OldCraig71
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It says 1001 right beside your post.1,000th post on this thread. SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says 1001 right beside your post.1,000th post on this thread. SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says 1001 right beside your post.
Wait.... its November 19th... Why???? St.Louis anyone!!!
Is Kerfoot allowing more goals per game? Not hypothetical per 60 goals, but actual real goals being scored against him per game played.
Hockey isn't played on a spreadsheet TWS, your dumb per60 nerd stats don't matter in the real world.
It says 1001 right beside your post.
I am not a hotrod at all and actually I am an easy-going type of guy that was merely making an attempt at some light-hearted humor. I mean no harm.Well, I can't account for why that happened when it did say #999 when I hit the "Post Reply" button. I can't imagine that tarheelhockey Highest Boss puffer fish would have passed up the opportunity to point out the mistake in his immediate response to my post if that wasn't the case, can you? Apparently he thought it was too.
I did that fully understanding that hot rods like you were lurking out there waiting to pounce on that potential mistake.
I am not a hotrod at all and actually I am an easy-going type of guy that was merely making an attempt at some light-hearted humor. I mean no harm.
Character is not a gift but rather a quality that is learned and built in times of struggle, the Leafs will be fine, a tweak or two here or there and all will be well. A team does need an identity though and time will tell if they can find it.So am I. I just used your avatar as a cheesy metaphor.
This begs the question: does humor belong in a discussion of the Leafs potentially not making the playoffs?
And the best way to do that would be fixing the system. There has been 3 different defenses since Babcock came to the Leafs, and all of them have had the same problem.
Same with special teams. You can't tell me the players just suck that bad. You can see the PP fall month after month and the players are damn near the same.
There are too many good players and too many things that point to the Leafs being played poorly (such as Hak wanting the D to run the offense and the team getting no pucks through and tons of undangerous chance vs years past).
Someone pointed out how Therrien was trying to get the Pens to play this shutdown system that didn't work, and when Bylsma came in he said he needs to let his best players play their game without worrying about mistakes.
That's what Leaf fans want to see before we make changes. Instead of telling Matthews to chip the puck into the corner, why not let him try and make a play or take it to the net?
And for most proof.. Barrie comes here and has an amazing first game. Dangles a guy and sets up a nice goal. Slowly he plays less and less like that and more quiet. Muzzin comes here and is throwing big hits, all over the place, slowly stops taking those chances.
It is coaching. He is taking the creativity out of the team built on speed and skill. Now, the whole might be too big to fix, but we just want to see a new age coach who will deploy the stars in ways other times see.
Ultimate proof IMO is the Islanders. Went from last in GA who were considered to have a putrid defense to the best GA team with no real changes. Coaching has more to do with things than posters want to admit.
It really breaks my heart to see the Leafs lose again.
At least Toronto has the Raptors.
No, one use them of an example of how to play. They are an example of not giving up, and any team who is currently out of a playoff spot.The only fans who should use last year's blues as an example... are blues fans and only if they have roughly the same players.
Fans of other teams using them as an example is pretty pathetic.
No, one use them of an example of how to play. They are an example of not giving up, and any team who is currently out of a playoff spot.
Suggesting otherwise is not only disingenuous but also pathetic. For example, as a Leaf fan we can show that we are not out of the playoffs yet because look where the Blues were last year. They persevered as we can or any other team that has not been eliminate. Though it would be pathetic if someone thought it was a good strategy to take into the year, or equally pathetic if some suggested that fans of another team would think it is their strategy.
Who are the Raptors?It really breaks my heart to see the Leafs lose again.
At least Toronto has the Raptors.
You can’t actually be blind to winning teams...Who are the Raptors?