Tyler Bozak: The Most Known Unknowns, the Player
by SkinnyFish on Jan 15, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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PrintA lot of people question the title. They wanna know what it means. Most known unknown means that Tyler Bozak is known, but at the same time he unknown. Ya know what I'm sayin'? He got a lot to do with what's going on with the Maple Leafs today. Ya know what I'm sayin'? But people don't realize it, people in the streets realize it but the press and the league don't realize. Its cool, it is what it is. Man, I ain't gonna talk ya head off. Imma drop these blogs on ya. Gimme them links.
One word, two syllables: BO-ZAK (Die Hard Blue and White)
"I'm just trying to work as hard as I can and play to the best of my ability," he said. "Hopefully, they like it and I can stay here as long as I can. My goal's to be here for the rest of the year." - Tyler Bozak (The Hockey News)
Moustache Fever watched the Flyers game and likes what he saw (Moustache Fever)
A notification to all the party people out there (Raking Leafs)
Vesa Toskala gets a shutout? That's unpossible. (Space Weed Says)
Burke says Wilson and Kaberle staying in T.O. (Mirtle at the G&M)
Leafs not having the season they once showed promise of (Maple Leaf Outsider)
Currently injured Mike Komisarek sits down for some Q&A. (NHL Fanhouse)
Speaking of Komisarek, he's one of sixteen injured NHL Olympians (NHL.com)
Kulemin the next Lanny McDonald? (Vintage Leaf Memories)
A bizarro game at the ACC last night (Blue and White Chip Defensemen)
In honor of his second goal of the season last night, it's Luke Schenn day on Youtube Yoinkage (WWoLD)
Lastly, shame on the Maple Leafs for gooning it up at the end of last night's game (Broad Street Hockey)
Morning Latecomers:
KP is loving a little payback (Truculence is Everything)
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"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
Truculence is Everything: A Leaf Blog of Righteous Indignation (and Anger).
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Those Flyers fans really don’t understand us. They seem to view us the same way they view themselves. There’s a gaping hole where their sense of humour should be.
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
by article1 on Jan 15, 2010 7:35 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I don't really blame them
It doesn’t really surprise me that a lot of other teams react negatively to obvious attempts at humour, they aren’t used to lighthearted leafs fans out for a laugh.
Hfboards, Bleacher Report, TSN, the site that shall not be named, those sites are filled with rediculous fans spouting some very trollish stuff to get under their skin.
Sometimes its hard to separate the intelligent fans from outrageous ones. It’s easier to lump us all together – hell we do it too.
Go Flyers!
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 15, 2010 7:53 AM EST up reply actions
Matt Stajan is not a 1st line centre
But Tyler Bozak? Might be.
WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
yea but
let’s not go nuts yet kids, only two games
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on Jan 15, 2010 8:32 AM EST up reply actions
Ya let's not get TOO carried away
But seriously, Bozak for the Calder. Hands down.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 15, 2010 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
Question of the day
Does Toskala start again or is it Monster time?
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 15, 2010 8:44 AM EST via mobile reply actions
MONSTER!
For sure. Vesa can’t handle expectations.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
I think Toskala’s got a couple games before he reverts. He normally manages 3 or 4 games of decent play and then 10 of crushingly bad performances.
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
Push’m til he breaks! That’s classic Leafs goaltending strategy.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 15, 2010 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
when was
the last time Toskalol strung together 2 to 3 good starts?
give it to monster
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on Jan 15, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Joe Bowen's commentary on the Bozak goal
was pure gold. My God, he was getting excited like it was the ’02 playoffs all over again. :D
"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1guXt601Ew&feature=related
At 0:42 (Bozak!) seconds of the Bozak goal clip they pan the crowd. Look at the Flyers fan dancing. We’ve made a convert.
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awesome!
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Jan 15, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Also the Flyers fans are REALLY REALLY butthurt about me posting the Bozak .gif in there.
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They're just mad that their hero Carcillo
turned the puck over leading to Bozak’s goal.
And they’re probably mad that their beloved Mike Richards got sandwiched at the end of the game.
"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
Truculence is Everything: A Leaf Blog of Righteous Indignation (and Anger).
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by Marc Pilgrim on Jan 15, 2010 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
Carcillo was also scared to fight…Hagman.
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Jan 15, 2010 9:41 AM EST up reply actions
they are calling this win “their stanley cup”. They give themselves too much credit
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Jan 15, 2010 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah we overreact about wins. We’re not a franchise with a history of excellence like… wait the Flyers?
lol
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thats what i meant haha
i said ``their`` from a flyers fans pov. sorry
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Jan 15, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
According to them, we were taking runs at Richards all night.
We should roadtrip there at some point. It’d be far, far too funny.
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
We were. It was lots of fun. Wonder why no one on Philly wanted to fight?
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From my recap:
The Leafs took liberties with Mike Richards all night and no one on the Flyers wanted to answer the bell. In the second period Carl Gunnarsson torched Richards. Richards responded “Ottawa style” by staring at his skates and slinking away. Daniel “Dirt Bag Pedo Stache” Carcillo turned down an invitation to fight by Niklas Hagman which sums up Philly’s night.
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They go around saying that
and yet they turn a blind eye when Richard pulled his best chicken impersonation….?
Philadelphia: Where Logic Goes To Die.
"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
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by Marc Pilgrim on Jan 15, 2010 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
i witnessed a vesa toskala shutout.
in person.
it was like seeing a solar eclipse, or haley’s comet.
carcillo refusing to fight hagman was awesome, as was bozak’s goal.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
Go check out Broad Street Hockey’s post game thread for more laughs.
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i witnessed a vesa toskala shutout.
in person.
it was like seeing a solar eclipse, or haley’s comet.
And like those events, it won’t happen again for another 87 years
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on Jan 15, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
And Huet got a SO for me in PPPPP. thanks for that btw!
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 15, 2010 3:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I totally called
that Bozak’s goal would get HON
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
So did Kessel in his post-game interview
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 15, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
Flyer’s fans need to learn how to take a joke.
Leaf fans: 42 years without a Cup and still laughing.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jan 15, 2010 11:30 AM EST reply actions
HE’S SLUMPING AND TERRIBLE YOU KEEP IT DOWN
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1.33 P/G is the kind of slump I can deal with
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 15, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Kessel
Three great playmaking plays that lead to goals in the last 2GP.
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
HE IS ONE DIMENSIONAL AND ALL HE CAN DO IS SCORE GOALS!
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 15, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
But seriously
I’m hugely impressed with his ability to know where people are/are going to be… its like he is transferring his ability to know where to go into knowing where others are going, which makes sense.
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
Big difference
Bozak knows where to go and most Leafs forwards don’t. Let’s hope they keep it up forever.
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yeah, its amazing what happens when you put two very good hockey IQs together, once other teams start splitting their coverage on Kessel to Bozak (or whatever) his goals will come
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 15, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Bozak’s goal was a textbook example of what too many options does to a defence. Timmonen stayed on his side, and played back a bit to cover Kulemin coming into the zone, and the back checking forward stuck with Kessel, leaving Bozak to go one on one with Tollefsen. He head fakes wide, and Tollefsen bites. Leighton follows Bozak’s body direction to his right, leaving some daylight on the glove side, and voila…
goal.
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jan 15, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Same with Kulemin’s goal, everyone in the world read Kessel as shooting, so the defender cheated for the rebound and backed up more leaving the path to Kulemin wide open
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 15, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
Ya, right when the “shot” was about to come, he moved his stick to try and get in its way, vacating the passing lane where he had been trawling it.
I had to watch the replay a coupla times to see that, I’m no blurr :)
Kessels body language on the “shot” was perfect, everything screamed roof daddy, he even cocked his leg, then BAM bullet pass
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 15, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
It fooled me and I’m pretty good at reading stuff like that.
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You fooled me! You fooled me! I got pig iron, i got all pig iron.
Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.
HE’S SLUMPING AND TERRIBLE YOU KEEP IT DOWN
HE IS ONE DIMENSIONAL AND ALL HE CAN DO IS SCORE GOALS!
You both forgot: HE’S NOTHING WITHOUT MARC SAVARD.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Same as Bozak!
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 15, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Vesa to get the start?
Paul Hendricks from mapleleafs.com is saying that Toskala is expected to start tonight.
They call me Splodeybones.
He earned it last night straight up.
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From Duhatschek
If the Oilers land a top-three pick, it’ll be the highest they’ve ever selected in the NHL entry draft
Seriously? Gretzky, Kurri, Messier, Coffey, and never a pick higher than 4??
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 15, 2010 3:43 PM EST reply actions
Gretzky was signed by Edmonton on the WHA, no draft. Same for those others. NHL rules used to be you couldn’t sign anyone under 20, no such rules in the WHA.
They call me Splodeybones.
ahhh
thanks for explaining
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Jan 15, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
my sources (wikipedia…)say Kurri signed with Edmonton in 1980, which would be a year after they joined the NHL.
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jan 15, 2010 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
which is why the calder is the only (non goalie/ coach) trophy Gretz never won
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 15, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
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