Around the NHL: PTO Season Becomes Waiver Season

[K8fool]

I would say no. Through two periods last night, I had to go check to see that he was playing and hadn't been injured/missed shifts. He's a complete no-show and his contract is the boat anchor we thought it would be.

softness of that core except Mathews.




almost want them to be the fifth but , nah

 

[OkimLom]

Leafs look dead. I need Vegas to lose. I can’t handle Eichel winning a cup before the Sabres make it to the playoffs.

First Step, don't make your ex your avatar. Next step, work on yourself, and cutoff all sources to any mention of your ex.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I'd swear too much, so they'd fire me 2min into the first period of my first game

As long as you don’t do what that baseball announcer did the other day on air while discussing what they did on the day off you’ll be fine. He said that they went to the Negro League museum and a BBQ place, only he used the other n-word.

 

[kirby11]

More Leaf fun facts: Draisaitl has scored more playoff goals in this postseason than Marner has in his entire career

 

[Chainshot]

softness of that core except Mathews.




almost want them to be the fifth but , nah

Nah, Matthews is part of the cushy reputation too.

 

[K8fool]

Nah, Matthews is part of the cushy reputation too.

actually , he blocked shots regained possession , was really only force trying to win besides the fourth line.. not so much in game 3 Early but definitely first two.. but you are right .. quibbling really

 

[debaser66]

Just noticed the Milk advertisement on the Leafs jersey (I know, I’m not very observant) and now I want them to lose even more.

I would say tiktok is the greater evil

 

[debaser66]

I dunno what’s worse. That or TikTok on their helmets.

yeah if you dont like milk or have moral objections just dont drink it, its not like its addictive or something, it will fade out because its simply not sustainable.
that other thing wires your brain like a stupid monkey, no offense to monkeys.

 

[TageGod]

If Toronto is smart they blow everything up including coach and GM and start fresh. Retain 50% on Matthews Marner Nylander etc. then draft half of the 2023 first and second rd draft lol.

 

[debaser66]

I'm beyond excited about Levi and Kulich but I would have liked to see Reinhart stay with this coach and team.

he was really gettin it going at the end when Granato moved him to 1C

 

[MarkusKetterer]

yeah if you dont like milk or have moral objections just dont drink it, its not like its addictive or something, it will fade out because its simply not sustainable.
that other thing wires your brain like a stupid monkey, no offense to monkeys.

Here in Canada a company just introduced milk that I have a moral objection to. It’s got extra protein somehow AND is flavoured.

Like who the hell hates the taste of milk?

 

[debaser66]

I think Tuch is what we all hoped Reinhart would be.

I dont think they are comparable players, I cant even come up with much they have in common

 

[TehDoak]

softness of that core except Mathews.




almost want them to be the fifth but , nah

I love hate watching Dangle after the losses. This is starting to be a super villain origin story though.

 

[Sabre Dance]

First Step, don't make your ex your avatar. Next step, work on yourself, and cutoff all sources to any mention of your ex.

Haven’t updated my avatar in a few years. I guess it’s time.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

I dont think they are comparable players, I cant even come up with much they have in common

Good players?

 

[OkimLom]

I love hate watching Dangle after the losses. This is starting to be a super villain origin story though.

I too watch him after losses as well, but he's a pretty good dude off camera, and while I enjoy the entertainment factor of his videos, he's one of the few Toronto Media members that I actually like.

 

[debaser66]

Here in Canada a company just introduced milk that I have a moral objection to. It’s got extra protein somehow AND is flavoured.

Like who the hell hates the taste of milk?

honestly I never liked the taste; the protein is new but flavours? [lol the "flavour" reminded me that CAN has British English]

 

[debaser66]

Good players?

I suppose the poster before meant as a comparison of style.
otherwise whats the point of this generalization?

 

[Gras]

Here in Canada a company just introduced milk that I have a moral objection to. It’s got extra protein somehow AND is flavoured.

Like who the hell hates the taste of milk?

I hate the taste of milk on its own.

 

[joshjull]

that is some mickey mouse analysis from a guy who gets paid to do analysis on tv. my god.

Whats mickey mouse about it? Any of those Leafs step into Sam and the play shuts down. They don’t need to blast him.

 

[Beerz]

that is some mickey mouse analysis from a guy who gets paid to do analysis on tv. my god.

Not really.. he's dead on. The fact the Leafs let Sampson lolly gag into the zone slow as molasses and then let him waltz behind the net unmolested isn't the fault of Rupp. That should be a relatively easy rush to defend and the Leafs just folded

 

[Chainshot]

Whats mickey mouse about it? Any of those Leafs step into Sam and the play shuts down. They don’t need to blast him.

Watching Lafferty go from desired trade target to THAT play... GM's and player personnel directors I'm sure are looking at that and giving each other a concerned look if they were thinking Lafferty was going to be an option as a 4th line guy for a team looking for details.

 

[Chainshot]

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The title is amusing as anything. "Panther Meat".

 

[toomuchsauce]

Whats mickey mouse about it? Any of those Leafs step into Sam and the play shuts down. They don’t need to blast him.

The fact that you can offer the same analysis on every single goal that's ever been scored in hockey, with the possible exception of like...random goals from behind the red line, or those exceedingly rare times when the goalie just fires one into his own net.

At some point, somewhere in the sequence of events, "hey somebody shoulda put a body on that guy!"

What would constitute "analysis" (in my mind, at least) would be an explanation, even a brief one, of WHY nobody checked the guy. The answer, generally, is not "because the leafs are soft and bad lol" although I'll allow that it's a possibility...ya know, because it's the leafs.

Also, it takes away from a guy making a great play when you suggest that the whole thing could have been avoided if someone "just hit him." Like...nobody ever thought of that? The coaches forgot to tell the players they can hit guys? TJ Brodie and Jake McCabe on the ice...they just...didn't think of that?

This stuff happens in a split second in real time. There's a reason it was Reinhart who scored this goal, in this manner, and not...I dunno, pick a guy...Sam Bennett. Bennett's more of a straight line player. He probably gets that puck, chips it in and chases it. Or hangs onto it and keeps moving forward, gets hit, loses possession. Either way, lots of hitting ensues, nothing noteworthy happens. Also, great play by the guy who quickly passed it back to Reinhart. But, mainly, this was a Sam Reinhart special based on the play in the neutral zone.

 

[Howie Hodge]