The Best Leafs Ever
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Yeah but I mean in general teams are ready for us THIS YEAR to start the game. Would be nice to have them start on time but these losses happen from time to time. Hopefully they learn from it. 29 shots against in one period, let alone the first, is terrible. Especially if you're an NHL team. Sure Carolina didnt like when we pumped them for 9 goals last year in that new era 2pm game or w/e it was lolWe seem to lose more to Carolina than we should given their annual suckiness. I have no stats to back this up.
So...
2 teams about the same in speed.
1 has more depth and talent
1 has more size and physicality.
The team with depth and talent didnt show up half the game with key players looking blase.
The other team had the big physical guys skate the best.
To top it off - our ex backup goalie stopped alot of our chances. No rebounds. No floppy panics. And then laughed at us.
He was so good... the guys on the canes side of things are calling him Mcstarter.
McStarter.....
Silver lining we still brought it. Go LEAFS go!!
I agree, I was like wow, wasnt expecting that. Sweet move.nobody noticed Tyler Ennis had one of the best dekes ever even the announcers didn't spot it. He pretended to flip the puck into the corner like a harmless nothing play and the defenceman reacted accordingly because he's seen it a million times before. Except Ennis whipped his stick out and snapped the puck back to himself out of the air. Was amazing. The defenceman got lucky and happened to break it up but it was still amazing and I hope he tries it again at some point.
You can't blame the ice lmao. As easy as it is to blame it, it falls on the players minus Fred. They werent ready or looked tired from the amount of hockey they played. If the ice is shit, hockey 101 states to keep it simple. No long stretch passes, no fancy moves, just a simple pass with close support and put it in deep. You know, ugly hockey. Quite lucky it was only 2-1 after 1. Almost made a game out of it. These kids nowadays.i blame the loss mostly on the horrible ice surface.
No need for . There was likely a bit of truth to your claim.Some Leafs probably holding back in fear of being packaged with Nylander to Carolina... while all of Carolina played their hearts out, hoping to be packaged in a trade to Toronto.
Bad ice tends to favour slower teams, so it should have helped us.i blame the loss mostly on the horrible ice surface.
Exactly. Had that been done to McElhinney, that goal is called back on our Leafs, no problem. Our Leafs have had goals called back because a Leaf player simply brushes an opposing goalie without taking off any of their equipment.Still think that first goal should have been interference last night. Andy was bumped and his blocker hit off by the Canes player. Man that's a hard call to get.
Had Johnsson been stronger on his stick it wouldn't have mattered.Still think that first goal should have been interference last night. Andy was bumped and his blocker hit off by the Canes player. Man that's a hard call to get.
I predicted Curtis would play like Jesus Christ and we would lose. I should play the lottery.
I predicted Curtis would play like Jesus Christ and we would lose. I should play the lottery.
I agree. McBackup was solid, OK, but nothing spectacular. We lost this game ourselves. Very sluggish start, lots of bad passing etc. Despite all of that we were still in it up until the first empty netter.He didn't really play like Jesus, though.
I predicted Curtis would play like Jesus Christ and we would lose. I should play the lottery.
Exactly. Had that been done to McElhinney, that goal is called back on our Leafs, no problem. Our Leafs have had goals called back because a Leaf player simply brushes an opposing goalie without taking off any of their equipment.
This goal was allowed simply because it was a small market franchise having trouble attracting fans. Plain and simple, end of story.
I don't understand where Leivo's hands went