Maple Leafs 2 v. Sabres 3 (OT): Highway Robbery
by PPP on Oct 31, 2009 12:37 PM EDT
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Good news: The Leafs are finally coming together. This was a third straight great effort and complete domination of the Sabres. Ryan Miller is the only reason that the Sabres got one point let alone two. Jonas Gustavsson made the saves when he was called upon. The forecheck was relentless and Tyler Myers is so hilariously overrated and he has a puny slapshot.
Bad News: It's only one point.
Update: More after the jump
The good thing about the Leafs saving Matt Stajan's posterior with a late equaliser is that the Leafs got a point in addition to the moral victory. The Leafs should have won this game going away but a couple of posts, a falling defenceman, a bad giveaway, and some shoddy early refereeing conspired to rob the Leafs of what they deserved.
The buds ran into their customary penalty trouble early in the first as some chintzy calls went against them and then the inevitable bad bounce struck. A point shot on a 5-on-3 hit Mike Komisarek's leg, hit Jonas Gustavsson's left leg and slid out into the crease before getting slammed home. Ian White levelled later in the first with a laser beam over Ryan Miller's shoulder as Alexei Ponikarovsky set a great screen. Too bad they got away from creating that kind of traffic in front of the American.
The repeated 5-on-3s (good luck getting one in return though) helped highlight Luke Schenn's best game of the year. The big storyline on Sportsnet before the game was whether, based on Luke Schenn's stuttering start, the panel would ignore an entire season by the Leafs blueliner in order to draft his former partner Tyler Myers who had played 9 games prior to last night. The shocking thing was that Nick Kypreos was the voice of reason on the panel. Of course, based on last night's performances it's no contest. While Schenn was a defensive stalwart, especially on the penalty kill, Tyler Myers was turning over the puck six times in his own zone, taking two terrible penalties, and generally looking skittish under the pressure of the Leafs' forecheck.
The Leafs got behind thanks to finally being punished after some atrocious offensize zone turnovers. Tim Connolly, in one of his 15 games this year, potted on a breakaway after Niklas Hagman gave the puck away. They were unlucky not to get the lead in the third as they dominated to the extent that even their fans had to admit it:
The third period was all Leafs but Ryan Miller was the best player on the ice. He played a game of anything you can do, I can do better with the Leafs players and they were left shaking their head. The Sabres seemed well on their way to victory when Matt Stajan took a dumb interference penalty with 54 seconds left to play. Just 16 seconds later Mikhail Grabovski tipped a Tomas Kaberle shot by Miller and the Leafs had tied the game. That penalty eventually haunted the Leafs when Tim Connolly netted his second of the game with a blast from the point just two seconds before the Stajan penalty expired.
That interference penalty looked like it had torpedoed the Leafs' chances before John Mitchell bulled his way down the wing, got the puck back to Tomas Kaberle and Grabovski deflected his floating wrister past Miller. Unfortunately for the Leafs, the Stajan penalty didn't expire at the end of the period and Connolly potted his second past a Thomas Vanek screen (probably the only time the $7.2M man made an appearance).
So all in all, another strong performance and a 4th point in 3 games. The team will be tested tonight though as Vesa Toskala will be getting the start. It will be interesting to see what impact his presence will have on the team's improved forecheck.
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Not even Jesus Christ Miller will be safe from the Wrath of Kessel.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope not
but it’s a lot to put on him right away.
I hope we give Kessel the opportunity to ease into the lineup and get his game back (and not try too much). That means starting pot our chances when we get them.
That would be most suitable for him.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t want him pushed back from injury too early, but there’s no holding back on the pressure. Get into game shape, STAT. We’re paying him to handle pressure. We need to score NOWWW.
I agree we need to score now, but we (and by we I mean they, the Leafs) have to realize Kessel won’t take care of all the scoring by himself. Those that get the opportunities have to make the most of them.
Yes we’ve faced some hot goalies, but we’ve also made them look good by not finishing when we have the chance. Kessel alone isn’t going to fix that unfortunately.
Oh, I agree completely that Kessel is not going to fix everything – too many of our players have ham hands around the net for that. My point was just that there’s no going easy on Kessel once he’s in the lineup. I understand he’ll need a bit to get into form, but I think that when we talk about taking the pressure off any player on a team that is 1-8-2, we’re copping out. The pressure is ON.
i wouldnt say doubling, but you know sometimes when someone on the leafs wiffs a shot or puts it wide or right at the goalie that that is going to be kessel soon, and he is gonna roof it
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Just wait until we get Grabbo’s final faceoff stats for this game. I think it’s very close to 100%. He, and the Leafs, are going to break out on the offense just in time to kill the dirty Habs.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Great goal by Grabovski tonight. Too bad they couldn’t pull it out. Hopefully they’ll be extra hungry for the win tomorrow night because of it.
by general borschevsky on Oct 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
So
How well does Kessel react to pressure?
Cause he’s gonna get a fuckton of it once he’s in the lineup.
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I hear that.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s waaaaaaay too excited to worry about pressure. He had no problem with it at college, and didn’t have a problem with it with the Bruins in the playoffs. I think he’s going to thrive on it.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope so kidk. If he can he’s going to bury some of these chances we get and we’ll win games like this. God we need that so bad right now.
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It’s simple- he’s done it before, and he is just simple enough of a human being to be excited and nothing else.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
To be fair, there were people other than him on the bruins who shouldered “the pressure,” specifically Savard and Chara and Thomas.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 31, 2009 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure enough, CH, but he’s going to shoulder that pressure by himself here, either. I just haven’t seen much evidence that he crumples under it, anywhere.
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exactly
we’ve already got some pressure, and people like Schenn are shouldering it, Gustavsson has sure shown he can face the music, and Kaberle’s elevated his game. Kessel won’t be left alone on the Leafs either.
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by Karina on Oct 31, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The ending really pissed me off.
Stajan rakes a moronic penalty and then the Leafs just can’t clear.
2 more seconds and the Leafs were going to get back to evens and back to completely dominating this bums.
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frankly im just glad it didnt go to shoot out, i dunno how gusty would do
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Buffalo – First in the league is goals against with only 18. Yeah, Miller is their guardian angel. Where’s Scott Gomez when you need him?
They call me Splodeybones.
No kidding
It’s definitely not because of their great defence and their puck moving abilities
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Nite ya´ll from Sweden!
And GOOO GUSTY!!
Vesa must be killed – so say we all.
Nite peeps!
"I woke up from my work nap for THIS!?"
See ya.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
What I hate
the pity.
I can no longer count how many times I’ve heard fans/players/media guys say the Leafs “are a better team than their record shows.”
I’m sick of hearing it. 1-8-2 in October.
Win. Please…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
It'll come.
The goaltending is coming around, and the scoring should get a huge boost when Kessel arrives and does his thing.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s the difference between a hexagon…
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 31, 2009 3:42 AM EDT up reply actions
both tlusty and Kulemin looked good tonight, Grabbo has been playing very well the past few games and Luke Schenn had his best game of the year
THINK POSSITIVE
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
Do I dare say it....
OLAS is effing back?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
didn't get to see it
but I take it no Leafs exploded, right? that’s got to count for something, right?
THIS IS A JOKE
no spontainious leaf explosion
so they were aces in that
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, it’s whiskey and pumpkin carving time! I’m out! Goodnight!
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by mauvais gardien de but on Oct 30, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
A lot of positives tonight
But the Leafs glaring weakness is their inability to clear the puck out of the zone when they have the chance.
Bad bounce on the Beauchemin almost clear but yeah, they still struggle which is mind-boggling.
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yeah, if beauch didnt stumble there and cleared that….
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
6 Points
Is all the Leafs need to be tied for eighth!
It doesn’t sound bad put that way, does it?
by Fastest Pokemon on Oct 30, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
Ryan Miller
calling the Leafs “divers”
“sick of that crap” “needs to be called and out of the league”
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
HAHAHAHA
Who says nothing funny has ever come out of Buffalo!
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another good one
on the Grabovski tip replays they’re saying it “appears to be a goal.”
NO, IT IS A GOAL. NOT APPEARS. IS.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
What a bunch of whiny bitches, they won the game, even though they never earned it, and still complaning about the team that thoroughly outplayed them.
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by LeafFan1989 on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
If he wants to bitch about diving, he has to look no further than that douchebag Kaleta, who just can’t seem to stay on his feet for such a “tough guy”. I can’t wait for karma to catch up to you, Miller.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
all he does is run people and fall over crying when he gets touched, at least ruutu will stand there and flash his toothy grin at you
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
what what what?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
WTF?
Is he watching his own teammates?
Seriously, great goalie but if he thinks the Leafs are divers he’s dumber than a bag of rocks.
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That boy has seriously smoked himself retarded.
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UMMMMMM, maybe you should talk about your own team mister Miller
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by LeafFan1989 on Oct 30, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
And that Kaleta bastard.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck you Miller, and I have no idea how you can walk with half a dozen horseshoes shoved up your you-no=what.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I might just have to go after him for the next "The CCC"
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Go after Sabres fans, just wait for their b.s. comments in the next few hours.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Ryan Miller, you insane bastard. Stick to being Jesus in net.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m going to go drown my sorrows in hot sauce. In this metaphor, my sorrows are a burrito. And hot sauce is actually hot sauce.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The only other thought I have, outside of being very proud of our Leafs game tonight effort and determination-wise, is that offensive chemistry a la Man-Grabs-Lemon is missing. Too many goddamn line changes, too little knowing the ins and outs of your linemates game.
Also, there was something seriously wrong with Buffalo’s ice- they just cleared a fucking circus out of the building yesterday or today.
Lastly, from a spiritual perspective, there is something very wrong with how lucky they are against us in their building- it defies the odds. But blurr is right, we just have to bury the damn puck.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
you know what was funny?
how terrible tyler myers was
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
made me laugh.
He has the kind of slapshot that used to make my teammates and I chirp “BLLLLLLLISTERING SLAP SHOT!” from the bench.
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OLAS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Myers.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
That was true.
Schenn was aces tonight, and Myers sucked ass.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously, grabovski out muscled him and stole the puck, grabbo is like a foot shorter
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
And now they are stuck burning a year of his entry level deal. Oops!
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HA-HAW!
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
it will be awesome when he hits a rough patch
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
did that start with this game?
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by Karina on Oct 31, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I AM LOSING BRAIN CELLS WATCHING THE BUFFALO COVERAGE
NOTHING THEY SAY MAKES ANY SENSE.
“Tim Connolly kind of guess on Gustavsson and takes advantage of it.”
Did he guess, or did he take advantage of something? Which one is it…?
bwuh?
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Is joeist running things there?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
he took advantage of his guessing ability…i guess
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Lindy Ruff
“Wasn’t a good night for us.”
“We were beat by them tonight”
“Don’t like the energy we showed.”
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions
Finally
somethings make sense…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate ruff, but he’s a straight shooter
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
That's right Ruff...
admit your team sucked and that Miller saved your asses.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
ugh
Raycroft working on another shut out. 13 minutes gone in the 1st…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions
WAIVE LUONGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
good news
goal ducks, shut out over…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
HA-HAW Raycroft
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Go Leafs Go!
I am really feeling good about the season now.
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I don’t know. I don’t think he’ll keep to that.
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i hope not
Gustavsson had most of the third off…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
really, if the leafs play like that, more than a few wins will come
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Of all the games...
to underperform in for a change, why did it have to be against Toronto and the massive amount of trash talk that was waiting behind it? Why God, why couldn’t the Sabres have taken a night off against anybody else?
Leafs are gonna win the cup.
hahaha
Congrats on the hot goalie.
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I agree, everybody took the night off besides Miller. It happens.
by tedrecommends on Oct 30, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
And didn't I say you were going to get a point tonight? I called it.
by tedrecommends on Oct 30, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, tedr, thanx for being both bold enough to come by here when we’re ready to kill someone, and for having enough character to be honest about the game. You’re not too bad.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
That takes balls.
Good on ya, tedr. You ain’t such a bad guy.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
For some reason, everytime Toronto comes into town it’s like a damn playoff game! You guys could be in last place, come into HSBC and play like it’s game 7 of the finals. I don’t understand it.
Anyways, I gotta ask: What’s with all the Myers bashing?
by tedrecommends on Oct 30, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
It was just Joeish from earlier overhyping Myers....
so we just kinda parodied it.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I was about to say, give the rookie a break lol. He's played great, with a few minor hiccups. That was untill tonight of course, but rookies can fuck up sometimes.
by tedrecommends on Oct 30, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I honestly kid about the Myers jokes...
He was great for Canada at the WJCs a while back. You guys have a great prospect in hands.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
The thing I'm most pissed about is Derek Roy not having a single goal yet. I dunno wtf his problem is.
by tedrecommends on Oct 30, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
our best goal scorer hasnt scored either, if it makes you feel better
but then he also hasnt played a game yet
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
So I’m taking it you’re from London Ontario, not England? lol
by tedrecommends on Oct 30, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
correct
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
full disclosure
what is your real name, and where are you from? enough of these ambiguous usernames.
im Frank from Paris
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm that Reyes guy from my avatar.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I am Mikhail Grabovski’s smirking revenge.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
are you a kid?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I just changed my sig quote I like that one so much.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
blurr
from 1974
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
time travel????
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by Karina on Oct 31, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
He used to be, then he killed some Snes fans. Now he’s on the run and posting from free wi-fi sites.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
SNES = Senators
after their crappy third jerseys.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
He just had a brutal game, and humour makes up for the fact the internet doesn’t have an open bar.
Yet.
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DUN DUN DUN......
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
we get crazy focused on points sometimes, the other fella who was hear earlier was all over Myers so he became the target of the day, nothing malicious
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
I guess it’s really true about “Jesus Saves”, he was in Buffalo’s net tonight.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
G'night.
You’re right, Godd. We’re coming around.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
His points per game are unbelievable. I’m so glad Burke is waaaaaaaay smarter than us.
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by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s first in points for defensemen league wide, by my reckoning.
by Fastest Pokemon on Oct 30, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Leading all defenceman
Tied with Boyle who has 2 goals 11 assists.
Kaberle’s 12 Assists leads the league for defenceman, tied for 3rd overall with Prospal, behind only Backstrom and Thornton.
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by general borschevsky on Oct 30, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
That scales out to close to a 90-point season, and we’ve only outright won one game. Truly unbelievable.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
by kidkawartha on Oct 30, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
burke’s actually only as smart as me and eyebeleaf, and a few others around here. $4.25M, let’s trade him!
on the flip side
still not clear as to why we’re hanging on to Stajan…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
John Mitchell
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
who played very well tonight
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
would we get a good deal for him now?
I’m thinking he just might go at trade deadline time.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, still. Now truculently rebranded!
if he goes at the deadline
he has to agree to the trade.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
stajan?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
doh
thought we were still talking kabby.
we hang on to Stajan until the deadline, and he keeps playing like this, he’s not going anywhere…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
So are we saying our options, if we attempt to trade Stajan, are to trade him now for little return, or wait to trade him at the deadline… for little return?
:(
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yup
should have flipped him over the summer or at the deadline if there was a demand for him. i don’t see his value increasing, with his cheap contract coming to an end…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Aight Leafers
Good night, Leafs Nation.
Stay strong and keep beleafing. We’re coming around.
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ya know who i'd like the Leafs to go after?
Patrick O’Sullivan
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:52 PM EDT reply actions
He'd fit in
I watch a lot of Oiler games, and he cannot buy a goal. He’s like Jason Blake Jr.
by Fastest Pokemon on Oct 30, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
i liked him on the Kings, never understood why they traded him and Cammalleri…
he’s more of a playmaker anyways, but ya, a bit snake bit so far
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
His career shooting percentage is worse than Blake’s, somehow. He’s a great player in many respects, but I can’t see him helping the Leafs as his skill set is replicated on the roster.
Now I heard about this young Kessel fellow…
by Fastest Pokemon on Oct 30, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
O'Sullivan
would make a fantastic center for Kessel.
he’s fast and creative. he needs a finisher. the Oilers are loaded with passers and few goal scorers.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember reading on Mirtle that Cammalleri’s departure was preceded by an especially bitter arbitration hearing. I couldn’t make sense of it at the time either.
by Grabovski's better than you think on Oct 30, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
that i understand
it was the O’Sullivan move that didn’t make much sense to me, after moving a disgruntled Cammallerri, they had Kopitar and O’Sullivan as their #1 and #2 centers, then they flip O’Sullivan for Stoll…?
Still scratching my head…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
The Kings traded O’Sullivan to Carolina for Justin Williams. Then Carolina traded O’Sullivan to Edmonton for Erik Cole.
It was definitely a steal for Edmonton, as they got O’Sullivan for a UFA they were never even going to sign.
Not sure what LA was thinking, though…
by Fastest Pokemon on Oct 30, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Good night.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
nighty night
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
ok, now that the leafs have a number one goaltender, we need a number one center
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 30, 2009 10:57 PM EDT reply actions
The guy from the pic?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m gonna hit the hay, I’ve got my crappy internship first thing in the morning.
Good game, guys. But seriously, tell your friends who were at the game to drop the face paint thing… it looks terrible.
If you that that was bad...
those guys with the bags over their heads? Terrible.
G’night, Ted.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
EL OH EL
just went and cruised the Nucks Misconduct GDT, and you’ll never guess who was talking about the Leafs…
obsess much vancitydan?
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by blurr1974 on Oct 30, 2009 11:03 PM EDT reply actions
vancitydan = Stalker?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey Vent.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
BELEAF
Gentlemen, they may say our fire it out, but like a lighter our fire will keep burning. Through rain, sleet or snow, the fire will continue. Why? Because gentlemen deep down we are all the same, we are still the same primitive group that is drawn to fire because it reaches deep to our core and touches us. Only our fire isn’t from a lighter, ours is stronger, ours doesn’t need fluid to run, because it beats with our hearts. Our fire gentlemen is BELEAF, in the Toronto Maple Leaf. That fire will never be put out and will keep raging long after we are gone. And with this fire we will scorch the Habs tomorrow, I can’t see the future or promise victory, but I can promise that we will throw everything we have at them and at the end of the day be satisfied in knowing that we did our best. Because regardless of the result we will continue to do our best every single night regardless of victory or defeat. Because we are Leafs fans gentlemen. GO LEAFS GO
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Hey Kavel
Ya missed all of the game so can’t really blog it so this is the best I could do for today. Tomorrow though I will do better.
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Aighty then.
Nice of you to show up though with some words of encouragement. Really appreciate that. :D
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Anytime
I felt guilty for not being there
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That's alright.
I was out for like half the game. And people were at Archimedies’ party tonight.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Why
Is everything good there?
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Apparently it is. Parties are fun.
There were quite a few of us here at the GDT, though.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 30, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
What did Oilers do?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 31, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
They
Shut up when the Leafs come to town, and then try to jump us
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LOLLERS
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 31, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Edmonton
is a very interesting place.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 31, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeppers
I need to go back to Toronto
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And fast. ;D
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 31, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Looks like Raycrap got yanked. And after only 4 goals in just under 2 periods.
PLAYER SA GA SAVES SV% TOI PIM
A. Raycroft 22 4 18 .818 39:50 0
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 31, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 31, 2009 3:58 AM EDT up reply actions
It's worth mentioning
that this was the best game as Leafs for both Beauchemin and Komisarek. Beauchemin was solid in all 3 zones, played nearly 27 minutes, was +1 and had 6 shots on net. Komisarek’s icetime was scaled back to a shade over 19 minutes and he had no glaring giveaways, blocked a couple of shots and didn’t take any penalties. I’m wondering if that’s the amount of icetime he should be receiving going forward as he has struggled with a bigger load.
As much as we needed someone to make a timely save (and Gus has provided that), we need these two guys to play like they did tonight and anchor the D if the season is to be salvaged.
Schenn seemed pretty good too
as for K’s ice time, it may be a conditioning “this-is-all-he-can-handle” thing, but I suspect it’s still mostly just a getting-comfortable-and-gelling thing… As he adapts more and more he should be able to do more stuff.
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Yeah
Last night was Schenn’s best game thus far this season. Hopefully, he keeps it up. I think OLAS is starting to find his groove again.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 31, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
well dog shit toskala's back in net
so chalk this one up as loss. everyone will play with no confidence and he’ll let in 8 goals
Go Houston Rockets!
On the plus side this could get Vesa waived.
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Thrashers beat the Sens. This is already a good day, now we need the Leafers to make up some ground.
Since we’re not going to win the cup this year I would like to at least finish ahead of the Habs and Sens. Do iT!!!!
51 shots and the SNES could only get one past Pavelec?
They’re nothing without Heatley. :D
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