Ifs and Buts: The Blame Game
by Chemmy on Feb 16, 2011 1:04 PM EST
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PrintThere is little rational explanation, however, for the Bruins’ 4-3 loss to the Maple Leafs last night before 17,565 at TD Garden. - Boston.com
I think "The Leafs scored more than the Bruins" is a fairly rational explanation actually, but if you want to get down to it the Leafs led the game in even strength scoring chances and got better goaltending from James Reimer than Boston did from Tim Thomas.
"Unacceptable,’’ said coach Claude Julien. "It’s one of those situations where if you have any sense of pride, you’re embarrassed about tonight. Not because the other team played well. But because we did not play to the level we should be playing."
Oh, there's the other rational explanation: the Bruins lost because they played poorly (and certainly not because the Leafs played well...)
The identity of the 2010-11 Bruins, like the three previous iterations that Julien has coached, is defense.
27th in the league with 33.5 shots allowed per game. This sentence should replace the word "defense" with "goaltending".
But in the last four games, the leaky Bruins have given up 20 goals. Thomas, asked to do more amid Tuukka Rask’s inconsistency, could be wearing down physically and mentally.
Tuukka Rask has a 0.916SV% despite getting one start every two weeks and having a losing record in games where he only allows one goal.
Perhaps Tim Thomas isn't wearing down "mentally", maybe he had unsustainably high numbers all season and they're regressing towards the mean a little bit.
It says an awful lot about a team if they won't play their 0.916 backup and that message isn't "we have great defense".
"You’ve got to take the body on skilled guys, or else they’ll dance around you,’’- Tim Thomas
Easier said than done, but good criticism from a guy who got beat on the minor league side with a minute left. Perhaps Andrew Ference or Dennis Seidenberg would like to let the media know that "you've got to get your body in between the puck and the back of the net" to help Tim Thomas out.
The Bruins should have scored more. But they couldn’t bury three of their power-play looks despite heavy pressure, especially by the No. 1 unit. David Krejci had a chance in the final minute, but he didn’t get enough muscle behind his shot.
Shoulda but didna. If David Krejci was stronger would he have shot the puck through James Reimer's arm leaving a bloody puck shaped hole complete with smoke?
Nathan Horton (one shot, 12:31 of ice time) was so invisible he could have been selling popcorn. Tyler Seguin (zero shots, 12:12) played with pace early but faded.
Let's hope Florida fans chant "THANK YOU HORTON" the next time Boston goes to... oh who am I kidding.
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Bodog just emailed me odds for Kaberle getting traded.
Will Tomas Kaberle (TOR) be traded before the February 28th trade deadline?
Yes -120 (in other words, even money)
No -120
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What if we trade Kaberle for something great and then Mike Komisarek decides to retire and read books or something?
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Komisarek looks like he hasn’t read a “book” that wasn’t Playboy in his whole life
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Are you sure it was a book Peter? Are you sure it wasn’t nothing?
by Shield on Feb 16, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Komisarek strikes me as a man who has a yearly subscription to Maxim.
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No, that would be our illustrious Captain who is the 5centback fan.
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Feb 16, 2011 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
do you mean the one that they like it when they’re punched in the face?
too soon? too late?
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This! (just to yank a chain or two…)
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Feb 16, 2011 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
Have you ever actually read a Playboy article?
I’m not going to get into a discussion about misogyny/exploitation, but the actual articles / interviews / stories are comparable to Esquire or even the New Yorker. It’s a magazine that does try (and I stress try) to be intellectual and socially relevant. So if Komi is actually reading Playboy, thats not exactly an insult. Maxim on the other hand…
In undergrad I wrote about Playboy magazine during the Vietnam war. Plenty of articles written by respected journalists authors and thinkers. Norman Mailer, Vonnegut, Dahl. It was a fun essay to write, got some looks while searching through old issues on microfilm in the library though.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
No comment.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
my buddy did a content analysis of hardcore pornography for our media research class, he got an 80.
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I got a 90.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Level 4+.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
my buddy did a content analysis of hardcore pornography for our media research class, he got an 80 69.
Fixed that for ya.
Win.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Maxim should be written in a crayon that smells like Axe Body Spray.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 16, 2011 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
we’ll even throw in Komisarek
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Ayup. But I mean you’d think we could pry a center out from there somehow, no?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Bruins fans don’t even like Wheeler. The guy disappears for weeks at a time and is really inconsistent. He has all the tools though, 6’5" 200+ lbs. Realistically we’re taking whatever we can get for Kaberle but I hope people don’t think we win the trade if that’s who we get back.
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I’d take him as a toss in / salary evener. Hell, if it meant Marchand, I’d take anything.
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I'd take
Wheeler… as a 3rd liner.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
seems a bit steep
for a rental… Marchand and Boston’s 1st is probably closer to reality.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
No. Way. Boston. Moves. Marchand.
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why do you need to ruin everything?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
the perfect height for a dude in my unbiased opinion
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, if he’s 14.
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tall person bias, the worst bias of all, tall people are untrustworthy
who would you trust more? Grabbo or Chara?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
ah, so you like a neutral height. you must be swiss
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
What is it that makes a man turn neutral?
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From a review of the facts at hand it must be one of:
A – Chocolate
B – Being surrounded by tall mountains
C – Complicated gear mechanisms
D – Yodelling
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Feb 16, 2011 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
Coming from someone who’s 6’1, I’m trust grabbo. Chara just looks like he’s steal your wallet, or something taller and more sinister.
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Yeah, but like that height. As someone who’s 6’3, I prefer to have the option of riding you into the boards with a dirty hit from behind. I suppose about 6’5" or so, it becomes a compulsion.
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He’s too short to ever father an Islanders’ fan though.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
Works for me
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe they’re desperate.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno, they have Chris Kelly now…..
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
It’s funny – I can’t quite make out what you typed. “No. Way. Boston. Moves. meawgpawng.” My sense of denial must be getting in the way. Weird.
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by Bower Power on Feb 16, 2011 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Funny, it came out all in asterisks on my screen, so I assumed he typed in “hunter2”
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Feb 16, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
right
but… WHeeler and a 1st? I’d do that… Kaberle’s walking for nothing either way. I’d take Boston’s 1st and Philly’s 1st… that’d make me semi-satisfied.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
wheeler and our first? sure, id do that for a rental Kaberle.
Bostons first? not so much, they need to sweeten that pot with at least a B+ prospect
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Yup. We should have no interest in acquiring firsts – that ship has sailed. I’d be willing to toss in Phili’s first if it means the difference between just Wheeler and Wheeler and a prospect.
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well
if we’re adding them, might as well add more… we already did it with Philly’s… I’d take on Colborne + Wheeler + their 1st.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
but
then that’s probably too high.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Kaberle
is worth … more? less? than Versteeg/Beauchemin? I’d say more… which means he’s at least a borderline top 6 forward + 1st round prospect + a pick (i.e. Beauchemin) and/or a 1st rd + 3rd rd pick (i.e. Versteeg).
So Wheeler + 1st rd prospect + a 1st rd pick? That’s decent return.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
the 1st rd pick
would push his value above Beauchemin… but if he’s only OK’ing a deal to Boston that hurts our trading leverage… lowers the value a bit.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
probably, but who knows, if rumours are true, the Leafs first is out of play anyways and Chia is probably well aware that removing Kaberle from the Leafs is all but guarenteed to increase that pick, then he might do Burke a solid and over pay a bit for Kaberle, it really is win win for him, especially if that solid is the Bruins pick, which can really only get worse as a pick if they add Kaberle
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
In my opinion, we should be looking to ditch Phili’s first. We’ve gone over it at length here, but I would rather use it to sweeten a pot (and, from Boston’s perspective, cushion the potential issues of Kaberle walking) than I would use it to draft a player.
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And the same applies to Boston’s pick. Unless we’re collecting picks to trade up substantially, we should not be treating mid-to-late first round picks as some sort of a goal.
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well
mid to late 1st rounders are better than mid to late 6th or 7th rounders… which is what most of our picks in this draft are.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
meh
I don’t see the harm in actually drafting someone at that point in the draft…
I’m fine with making the pick… even acknowledging that it won’t be worth as much as I’d like as return from Versteeg.
Using it to trade up is also fine, but unless we’re getting a great prospect in return, I don’t see much point in moving it.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, it’s not about setting picks on fire. I’d definitely want to see a market value player come back for a pick. But, if I were given the choice, I wouldn’t be seeking to acquire late round picks over known quantities.
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ok that I agree with you on
I just think it’s easier for teams to throw picks into the mix than players they’ve already drafted as a result of the endowment effect.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
I’m fine having three picks in the 20-35 range.
"[Phil Kessel]'s as streaky as a flipped coin" - Shift
by The '67 Sound on Feb 16, 2011 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
Three picks in that range and trade up to to 10s if someone you want starts to slip.
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Yeah, though sounds like nothing exceptional at top end this year so best to just maximize lottery tickets.
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by The '67 Sound on Feb 16, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
why not trade out? There are always a few teams that fall in love with a player or two, even in weaker drafts, and are willing to give up future picks to get them. I’d be happy moving one or both of those picks for say, a third rounder this year and a first round pick next year.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
I’d be fine with this.
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by The '67 Sound on Feb 16, 2011 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
It wouldn’t be bad, except that we are on a time table of sorts. If we were tanking or if we had a strong enough team to consistently get a good number of wins, it would make a lot of sense, but unless we’re about to start tanking, it seems like it would be better to trade those for someone already partially developed.
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Of course.
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Correct.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
its not too bad value if it is a “baring extension” kinda thing
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
well
if he gets an extension (they get to negotiate before July 1st) so there’s that in there also.
If he does well in the playoffs he gets a huge boost to his value also.
He’d be nuts to not go to a good team if he wants to make more money in the long run… I have no idea why he’d nix a trade at this point.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
if I was him
I’d also strongly consider San Jose… but that’s just me.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. What if Komisarek
cures cancer. Everybody would love him. I can just see him in his labcoat now working his Erlenmeyer flask as hard as he works the boards.
Working the Erlenmeyer, gripping it by the top and gently cupping the bottom.
OH NO A SPILL
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Pish. His hands are gentle but strong, like a sculptor. Maybe that’s another possibility. You’ll see his work in ROM someday.
He could help with Reimer’s statue!
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by Gary Roberts: Baby Eater on Feb 16, 2011 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Me too, chance that Michael Ryder becomes a Leaf seems to be rising.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
I just feel it in m’bones.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
UFA this year. Not a big deal.
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it makes sense from a salary balance perspective, he wouldn’t be a center point in the deal merely a cog to make it work, the leafs might have to throw in a nothing prospect or a 5th rounder, but that is inconsequential if Burke gets what he wants from the rest of the deal
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
This post reminds me of the old quote about ifs…“If” my aunt were gendered differently then he would be my uncle."
Thanks for posting this…I needed a chuckle spiced heavily with straight up fact.
If the Leafs didn’t play well, then what, pray tell, does that say about Boston’s goaltending?
Just another reminder why PPP is now my go-to for Leafs information.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 16, 2011 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
I said this last night:
Keep both of these teams the exact same, except flip the goaltending they’ve received.
Toronto’s on the playoff bubble or better with Thomas/Rask and Boston is a lotto team with Giguere/Gustavsson/Reimer.
Not a doubt in my mind.
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Only thing is that they have some solid depth at forward, they just play a more “defensive” system.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Yes they play a defensive system which is why they give up way more shots than the rest of the league.
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Yea hence the quotes. I just think that a coach other than Julian could probably get more goals out of those forwards.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
I definitely could get more goals out of them:
“Score or you’ll get traded to Long Island”
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Exactly.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
You’re a natural.
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by Gary Roberts: Baby Eater on Feb 16, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
The can’t-score Bruins have the exact same amount of goals as the high-flying offense-first Lightning, tied for 6th in the league
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
THANK YOU KESSEL!!!!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure how much the Kessel trade really comes into this discussion.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
because with his 21 goals you’dbe like 3rd or something
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
Aw shit, you’re right. Then again we wouldn’t have Seguin and maybe Marchand doesn’t get a spot on the roster, so that drops out 25 goals right there. Hmmmmmm
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
but maybe with better line mates kessel would have 30 already so theres a +5 at least!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
THANK YOU GRABBO!!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
Well, I think just about any team would be in the playoffs with the kind of goaltending the Bruins have been getting. Beyond that, they are much deeper at forward and not as good on defence. I would certainly rather have the Bruins’ roster than the Leafs’.
by Draglikepull on Feb 16, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
you’re really going to place the onus of an entire season on 2 people on a team composed of 23+ players and coahces?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 16, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
In this instance
pretty much… and it’s also 4 people and 46+ players and coaches if we’re talking about both teams isn’t it?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing suggests Reimer will be a .930 goalie in the NHL. He might be a .920 goalie, which would be absolutely fantastic with me.
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He might transform into a Mac truck and squash anyone who doubts him too.
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He might have an interest in turtles
by Hi, my name is Pavol, its nice Demitra. on Feb 16, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
So much this.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
The .870 could happen just because of the potential for disaster in all things Leaf, but I don’t see any evidence that supports .930. That’s an incredible number, for starters. Reimer was a .905 goalie in junior, and .913 in the AHL. I think I’m being pretty darn optimistic at .920, but I know a lot of people would be ecstatic with league-average.
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-Cornelius Hardenbergh
people would be ecstatic with league-average
Lost in the avalanche of shitty articles about how “Leafs fans” should temper their expectations is the fact that if Reimer gave us a full season of .910 goaltending we’d all adore him.
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“Oh, there’s the other rational explanation: the Bruins lost because they played poorly (and certainly not because the Leafs played well…)”
when you see kessel doing what he can on the body vs chara, and kulemin being an absolute BEAST, i’m sorry, that doesnt fly. leafs played HARD last night. Even The Legend was all over Chara.
On the shift after both he and Grabovski hit the post Kessel took a big run at Chara who sidestepped. Kessel was like a bull in a china shop last night.
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Yesterday was the best day in a long time. I jumped to my feet when GRABBO scored that goal.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
That play where Kessel went after Chara was awesome, but he definitely wasn’t the only one. I saw Grabbo, Brent, and Hanson all go after him too. It’s an unorthodox strategy, but I like it.
by Draglikepull on Feb 16, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
Chara can be exploited if you drape yourself on him. His reach covers up whatever deficiencies he has most of the time, but when you make him start running around he can be beat.
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Remember when Kulie punked him on that 1st grabbo goal? good times
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Actually that wasn’t as unorthodox as you might think. I remember reading that, I think the 74 Flyers, had as part of their cup winning strategy to give the puck to Bobby ORR as much as possible in his own end. As soon as he’’d go after it, they kept running him down. Eventually, he started to tire. Huge kudos to Kessel though, I was very impressed and nice to see him kill two monkeys with one club.
by Robert James on Feb 16, 2011 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yea, the rest of the house knew the Leafs had scored.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
I jumped off the couch and fist pumped into the kitchen to check on dinner.
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by Chemmy on Feb 16, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Phaneuf
hit a post early in the 1st before that Marchand hit also… that was 3 ALMOST goals… god we outplayed the shit out of the B’s last night… basically beat Thomas on 7 separate occasions? He was pretty shitty frankly.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Leafs vs Sabres tonight!!
Here’s my blog on the Leafs and keys to beating the nemesis Buffalo Sabres.
http://tmlandmma.blogspot.com/2011/02/leafs-win-visit-sabres-tonight.html
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Why do they call him the bullet dodger?
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Cuz he dodges bullets Avi
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 16, 2011 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
protection? From who? Ze Germans?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Sit down and shut up you bald english fuck!
If you look up "Loyalty" in the dictionary you'll see a picture of a Leafs fan wearing a Todd Gill jeresy looking like he just got punched in the stomach
I don’t like leaving my own country, Doug, and I especially don’t like leaving it for anything less then warm sandy beaches, and cocktails with little straw hats
Doug The Head : We Got sunny beaches
Avi: so who the fuck wants to see ’em
by goaltender interference on Feb 16, 2011 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
Rec’d for Bricktop awesomeness.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 16, 2011 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an ’orrible cunt… me
by goaltender interference on Feb 16, 2011 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Fuckface… I like that one Errol. I’ll have to remember that one next time I’m climbing off yer mum.
I write about the Leafs. Also, goalie fights.
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by Gary Roberts: Baby Eater on Feb 16, 2011 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.
by Bobby Paradise on Feb 17, 2011 7:18 AM EST up reply actions
I dunno, from what I saw the bruins weren’t playing that badly..
..They just got Kess’ld and Grabb’d.
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by Future_considerations on Feb 16, 2011 1:36 PM EST reply actions
We got bailed out by Reimer a few times. But hey, Boston is a better team than Toronto and getting your goalie to bail you out at times is part of what hockey’s about.
Truculligerestosterugnacity.
it’s nice when your goalie can win a game for you once and a while
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
If the Bruins were getting .910 goaltending, they would have had 172 goals against over the course of the year. That would rank 23rd, above TBL in 24th, and TOR in 25th.
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what if toronto also got 910 goaltending?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
155, tied with Anaheim in 14th.
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or this
as a valid comparison.
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
but our record would be far better.
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
That looks like an extreme close-up of Excite Bike
by Jo4nny on Feb 16, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
USE BOOSE USE BOOST!
ah fuck, over heat
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
There you go again gettin’ all facty and stuff. I have a copy of this chart in my office.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 16, 2011 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Projects to…
222GF 250GA = 79pts
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still
a non playoff team… anon I say.
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
but think of all the extra chances
at the offensive end we’d get from our improved D!
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
I’d love to see those numbers matched up with the GF/GA of the playoff teams from last year/this year, is that somewhere?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
They’re what I created that table from…
Here’s my method to estimate points in the standings from goals for and goals against:
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/3/4/1356179/the-leafs-team-save-percentage-vs
Now just make a spreadsheet that automatically fills in GF/GA boxes with that formula and color code it based on the standings from last year.
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have you seen
Alan Ryder’s paper on Pythagen Puck?
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
win probabilities?
I have it at home somewhere… I Don’t know if it’s still on the hockey-analytics website.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll do it this afternoon.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll copy off you, but just change it so we’re in the PLAYOFFS!!!!1
Then, people will like my work better – even with the plagiarism conviction.
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by not norm ullman on Feb 16, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
What about
.900 goaltending?
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
Boston with .900 SVP: 191 GA, second last in the league.
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First overall selection in the 2011 draft.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 16, 2011 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
WHAT ABOUT WITH .400 GOALTENDING!?!
When did they sign Toskala?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Feb 17, 2011 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
I'd like to reiterate something
that relates to something Birky mentioned a while ago… our shots against totals have been climbing steadily… we’ve had over 30 shots 19 times out of 24 games in the new year.
That’s not a good thing… but Reimer and Giguere seem to be doing alright with the extra work, so maybe it’s not all bad.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Obviously we’re allowing lower quality shots. 
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lol
yes… obviously… we’ve also played more western conference teams in the 2nd half… San Jose’s shot clock in particular seems psychotic… if you look up blocked shots in that San Jose game, apparently D men don’t really block shots? it’s mainly forwards… particularly Grabovski and Kulemin? Really makes no sense.
"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.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 16, 2011 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Obvs.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
a GAA of roughly 3 over the last 5 games isn’t great.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 16, 2011 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
Never.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
titles please
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had to read that one twice
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by birky on Feb 16, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll take some of those too, please
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Feb 16, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
nice one.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Feb 16, 2011 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
That’s south of there, right?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
who cares? it’s gold!
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by Sergei Puckizin on Feb 16, 2011 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
agree..
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by Future_considerations on Feb 16, 2011 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
Shoulda but didna. If David Krejci was stronger would he have shot the puck through James Reimer’s arm leaving a bloody puck shaped hole complete with smoke?
Yes.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 16, 2011 3:32 PM EST reply actions
KABERLE!!!!!
I am losing sleep over this crap lol. please god just let it happen already. The bags under my eyes look like coin purses.
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?!!!
It’s funny because we spent all summer saying "please let the trade just happen already’, and nothin’.
Ill laugh so hard if the Leafs announce a contract extension
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by Matt_Roberts on Feb 16, 2011 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
burke and kabby hold a press conference telling the media that theyve been messing with them just for shits and giggles and he signed a contract extension for another 5 years at 4.5 per. Then kaberles dad and Wilson come out together and they all hold their arms together in the air like the 4 horseman.
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Feb 16, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Leafs unveil new sweaters and everything.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
nLo
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Feb 16, 2011 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
And for good measure powerbomb Komisarek through the table.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
thats pretty funny. I have been checking all the rumuor sites and one thing is for certain. NOBODY has a god dam clue whats in store lol. Some things are ridiculous too. the worst so far was Kabby and Phili 1st for Savard and Rask
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?!!!
You need to do yourself a favour and never go to those places again.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 16, 2011 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno, I totally want a player who might never play again in return
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 16, 2011 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
And a goalie, because we have no depth at that position whatsoever.
Seriously, the more I look at that trade the more I am bewildered. It is actually terrible for both teams:
The Bruins get Kaberle and don’t have to pay Savard anymore, but they lose the goalie who is going to be their future starter (more important than Kabby I think).
The Leafs get burdened with Savard, and in return get a young guy at a position they need it the least.
both, i think it would be such a shocker that id have to laugh, but then my heart would fill with warmth knowing that ‘ol TK would be a Leaf for life. Alas, we’d have tod eal with a few more years of “WILL KABERLE BE TRADED!?”
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by Matt_Roberts on Feb 16, 2011 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
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