Tell me one thing kostka does well
- The_Vark

He has the flow like bozak, that hair

Hey dozzer. Yeah we see it year in and year out. Individual points trump everything.
- honesthockey

I got a new term for that now

GAP

cant look past the GAP

Goals Assists Points

Tell me one thing kostka does well
- The_Vark

Not panic with the puck!

I got a new term for that now

GAP

cant look past the GAP

Goals Assists Points
- Dozzer

Hahaha perfect. As long as those are good you're golden.

yeah phaneuf is lazy, thats not happening if there is a odd man rush thats why he needs someone to bail him out

Its like Suter and Weber, alot of credit goes to suter for bailing him out no?
- Mapleleafs_91

not enough.

both complimented, but ya. Put a Suter with Phaneuf, people would (frank)ing love both of them.

He has the flow like bozak, that hair
- Mapleleafs_91

The forward with the most icetime?

Tell me one thing kostka does well
- The_Vark

He has beautiful hair.

good luck HH

been trying to make the point for awhile that gardiner and/or liles are not going to do a very good job for the role kostka fills
- Dozzer

It's not Kostka that goes down. It's Holzer.

And as for Gardiner and Carlyle.....

Last year in the final 18 gp under Carlyle, Gardiner averaged 22-24 minutes of ice time, had 11 points and was a -4. If Carlyle didn't like him, he wouldn't have played him so much.

Not panic with the puck!
- honesthockey

this is a joke right?

yeah phaneuf is lazy, thats not happening if there is a odd man rush thats why he needs someone to bail him out

Its like Suter and Weber, alot of credit goes to suter for bailing him out no?
- Mapleleafs_91

dunno if you get it though...

It's so when they retrieve a puck in their corner, they are on forehand to play it up the boards rather than backhand.

if Left Shot is playing RD, when he gets puck in corner he's on his backhand to clear it up ice = turnovers.

-not being a Richard here - lot's of people here have no idea why Carlyle is so set on it so needs ot be said. Leafs are turnover whores. Can't make enough of them!!

this is an easy way to eliminate some.

Tell me one thing kostka does well
- The_Vark

he plays the body really well.. he also is good at forcing people to the outside.

rarely does he allow anyone to cut into the middle.. usually forces guys to cycle around the back of the net.

Tell me one thing kostka does well
- The_Vark

He can pick up a hammer that nobody else can.

He can pick up a hammer that nobody else can.
- Feeling Glucky?

Way better than my reply. Obviously you're a veteran here.

He can pick up a hammer that nobody else can.
- Feeling Glucky?

well now you're 0 for 4.

take another swing. this is T-ball
- Big_Lightnin

Gardiner did play against a higher quality of competition last year. Not great quality though.

Way better than my reply. Obviously you're a veteran here.
- Your_Mom

hey where'd the guy go who made 4 posts quoting stats and had his facts wrong in every post?

he plays the body really well.. he also is good at forcing people to the outside.

rarely does he allow anyone to cut into the middle.. usually forces guys to cycle around the back of the net.
- Dozzer

I'll take ur word for it ..... He looks bad every night 2 me ..... Makes bad choices with the puck.... Takes to long to make a choice..... Can't hold the puck in the offensive zone (drives me crazy) ... Misses the net more then dion and I've seen him get beat pretty bad

Gardiner did play against a higher quality of competition last year. Not great quality though.
- HipHopisDead

for most of the year he was 2nd pairing. He didn't play much with Phaneuf 5 on 5.

sve % since returning:

.922, .923, .921, .919, .916
- Big_Lightnin

If this is reimer, i dont think this is correct..

not that buy into these discussions, but I would try to include one of our other D prospects, Finn, Percy etc... and a pick (not 1st) instead of Gardiner

but thats me
- senstroll

Percy imo is a better all round defenceman than Gardiner, he has offence but is great defensively as well. I think a lot of people don't watch him play,shame, he is a good one.

hey where'd the guy go who made 4 posts quoting stats and had his facts wrong in every post?
- Big_Lightnin

STILL HERE

dunno if you get it though...

It's so when they retrieve a puck in their corner, they are on forehand to play it up the boards rather than backhand.

if Left Shot is playing RD, when he gets puck in corner he's on his backhand to clear it up ice = turnovers.

-not being a Richard here - lot's of people here have no idea why Carlyle is so set on it so needs ot be said. Leafs are turnover whores. Can't make enough of them!!

this is an easy way to eliminate some.
- Big_Lightnin

No i understand perfectly what you are saying, thats why Phaneuf belongs on the LD. For that reason you stated, but having one line with two LD is not a bad thing when we have better defenders to play

If this is reimer, i dont think this is correct..
- Mapleleafs_91

well then TSN has it wrong I guess.

although... taking a quick look, last nights doesn't look right. 4 G on 28 shots is not .916... it's .875.

maybe a glitch cause he didn't play whole game. Rest are right though.

If this is reimer, i dont think this is correct..
- Mapleleafs_91

He doesn't mean game by game numbers, he means that his Spct is going down for the season game by game.

good luck HH

been trying to make the point for awhile that gardiner and/or liles are not going to do a very good job for the role kostka fills
- Dozzer

And what role is that? Hard to believe that this 27 year old, undrafted D man, is in his third organization in 3 years.

Mind you it would have been pretty tough to crack the Buffalo and Florida defense lineups.