Preseason Game #2: Flyers 4 - Leafs 0

by birky on Sep 20, 2011 10:34 PM EDT in Game Recaps

The Leafs didn't play very well tonight. As you can see, the response on twitter was vicious:

@felixpotvin Now that it's 4-0 the Leafs definitely aren't winning the Stanley Cup this preseason.

@brianhuddle SCRIVENS HAS BEEN BETTER IN PRE-SEASON! OBVIOUSLY IT MEANS HE SHOULD START! RIGHT?

@hailgrabovski CANCEL THE PARADE!!!1

@shocker17 how much longer do we have to put up with this? When are they going to wake up and FIRE WILSON

@JaredofLondon EVERYONE IS A BUST

@b1rky BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

We'll be shutting down the blog for the remainder of the season as we recover from tonight's loss.

Beyond the terrific performance in net by Sergei Bobrovsky, the Leafs played pretty poorly in their own zone. A few turnovers and poor coverage led to three of Philadelphia's four goals. I thought Kadri had a lot of jump and he's incredibly active in the offensive zone. First impressions are the best kind, and I would go ahead and trace his name in pen on the line-up for October 6th. Pretty underwhelming performance by the rest of the squad, but I'd point to Clarke MacArthur and Jesse Blacker as other players who impressed tonight. Tim Connolly looked timid, but for a guy with his track record, I'm willing to take an extended wait and see approach. Joe Colborne took a step back after a strong first game. As Kadri learned the hard way last season, decisions with the puck need to be quick and certain. He'll find his way in the AHL and he has definitely showed the top end puck skills to be a top-6 NHL forward.

(Wilson presser)

(game in six)

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Thoughts from the game

1st period was great. 2nd period was meh. 3rd period was horrible.

Powerplays in the 3rd atrocious. Thought the booooooooing was a bit much. Had 2 loudmouth Philly fans that were shittalking Reimer the whole game.

But what the hell, the tickets were free. Not a great showing by our boys. I thought Colborne looked pretty good though. Blacker not as much. Reimer great until he wasn’t.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 20, 2011 10:39 PM EDT reply actions

Oh well

I guess we’d better hope for next year then.

Let the reign of Chemmy begin

by MLS on Sep 20, 2011 10:41 PM EDT reply actions

The Kids Are Alright!!!

Kadri again played with purpose.

Colborne needs some AHL time and to bulk up a bit and he will definatly crack the roster.

Blacker pulled over 20min of ice time

So on so forth

This was pretty much marlies so put down the pitchforks nation

by Orriginal on Sep 20, 2011 10:41 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions

i dunno, our top line and Reimer were out tonight
but i’ll reserve judgment until november when it counts

by PhilSpecter on Sep 20, 2011 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

To be fair

Chemmy shit on Gustavsson last night after letting in one goal.

Tonight, it’s a sarcastic wink about how the pre-season doesn’t mean anything.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Sep 20, 2011 11:05 PM EDT reply actions

Out of curiosity…

I was at work and didn’t get to see the game. Despite the fact that Reimer let in 4, how did he look?

by Huey2k2 on Sep 20, 2011 11:06 PM EDT reply actions

not that great, to be honest. a little rusty. he looked kind of small in the net actually.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Sep 20, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Well that is unfortunate, I will just chock it up to him being rusty though. It’s his first game in months and it’s pre-season.

by Huey2k2 on Sep 20, 2011 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions

His first period was really strong – he looked like last February Reimer. He was just okay for the rest of the game, but it’s hard to blame him for at least 3 of the goals.

by G.g.B on Sep 20, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t go that far. his positioning didn’t look great. and he just didn’t look sharp. he certainly didn’t instill confidence that he’s the same reimer we all remember.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Sep 20, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually thought his positioning was pretty good, in the first period at least. The most you could say is he played back in the net a bit. Okay, so maybe he wasn’t February Reimer – how about March Reimer?

by G.g.B on Sep 20, 2011 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I would go ahead and trace his name in pen on the line-up for October 6th.

Trace? What is this, elementary school?

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by SkinnyFish on Sep 20, 2011 11:06 PM EDT reply actions

We could finger paint his name in if you like. Give it a nice preschool vibe.

by G.g.B on Sep 20, 2011 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions

JARED'

Not liking the Habs since 1959.

by not norm ullman on Sep 20, 2011 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

SEE? BUSTED.

Not liking the Habs since 1959.

by not norm ullman on Sep 20, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions

JARED'S A BUST!

Not liking the Habs since 1959.

by not norm ullman on Sep 20, 2011 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

EITHER SOMEBODY HANDS OUT FREE JARS OF JAM, OR FREE GLUE, OR FREE SOMETHIN', OR THAT'S IT, I'M DONE, OFF TO HAWAII, AND LEAF MAN SAYS HE'S COMING WITH ME. SO PRODUCE IT. THE GODDAMN JAM. AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT.

Not liking the Habs since 1959.

by not norm ullman on Sep 20, 2011 11:45 PM EDT reply actions

At least we still have our 1st round draft pick. time to check out some Sarnia Sting games and get excited for Yakupov….

But seriously, I’m all for the preseason sucking so it helps manage expectations. If Reimer’s a fail this year, we can eat through Gus, Rynnas, Scrivens and Oduya until we find a hot goalie. (or Ray Emery will be a bust at Chicago’s camp and we’ll just sign him for cheap)

Scoring by committee FTMFW!

by Peter de Chatham on Sep 20, 2011 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

Tanking hard this year would break my heart so badly.

I am actually feeling pretty up on the Leafs for the first time in a few years, I would be sad if we tanked hard.

And yes I know you weren’t being serious.

by Huey2k2 on Sep 21, 2011 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Today was my first time back at the ACC for a leafs game since 2002. The last time I was there, we played san jose to a 3-3 draw and mats sundin potted a pair.

once I got over the giddiness of watching live leaf hockey for the first time in nearly a decade, I was able to notice a few things…
- colton orr does not belong on an NHL roster
- cody franson is massive
- we sorely missed grabovski and kulemin tonight
- the acc is too quiet

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by sportsfan2 on Sep 21, 2011 12:35 AM EDT reply actions

granted, this was a preseason game in which we were getting rocked. there wasn’t much to cheer about

elephant shell
never question our ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - yardly

by sportsfan2 on Sep 21, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions

I've been to about 5 or 6 leafs games

and we’ve won them all except one where it ended up as a tie because Wendel Clark had his foot in the crease and the game winning goal was disallowed. Believe it was vs Boston.

I need to go to more! I’m broke though.

by Tats16 on Sep 21, 2011 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Considering in 2009, a 6-3 preseason record got us an 0-7-1 start, I’d gladly get rocked all preseason if it meant we went 7-0-1. Not that we will.

In any event, I had rugby practice so I missed the game. Good one to miss apparently.

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by FiftyMissionCap on Sep 21, 2011 12:37 AM EDT reply actions

Also, I’m starting to develop a weird sixth sense about when the Leafs are going to lay an egg. I had a feeling about tonight, a feeling very similar to the time they got pounded by Florida on St. Patty’s Day.

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by FiftyMissionCap on Sep 21, 2011 12:42 AM EDT reply actions