ice, then yes, the coach is culpable.
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I think even with goons and plumbers there’s a certain threshold of skill to make it as far as the NHL. As much as we like to say so and so is a talentless hack, it’s a helluva gauntlet to even make it to this league, even if it’s for a short time.
The realities of the salary cap and all that are really out of the coach’s hands. This is where coaches and management have to work together, and have each other’s backs.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
And Wilson shouldn’t be held accountable for the players that have been brought to this roster. And I agree that there’s not much a coach can do talent wise to be blamed. However, I will blame Wilson if it warrants it. And that will have to do with on-ice play with said players. If players continually giveaway the puck, continue to look confused, continue to be passive on special teams (standing around, not helping each other on the boards, not having active sticks, etc.), then more talented players won’t do much if they’re not internalizing what the coach tells them.
But again, the Leafs haven’t played 10 games yet. The season is barely a quarter over. Firing Wilson right now is useless, since the new players haven’t had a chance to familiarize what their tendencies are and what kind of team the Leafs are right now. After 25 or so games, and the Leafs are not improving in any shape or form? Well, then that’s an issue that will be dealt with at that time.
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Agreed. The Leafs have always been known to be a blue-collar team that played heart and soul, above their potential. I don’t give a damn if we don’t have the same talent level as the Capitals right now, but we gotta have the same heart. Call it nostalgia but I just don’t see the same level of pride and courage in this team right now. They are rolling over and that more than anything is keeping this team from success.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 14, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes... a coach that will "teach" them
how to ice the puck? Is Tom Fitzgerald handy?… I know he’s laid up in hospital but seriously… how is this the coach’s fault?
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Blair
Is so good.
He had that puppy up QUICK.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I suspect he had that ready to go regardless of which way the game went.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
To quote myself,
To sum it up, It’s only 6 games. and I still have hope the Leafs will turn it around and play like we’ve hope them to play. 76 games is a long time for things to change for the better. So, relax Leaf Nation. It’s not time to panic, contrary to what the MSM have been saying about this team. I’m not losing faith in this team, we just need a miracle to win.
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.605 hockey
just to get to the 93 points it took Montreal to make the playoffs last year.
Not saying it’s impossible… but with this team I don’t see it happening.
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by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
can you just pretend?
for us?
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Where’s eyebleaf? I need some determined optimism in my life.
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PLAYOFFS!!!1
this place had has a distinct lack of eyebeleaf as of late
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m trying to remedy it.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately....
you’ll have to make do with me, eyebleaf-lite. ;)
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/laraque-apologizes-for-alcohol-ad/article1322131/
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More than the losses...
What bothers me is they are getting worse with each game.
no, they were better this game than last (over all)
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m out.
Had enough of the BS here.
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by Karina on Oct 13, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
Good night,
Don’t lose hope. It’ll get better, you’ll see. :)
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
adios! keep the faith, its better!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Oct 13, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree.
Stay strong, Leafs Nation. We’ll get through it.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Toskala
out for 7-14 days with that knee.
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Let’s hope Gustavsson plays well enough to make it a career.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Gustavsson will be fine
I read an interesting (read MORONIC) article on Sportsnet earlier today by Mark Spector about rushing prospects like Gustavsson in which he compared him to Kiprusoff, Lehtonen, Vokoun, and Backstrom… he of course conveniently left out Jonas Hiller and Henrik Lundqvist…. but hey why make an argument by mentioning BOTH sides of it.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, the Mainstream Media....
Undermining the Leafs, no matter what since forever.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
the funny thing of course is
Lehtonen was a 2nd overall draft pick that was playing regularly in the NHL at the age of 20. Vokoun was a backup to Mike Dunham for 4 years before he got his break, but that wasn’t through any fault of his own, Backstrom waited until he was 27 to make the jump to the NHL, and Kiprusoff had played 2 years in the AHL before he turned 24.
Gustavsson is 24… he should be in the NHL now… and Lundqvist and Hiller both made the jump successfully at that age or earlier DIRECTLY. Waiting on a 24 year old (which includes Bozak, Hanson, and Stalberg) like they’re 18 year old rookies is absolutely asinine.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
the darkness is coming to take me, good night all
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 13, 2009 11:04 PM EDT reply actions
Good night.
Stay strong.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
good night! I’m out too! party hard everyone!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Oct 13, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Peace
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, Im out,
Have to wash bottles and the kids dishes before head off for bed.
Another long day of Leafs jokes await me at work tomorrow.
ugh
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I hear you brother.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Peace out.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You may be too late
Everyone’s optimism died in your absence.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Except mine.
My optimism will never fuckin’ die.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Read the quote in my signature
It’s fitting for times like these.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Click the link on my signature
For my thoughts on everything…
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m still optimistic.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s bound to be one difficult stretch during the season, right? We’re just getting ours out the way in October.
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Yes in some ways
I suppose I’d rather have a steady climb to ALMOST the playoffs than a disheartening trip over a cliff right after X-mas.
Get it out of the way early.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
This is sort of like a band-aid
Remove our unrealistic hopes for the post season right away… that way if they DO make it we’ll be even more happy with it.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
And not in November. You know, when it matters.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe this queef of a start to the season
is Ron Wilson’s response to Howard Berger.
He’ll win all the games when it matters… and none of them will matter… and then he’ll say
“SEE HOWARD – HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY INTEGRITY!!! ASSHOLE”
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually if that happens
I’m going to find a photo of that moment, and get it autographed by Wilson and Berger… and then frame it.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
To be a fly on the wall when that happens.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi.
- high-fives eyebleaf -
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
My optimism will be back
after a good night’s sleep. And maybe a win.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 13, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll be optimistic once (if) they get over .500
anytime this season.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
!!!!!!!!!!111
well at least that part’s still working.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 PM EDT reply actions
Successful Leafs!
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
- Sir Winston Churchill
I’m pretty sure he’s talking about the Leafs.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Whoa
Did you just quote a quote that you’re already quoting in your sig?
I’m too high for this.
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
That is so meta.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Potent Quotables for Quotable Quoters.
These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you think that'd work with our current state of affairs?
These aren’t the Leafs you’re looking for….
Now… on to the Cantina!
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 13, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll never understand why Obi-Wan lied to Luke about his father. I think he found that the hardest thing to accept. Obi-Wan could talk to Luke in his mind, and yet suddenly not everything he’d ever told him was honest and truthful. That had to leave him feeling confused and hurt.
Like we are.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He wasn’t untruthful, he just…omitted certain details. I guess they glossed over that part of the Jedi code.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
A certain point of view my ass!
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He was too busy being a senile old man! Or cagey. I guess it comes and goes. We should ask Fletcher about that.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Well said
That had to be a hard burden of Kenobi to walk around with, knowing that Luke was dead set on destroying the Empire
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe he thought it was too much to deal with at once, and he thought he’d have a chance to bring it up after.
That whole Death Star bit just got in the way of things.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually that would have been the perfect time – when they were caught in the tractor beam.
by general borschevsky on Oct 13, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm, good point. It’s not like they had anything better to do.
“while we’re hanging out under the floorboards, I forgot to mention your daddy isn’t dead. He’s actually the guy trying to kill us. But otherwise, a good bloke.”
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow Star Wars would be even more entertaining with a little bit of snark.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe that so much that I bought jersey from the 1991-92 season after the fact.
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by puckurgently on Oct 13, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
We don’t need to make the playoffs but finishing 9th and looking good doing it would be nice.
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I saw them finishing 8-10 before the start of the season and I am not budging from that.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Gentlemen and Ladies
DONT PANIC The ship will not sunk, our head are above the water, and we can still reach the Canadian Club. There is still hope, not the kind we can grab, but the kind we know is there waiting for us some call it destiny I call it being a Leafs fan. We just need to remember one thing the world will still be there tomorrow. We know this because deep down our hearts are filled and joined by single unifying force, something so powerful that together we are unstoppable: BELEAF and because of that we can never be truly defeated. GO LEAFS GO
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
by Almo89 on Oct 13, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d to the max.
Wise words, my friend. Wise fuckin’ words.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you kind sir, it is just my first day so I shall endeavor to do better, just as the Leafs will surely do on Saturday
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No problem.
This place just needs a little hope, and everyone just needs a break from the negativity and such.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
if things are down then we must go up. TO THE MOON!
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
There's the real Truculence
It comes from the people who continue to have faith in the Leafs even when all hope seems lost. It takes Truculence to go against the grain and support your team in its darkest hour.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I have heard a speech like that before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ByNT12IYbY , and that was in the 80’s which means we are going to go kick some ass in the 2000’s
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
Me in the same vernacular as Optimus Prime? I’m flattered. :D
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And Unicron is the rest of the league that thinks we are done
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
And i’m not going to let them push me over, and neither should you.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
No giant robot is eating Leafs Nation on our watch.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s why they invented Orr
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
Yup. And all we’ve gotta do is get Schenn the matrix of leadership and we’ll be set.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
They should play that before every game.
Good team always needs a good theme song.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Better than the “We’re Canada’s Team” crap….
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to agree. I wonder whose bright idea that was.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
SO SAY WE ALL SO SAY WE ALL
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Still 90%+ of the season remains
But I’m feeling a little antsy. It’s that instant gratification thing other teams enjoy when they rebuild.
by Rock Outta SoCal on Oct 13, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
It’d almost be worse if they won a game and then went and lost another six in a row. I’d rather they get all this losing out of the way now. This just means we can only win 76 in a row now.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 13, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok time to walk the dog
and pick up it’s shit…
First the Leafs and now this… I feel so degraded.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Who?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Nazem Kadri....
is not amused at this caller’s gaffe.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
totally
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by Archimedies on Oct 13, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Want to feel depressed?
I updated my Ballard Division standings on tonight’s game recap and the Leafs have the same goal differential as the 1974-75 Washington Capitals did at this same time of the year. Except that version of the Caps had a win and a tie.
I refuse to believe the Leafs are as bad as they’re showing and certainly by the end of this season. Will the Leafs make the playoffs? Not if they play like this, absolutely not. But the Leafs aren’t going to continue playing this way, nor will the same players continue to be on this team. Washington was a mess at the time, not long after their expansion year. The Leafs have the resources to make moves and certainly a GM in Brian Burke that will not stand for this kind of play. The optimism is faint, but the flame hasn’t flickered out. The evidence is gradually coming with Bozak being brought up and Stalberg returning to the ice. I’m keeping the faith – I just won’t be as vocal as I like to be at this point in time.
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Well
After all the drama that’s been the last two weeks, all I can say is:
My room is Maple Leaf blue. Has been for years, and I’m never gonna change it.
My walls are lined with photographs and drawings of Leafs from the last three-quarters of a century, and they’re never coming down.
My Leaf Jerseys have been taken out of my closet, and I’m wearing them, in Ottawa, and I’m not about to stop now.
I just bought a print of Luke Schenn from CanadianMaple, and that shit’s getting framed.
I’m doing the only thing one can do when things get this low:
Putting my head down, not looking back, and powering through the entire god-damned season if I have to. I’m a Leaf fan. It’s what I do.
They’re my team. I’m not giving up on them; not now, nor ever.
by Vent on Oct 13, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Rec’d.
Keep believing in this team, son, they need all the support they can get. :)
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
GO LEAFS GO
Don’t lose the faith.
Keep Beleafing.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 13, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Good Night, Leaf Nation
Never Stop Beleafing.
It’s going to get better, I promise you. :)
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Night Leafland
Float On, Good News is on the Way. BELEAF GO LEAFS GO
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Good night, fellow Beleafer.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 14, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Tuckers being a nice guy
‘These guys are paying me a million bucks a year, to make them look bad’. would have been the perfect quote from Tucker.
(And I’m just enjoying your misery all the more since it isn’t looking so hot for my habs either)
by Cowboyinmontreal on Oct 14, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions
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