Leafs Lose
by Chemmy on Nov 19, 2009 9:51 PM EST
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I don’t know who I hate worse. The team or me for watching this crap
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
Time to move to a country
Where hockey isn’t a televised sport.
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:52 PM EST reply actions
I know that was a joke but I have no problem finding hockey on tv whenever I am in the US
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
I saw a leafs sens playoff game in a redneck bar in Tuscon Arizona once.
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
It was.
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
Whys them thar guys chasin that frozen cow patty wit dem curved tree-limbs?
by Bobby Paradise on Nov 19, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
hockey used to be on ESPN so most people know it exists, they just have marching orders to dump on it.
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Nov 20, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
OMG
What bar?
Tuscon is a fucked up place.
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 19, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
What now? I think I need a break. My wife is going to dump me
"Dad why are you crying?"
by my son has a choice on Nov 19, 2009 9:53 PM EST reply actions
I can't believe it
Did we really lose this game?
by general borschevsky on Nov 19, 2009 9:53 PM EST reply actions
fuck….FUCK.
I have nothing constructive to say
by PeterZezel on Nov 19, 2009 9:54 PM EST reply actions
Then say something destructive
like GODFUCKINGDAMNSLUTFUCKBITCHASSWHOREFUCKSHITFUCKSHITBITCHFUCK
Ahhhhhh….
by Bobby Paradise on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
blow it up again....
couldn’t be any worse
by PeterZezel on Nov 19, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
it IS blown up
You know where I'm from.
by Archimedies on Nov 19, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Good night and good luck
I have some legs to break
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
I'll take him out.
Then the Broons won’t have their precious draft picks. – laughs evilly -
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
We’ll pick up seguin or whatever with yours and then hall with ours, no biggie. Unless you break the legs so they don’t un-break.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
hey at least they scored first!
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST reply actions
and second and third….didnt help though
by WendelMadeMe on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
True enough…The hammer has to fall sometime, eh?
by WendelMadeMe on Nov 19, 2009 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
Oh and did someone put Vesa's brain int the Monster's body?
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST reply actions
My game recap:
Very straight and to the point.
http://50-mission-cap.blogspot.com/2009/11/toilet-bowl-ii-leafs-canes-recap.html
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Leaf fan for life! (No, really. They gave me a no-trade clause when I was born.)
by FiftyMissionCap on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST reply actions
please, please please, brian burke. please. I know its cliche. do s o m t h i n g. fuck, wear a bra on national tv. show us you are hating this as much as we are.
"Dad why are you crying?"
by my son has a choice on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST reply actions
The future
Monster was garbage. Schenn was garbage. What a future!
by Johnny Bower's Pokecheck on Nov 19, 2009 9:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
SRSLY
I dunno what to do with him anymore.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
surround them with hockey players..
The choo-choo train left right on time. A ticket costs only your mind.
The driver said, "Hey, man, we go all the way. Of course we were willing to pay.
- My name is Jonas (Gustavsson)- - - Weezer are clearly leafs fans.
by AkiSchennberg on Nov 19, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Send him down to the minors and let him dominate down there.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
Well it took a team effort..
it took every body pushing as one to give up after the first.. the leafs now have sole status as the Shittiest team, toilet bowl champs…cleaning this team up is going to be like getting peanut butter out of shag carpet if you know what i mean
The choo-choo train left right on time. A ticket costs only your mind.
The driver said, "Hey, man, we go all the way. Of course we were willing to pay.
- My name is Jonas (Gustavsson)- - - Weezer are clearly leafs fans.
why the hell does stempniak keep getting shootout chances? he is kinda terrible at them?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 9:56 PM EST reply actions
Good night.
My rage will be directed everywhere. Carolina, Twilight, Corrupt Officiating. They’re all gonna get it.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
Its pretty safe to say....
God hates the Leafs
by Johnny Bower's Pokecheck on Nov 19, 2009 9:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions
time to go cry myself to sleep.. might find a drifter and take out my rage on somebody who won’t be missed .. good night
The choo-choo train left right on time. A ticket costs only your mind.
The driver said, "Hey, man, we go all the way. Of course we were willing to pay.
- My name is Jonas (Gustavsson)- - - Weezer are clearly leafs fans.
I am totally inconsolable at this point.
nothing to say.
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Nov 19, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions
Listen, would we rather have won tonight and keep playing badly with a barely mediocre team, or lose to freaking Carolina and have major major changes made.
There won’t be any changes.
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It’s pretty much impossible for this team to see major changes right now.
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they just have no idea what to do when they have the lead
which is likely a result of not having it very often.
i’m trying to be casual about things right now, but that one was a bit soul-destroying, i have to admit.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
Same
It’s like they feared having the lead.
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TSN turning point
refs decide Leafs need a double minor
I like to eat the yellow snow behind the zamboni
I hit a moose doing 100 kph on the highway last night, flipped the car and get stretchered to the hospital…
And that call hurt me more.
by Bobby Paradise on Nov 19, 2009 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Until that phantom call on Whitey…
Seriously though my left side feels like I was beaten with lead pipes
by Bobby Paradise on Nov 19, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
I am in Suck shock right now
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions
I thought that the bus ride of shame back to my gf’s apartment tuesday from scotiabank place was rough…
being in ottawa…not being able to see the game tonight…checking the score periodically and being excited then blown apart was the worst though.
by PeterZezel on Nov 19, 2009 10:04 PM EST reply actions
when was the last time..
the Leafs made a save in the shootout?
I like to eat the yellow snow behind the zamboni
I liked last years team better.
I like to eat the yellow snow behind the zamboni
by Kerry Fraser on Nov 19, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d
Unable to actually speak French since 1980.
by Pamplemousse on Nov 20, 2009 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
God this would be the best season ever if we had our first rounder.
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Ian White
Not sure if this was mentioned earlier, but I think Ian White should be named captain. Tonight was pretty much the epitome of what he does for this team. If changes are to be made, then that’s where it should start.
by Leaf in Habland on Nov 19, 2009 10:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I second that
a 1000 times….
by Another Good Kingston Boy on Nov 19, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
Ian White is the greatest human being alive.
by general borschevsky on Nov 19, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
He’s the best on the back end, and leading by example. Under no circumstances should Ian White be that guy on any team. I guess thats why we’re the undisputed last place team. fml.
White could fetch something at the deadline if he keeps this up though
by Johnny Thunder on Nov 19, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
I went to put my kids to bed and it was 3-0. Did some work, turned the TV back on and it’s Hawks v. Flames. Came here and WTF?
What the hell happened?
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
This is the worst team to ever play hockey.
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…and they still beat the Leafs! Ha!
by general borschevsky on Nov 19, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Rec’d for great gallows humour
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the leafs sensed how negative you were and translated that to the ice!
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Yelle high-sticked Kostopolousosososo and Whitey got the 4-mintue major.
White scored with 29 seconds left.
Team shit the bed again.
His name is longer than that CBC guy
George Strombo……something.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
Once an asshole
always a fucking goddamn asshole.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
Leafs give up two quick ones (one bad one by Goose), Poni makes it 4-2, Canes tie it with help from the refs, White scores with 40 seconds left, lots of celebration, Canes tie it with 2 seconds left, Leafs score in OT but intent to blow fucks us, then shootout shows that Gustavsson is also useless in them.
And now, you’re going to shake your head at the reactions :)
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Um, thanks.
How bad was Gustavsson?
Did the Canes get the 4-3 and 4-4 goals from the blown calls?
Did Kessel go in the shoot-out?
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
I blame the homeschooling for your lack of playground wit.
They call me Splodeybones.
by SkinnyFish on Nov 19, 2009 10:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
and terrible dodgeball skill
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Goose was good mostly until the shootout and then he was baaaaaad.
The 4-4 was on a four minute high-sticking penalty after Stephan Yelle cut Tom Kostopoulos. Spot the error there.
Kessel did and missed.
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it wasnt that bad, it was going top shelf and legace caught a piece of it, its not like he missed the net by a country mile or put it into the goalies crest
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
ah, yes, i retract my previous statement
that was a poke check fail
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks again for the update. Glad I missed this one…
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
I couldn’t believe they didn’t review it, but the guys in the War Room were probably like, “It looks like a goal, but the ref will just say something about that intent to whistle bullshit and it’ll all be for moot, so let’s not waste our time looking at it.”
They call me Splodeybones.
Not as bad considered Brad May shot the puck right in, versus a scrum with Hagman in the goal. But still a very bad call. The worst call tonight was Stephan Yelle Ian White’s phantom high stick.
They call me Splodeybones.
yeah. The intent to whistle may be the stupidest rule on the books. As a kid you were always told to play to the whistle. Now I have to teach my kids to play to the whistle in the referee’s mind. How bullshit is that?
They call me Splodeybones.
by SkinnyFish on Nov 19, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
yeah, its pretty much a loop hole for when a ref fucks up around a goal mouth scramble he can rectify it with “Oops, but what i really ment to do was this!”
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:24 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
How about “I intended to mark all the correct answers on my exam answer sheet.”
Easy A.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I intended to not drink and drive officer
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
I intended for her to be 18.
They call me Splodeybones.
by SkinnyFish on Nov 19, 2009 10:28 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
dear gustavsson, rebound control is important, this has been a lesson in puck physics
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:08 PM EST reply actions
rebound control and positioning are the 2 issues i see with Gusto.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, rebound control was an issue.
I think he also got away with one when he played the puck in the no-no zone.
Definitely not ready for the 60+ games as originally thought.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
I still think he’ll be a star and a great goalie, but maybe we were hoping for too much too soon.
Like we Leaf fans have never done THAT before, eh?
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
comes down to a few things, his entry into the NHL has been a rather rocky one with the heart issue and groin strain, not to mention the wonderful team in front of him. I don’t blame him for struggling, luongo couldnt save the panthers and Gustavsson wont save the Leafs
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Gusto has the skills to be a great #1.
That being said, I’d much rather develop him properly than rush it just to try to gun for the playoffs.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
You and Jared are right. He’s still young and he needs time to adjust to the NHL. And the sucktastic team in front of him does no favours. He can’t do it alone. Just need more (and more, and more, and more etc.) patience.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
I'm really nearing the point
where I’d advocate the Leafs randomly starting scrums, especially after the other team scores.
Sure
Because nothing screams great strategy quite like giving up a powerplay immediately after giving up a goal!
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
the Toronto Maple Leafs build Character!
Leaf fans will be the toughest people mentally on the planet!
either that or they will become sniveling puddles of human suffering or serial killers….
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:13 PM EST reply actions
I’m seriously worried that Wilson has irrepairably destroyed the team’s ego.
by general borschevsky on Nov 19, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
They gotta do something with Schenn. Send him to the Marlies. Let him experience what it feels like to win once in a while. All this losing going to permanently mess him up and then we’re stuck with Luke Richardson 2.0
he is 20 years old, this is his second NHL season
if anything give him a couple games in the press box
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
How’s the press box going to boost his confidence?
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
It will rile him up
or possibly kill any remaining confidence he has left.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
he needs to not be handled with kid gloves, dont fucking coddle him.
he playes like shit he takes a seat for a game or two. If that destroyes his confidence then he isnt the player i thought he was
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
I dont care if he was playing 2 mins a night, if he is playing like ass he takes a seat for a couple games. If he comes back and is still sucking, then the Marlies might be an option
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
To me it seems more like a confidence issue, he’s not slamming guys like he used to last year and maybe going to the Marlies might get him that confidence back… just a thought
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
I just mean that I’d like to see him return to the level of play that earned him 20 minutes per game. If a sit-down in the press box will put him back up there, he’ll wind up playing more than if he continues to play but sucks.
If handled right sitting Schenn in the press box for a game or two is not a bad idea. As long as RW doesn’t rip him a new one but is as supportive as possible in explaining why this will be good for him. Then teach him like crazy in practice.
Gotta try something right? Or else what the hell are we paying these coaches for?
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
all he has to say is “you arn’t playing the way you can, you are going to have a couple games to think about that, end transmission”
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
As long as it isn't treated as a punishment.
It’s all good. But you know, the MSM and everyone else will try to spin it to make it seem horrible.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 20, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
it is punnishment. having your ice time reduced is punishment, being benched a period is punishment. Progressive discipline
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 20, 2009 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
It could be viewed as punishment
but Wilson/Burke shouldn’t treat it as a punishment to Schenn.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 20, 2009 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
yes, they should, i dont care if they have jesus himself on the team, he fucks up, he gets punished appropriately
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 20, 2009 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
Jesus in the press box would be a hoot. Everybody would get hammered with bottled water.
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by bkblades on Nov 20, 2009 12:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
he’d just turn the other teams gatorade into ex lax
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 20, 2009 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
No, Kavel is right
We’re asking for complex skilled performance from Schenn, the last thing we need is him feeling angry and ashamed and confused for being punished. He’ll be holding his stick when he gets back like a gorilla is trying to tear it out his grip.
He needs to get back to playing the game with focus and intensity. Make sure he doesn’t see it as a punishment, but time to step back, breath, reflect, and get focussed on what is important.
and the Mustache of Truculence (formerly Canada4Mizzou)
Except that both RW & Burke love to shit on players when they’re down.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 20, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
Ronnie doesnt shit all over the kids unless they fuck up bad
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 20, 2009 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
Personally
I’m leaning towards a press box sitting will set him off and he’ll start destroying people in his righteous fury.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
how is the Marlies?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
He might dominate there
or also kill off his confidence. It’s all a big fucking crapshoot.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
He'd be pissed at first
but playing some hockey where he wins and is doing good things and not getting beat would start to grow on him.
and the Mustache of Truculence (formerly Canada4Mizzou)
It's working with Karlsson
Totally different situations—Schenn has a year of experience, is older, and plays a completely different style—but after some initial disappointment, Karlsson’s playing pretty strongly with Binghamton.
I think Schenn’s going to be fine, though. He’s a strong player, just needs some structure to the game and he’ll be at his best.
by Peter Raaymakers on Nov 20, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
SRSLY
They put him in cold, and what do you expect? Goddamnit. I’m going to look like a douche getting a Schenn jersey for Christmas. :(
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
put him in cold?
what the hell?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
When it’s all said and done, did Schenn really deserve to be on the pine? He gets summoned for a cold shift on a PK in the 3rd, on which the point man (not his responsibility) is allowed to walk in and score.
Then they sit him again. W.T.F.?
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
k gotcha. his ice time and frequency of shifts are getting less and further apart. i dont know about scratching him. sent to the AHL would seem more appropriate
I really don't fucking know anymore.
Doing what they did with him tonight, is no way in hell gonna fucking help him.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
I'm in favor of sending him down
Let him into the groove
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Rickard Wallin
can’t be this good to warrant wasting a third line center spot for this type of play.
And as much as I am charmed by his devilishly good looks and charming personality, John Mitchell has to go down.
What are you smoking? Wallin has the hands of the Rock Biter from the Never Ending Story; all stone.
They call me Splodeybones.
Yup. Definitely needs to be movement. Burke threatened to send down guys with one way contracts. Time to do just. Bozak, Stalberg, and Hanson should be brought up and Mayers, Wallin, and Rosehill sent down.
They call me Splodeybones.
Games played is almost certainly one of them, though. So that’s definitely possible. In any event, I forgot about the way the bonuses worked, and if we can make it work then great.
i think they sent rosehill down when kessel came in
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
He’s going to be hard pressed to do something along those lines. If he doesn’t then maybe it’s time to start badgering him
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Too bad
our “saviours” are fictional entities unknown, or are going to be the property of the Boston Carolina.
LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA
I can’t hear myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Burke’s doing the same thing with Nonis tells him where we are in the standings….
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
fuck it…going to bed. maybe I will be fortunate and not wake up tomorrow. so I won’t have to see the rest of the season.
by PeterZezel on Nov 19, 2009 10:28 PM EST reply actions
Hopefully
when I wake up tomorrow, this will be a bad dream, and that we’re in first place with both Tavares & Kessel in our midst, as well as a Schenn who isn’t slumping.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Wilson postgame now
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Two opportunities to control the game through PP and didn’t manage to do it. PP really let the team down.
Supporter of the Sergei Berezin "Give and Go" - You give me puck, then you go to hell
Does he mean the one PP in the 3rd we got that we scored on to make it a 4-2 game? Cause that should have given us more momenteum.
- Lack of effort level and compete level just makes it harder to win games
- Needs more commitment from certain players who gets benched for periods of time and some players still don’t understand why they’re benched
- Gustavsson was “fine”
- Interview over
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Where's Berger?
Maybe killing him will appease him.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
WAC. OUT.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Nov 19, 2009 10:31 PM EST reply actions
"Good" night.
Try not to hurt yourself.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
For the record.
There is a worse goal horn than Carolina’s: Montreal’s.
Vertigo club remix? Srsly?
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Leaf fan for life! (No, really. They gave me a no-trade clause when I was born.)
by FiftyMissionCap on Nov 19, 2009 10:33 PM EST reply actions
/facepalm
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
And I’m off to hunt down some cheap bastard refs and Hurricanes. calm down with a good night’s sleep.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
there you go
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
That's all I'll need
a good calming down. To think rationally about all of this.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
At the very least he should be wearing an A. His performance tonight was Wendel-like.
by general borschevsky on Nov 19, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
My thoughts exactly. He just scored the go ahead goal and RW puts out early season healthy scratch Jeff Finger to preserve the win? WTF?
They call me Splodeybones.
who then bumps gustavsson before the shot
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
yup
good times
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions
This is why you don't rush a rebuild BURKE
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 10:43 PM EST reply actions
oh god not this again
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
What did Burke do to rush a rebuild though? Aside from the draft picks being traded for Kessel (which won’t actually help the team now), nothing has really changed from last season. That’s more the problem than him making moves to “shore” up this team.
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A lot has changed from a fan's perspective
You guys now see little hope… But at least if there was a lottery pick at the end of the tunnel, it would be bittersweet.
by Peter Raaymakers on Nov 20, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
seriously, can you believe burke?? he gets hired as GM and he comes in and signs some guys and makes some trades, instead of just giving up for a few years and hoping to get some high draft picks. it’s like he’s never been a real GM before or something.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
Oh so I guess the crosshair’s are on RW for now
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
Can I Ask A Serious Question?
What the fuck is our coaching staff getting paid for?
They clearly can’t get through to these guys that there are no nights off. I’m absolutely embarassed that a team that has scored first 3 out of 20 games, and has 3 wins in 20 games, decides that after putting up 3 goals in the first it has earned the right to coast. That lack of effort is totally on the players, but 102 games and Wilson already can’t get these guys to play 60 minutes hard? Holy shit.
Second, I don’t know how it’s possible for a team to be this awful on the PK, but can we get them to stop with this 2 hands on the stick BS? Good PK’s take away the shooting lanes through positioning and shot-blocking, and take away the passing lanes with active sticks. But the Leafs players sticks never even move, and it’s how the game got tied up at 4. Gleason scored because both the weakside forward and the weakside D weren’t square, weren’t moving their sticks, and weren’t aware of any Hurricane except the one with the puck. Fucking pathetic.
Finally, does any Leaf forward know how to block a shot? And if not, does any Leaf coach know how to teach them? Because these guy’s don’t block a shot so much as they create another body for the goalie to try and find the puck through. It’s embarassing that leads get coughed up to dreadful teams because two forwards play kitten soft on the puck on the boards, and the third forward doesn’t make anything but a half-hearted effort to block the shot, which consists of skating towards the vicinity of the shooting lane and tucking their stick in to avoid deflecting the puck. And this isn’t an isolated incident; I seriously can’t remember the last time I saw a Leaf forward go down in an effort to block a shot.
I’m not suggesting he be fired, but Wilson’s reputation as a good coach in this league has taken an absolute beating this season as far as I’m concerned.
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I couldn't agree more.
Even if he is a good coach, it doesn’t matter at this point. He’s not coaching this team well. Period.
And yeah blah blah blah look what he has to work with. But he’s still failing the team. Case in point. We go up 3 – 0 on the road. 25 coaches in this league start playing a trap-style, or a one-man forecheck. Didn’t see that from RW tonight.
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 19, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
deserved
Wilson’s reputation as a good coach in this league has taken an absolute beating this season
by general borschevsky on Nov 19, 2009 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
Man
Forget all this “Two 1st Rounders for Kessel will kill us” talk, it’s been done to death. Know what’s gonna REALLY sting in three years time? Knowing that on draft night 2009, Brian Burke could’ve traded Schenn for the #2 pick and decided to pass on Hedman.
Schenn has to be the biggest disappointment on a team rife with ‘em (at least as far as I’m concerned)
by Richard S. Argent on Nov 19, 2009 11:21 PM EST reply actions
Don't give up on him
It’s his sophomore season and this is an incredibly common phenomenon. Phil Kessel was put through the meat grinder in his second season for not having a marked improvement. Steve Mason is struggling etc., etc. He will be a prominent defense man in this league and he is simply learning the ropes of the NHL while trying to be more dynamic than last year. In a few short years people will never even question his “sophomore slump”.
SCHENN WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN HEDMAN
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SCHENN PLUS KADRI PLUS KABERLE AT LEAST!
CRIPES
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
It's sickening
that people are ready to write Schenn off after all of this.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Actually...
The original trade was: Schenn, Kaberle, and the 7th overall pick for Hedman.
I’m glad he didn’t do that trade
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
dont forget that Hedman has yet to prove he can play at the level Schenn did all last year
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Kadri > Hedman
You know where I'm from.
by Archimedies on Nov 19, 2009 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
I love your spunk, but that opinion is based on pretty much nothing :)
by Richard S. Argent on Nov 19, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Kadri fits our needs more than Hedman does.
You know where I'm from.
by Archimedies on Nov 19, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Mind you, they prolly would’ve selected Jared Cowan since they were intent on getting a d-men.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
according to princess wrap he is mailing it in anyways
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Or...
Duchene, possibly.
Regardless, I’m a big time Hedman guy, but the need for a playmaking skill forward is higher than a raw, talented young D-man.
You know where I'm from.
by Archimedies on Nov 19, 2009 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Duchene? He went 3rd, there’s no way Tampa would’ve got him 7th, unless you mean we pick him 2nd.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yes
That’s what I meant.
You know where I'm from.
by Archimedies on Nov 19, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Burke woulda probably taken B Schenn if he had gotten any lower than 2nd
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
I’d say anything out of the top 3 (those guys are just too good to pass up), so either 4th or 5th.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 19, 2009 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Take Note
As of yesterday, Kadri is 56th in PTS so far in the OHL.
by Another Good Kingston Boy on Nov 20, 2009 5:14 AM EST up reply actions
Pretty common phenomenon for players who are drafted and sent back, to be honest.
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You sure that Kaberle was in the mix? I thought it was just Schenn and the 1st rounder…I could be mistaken though.
by Richard S. Argent on Nov 19, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
the rumour was all three as a starter with a prospect or a 2nd rounder as a possible
even Schenn + Kadri is too much
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Horrid rule in regards to “Intent to Blow” and horrid penalty call on Ian White’s phantom high stick late in the 3rd period. But good teams don’t blow a 3-0 lead. The Leafs had the game in hand, but allowed the game to be decided by complete officiating gaffes. This whole team lacks confidence and it shows by their inability to hold the fort and play simple hockey. The Leafs do have some of the worst luck, but that doesn’t excuse this team from playing passive and hesitant. Perhaps, if the bounces go the way for the Leafs sometimes, confidence wouldn’t be an issue. But there are several underachieving players on this team, while on the other hand, there are several players being put into positions they aren’t fit for and ultimately, failing.
There’s only so much Ron Wilson can do with this group of players, but there doesn’t seem to be a level of improvement here. Judging by his brief postgame report, there does seem to be a few players not connecting with Wilson right now. When Wilson pointedly remarks that certain players who get benched don’t understand why they’re not playing, Wilson’s methods seem to be falling on deaf years for a few players. Does it mean waiving said players and bringing up fresh ears? Clearly, changes will be made, and while they likely won’t be major ones as the roster is virtually tied up, there’s going to be a few new faces taking over some roles. The Leafs really have no choice now.
And like others have said, Wilson has to shoulder some of the blame. If there aren’t enough players to implement his style of play, he needs to change his tactics to compromise this lack of talent to actual results. A coach’s job is to use players to best succeed. But leaving Ian White on the bench for the final 30 seconds of the third period when he was clearly your best defenceman doesn’t seem like a prudent decision at all. Rickard Wallin who is clearly labouring on his defensive zone coverage looks to be playing too much minutes. Players like Mitchell and Stajan are shifted in and out, but expected to play as a first line centre capable of matching up with Kessel. That’s not playing to their strengths as dump and chase forwards, when clearly their line mates aren’t those kinds of players.
Despite all that, can we really pinpoint a singular problem for the Leafs? Every area of the Leafs from goaltending, defence, offence, and coaching all appear to have their problems. Other than window dressings, unless there’s suddenly an infusion of talent coming forward to the Leafs as a whole, the Leafs aren’t going to be significantly better. But this team isn’t a lost cause, nor is it non-salvageable. The motivation is there. The team is willing to stick up for each other, as most recently shown in the game against Ottawa on Tuesday. If the team needs a few call-ups to fully implement Wilson’s system and show up with a consistent effort, so be it. If even with the so-called changes, the team continues to blank on assignments, give up early leads, pick-up bad habits, then Ron Wilson and his coaching staff shouldn’t be immune from removal themselves either.
This team, somehow, somewhere, needs to stop caring about the fans, the media, and the management, and just play for the 23 guys in the locker room. Forget the distractions, trust each other, and play hockey. That’s it. If there are those unwilling or unable to get with the program, those are the players Burke and co. need to remove.
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by bkblades on Nov 19, 2009 11:48 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
This MUST have felt good.
You’ll be alright, friend. You’ll be alright.
You know where I'm from.
by Archimedies on Nov 19, 2009 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
I feel nothing
and that is never good
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
I just can’t be straight negative anymore. And I think I’ve tried hard not to be unfair in my criticisms. It’s fun to insult the Leafs as a self-loathing fan. I don’t think I could have remained a fan of the Leafs without poking fun. But at the end of the day, this is just a sport that I don’t have any vested interest other than being a supporter. Win or lose, I’m not affected personally. I love the Leafs. Love them. But what good is it to be miserable for something that’s supposed to be entertainment?
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by bkblades on Nov 19, 2009 11:57 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
agreed, thats why I am not pissed off anymore, I can only get so angry at something that isnt life or death
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 19, 2009 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
Rec'd
Well said, bkblades. Good advice for fans of any team, not just Leaf fans.
by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 19, 2009 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
good teams don’t blow a 3-0 lead
So true.
I said after the Wild game, how can a team playing so lousily that just had a 2 game winning streak feel they could mail in a performance like they did that night? Same sort of applies here; how can a lousy team like this after taking a 3-0 lead in the first feel like they can ease off the gas and let Carolina back into the game, where the bad refereeing calls were a factor in deciding it?
I just don’t get it.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
this team is going to rival some of 80s disasters for worst of all time. good lord.
by bringbackbower on Nov 20, 2009 12:32 AM EST reply actions
Flags
In case anyone was unfamiliar with the function, when you see comments like that “Ice N———” comment that is when you guys need to flag a comment repeatedly.
Click on actions and select flag. On the good side, select rec if it’s funny or informative
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by PPP on Nov 20, 2009 12:56 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
20 games of pain and suffering.
After this embarassment, someone needs to be made into an example.
Waive Blake. Send down Schenn. Etc.
by TMLSiegeinVancouver on Nov 20, 2009 2:05 AM EST reply actions
On the plus side....
It can’t get any lower. We’ve lost playing well, we’ve lost stinking the house out, we’ve lost getting screwed over, I think we’ve lost all the ways there are to lose.
If this is rock bottom, then all we can do is ride it out, stick by the Blue and White and await our time. Because one day, eventually, it’ll come….
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