well that was 2 weeks ago. im sure he's off the rag by this point.
- DoubleDown

You guys are due for a season opener win, I think. It won't surprise me if the Habs take tonight's game.

That being said your team sucks and I look forward to watching them lose tonight.

You guys are due for a season opener win, I think. It won't surprise me if the Habs take tonight's game.

That being said your team sucks and I look forward to watching them lose tonight.
- BetterCallSaul

picking the Habs based solely on the game being at home. really not sure what to expect but sure as poop looking forward to some real hockey.

Kadri please crush Gallagher again and wipe that stupid smile off his face....

Leafs cannot keep up their .920's save %, even though Reimer has done it twice now..... But Ottawa will be able to keep their .940's save% even though a derision has never been that high before and routinely has a down year following a high one.


The stats are awsome.


- burn

also the sens had one of the worst sh% in the NHL...that shouldt continue with some of thier better players in the lineup...for now

sens had a team .933 sv% ...i cant imagine that happens again though. So who knows.

Lol Phil at the press conference, he always looks bothered when he's speaking, I love it, hilarious.
- ThePresident

Elisha has had to have helped Dion in this aspect because he's so much better than he was...maybe Phil is her next project.

kessel is really nervous when the attention is all on him in that presentation of his new contract with Nonis poor guy

picking the Habs based solely on the game being at home. really not sure what to expect but sure as poop looking forward to some real hockey.
- DoubleDown

IMO the two best cities for season openers - Toronto and Montreal.

kessel is really nervous when the attention is all on him in that presentation of his new contract with Nonis poor guy
- Mapleleafs_91

Press confrence needs Ovie in the audience taking Kessel's picture lol

well that was 2 weeks ago. im sure he's off the rag by this point.
- DoubleDown

picking the Habs based solely on the game being at home. really not sure what to expect but sure as poop looking forward to some real hockey.
- DoubleDown

still feel that Bernier should start...

kessel is really nervous when the attention is all on him in that presentation of his new contract with Nonis poor guy
- Mapleleafs_91

It makes me like him more, shows he's human, not just a machine pumping out cliches.

IMO the two best cities for season openers - Toronto and Montreal.
- Woderwick

ya they should just start every season with a home and home with bob cole calling the games on CBC

Do you think they were the most skilled? they were able to score at the highest rate in the NHL (sh%)

"Luck" to me is strange way to put it.
- senstroll

Scoring goals is skillful.

Their criteria for luck is bizarre.... Sh% (skill), sv% (skill) and health (luck). The leafs were not the healthiest team last year so i don't know e where they get that from.

picking the Habs based solely on the game being at home. really not sure what to expect but sure as poop looking forward to some real hockey.
- DoubleDown

and you're a fan of what team now?

The leafs are the luckiest team in the league. Apparently the leafs had no injuries last year (do it will balance out this year). Apparently if you shoot and score you're lucky. If you save the puck you're lucky.

This is such nonsense. It cannot even be taken strikes any longer. It's becoming a farce. They have managed to say that the leafs scored a lot of goals due to luck and their shooting % will go down and they made a lot if lucky saves.

Funny thing is they don't factor in that if you don't score, you shot more. They are extrapolating the numbers based on the % decreasing (but their shots staying static) do they not know that if you don't score on a shot they can take more? Saying they will score 30 less goals becuase their shooting % will regress to the median but they won't take more shots. These guys clearly have no clue about the game.


Still cannot understand how the leafs regress in shooting and saves % but no others?


- burn

Because they're the Leafs man. Only the Leafs stats will get worse everyone else will stay the same or improve

Kadri please crush Gallagher again and wipe that stupid smile off his face....
- CarlitoBrigante

Shoot - you just missed him. He was here two minutes ago.

the point is that Carlyle is saying the Leafs need to be better in the areas Mirtle points out in that article.
- DoubleDown

Like shooting % and save % and health?


Corsi is a flawed stat that is tried to be used (on its own ) to prove domething it doesn't prove.

picking the Habs based solely on the game being at home. really not sure what to expect but sure as poop looking forward to some real hockey.
- DoubleDown

Haven't the Laffs been fairly dominant over Montreal in Montreal over the last couple of years?

I love how EK is going to pick the leafs #2 or #1 for atlantic and people are outright losing their minds

ya they should just start every season with a home and home with bob cole calling the games on CBC
- MetroidPrime

I hope cole retires after this year. please bob do us a favor.

I hope cole retires after this year. please bob do us a favor.
- zazzle

I like Mr cole. those other two make me want to go to sleep. no passion

I love how EK is going to pick the leafs #2 or #1 for atlantic and people are outright losing their minds
- IrishRage

It's really win/win for him. Predicts the Leafs suck - site explodes. Predicts the Leafs do well - site explodes.

Scoring goals is skillful.

Their criteria for luck is bizarre.... Sh% (skill), sv% (skill) and health (luck). The leafs were not the healthiest team last year so i don't know e where they get that from.
- burn

the leafs were well above what the average is. Do I think they can duplicate or improve on that? - No

I think they will come back to the average..somewhere between maybe.
Its possible they can improve in other areas. The team sv% was .917, that can improve for sure.

they should try to have the puck more, being 2nd last in possession can not be good no matter how you look at it. Maybe with players like Gardiner or Rielly whoever plays the most, clarkson, Bolland..something like that can improve.

I hope it does, I dont want to endure a long season again

still feel that Bernier should start...
- Colin Dambrauskas

i like the call for Reimer. he's the incumbent. guy took the Leafs into playoffs. i think he deserves the first start based on tenure. Bernier gets tomorrow and then the competition is on. but i think giving Reimer the net tonight is the right thing to do.

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