GDT: Toronto @ Tampa - 7pm - SN

[Macallan18]

Knies never heard of the sophomore slump

 

[BrannigansLaw]

45-14 shot attempts. Says it all

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[DarkKnight]

45-14 shot attempts. Says it all

Ouch.

 

[Evilhomer]

You're just trolling.

No, I'm not. Worst case the Leafs get a point out of this game? That will be enough.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Ouch.

Actually gotta be wrong. Leafs got 17 shots. 45-something TB though.

Unless they count attempts and SOG separately

 

[DarkKnight]

Holmberg watching "Hands of Stone" the Roberto Duran story.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

When is the last time we've had a guy like that?

I actually asked that a month or so ago in here and I think the consensus was Salming. That's a long friggin' time ago. I think you have to hit the lottery and draft/develop a guy like that because no one's giving them up once they have them.

 

[yubbers]

All these blind passes Robby...you just won't learn

 

[yubbers]

Holmberg watching "Hands of Stone" the Roberto Duran story.

Medusa starting cheatin on Holmbergs hands with Laughtons

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Leafs enter the zone, get a shot if they're lucky, Tampa recovers and moves it out immediately. Rinse, repeat.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Must be getting old now apparently blocked shots are a bad thing?

 

[yubbers]

WHY IS THERE NO SUPPORT!

JT walks in and nobody there

 

[Jojalu]

No, I'm not. Worst case the Leafs get a point out of this game? That will be enough.

How?

TB has a far easier schedule than Tor and they play 3 at home.

Vasi is sitting at .930% for his past 30 games and TB has the best goal differential in the league over the past 30 games.

This is far from being over.

 

[IPS]

Holmberg watching "Hands of Stone" the Roberto Duran story.

Dude actually has feet for hands, it's ridiculous.

 

[Evilhomer]

Must be getting old now apparently blocked shots are a bad thing?

Only here, where "shot attempts" are a metric used to justify why we should whine abou the Leafs. It's ironic, because under Keefe this team was the mother-loving king of shot attempts.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Good block and communication Benoit.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Rielly with the laziest back check ever there after his garbage pinch.

 

[yubbers]

These cheeky 1 touches are gonna make me throw something

 

[notbias]

Benoit's effort definitely gets him out of trouble sometimes...

Playing a 2 on 2 like a 2 on 1 is interesting

 

[Maple Leaf]

rielly is dumb lol

 

[Evilhomer]

How?

TB has a far easier schedule than Tor and they play 3 at home.

Vasi is sitting at .930% for his past 30 games and TB has the best goal differential in the league over the past 30 games.

This is far from being over.

I give up. Yes, the Leafs will lose to Montreal, Buffalo and Detroit.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Let's go Dolts? Not very nice of their fans.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Must be getting old now apparently blocked shots are a bad thing?

No, not on the whole. It does mean we are playing Berube's system and at least doing it the best we can. That Benoit block on Kuch was a beauty.

The sheer volume of shot blocks however, will tell you that Tampa have the puck in our zone for an exorbitant amount of time. That is bad.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Must be getting old now apparently blocked shots are a bad thing?

Isolated blocked shots aren't, but if it's a pattern then your team doesn't have the puck enough.

Dan Girardi was great at this for the Rangers back in the day, but one of the reasons he blocked so many shots is because once he had the puck it was like giving a teenager a loaded gun and a pile of crack.