Leafs can't make any passes of any kind right now. Nor are they at all competent at chipping and retrieving the puck along the boards. Yet they keep trying, over and over and over and over and over and over and...
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Leafs can't make any passes of any kind right now. Nor are they at all competent at chipping and retrieving the puck along the boards. Yet they keep trying, over and over and over and over and over and over and...
Duffman955
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Franson doesn't understand the meaning of back off from the line. Every play he is pinching.
****ing terrible. Trade his punk ass and get someone Who can Play DEFENSE
****ing terrible. Trade his punk ass and get someone Who can Play DEFENSE
Leafsdude7
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Offensively, yes.
If you like defensive hockey, though, that was an excellent period by both sides.
Not many people like defensive hockey though.
Quares27
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They only had 6 shots too. It's not like we're getting outplayed. It's just been a tight game with few shots.
How would playing Reimer help us? We needs to generate more SOG and stop acting like a bunch of *******.
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It's not THAT bad but it's not good either. Missed the net on a few chances.
The play itself is a lot closer than the boxscores is indicating. Anaheim hasn't generated much and their goal was on a bad break.
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Leafs feed team just made a point. They say Toronto ranks high in hits, but the hits are never in a situation where they have an effect. They are not made as a part of an effective forecheck or something like this. The hits are there, but they are not exactly physically dominant.
They also just trashed advanced stats and saying how they don't agree with the whole criticism against Toronto, saying that they are not seeing it. Pretty weird conclusion to make now, when the last few games have made it seem spot on.
And now one of them mentioning how his son had sent a text messages about how Leafs were no longer a pain to watch or something like that, which they agreed with.
"Leafs are not really banging. They have 15 hits but do you remember any of them? That's not really banging."
It's pretty fun to listen to.
They also just trashed advanced stats and saying how they don't agree with the whole criticism against Toronto, saying that they are not seeing it. Pretty weird conclusion to make now, when the last few games have made it seem spot on.
And now one of them mentioning how his son had sent a text messages about how Leafs were no longer a pain to watch or something like that, which they agreed with.
"Leafs are not really banging. They have 15 hits but do you remember any of them? That's not really banging."
It's pretty fun to listen to.
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Although i agree with you on principal I think he only did that once in the period and it worked, he got the puck in deep. In fact he has no turnovers listed and certainly what you described would have cost him a giveaway on the game stats.
Jtabo
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I love Franson, but the last few weeks of people making him more than he is makes me lol. He's a 4/5 dman who plays 1st powerplay. Nothing more. Lol at those who say he could handle Phaneufs responsibilities.
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it's carlyle hockey all D all the time. One error game over, unless we go back to offence.
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Kurisu
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I'm really getting tired of the defencemen just shooting it off the boards when it's in our zone. I wish they would use their god damn eyes and evaluate if there's a passing lane. Most of these guys are scared to take a hit to make the play.
LOL @ people trying to argue that the Leafs actually played well.
If they played a period of hockey like that last year they would've been crucified on here.
I understand, baby steps. But honestly, the Leafs are playing like a lottery team right now and have been for a while.
If they played a period of hockey like that last year they would've been crucified on here.
I understand, baby steps. But honestly, the Leafs are playing like a lottery team right now and have been for a while.
Yeah I don't think so. He's slow and can't play defense, even with his very sheltered icetime.
We've already got a guy with 'special abilities' that sucks at defense...and he can actually skate. His name is Jake Gardiner.
Gunnarsson has been absolutely terrible this year and was last year as well. Cannot play defense or make a breakout pass. Quite a frustrating team to watch. I'm not ready to jump to conclusions yet though.
Franson needs to read plays better.
Franson needs to read plays better.
No. Not at all. We had a lot more zone time. A lot of shots were blocked or missed the net. We're also better defensively and more physical. People on here just love being dramatic.
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