GDT: [GM42] Vancouver Canucks @ Toronto Maple Leafs | Sat. Jan 11th | 4:00pm PST | CBC/HNIC | Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

[SeawaterOnIce]

How’s everyone doing? I’m out with the wife and having a great night! Don’t cause trouble!

The takeover has begun....

 

[RobertKron]

Pettersson looks a lot better recently

His skating looks so much less laboured than earlier in the season.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Was Brisebois giving tips to Hughes?

Well he has been with the organization longer.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Craig Simpson is going to get an Order of Canada at some point for his work and he f***ing sucks.

I have a feeling you’re drunk posting!

 

[David71]

low scoring game. pk doing well. petey dominating both ends of the ice.

 

[VancouverJagger]

What? We are winning? This is unexpected......

 

[SillyRabbit]

Because our D-men joined the scrum. That makes the faceoff come outside the zone.

I was not aware of this rule at all. What's the logic behind it?

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

I used to be so confident when we had a lead going into the third last year it was automatic. I have very little faith these days.

 

[RobertKron]

I was not aware of this rule at all. What's the logic behind it?

To incentivize defensemen to stay above the top of the circles so that scrums don't escalate.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

I have a feeling you’re drunk posting!

Slipping booze into his large Farva drink while the wife’s in the bathroom.

 

[SillyRabbit]

To incentivize defensemen to stay above the top of the circles so that scrums don't escalate.

And leave their forwards in a 5v3 scrum where they will almost certainly eat a few shots without the refs calling any penalties?

Basically signing up to have your forwards roughed up for no return.

Thank you for the info though.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Come on boys!

One more period.

 

[Kryten]

Lots of time left to lose in OT

 

[RobertKron]

And leave their forwards in a 5v3 scrum where they will almost certainly eat a few shots without the refs calling any penalties?

Basically signing up to have your forwards roughed up for no return.

Thank you for the info though.

Most scrums are just a couple guys halfheartedly face washing out of obligation and everyone else kind of standing around. The defensemen coming down to ceremonially even the numbers forces other guys to grab them and then the whole thing just kind of goes on forever. If your guys are getting abused, then you come down, but it prevents the 90s thing where every whistle around the net drew a crowd and the stoppage took ages and the linesmen are catching sticks and elbows trying to wade through the shit every few minutes.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Well a 2 goal lead is pretty much a guaranteed win. Yep. This one is in the bag. No chance of the leafs coming back in this one.

 

[Binder]

To incentivize defensemen to stay above the top of the circles so that scrums don't escalate.

so this is why brannstrom keeps getting scratched
now i get it

 

[SillyRabbit]

Bowness highlighting Hughes' play without the puck is the type of thing that the media needs to talk about more.

Especially since so many people on the East Coast don't watch him play and still think he's a bad defender from like 4 years ago.

He's a good defender because of his positioning, speed and IQ.

 

[mossey3535]

At least we aren't down 2-0 like last night

 

[ephmrl]

Not for almost 12M. He needs to take over every game

Has Nylander taken over every game?

 

[Lat]

Pettersson looks a lot better recently

He's also playing with non-scrubs in DeBrusk and Boeser, for what it's worth. But agreed, he's competing and skating looks better.

 

[mossey3535]

Bowness highlighting Hughes' play without the puck is the type of thing that the media needs to talk about more.

Especially since so many people on the East Coast don't watch him play and still think he's a bad defender from like 4 years ago.

He's a good defender because of his positioning, speed and IQ.

He definitely is, my only criticism of him is that if he's off just a bit in effort then his lack of physicality can negate those other aspects.

 

[David71]

What? We are winning? This is unexpected......

watch them choke in the third period.

 

[Tact]

Elliote Friedman saying Canucks are not saying no to any western conference teams for Pettersson/Miller

lol

 

[Lenny Levino]

Pettersson for Cozens and Byram, still a good trade?

 

[FrankieC]

watch them choke in the third period.

The Leafs are playing horribly..