Leafs 6 Oilers 4: Yikes
by Chemmy on Mar 13, 2010 10:25 PM EST
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PrintCelebrate because we got two points and have continued our fifth straight run of great play after we're mathematically eliminated.
Gustavsson didn't have the best night and all in all it's not very encouraging that we gave up four goals to the Oilers. Sure we're not much better than Edmonton but we'd hoped that our recent moves would change things.
The Phil Kessel - Tyler Bozak - Nikolai Kulemin line is a bright spot though. Good to see them play their game tonight. I thought John Mitchell played well from what I saw. We're all off to Long Island tomorrow to face the Islanders. Here's hoping I lose some money.
ps. I don't know what's up with SBN and I'm having some family stuff so sorry about the sparse work on the front page here.
Corsi and Fenwick | Head-to-Head TOI | EV Face-Offs | Shift Charts
Game Summary | Event Summary | Copper & Blue Recap
PPP Update:
Dear God the Edmonton Oilers are pathetic. They are a horrendous team and if you were to ask about any hope for the future your answer would include three players that have never played in the NHL. Judging by the players that will still be on the team in the next two years, Oilers' managements inability to develop players, and the fact that those kids will be thrown to the wolves because of Katz's attempts to screw local taxpayers for a new arena and you have an environment ripe to ruin Magnus Svensson-Parjaavi, Jordan Eberle, and Taylor Hall.
Some observations on the game from the links:
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Corsi and Fenwick feature a couple of hilariously high numbers including Luke Schenn's + 23 and Tomas Kaberle's +19. The Leafs simply dominated at evens.
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The worst Oiler was a former junior whiz kid that seems to be stuck in low gear, Sam Gagner with a -21.
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You can play around with the head-to-head ice time but I am not sure how helpful it would be considering the opposition. There aren't exactly any players that Ron Wilson was likely worried about especially with Ales Hemsky (a solid reason for hope for Oilers fans) out.
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Ok, here's one thing: Pat Quinn tried to match Andrew Cogliano - Dustin Penner - Gilbert Brule against the Leafs' top line of Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel - Nikolai Kulemin. The Leafs' trio was a combined + 3 (hrmm) with eight points (hooray!)
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Luke Schenn and Carl Gunnarsson were both + 2.
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John Mitchell played 15 minutes, picked up a goal, and gave us all flashbacks to last year's play with a couple of vintage dangles. Games like that are why he's worth a 5% raise and a spot on the fourth line.
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Good News: The Leafs' powerplay was 3-for-8 after going over 30 opportunities without a goal.
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Bad News: Fredrik Sjostrom might have been important for the penalty kill. They allowed two goals on six chances albeit one was a 5-on-3.
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As already mentioned, the refs stunk. I don't know why they were so afraid that the game might develop some...intensity.
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God I love Tessa Virtue. She looked great alongside some fellow Olympic Gold Medallists. It was quite the stirring rendition of O Canada as well.
The Leafs are now five points back of the New York Islanders and only eight points out of the sixth draft spot.
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We haven’t been mathematically eliminated yet =D
Our chances went up 0.06% because we beat the Oilers and went down 0.05% because the Islanders beat the Devils.
We are 0.01% closer to making the playoffs!!!!
Heh, we’re done. We keep winning and despite that our percentage chance of making the playoffs even if we win out is plummeting.
It was 65%, now three days later it’s 44%. That’s despite us winning two games which makes winning out easier and improves our record.
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Listening to Leafs Talk damages brain cells.
A Nation of Masochists Waiting is the hardest part.
Most seasons I guess I’d be depressed to watch the pointless post deadline push for wins, but this win I sort of enjoy it. I like what KBK is doing, hope that confidence and chemistry reappear next season.
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 Mar 13, 2010 10:35 PM EST reply actions
Except they do this every year and then come out shitty. There are three things that you know about the Leafs season.
1. They’ll start terribly.
2. They won’t win a single game from New Year’s until the third week of January.
3. They’ll play like the best team in the world after the trade deadline.
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At least we can prepare ourselves mentally and emotionally.
by CanadianMaple09 on Mar 13, 2010 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I know your right, doesn’t mean I can’t hope for better. Next season will be another long year, but hopefully it will have marginally better results and a developed base of young players actually performing well in the NHL.
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 Mar 13, 2010 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
I'm really glad
You switched your pic back
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by Archimedies on Mar 13, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
Except before….they were always the same players! Now there’s hope that different players might not fall into that pattern.
you need to cheer up dude. it’s too early to be worrying about next january. things might feel the same, but they’re different. this is the burke-kessel-caputi era!
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
Next year the Playoffs!!!1
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- Major Mike Shearer
let’s not get carried away.
maybe hope!!!1? patience!!!1? .500!!!?
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT!!!1
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 Mar 13, 2010 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
INCREMENTAL GROWTH!!!1
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
BABY STEPS!!!1
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
PATIENCE!!!1
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by Archimedies on Mar 13, 2010 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
Truth!
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 Mar 13, 2010 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
I was on the verge of jizzing in my pants after his goals tonight… pure sniperism.
Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!
Sloppy game, we got the big lead then coasted for the most part in the second half of the game and let the Oilers get back in it.
Still, a win is a win.
And Kessel-Bozak-Kulemin was pretty freakin’ great!
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
It’s the perfect combination of strong play on the puck, playmaking, and shooting.
by CanadianMaple09 on Mar 13, 2010 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
I had a family function and missed the game. Managed to check in to see it as 5-2, somewhat surprised to see the final is 5-4.
Anyone want to provide a precis of need-to-know stats: who impressed, who did not, etc.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
6-4 actually. the game wasn’t nearly as close as the score would make you think, the leafs had about 45 shots and controlled the play for the most part.
bozak, kessel, kulemin, kaberle all looked good. stalberg, grabs and caputi as well actually.
the team’s speed is fun to watch, it’s nice being on the right end of odd man rushes for a change. at one point we had a 3 on 0, stalberg decided to shoot but missed. looked like the other 2 couldn’t keep up with him.
kessel tried to do too much on his own at times, but he had 2 great snipes and hit the post 2 or 3 times as well, so i’ll take it.
we’ve got a long way to go, but i like what i see in these kids for now anyway.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
Kulemin Bozak and Kessel were aces.
Gustavsson wasn’t that great, made some nice saves, but the Oil scored some nice snipes.
Phaneuf was a -2 I think (maybe -3) so yeah, not great.
Kaberle played his best game in a while.
PP was 3 for 8, PK allowed 2PPG on 4/5 chances.
Real end to end game, with little defense and no sense that either team could get away with this game against someone else.
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 Mar 13, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
The guys took their foot off the gas with about 13 minutes left in the second, it’s easy to do when you’re young and up 4 goals. Stopped forechecking and tried to make too many pretty passes, took some bad penalties that had them down to 3 men.
The Leafs really dominated play though, it wasn’t really a question of who the better team was.
Phil Kessel is a real good hackey player.
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- Major Mike Shearer
GAME IN SIX
http://mapleleafs.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=802&id=62744
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and again
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by Archimedies on Mar 13, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
Yah eeeeeyasaaaaaaah
Who wants to go to the Olive Garden?
by JaredFromLondon on Mar 13, 2010 11:36 PM EST reply actions
Yep
That’s a guy who’s been to the Maddy
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by Archimedies on Mar 13, 2010 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
Man
it shows Monster had an .899 at the start of this game. He was sooooo close to getting over .900 if he just played half-way decent defence :(
Ya, a .86 on the night isn't helping his cause.
3 stars: Kessel Bozak Kulemin – heehee… 40 odd players in the game, and the 3 stars are a complete sweep for one line.
Couple things:
- Schenn and Kaberle’s ridiculously high Corsi may have all happened in one shift. There was a shift where Schenn took 4 shots in 25 seconds.
- We should keep John Mitchell around for the 3 games a year where we play the worst team in the league, and no games beyond that. I’m not fooled. I mean, maybe, hopefully, this is a sign that he’s finally fully back from his injury but I don’t buy it.
- Sam Gagner played tonight? Seriously?
- Kulemin for mayor.
Willing to trade humour for cash, straight up.
Senate is a bunch of useless old bums who weren’t elected and do nothing… why don’t we give him a position that’s more appropriate? I vote Kessel for:
SUPREME RULER OF THE UNIVERSE
by CanadianMaple09 on Mar 14, 2010 3:18 AM EST up reply actions
I saw Leafs – Oilers and thought of that old man fight from Up. Does that make me a bad person?
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
Phaneuf getting Deslauriers mad makes me like Phaneuf even more. He’ll soon be my favourite Leaf… if he isn’t already, since Poni’s gone.
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by Karina on Mar 14, 2010 3:32 AM EST reply actions
That was pretty hilarious. Deslauriers looked like he was truly out of his mind.
by CanadianMaple09 on Mar 14, 2010 3:48 AM EST up reply actions
I enjoyed the slight smile from Phaneuf that you know meant “What the hell does this kid think he’s doing?”
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The more I watch Gustavsson, the more worried I become. He seems to have regressed since the start of the year. Here’s to hoping a full summer of working with Giguere and Allaire will help him make big strides.
The only goal that worried me last night was the third one. Two snipes and a deflection. One thing I’ve noticed is that high blocker is his kryptonite though…
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