Make Other Plans: Toskala to Start vs. Flyers
by Chemmy on Jan 14, 2010 12:52 PM EST
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Good news: Carl Gunnarsson is back and his return has sent Jeff Finger to the pressbox.
Bad news: Vesa Toskala is in net. Philly is 8-1-1 in their last ten. Goaltender Michael Leighton, picked up off waivers, has a .923 SV% over that span.
People were wondering why Philly was slumping with all of that talent but it looks like something woke that locker room up because they're cruising right now. The Flyers have pole vaulted over the riff raff in the Eastern Conference and sit in 7th place with a game in hand on sixth.
I joke about going out but I'll actually be watching this. Maybe we can pray for a miracle or a Phil Kessel goal (which would be a miracle about now). Sigh.
Don't forget your SPG picks, though if you know who's going to score for the Leafs you should probably be fucking knighted at this point, and go Leafs go.
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Vesa start against Philly or Washington?
Jonas can’t play both
Fairweather fans can go to hell
You could also throw one of those goalie cutouts in net that you can buy at Canadian Tire. Joey is better than this option but it’s still better than Toskalol.
In the Name of the Holy Truculence
I have a solution!
Just throw Ian White in net! He’s clearly been our best ’tender all season!
In the Name of the Holy Truculence
Carcillo?
Will there be some old time hockey tonight?
Anyone see the beating John Scott gave to a poor Canuck last night? That guy is frightening.
you mean
When the poor sweet innocent, everyone is against us and we do no wrong Canucks sent their players to fight?
Fairweather fans can go to hell
it was immensely satisfying, both that fight and the Boogard beat down
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Boogaard wasn;t so much a beatdown as it was he embarrased him. he jersey’d him and was like, go away little boy
Fairweather fans can go to hell
which was hilarious
the scott fight was just a plain and simple beat down, the Nuck is lucky scott was throwing halfassed jabs and not raining bombs. It could have just as easily been a funeral instead of an ass kicking
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, the canucks have a buzz saw in Rypen though, im surprised he didnt fight
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Lord I loved how Luongo crapped the bed that game. Glorious.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 14, 2010 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
i just hope he gets that out of his system before the olympics
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
Martin Brodeur, please.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 14, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
agreed
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
OK, but about Leafs - Flyers
Who will fight? Your goons are Orr and Rosehill I think, but Mayers and Beauchemin are tough too.
Philly has Carcillo and Coté, but Coté is a punching bag.
If only Belak and Domi were still around.
Orr hasn’t had a fight since he broke his orbital bone on December 14th against Ottawa.
And Rosehill….meh.
They call me Splodeybones.
Rosehill likely fights tonight to be noticed, but likely gets 5 minutes tops
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jan 14, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Rosie is more than a match for Cote, I think Orr is still a little gun shy with his broken face
I’m hoping Mayers whoops on Hartnell for that Judo flip bullshit he tried last time
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair, if I had a broken face I might be hesitant to fight as well.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jan 14, 2010 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
Someone has to go after Hartnell for grabbing and pulling Kessel for no reason after the play.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 14, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
The fact that every Leaf just stood around and let that happen really irritated me.
In the Name of the Holy Truculence
Same here, that was very un-truculent.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 14, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
I wish we could randomly suit up Hunter for games.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 14, 2010 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
I think Rosie will fight in the first 10 minutes… which is shitty because he is unavailable as a choice in SPG
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
Fixing that!
Go back in like 5 minutes
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Remove Tlusty while you’re at it, it makes me sad.
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
why?
Tlusty sucked
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, only sentimentality can account for the feeling. Its like getting over a girlfriend, even if she was totally wrong, out of sight, out of mind.
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
Rosie fights for sure, Beauch definitely a long shot, Orr has a history of crushing Flyers’ faces in, and Mayers likely wants a rematch.
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Thank god I have beer in the fridge…
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Why
the fuck is Toskala playing?
A Toronto sports blog, where unabashed homerism is alive and well...
we are. fuck.
i’m done answering my own questions.
fucking toskala.
A Toronto sports blog, where unabashed homerism is alive and well...
Also because the Monster kind of sucked last game.
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wait, we don’t have a Saturday game?
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 14, 2010 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
Just tomorrow vs the Caps, and everyone in Toronto has to deal with the crapfest known as the S*ns vs the Habs on HNIC
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 14, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
oh dear
thank goodness I have plans saturday night
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 14, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
nope, thanks to west coast bias
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
it's pronounced:
best coast
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jan 14, 2010 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
amen to that! :P
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more like pest coast!
ha!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
oh, very funny.
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why thank you!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Useless Toskala
Space Weed Says (Insert Generic quote about blog here)
"DO NOT get stuck behind Kyle Wellwood in the buffet line. This isn't really etiquette, but it will prevent you from starving to death"- Down Goes Brown on Etiquette for Jason Spezza's wedding
by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 14, 2010 2:51 PM EST reply actions
Good point, though you can’t really call him a scapegoat because he is part of the Leafs problems
Space Weed Says (Insert Generic quote about blog here)
"DO NOT get stuck behind Kyle Wellwood in the buffet line. This isn't really etiquette, but it will prevent you from starving to death"- Down Goes Brown on Etiquette for Jason Spezza's wedding
by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 14, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Yeeeey ...
…. Toskasieve working his magic! This should be special …..
But Go Leafs Go. Anyways.
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Toskala starting is bad..
but I’m tuning in just to see if Carcillo or any of the other rotten Flyers scumbags get their just desserts.
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yikes, toskalol in net? uhoh…..
TSN is broadcasting your game across the country (followed by the pens-oilers game), so i’ll be joining you while attempting to do some homework.
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your toronto maple leafs, so bad homework is appealing in comparison!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 14, 2010 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
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