Blues at Leafs: Welcome Back Mr. Carlo
by Chemmy on Jan 6, 2011 1:48 PM EST
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Jonas Gustavsson vs. Jaroslav Halak
Alex Steen and Carlo Colaiacovo return to the ACC for the first time since we shipped them out for Lee Stempniak who is and was a big jerk face. The Leafs and Blues last met in St. Louis on February 12th. In their last game before the Olympic break the Leafs got slapped around 4-0 which saw Steen score and Colaicovo record an assist. Since that time the Blues have added Jaroslav Halak while the Leafs have seen their offense fall off.
It's hard to predict the results of a game when two teams rarely play each other, and the Leafs have done fairly well vs. Halak (though his save percentage in those games is a .919). Jonas Gustavsson enters this game with the 24th ranked ESSV% in the league. The Leafs will need to continue doing what they've been doing: stay out of the penalty box, capitalize on whatever chances they can, and pray for good goaltending.
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Need a big win
Not for the standings, but because I’m taking my 3 year old son to his first game for his birthday. Go Leafs Go!
"That’s why stats are so important – anecdotal evidence just doesn’t cut it when you’re talking about history." - Bower Power
Go Leafs Go! For the sake of the children!
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 6, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
More for the sake of the parent. I can’t imagine the kids not being Leafs fans but it’s not an easy sell these days.
"That’s why stats are so important – anecdotal evidence just doesn’t cut it when you’re talking about history." - Bower Power
by The '67 Sound on Jan 6, 2011 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I hear ya, mate. Hope you guys have a fun time tonight. And seriously, a Leaf win if for nothing else but the tears of our kids
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 6, 2011 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
prediction
A Leafs win tonight and that kid’s a fan for life. A loss is more uncertain. I’m a fan because my formative hockey years had some sort of payoff. I can’t imagine what it would be like to get hooked during the Andrew Raycroft Era
Unabashed fan of the surprise 2012 Stanley Cup champs
I became a fan starting around 1980 so genetics are working in my favour.
"That’s why stats are so important – anecdotal evidence just doesn’t cut it when you’re talking about history." - Bower Power
by The '67 Sound on Jan 6, 2011 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
alright, I'll say it
will somebody please think of the children!
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
While we’re on the subject (of kids) my wife just came home with a little Maple Leafs onesie from the NYC NHL store, for the baby boy due in a month (our first). I’m banking on his birth initiating a franchise turnaround (my brother was born in 1967, and sometimes we joke that he’ll have to die in order for the Leafs to win the Cup; well, half-joke, really…)
"To be a Leafs fan is to know your heart will be broken in the end."
–Seamus Borschevsky
by Berezin's Spleen on Jan 6, 2011 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
sometimes we joke that he’ll have to die in order for the Leafs to win the Cup
I’m willing to try, nothing personal.
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What’s your brother’s address? My condolences on the unfortunate accident that he’s about to suffer by the way.
President of the Emotional Hedging club.
Just don’t tell em I said anything, k?
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by Berezin's Spleen on Jan 6, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
I will also be at the game tonight wearing my brand spankin’ new jersey (no name on it yet…leaning towards Schenn or just my own name). Last game I went to was the home opener this time around I have significantly better seats… they’d better win or I can throw a waffle from where I’m sitting!
The ultimate intangible? Truculligerestosterugnacity.
Throw a waffle.
And put Schenn on the back
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 6, 2011 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I hope the Leafs play a decent game for your nephew.
I offered to take my five year old to the Leafs-Dallas game in December. He asked me if it was televised, when I told him yes he said he’d rather stay home and watch it on TV because the ACC is “too noisy.”
Bitter Leaf Fan: Skepticism, not cynicism.
No. He’s really sensitive to noise unless he’s the one making it.
He hasn’t really enjoyed the few live sporting events we’ve been too, spends half the game with his hands over his ears.
Bitter Leaf Fan: Skepticism, not cynicism.
Some little kids are like that, I’m guessing he’ll grow out of it.
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That’s awesome man, enjoy! But I think for the most part for kids a win/loss doesn’t matter. They likely aren’t emotionally invested in the Leafs yet, and will be impressed hopefully by the spectacle of it all.
My 3 ½ year old daughter isn’t ready for a game yet – she’s pretty irritable by 8:00 or so. I think I’ll give it a shot next season. She seems to like hockey well enough (although it’s usually because she’s up past her bedtime) and she likes yelling Go Leafs Go a lot. Last weekend she was watching the Ottawa game with me, and she got all serious/ sad and said "Daddy, the Go Leafs Go guys are never gonna win". I don’t know where she got it from but it was heartbreaking / hilarious. They scored about a minute later and we cheered and fist bumped.
Unrelated: Some guys in our Edmonton office sent my boss a box of Aunt Jemima waffles. What can we send in return? A framed picture of Wayne crying? Or Ryan Smyth crying? Or both? Maybe some cherries for Taylor hall to pick?
There will be an answer. Let it be.
I wouldn’t take him but his 5 year old sister went this year and had a blast so he gets a turn too. We may not last till the 3rd period…
"That’s why stats are so important – anecdotal evidence just doesn’t cut it when you’re talking about history." - Bower Power
by The '67 Sound on Jan 6, 2011 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
An 8×10 glossy of Steve Tambellini might work.
Oh, four! I mean five! I mean fire! Now available in lite version!
Cherries for Taylor Hall to pick. That’s funny stuff
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 6, 2011 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
I wish we could go back in time to when the trade happened… St Louis fans were sad to be giving up Stempniak, we were glad to be rid of papier mache Carlo, and we were indifferent (or at least I was) about Steen who had never improved on his promising 45 pt rookie campaign. Good times.
But yes, F L S.
There will be an answer. Let it be.
second trade id undo after the rask deal
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
before the toskala deal? really? do you mean in hindsight, or how you felt at the time?
There will be an answer. Let it be.
without the rask trade there would not have been a toskala trade
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Stempniak trade thread:
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2008/11/24/669394/breaking-news-my-jersey-cu
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Stempniak is better than anything you could hope Steen to turn into, this deal is highway robbery by Fletcher.
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by Chemmy on Nov 24, 2008 2:16 PM EST
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I still want a draft pick, I don’t care how low, Two for one doesn’t sit right on this.
Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option
by JaredFromLondon on Nov 24, 2008 11:06 AM PST reply actions
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
When we Draft Cowen we will have Schenn – Cowen or rather Pronger- Nieds 2.0
Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option
by JaredFromLondon on Nov 24, 2008 2:32 PM EST
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it was pre knee injury!
yeah I got nothing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
I was fully prepared for us to draft Cowen too.
Was completely surprised by Kadri
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I hoped for Cowen., until his knee exploded, then I wanted MSP, Kadri wasnt even on my radar
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think anyone thought we’d have a real shot at Tavares, and none of us saw LA trading down.
We could have been on team Schenn if we lost to Ottawa in the last game of the season…
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Also, not to pat myself on the back, but when LA picked Schenn and I yelled
“JULIAN! … SHIIIIIIIIIIIT.”
I felt pretty clever.
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yeah but you also said this in that Steen thread
Who the fuck cares, when has Kulemin done anything?
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by Chemmy on Nov 24, 2008 2:01 PM EST up actions
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I’ll stand by that quote.
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ok well
that was long after I’d been pushing Kulemin as a future cog on the team, so I wanted anything that would get him more ice time…
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Counterpoint: we pushed him down and he developed pretty well.
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I don't know that it accelerated his development at all
I would like to think he’d have developed faster if he got more ice time sooner personally.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
also I want to clearly state that
I was strongly opposed to the Steen-Colaiacovo for Stempniak deal from the get go (I wasn’t in that thread but I probably wrote my own posting on it at hockeyanalysis.com)
I wanted MPS ahead of Kadri… wrote about that on HockeyAnalysis.
I also wanted Tyler Myers ahead of Luke Schenn… at this point I still think Myers has more upside from an offensive standpoint and is more likely to develop into a potential Norris Trophy candidate than Schenn, but I don’t dislike Schenn by any means, so that’s a wash to me.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
My quote was about burying Kulemin on the depth chart, not trading or waiving him. He had a 30 pt season, he clearly wasn’t ready for top opposition.
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yeah I know
I’m just cherry picking for the sake of it.
At that point he hadn’t done a lot. Hell if I want to cherry pick about Kulemin I could go back to this past off season when half the people in here doubted he’d ever be on track to crack 40 points a year.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Eh, that’d be somewhat out of context too. There were rumors Kulemin wanted like $4M a year.
Once he signed his actual contract I don’t think anyone had problems with him.
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I kind of like this lookback in time for key trades that helped us or fucked us.
Not a bad little idea for an FTB on an offday.
Toskala, Blake, Phaneuf, Grabovski trades come to mind
20 miles to Legoland!
Since no one else will have the stones to admit it:
I was driving from CT to PA listening to trade deadline coverage on XM radio. They announced the Toskala trade and though I was sad we got him instead of Bryzgalov I called my wife to say the following:
“We finally got a goaltender, no more Raycroft, playoffs here we come!”
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Yeah
I liked the Toskala deal at the time… and for his first season it really didn’t look like the shit show it turned into.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I was more peeved
at the inclusion of Mark Bell than anything… he did absolutely nothing useful for the Leafs.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I had convinced myself Mark Bell would be some sort of reclamation project and turn into a serviceable 2nd liner
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
Same here
plus size and strength and former 20+ goal scorer… it all seemed like a nice idea.
I also don’t care that he levelled alfredsson… he was crap.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
none of those
particularly fucked us… the deals that cost us picks can’t really be dissected because we have no idea who the Leafs would have chosen.
As for Blake he wasn’t a trade… he was a free agent signing.
Phaneuf it’s too early to tell.
Grabovski is a ridiculously one sided deal.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I advocated signing Blake because I didn’t want the Leafs to get sucked into overpaying for Drury or Briere.
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Fine on
the Drury thing… and Briere is signed for the next gazillion years, and will be long past his best before date in one or two.
I’m still fine with it frankly. Blake wasn’t awesome, but he was far from as shitty as people have made him out to be.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
40 goals! Will play with Sundin!
THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES: SUNDIN HAS HIS WINGER
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Lesson learned: any time anyone we sign or trade for has had a bad year in their past that’s their ceiling with Toronto.
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oh I dunno
I can think of the occasional good signing… Gary Roberts for instance.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Clarke MacArthur, Doug Gilmour…..
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
Doug Gilmour?
his best years were post trade… not FA.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
But
we could include Curtis Joseph… Ed Belfour.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Pat Quinn, and Ken Dryden
seemed ok at signing FAs
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
eh, i wasnt limiting it to Free agents, just players that got better when they became leafs
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
Mogilny played well here, but he had better seasons with every other NHL team he played for
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/4/11/831160/sens-leafs-i-came-i-saw-i-conquered#comments
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seriously, sums up the Leafs luck perfectly
in a position to get the power forward they need, and some random fucking 4th liner scores a hat trick to put us back 3 draft spots
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
I still
don’t know why we brought in Gerber.
Screw Burke making the call… ownership should have said something.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Isn’t ownership letting Burke do his thing exactly what we all wanted?
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yes
but in that ONE instance… I’d have been fine with them telling him to tank the last game so we get a better draft choice.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Like five games had to go exactly our way to set that up and THEY ALL FUCKING DID and I just fucking knew…
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yeah just once
I’d be fine with the Leafs doing things the right way at the end of the year (hint NEXT YEAR).
Lose a lot you idiots… rip the team apart and play the shitty guys from the Marlies, but jesus… don’t try and win.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
It should be the goal of every once they know they are out of playoff contentions, to tank like there’s no tomorrow to give themselves the best chance at getting better.
Out of the playoffs? Time to rest our starter and give that ECHL kid his shot in the bigs.
Certified Grabbo Lover
Playing badly on purpose isn’t going to do anything to help your own career. And I have to assume most guys don’t care where their team is drafting, unless they’re already signed long-term to the club and may actually benefit when that drafted player potentially (2%? 5%? 0.1%?) becomes a difference maker.
There will be an answer. Let it be.
I think the idea is you ice a squad to evaluate talent that’s not ready yet.
Oops they lost!
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After one goal I’d have told him he was re-signed. In the offseason I would push him off of a bridge.
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You want positivity?
The circlejerk would have reached critical mass watching Brayden Schenn at the WJC this year.
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but then his separated shoulder would have been a shattered shoulder and he’d never be able to shoot a puck again
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
next year every kid will play fantastic, kessel will score 45, Komisarek will rebound but the Leafs will lose in a shootout on the last day of the reg season to keep them out of the playoffs and they will draft a kid whose hips explode two days later
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
You are not allowed to buy an Antropov jersey. I will kill you if you do.
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by PPP on Nov 24, 2008 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
The experiment failed: Get rid of the trapezoid.
Who wants to take up a collection to get Chemmy a Blake jersey?
It’s worth a try…
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by Down Goes Brown on Nov 24, 2008 12:27 PM PST
this didn’t actually happen did it?
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
That’s a great little walk down memory lane. It’s funny how wrong everyone was. Funny like “what a fucking burn that yet another trade went against us and we all look stupid now”.
I totally remember that thread, but realized that it was in Nov 2008, 2 months before I actually signed up in Jan 09. I don’t even remember how long I was lurking for…
There will be an answer. Let it be.
Stempniak had one bad season and was point per game when we acquired him.
Does anything go right for us? How many players can show up in the league, show flashes of complete dominance, have a sophomore slump and then: bang we trade for them; career over.
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Who the fuck cares, when has Kulemin done anything?
/saddertrombone
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 6, 2011 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
i think that thread goes to show, we’re all just talking out of our asses and haven’t the foggiest clue on what makes a trade “good”
or we were all drunk that day
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by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
Hard for me to comment, since I wasn’t around then.But the site as a whole has gotten much more sophisticated in the past year or two that I’ve been here.
i feel like collectively we’re more aware of the underlying numbers.
We’re also angrier. Much, much angrier.
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i was technically unemployed and drunk all the time
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
I wasn’t a member here yet, but I liked that trade at first, and thought it would come down to if Colaiacovo could stay healthy.
Not even. We traded Steen/Cola for what amounts to a 5th and 7th. Brutal deal.
Non-Leaf fan friends never understand why, but if I could redo one post-JFJ deal, it’d be this one. At least in the Kessel/Phaneuf deals, the Leafs got something in return and are a worst case wash. This time, the Blues robbed us blind and we just didn’t know it yet.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 6, 2011 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
Chemmy.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 6, 2011 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
Kulemin had a total of three goals for the Leafs in 20 some games and context was about him getting pushed down the lineup to bring in a scorer.
Him getting pushed down wasn’t a bad thing.
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Again, burying our youth in sheltered minutes is still a good idea.
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that’s a sea of ridiculous optimism.
whatever happened to those folks…?
When I grow up, I want to be just like Godd Till
by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
You can only hope for the best and get kicked square in the testicles so many times before you just accept that the worst is going to happen.
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noticed one person’s name was no longer linkable
deleted account?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
I blame birky
(Note: I don’t actually blame birky, but it’s nice to have a scapegoat. But it’s seriously at least 0.00001% his fault.)
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Ding. Ding. Ding. You win the award for most correct prediction in that thread.
blake and toskala
for Luongo…straight up
“You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free.”
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by blurr1974 on Nov 24, 2008 11:20 AM PST up actions
Luongo ≠ Giguere, but your heart is in the right place.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 6, 2011 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
i also wrote that when Burke finally came on board, we’d not recognize the team when he was done (or something to that effect.)
wrong on the Kabby and Grabbo being gone though. Phew.
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by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly
I don’t know that we have any excuses in this game. Gustavsson is rested, none of the injuries we’re dealing with are to key components (unless you assume Giguere is key), and frankly St. Louis is due for a fall off game.
Their road record has been 5-7-1 in their last 13, since the start of November, with 2 of those 5 wins coming in OT. They won 5 in a row before losing to Dallas on Sunday at home.
Halak’s record has been spotty since his stellar start. Over that same stretch since the beginning of November he has gone 3-5-1 on the road, and 9-10-3 overall. His SV% in that stretch is .907. Halak’s road save percentage is a pretty abominable .884.
Gustavsson’s numbers, despite his recent troubles, are slightly better at home than Halak’s numbers on the road, so that’s a good thing. Gustavsson’s home SV% is .896.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I don’t know that we have any excuses in this game.
Lebda is playing. Game is already over.
20 miles to Legoland!
Wav file.. (starts a download)
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by Future_considerations on Jan 6, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
woops
http://www.moviesoundclips.net/movies1/aliens/gameover.wav
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by Future_considerations on Jan 6, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
also leafs are bad
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by Future_considerations on Jan 6, 2011 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
and we don’t have a first round pick
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
working hard for 31st though!
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by Future_considerations on Jan 6, 2011 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
won’t matter, the MLSE cares only about making money and the leafs will never get better with that attitude
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
and kids from ontario hate playing here so they won’t come here and prefer playing in comfort where no-one cares
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by Future_considerations on Jan 6, 2011 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
we should stop going to the games and stop paying for parking.
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
Ok well
I get the joke, but… my point is… while I won’t be horribly depressed if we don’t win… it looks like we have half a chance.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I like your optimism, but I’ve made a resolution to not judge any game before it’s played because, it’s the Leafs, so i’m taking a “wait and see” approach to this one.
the last of my comments I was making fun of an appalling fanpost yesterday that seems to have been taken down…
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
I would classify that as a life lesson or small victory..the leafs get plenty of those, why can’t the fans?
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by Future_considerations on Jan 6, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Also
Kessel is playing alright: 4 goals and 11 points in his last 13 games.
Grabovski is playing alright: 9 goals and 12 points in his last 12 games.
Kulemin is playing alright: 4 goals and 6 points in his last 8 games.
MacArthur is playing alright: 3 goals and 11 points in his last 14 games.
Bozak is playing alright: 3 goals and 4 points in his last 4 games.
Heck even Kris Versteeg is playing alright: 23 points in his last 28 games.
We should be fine offensively also… if only those secondary scorers from the Marlies continue to contribute!
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
I wonder if Brad Boyes will get a mention in tonight’s Steen – Colaiacovo tribute video?
Bitter Leaf Fan: Skepticism, not cynicism.
How has Steen has been doing on the Blues?
Kind of a vague question, I admit, but I’m just curious what his perceived value is on his current team.
In the playoffs the year Carlo and Steen were traded, I thought I saw Steen playing the point on the Blues’ PP. Thought that was interesting because when he was here, he was being “groomed” as a two-way centre, playing on our PK and getting third-line minutes. I think? (Anyway, the Blues were swept in that series, for what that’s worth…)
I’m looking at Steen’s stats on the year, and he’s averaging 3:52/game on the PP, but only 0:36/game on the PK. He’s getting almost 20 minutes/game too. Should I assume he’s higher on the depth chart there than he was here, and is being used in more offensive situations?
by PlatinumSeatElite on Jan 6, 2011 3:27 PM EST reply actions
he is pretty much everything we hoped he would be when he was a Leaf, the perfect 2nd line center, excellent at both ends of the ice
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
On pace for about 30 goals and 35 assists. He’d probably be a defensively responsible 70pt player with Kessel.
Stempniak was great though.
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Thanks Uncle Cliff!
5 days after that trade, Burke was named GM. Why oh why would Fletcher make that move if he knew Burke was coming in? I highly doubt Burke makes that trade.
Certified Grabbo Lover
Maybe we should look at it as Grabovski for Steen, Colaiacovo is useless and we gave up a 2nd for Stempniak.
I like it.
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and in the phaneuf trade it was Mayers for Shoestorm, Aulie for White and Hagman and Stajan for Dion!
that’s good….right?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
I’m feeling it until we moved Hagman and Stajan for Dion Phaneuf.
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both have been healthy scratches on the Flames
THE CALGARY FLAMES
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
it’s funny how you think these guys are ‘useful’ players. do you remember how bad our team was when they were key components of it? DO YOU???
There will be an answer. Let it be.
They never finished 29th if we’re talking about playing poorly.
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They never finished 29th, but they helped us get into an insurmountable hole.
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Сертыфікаваны Grabbo Палюбоўнік
Not the question asked.
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Hagman
Your argument is invalid
When I grow up, I want to be just like Godd Till
by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Title.
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Leaf fan for life! (No, really. They gave me a no-trade clause when I was born.)
by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 6, 2011 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
but hagman was a good signing right?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
maybe Ron Wilson made that trade
As I recall, Steen wasn’t really used much that season (Wilson’s first?) before he was traded later in the Fall… PK duty, third/fourth line minutes. Wilson also called Colaiacovo a tubby.
I just don’t think Wilson cared much for those two guys. Not that he told Cliff to make the trade, but he just made it easy for Cliff to do it.
by PlatinumSeatElite on Jan 6, 2011 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
A great 2 way player for us
he’s fit in great on the team and in the community.
Love his grittiness.
He was resigned this summer to a 4yr contract. Yep, we like him.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Is he going to eat that dog?
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yeah here to
my boys are Chelsea fans
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tough loss to Wolverhampton :(
I'm tired of the Leafs half-assing it like a chick with one butt cheek.
by happiergilmore on Jan 6, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
One of my students
is a diehard chelsea fan.
He discusses punching walls and the ground a lot.
Yay Liverpool (if only they didn’t suck this year… but at least we’ve got Torres and Gerrard still!)
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
In honor of our fine friendly opponent tonight
SLGT has posted Bacon Yada video.
Good luck tonight, here’s hoping for a Blues win and not injuries on either team.
I expect quite a bit of cross posting tonight.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
GIVE US STEEN BACK YOU JERKS!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
nope, you can't have him
or Cola.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
sure, we can offer you a lovely selection of john mitchells, brett lebdas and mike komisareks
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yes we’ll give you Giguere, Lebda and Komisarek for Brad Boyes and then since you like Brad Boyes so much we’ll give him back to you for a conditional seventh round pick.
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name your price, we’ll start the haggling there
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 6, 2011 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
I would buy a Blues 3rd jersey with Oshie’s name and number, and I only buy Leafs and Team Canada jerseys…
When I grow up, I want to be just like Godd Till
by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
Their 3rd jersey is probably the best in the league. It looks sharp as hell in person.
Certified Grabbo Lover
plus
Oshie is money
When I grow up, I want to be just like Godd Till
by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
He's actually traveling
with the team for this game, the first since he broke his ankle and had it surgically repaired.
Skating at practice and looking good. Wasn’t supposed to be evaluated until mid Feb. It’s been moved up to mid Jan.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I hate there is no edit button
NO injuries
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I ♥ THAT SONG!
When I grow up, I want to be just like Godd Till
by blurr1974 on Jan 6, 2011 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Flew in from BC this morning, going to the game tonight.
This better be good….
On a side note: the Leafs have been undefeated in the last 5 games I’ve been to at the ACC- 4 wins, 1 tie. Last loss I saw in person was also the most heartbreaking: Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final.
That said, the last game I went to at the ACC was against the Oilers in 2007. I also watched them lose to the Canucks in Vancouver last year.
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VLADIMIR TARASENKO IS MY FAVORITE HOCKEY PLAYER OF ALL TIME!!!!1
Yeah, can’t wait for that guy to be a Blue . . . hopefully next year. Sorry, Canada! At least you won’t have to see him too often, I guess.
Anyway, I’m sure you all are invited over to our crib, provided no one takes a dump on the couch.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
We’ll take a dump on the couch either way.
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I seriously
would like the Leafs to make a trade for Tarasenko… we could send you Kadri… I honestly wouldn’t mind that.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Is it really that crazy?
Did you see how well he played? He’s also a lot bigger than Kadri.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
He has 8 goals and 8 assists
in the KHL through 35 games.
Last year he had 13 goals and 11 assists in 42 games.
He’s played 2 full years in what is arguably the 2nd best MEN’S LEAGUE in the world.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
sorry
3 full years… he had 7 goals and 3 assists in his first season, in 38 games.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
he’s rated at 6 foot (same as Kadri) and 192lbs (sure, heavier than Kadri) but his KHL numbers arnt that impressive
One tournament isnt enough to get me on the MUST HAVE HIM band wagon
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly, the player that was kind of under the radar that impressed me the most was probably Tyson Barrie.
I'm tired of the Leafs half-assing it like a chick with one butt cheek.
by happiergilmore on Jan 6, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
he looked like ass in the medal rounds
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
That one goal in the finals, ohmagawd.
I'm tired of the Leafs half-assing it like a chick with one butt cheek.
by happiergilmore on Jan 6, 2011 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
I was disappointed with D’Amigo, im hoping that hit didnt mess him up too bad, or that last year wasnt a fluke
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 6, 2011 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
NO!
MINE!
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
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Tarasenko was awesome this tournament. He and that Caps prospect were the dominant players for Russia.
20 miles to Legoland!
Do the Caps have any prospects that are NOT Russian? Jesus.
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Most of their D
isn’t Russian… but if you want scoring? why not… plus they’ll totally come to north america to play alongside Ovechkin.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Color me shocked.
How ’bout that.
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*COLOUR*
I'm tired of the Leafs half-assing it like a chick with one butt cheek.
by happiergilmore on Jan 6, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
I'm 'Murrikun.
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Yar. He’s amazing. Plus he’s built like a (you guessed it) Russian tank.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Jan 6, 2011 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
Anybody afraid of Jamie?
Pfffft. I’m not. I’m not. I’m….crap.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Jan 6, 2011 5:52 PM EST reply actions
Doubt he'll come here.
But he’s been asked to waive his no-trade and he’s an expiring contract. I wouldn’t be pissed about it unless we give up something more than John Fucking Mitchell.
20 miles to Legoland!
it’s has to be a salary dump on Devils’ part so I’m with you. Hehe dump.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Jan 6, 2011 5:56 PM EST reply actions
Funny thing is, I wonder if part of the “expected” trade has to do with making a new captain, or at least dangling the captaincy in front of Parise as an incentive to re-sign long-term.
20 miles to Legoland!
Very astute observation I must say. Yeah, may very well be exactly that.
On a lighter note, they could just give the C to Kovalchuk waive Brodeur and go gangsta :D
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Jan 6, 2011 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
They are in serious need of a goalie
We could offer them Gustavsson + a pick for Parise… anyone? (Just spitballing here)
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Go Leafs!
Just got back from my holiday vacation. Haven’t seen a game in a while. 2 points tonight would be awesome. Get it done bitches!!!
This too shall pass
So Trade options?
I somehow missed what they were saying about the 4 who were available… who did Dreger list other than versteeg?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
wow
Craig MacTavish sounds like he might have been a very depressing coach to play for.
“44 games to go guys… let’s go play out the string!”
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Just checked in...
Glad to see it’s 5-1.
I’m sure a 4 goal lead can be considered safe at least =D
No injury!?
I am honestly baffled at how Carlo didn’t puncture a lung or anything while playing tonight. When he was a Leaf, I don’t remember him playing many games due to the fact his body was like china glass. It’s too bad we didn’t draft a Derek Roy or a Mike Cammalleri with the pick we used for Carlo back in ’01…
A tie
But TO won a shootout. Not like winning a game. Grabovski deserved 1st star.
if it goes in the win total, its a win
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 7, 2011 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
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