Capitals at Leafs: Plenty to Play For
by Chemmy on Apr 5, 2011 3:55 PM EDT
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James Reimer vs. Michal Neuvirth
The Leafs aren't just playing for pride tonight, they're playing to keep Boston's draft pick crummy. As I wrote over at The Leafs Nation there are plenty of teams to stay in a race with and the Leafs shouldn't fall off now.
Though not mathematically eliminated the Leafs chances were dealt a crushing blow last night. I'd be angrier about things but honestly this is a team that's going to play game 80 tonight and still have a non-zero chance at the postseason. This is what we expected from this team and while it stinks that our strong play essentially let us keep pace with everyone around us sometimes shit happens.
Hopefully the Leafs send a message tonight that their new look squad can be a playoff team by sending the 103pt Capitals home with a loss. The Capitals are without Mike Green (concussion), Tom Poti (groin made of rubber bands) and Alexander Semin (Russian). Go Leafs go.
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I hope the Leafs Arnott eliminated from contention tonight. man, would I be Green with envy.
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
by thenumber14 on Apr 5, 2011 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 11 recs
It is so unFehr that other teams keep winning.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 5, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
i Knuble something like this was going to happen
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
by thenumber14 on Apr 5, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
I’d really Laich some Ovechkin wings tonight. Backstrom to the grocery story for me…
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 5, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
I’m not Collins you illiterate, but what the hell is a grocery story?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 5, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
I’m going Steckel* it in then spray Semin all over the place.
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
The Wideman couldn’t fit through the penalty box door, so they had to play the rest of the period short-handed. After sawing the exit wider, the coach led the Wideman to the dressing room, pushed his Backstrom against the wall and gave him a Sturm talking to. He then punched Ovechkin in the face and called him a caveman.
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
We had a good run but I think we all knew that things might turn out Bradley in the end. Hopefully the Leafs take a good long look in the Chimera and then leave it Alzner out on the ice.
Let the Wookie win.
by Kenjamin on Apr 5, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Wow! A pun about the pun post before you, way to think on your feet. You’re the King of puns, Willsie if anyone can top that!
by Primitive_ on Apr 5, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Hey, I’m Neuvirth to this. I guess you could call me “Green”. Holtby on before criticizing me next time.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 5, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Dude, Laich, you must be paid to write for a living. Those puns are as Perreault as it gets.
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by Grabovski's better than you think on Apr 5, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
With our Backstroms against the wall, it’s only Fehr we fight back and keep the Capitals from being so Ovechkin annoying tonight. We better Steckel to our guns and never give up. After all, Alzner in love in war. Sloan, we will Hannan the Caps a bitter defeat.
Oh, and fuck………Carlson?
by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 5, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Yes.
Fuck Carlson.
I'm thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I'll lose my drinking problem.
by leafsfan4life94 on Apr 5, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Carlson can't hear you, he's too busy being awesome
Follow me!
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by Ovechwin on Apr 5, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
Flagged.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
I'm giving Twitter another go
by PassivelyTruculent on Apr 5, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
He doesn't even have to look
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by Ovechwin on Apr 5, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
“Alexander Semin (Russian)” is so full of win.
http://twitter.com/ItsWags
by McCabe the Martyr on Apr 5, 2011 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 9 recs
Amazing.
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 5, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s out with Enigmatism.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 5, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by PPP on Apr 5, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve noticed that there a lot of messages like these for so late in the season. Fans are coming out of the woodwork!!
Let the Wookie win.
Bandwagoners.
"Callgirl! She was a callgirl!"
"No Cyril, when they're dead, they're just hookers!"
24/02/11: I was there.
Oh no he didn’t…
In 10 years, Lebda will be better than Lidstrom
by Leafswinthecup on Apr 5, 2011 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Sometimes life isn't Fehr, but Arnott the Leafs to blame for their own place in the standings?
They haven’t been playing Bradley as of late, but it would take a miracle to get into the playoffs by the Erskine of our teeth.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Apr 5, 2011 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
All these puns are filling me with Fehr and loathing
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
by Steve-R on Apr 5, 2011 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
I need to Chimera in here:
I’d Laich to get Backstrom at these Caps beating us Bradley last time, and show them we Arnott living in Fehr. They think they’re King, but we’ll make them Green with envy tonight. Let’s make sure they’re in for quite the Sturm of goals, to the point they think their net is too Wideman.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Apr 5, 2011 4:35 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Finally got my Optimus Reim Poti Shirt! Fits a little Wideman, but I don’t f-King care. I’m wearing this Bradley boy to class.
Come for the truculence, stay for the waffles.
by intp on Apr 5, 2011 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
I don’t f-King care
Like this one.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
Indeed.
Well played, intp.
Honestly I didn’t even catch that until nhlcheapshot pointed that out.
I'm thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I'll lose my drinking problem.
by leafsfan4life94 on Apr 5, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I’ll lose my drinking problem.
Only because everyone else will be drunk too. It won’t be a problem.
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I'm thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I'll lose my drinking problem.
by leafsfan4life94 on Apr 5, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
and Alexander Semin (Russian)
Boooooooo (urns).
Enjoy the game. Tell your guys not to injure any more Caps, eh?
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No need to Lashoff at these fine fans, why are you such a Crabb. They’re gonna put their Hanson you and ban us.
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by breaklance on Apr 5, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Yeah we’re making attempts at your puns, but frankly we shenn really stop. You guys are too Kulemin for us.
No really, I think we’re pretty atrocious haha
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
by breaklance on Apr 5, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Lebda join you in this, but I’ve had Phaneuf.
There’s no Reimer reason to any of it.
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by fat_daddyo on Apr 5, 2011 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Why Kadri all just get along?
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by fat_daddyo on Apr 5, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I’m still trying to Giguere a pun with Zigomanis.
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
by breaklance on Apr 5, 2011 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
We could Toskala all night about this, and never come up with anything.
/cheap shot.
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by fat_daddyo on Apr 5, 2011 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I rec’d it then flagged it for spelling Schenn incorrectly.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
Well that puts a holzer in my fun.
especially after I looked up Kulemin’s spelling heh
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
by breaklance on Apr 5, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
phaneuf of these puns, leafs fans.
looking forward to a good one tonight
by j762 on Apr 5, 2011 5:59 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Agreed. These Leafs fans have Schenn better days.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 5, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Tell them to take an Al-Kessel-zer and call me in the morning.
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by fat_daddyo on Apr 5, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Hahahahaha rec’d
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. Hope Ovechkin doesn’t make like a Beagle and wander off in the playoffs again.
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
To be, Arnott to be…That is the Kulemin.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 5, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Whether ’tis Rosehill in the Erskine to suffer.
The Kings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take Armstrong against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Be all my sins Reimerbered.
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by Scott in Shaw on Apr 5, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
One more
I bet Reimer’s dad’s been real proud of him lately, though he must be getting tired of saying “Gustavs-son”.
by Caleafornia on Apr 5, 2011 6:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
A Russian who by chance, isn't enigmatic
And for argument’s sake, he’s Russian…
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:18 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Isn’t he Belarusian?
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
Yeah born in Germany, but he holds Belarussian citizenship- plays for their Olympic team and all.
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
And for argument’s sake, he’s Russian…
Popped a Colboner - Certified Joe Colborne Fanboy
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The Capitals are without Mike Green (concussion), Tom Poti (groin made of rubber bands) and Alexander Semin (Russian). Go Leafs go.
This made me LOL
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
Can someone please post the Kessel Bear thing for good luck? Everytime someone posts that Kessel scores
In 10 years, Lebda will be better than Lidstrom
Yes please post never saw that… I’ll jump back on after the game since I don’t want to jinx anything.
GO LEAFS GO
Never give up, no surrender!
GO LEAFS GO!!!!!1
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
Here you go
In 10 years, Lebda will be better than Lidstrom
by Leafswinthecup on Apr 5, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
And here I thought only french Canadians hate the bruins.
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
You obviously don’t know much about… well, anything.
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03/19/2011 - Watched Kadri's 1st NHL goal from the West Bank
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by happiergilmore on Apr 5, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
What I can’t make a crack about Kessel obviously throwing Blades into a melted hockey rink?
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
It Brooks Laich rain. There could be a Sturm rolling in, Arnott.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
by Steve-R on Apr 5, 2011 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
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