GDT: SN again: 5pm? Leafs vs Canes. Lets go Baby.

[Macallan18]

Maybe pressing a team with this kind of firepower and leaving yourself exposed defensively isn't the best course of action, is it Hurricanes?

Ya think?
Berube, please fire him into the sun

 

[DarkKnight]

Robertson started that play. Driving the puck to the net. We need more of that from every line. Most goals are scored near the net

Liking his jam since he got back in, making things happen.

 

[Leafsfan74]

Homer!!

Great shift by Robertson there

I've been trying to stay in his corner since he said " I want to be here. Im gonna play hard and not waste this opportunity". I've seen guys like Paul Kariya and Theo Fleury tear up the league with speed and intent, no reason Robertson can't, especially if he stays engaged.

He has been more physical, he is one of the few Leafs who can gain entry from the hash marks to the net with quick succession, and, he is a legitimate scoring contributor.

I know Berube is thinking "he doesn't fit the playoff mold" but he is showing he wants to be there while playing 4th Line minutes. It's going to be tough for Berube to break up a winning formula, especially as he is seeing the core scoring dry up.

If you want a wave of lines who play aggressive defense and maximize opportunities, you're going to need a guy who can carry the puck and fire with a rapid release. Any serious Cup champ needs a couple of post-season surprises.

 

[Macallan18]

Yeah. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't need to. Like every team I suppose. Please don't be one of those Dubas type guys complaining about losing the expected whatever battle all throughout the playoffs.

I just want a system where we pray for the goalie

 

[Macallan18]

I just want a system where we pray for the goalie

Where we DONT pray

 

[klmdg]

Freidman looks ready to pop

 

[DarkKnight]

Mcllroy doing a Jake Gardiner.

 

[All Mod Cons]

I just want a system where we pray for the goalie

They can employ a strictly skating backwards system for all I care. I just want to see a Cup run. That's it. That's all. Results are the only thing that matters.

Outshot 55-4 and we win during the playoffs, I'll be as happy as a pig in shit.

 

[Macallan18]

Freidman looks ready to pop

I know he has inside info, but doesn’t impress with his hockey knowledge

 

[therealkoho]

For me Laughton comes out for Paccioretti

 

[Macallan18]

They can employ a strictly skating backwards system for all I care. I just want to see a Cup run. That's it. That's all. Results are the only thing that matters.

Outshot 55-4 and we win during the playoffs, I'll be as happy as a pig in shit.

Agreed, but this is an unlikely result

 

[Aashir]

For me Laughton comes out for Paccioretti

i agree, but highly doubt we see the team take out a guy we just traded a 1st + good prospect for

 

[93gilmour93]

Could there be anything more fake than a Carney Myers commercial

Here's your $50,000 Mike. Thanks lol

 

[LeafalCrusader]

God this Mike Myers Mark Carney and yuck

 

[All Mod Cons]

Agreed, but this is an unlikely result

It can't be any worse than what we've been trying for a decade.

Just win.

 

[therealkoho]

Where's @ThrowDemTongs ? He must have went to rub one out after that.

Didn't we all?

 

[HockeyVirus]

IDK I know Patches has been a good boy and let us put him on LTIR even though he is healthy but until we have injuries OR look like we need the physicality added I roll with the lines that have been rolling since March.

 

[Macallan18]

For me Laughton comes out for Paccioretti

Or anyone on the Marlies. Won’t happen, would make Treliving look like an idiot. Which he is.

 

[1specter]

I'm could there be anything more fake than a Carney Myers commercial

Here's your $50,000 Mike. Thanks lol

Yep, PP's whole image.

 

[Macallan18]

Didn't we all?

No

 

[Mr_Fun]

Didn't we all?

I mean, I can rub one out in the warm ups.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Got Rielly in a sensitive spot.

 

[Macallan18]

Weak call

 

[Aashir]

that could've been swept under incidental contact but whatever

 

[Leafsfan74]

They can employ a strictly skating backwards system for all I care. I just want to see a Cup run. That's it. That's all. Results are the only thing that matters.

Outshot 55-4 and we win during the playoffs, I'll be as happy as a pig in shit.

If one goes to the HHOF or picks up a Hockey Almanac (do they even publish this anymore? I owned one back when they were thick as a phone book), you will see a list of the Stanley Cup winners and the players on the teams.

No one asks, "I wonder how they won each game" or looks at their advanced stats.

Sacrificing is the only way to win a Cup and this incarnation seems quite committed to blocking shots and playing defense. Defense wins Cups.