Kerfoot is killing me...

[mikeyz]

Not even close.

It's a lot closer than you think my friend

 

[Jojalu]

It's a lot closer than you think my friend

I don't see it that way.

Rask was pretty damn good.

Kadri has had 1 good year.

Leafs lost the trade no doubt.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I changed my mind. Kerfoot is elite now.



















No.

 

[Thornbury]

Kerfoot is super underrated... he does a lot of good things and will likely be 3LW or 4LW come playoff time.

I am really happy with that as a fan, he may not be flashy, but he is fast, pressures well, is good defensively, and adds a little bit of offense.

We can either spread out the talent and Kerfoot can play somewhere as a complimentary player in the top 9 or stack the top 6 and have Kerfoot playing with other defensive players who can occasionally chip in.

I will say he is an underrated playmaker. His speed is an asset, his lack of size and strength obviously his major limitation. As others have said, he is useful in a 3LW role.

 

[Its not your fault]

I will repeat this until the end of time:

IT IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN NHL TEAM TO WIN A CUP WITH A PLUG LIKE KERFOOT ON THE FIRST LINE.

Depends if you believe a piece of paper that someone labeled 1 2 3 4 so people can understand in which we talk about at a said time. The number 1 line could be alot of combination of players. I think there's 3 too a line, little and something called core 4 or something. What's 3 minus 4?
Can you fit 3 people on a line. Or do you see the screen post a picture of something that says line one and think geez it's set in stone.. kinda ridiculous now isn't it.
There is an unsung hero every year. Example DP57

 

[HamiltonNHL]

sharpshooter

 

[ZEBROA]

My Keerfoot got a heel spur. Hurts like hell.

 

[Dekes For Days]

That Kadri for Barrie and Kerfoot trade is bordering on Rask for Raycroft level bad.

An aging 55 point, PP-reliant offensive center with discipline issues is not equivalent to a HOF goalie, and Barrie (50% retained) and Kerfoot is an infinitely better return than Raycroft, who was a literal liability to our team.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Kerfoot is killing me


Did you see his tap in goal last night?

He had almost the entire net to shoot at. When he got his opportunity he shot it partially off the defenders' stick, and (due to his curve) raised it off the underside of the crossbar. Hard to imagine, but it almost didn't go in.




Look around 4:17 of this video

 

[Dekes For Days]

Kerfoot is killing me
Did you see his tap in goal last night?
He had almost the entire net to shoot at. When he got his opportunity he shot it partially off the defenders' stick, and (due to his curve) raised it off the underside of the crossbar. Hard to imagine, but it almost didn't go in.

Look around 4:17 of this video

Um, what? His shot didn't hit the defender's stick or the crossbar. I think your eyes are playing tricks on you. Watch from 4:27 of the video on the next replay.
I don't think we need to be criticizing the goals Kerfoot scores, much less when he drives hard to the crease, and nicely puts a bouncing rebound into the middle of the net.

 

[fancy lad]

I'll just say I'm glad that he's playing better now.
Rewind a month ago and he was bringing little to nothing to the team, so it's cool that he's getting some bounces and things are starting to go his way.

 

[ToneDog]

I'd bring him back at $1.5-$2m. I mean he has 10 goals playing mostly in the top 6 while ZAR has 11 goals playing with scrubs and being a healthy scratch a few games this past month.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Um, what? His shot didn't hit the defender's stick or the crossbar. I think your eyes are playing tricks on you. Watch from 4:27 of the video on the next replay.
I don't think we need to be criticizing the goals Kerfoot scores, much less when he drives hard to the crease, and nicely puts a bouncing rebound into the middle of the net.

Lol. You call that soft glide towards the net "drives hard"? Do you skate or play any hockey? That is not an example of driving hard to the crease. My point is that he had the whole open net yet he almost didn't score. The puck wobbles off his stick and the puck glances off the Defenders' stick.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Lol. You call that soft glide towards the net "drives hard"?

He skates hard and outraces his opposition from center ice into the zone, and then heads straight to the net, arriving just in time to put the rebound into the back of the net.
If you're criticizing that, it says more about your inability to give credit where credit is due for certain players than it does about the player.

My point is that he had the whole open net yet he almost didn't score. The puck wobbles off his stick and the puck glances off the Defenders' stick.

Again, that's not true. He put the puck directly in the center of the net, despite the puck bouncing on him, and it didn't hit the defender's stick at all.
Watch the replay from 4:27 onwards. You're looking at the first replay which kind of creates an optical illusion because of how it comes back out of the net.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

He skates hard and outraces his opposition from center ice into the zone, and then heads straight to the net, arriving just in time to put the rebound into the back of the net.
If you're criticizing that, it says more about your inability to give credit where credit is due for certain players than it does about the player.

Again, that's not true. He put the puck directly in the center of the net, despite the puck bouncing on him, and it didn't hit the defender's stick at all.
Watch the replay from 4:27 onwards. You're looking at the first replay which kind of creates an optical illusion because of how it comes back out of the net.

There's no question he scored a goal. He's come a long way from earlier in the season where the brain told him to celebrate before the puck passes the goal line.

 

[Dekes For Days]

There's no question he scored a goal. He's come a long way from earlier in the season where the brain told him to celebrate before the puck passes the goal line.

I think it's rather unfortunate that instead of just acknowledging that you made a mistake and incorrectly blamed Kerfoot for something that didn't happen while he was scoring a goal for our team, you choose to just move on to something else he did over 5 months ago, but yes, unlike scoring a goal, that play is an example of something that he could be legitimately criticized for. He should have made sure the puck got in the net. And maybe he learned, because this most recent time, he did.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I think it's rather unfortunate that instead of just acknowledging that you made a mistake and incorrectly blamed Kerfoot for something that didn't happen while he was scoring a goal for our team, you choose to just move on to something else he did over 5 months ago, but yes, unlike scoring a goal, that play is an example of something that he could be legitimately criticized for. He should have made sure the puck got in the net. And maybe he learned, because this most recent time, he did.

No. There's no mistake. I never said he didn't score. I said he almost didn't score. But there's no defense of Kerfoot. He's a slightly below average player. His skating might be the only thing that separates him from being an AHL. It's certainly not his skill.

No matter how you shine a turd, it's still a turd.

 

[Dekes For Days]

I never said he didn't score. I said he almost didn't score.

Both would be incorrect statements, and your description of what happened in the play was wrong and contradicted by the video.
He put a bouncing rebound clean into the middle of the net. A good play by a good player.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Both would be incorrect statements, and your description of what happened in the play was wrong and contradicted by the video.
He put a bouncing rebound clean into the middle of the net. A good play by a good player.

You can edit this if you like. So you really want to argue that Kerfoot is a "good player"?

 

[banks]

You can edit this if you like. So you really want to argue that Kerfoot is a "good player"?

Kerfoot has .5 points-per-game for his career. And he's been a solid contributor for this team for 4 years. Is it really so outrageous to call him "good"?

 

[Hellcat]

What if Kerfoot scores the game winning goal in each series and the game winner in game seven of of OT in the SCF? Is he still a bum?

It's more likely I'd win millions in the lottery tonight, I win the Nobel Peace prize and my wife tells me she met Jennifer Aniston at the grocery store and set up a sex date with her for me.

..but what takes Kerfoot from zero to hero category?

 

[Petrus]

Kerfoot is killing me


Did you see his tap in goal last night?

He had almost the entire net to shoot at. When he got his opportunity he shot it partially off the defenders' stick, and (due to his curve) raised it off the underside of the crossbar. Hard to imagine, but it almost didn't go in.




Look around 4:17 of this video

Base on the above screenshots, I don’t think it hit the stick. The puck is inches above the defender’s stick. The puck then hits the camera (because the camera view shakes) and bounces up and subsequently hits the cross bar.

He is playing better though. If this was a few weeks ago, what you described would have likely happened.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Using a goal a player scored to prove he sucks -- that's a first.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Using a goal a player scored to prove he sucks -- that's a first.

You just want to criticize the process? You're not saying whether Kerfoot sucks or is good.

It's so hard to read from this comment, but I'm going to put you in the Kerfoot Fan Category.

If you want to stand behind him, all the zeros he has beside his name, playing a top 6 role on a team with this much fire power then go ahead.

If you look at the above stills you can definitely conclude that the puck is closer to the defenders' stick as opposed to all that net to shoot on. That's my point. Yeah I'm knit-picking, but 9 times out of 10 Kerfoot puts that off the crossbar.

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Base on the above screenshots, I don’t think it hit the stick. The puck is inches above the defender’s stick. The puck then hits the camera (because the camera view shakes) and bounces up and subsequently hits the cross bar.

He is playing better though. If this was a few weeks ago, what you described would have likely happened.

Fair enough. Lol

 

[Metroid]

Knies going to finals.