Bozak was up against their best faceoff man all game, Kadri was up against the rookie MacKinnon all game. apples to oranges.
Why would we all agree to that?
Why the **** is Colton Orr on the ice in the 3rd period in a tie game? So he can turn the puck over for the winning goal? And why did he get another 4 shifts after that when we're down 1? If he's not spending his time in the penalty box he hurts the team...
because he is often glaringly ineffective?
Why the **** is Colton Orr on the ice in the 3rd period in a tie game? So he can turn the puck over for the winning goal? And why did he get another 4 shifts after that when we're down 1? If he's not spending his time in the penalty box he hurts the team...
It wasn't a horrid loss.. The Leafs actually played a better possession game, had fewer turnovers getting it out of their zone, and had less opposing scoring chances than the first three games really ... They just looked lacklustre on offense, didn't have the same drive to match thr Av's forechecking speed, and most of all weren't playing a physical style of play
Seems like they only worked on defensive breakouts and just were lazy heading into the offensive zone assuming they'd get goals as easy as they did the first three games
A 2-1 loss isn't the end of the world, it willa bring them back to earth and hopefully making them work a hard 200 foot game ... Kind of a wake up call.. It's not like they lost 9-2 or something, then I'd be concerned
He hasn't been mentioned yet, but Ashton had his best game as a Leaf last night. Thought he was effective last night.
The good
Bolland
Rielly
Ashton
Phaneuf
Bernier
The bad
Gunnarsson(stupid penalties)
Kadri(try him with jvr and Phil for a few games?)
Jvr(he's still got another gear)
The ugly
Ranger(I don't even know where to begin)
Im not upset at all. That game was more frustrating then anything. We actually had a fair amount of good chances but our luck was just crap. Were missing a ton of our depth, which had an effect too.
Bernier was good, although the first goal was pretty stinky.
i thought Rielly looked significantly better then his first game, and if he plays like that for the next 7 theres 0% chance he goes back to jr.
How can you call a wicked snipe like that stinky?
They skated circles around us.
Missing 4 starters hurt , Kadri looked disinterested till he got put back with his proper line mates. Ranger is an absolute train wreck out there.
Would be nice to have Clarkson right now, people thought he wouldn't be missed but Kadri having Clarkson would give us a 3rd scoring option. Kulemin is missed also, all it takes is a couple of injuries to throw off your line balance.