The leafs have been called the fasted team in the League, "slowing it down" is not the way to go. You need to play to your strength. When they outskate the other teams they are successful. when they stop skating you get what you see the last half dozen games.

They slowed it down in the 3rd against pitts, how'd that work out?? They outskated them, outchanced them for 2 periods and then changed their approach and it went to poop.
- burn

Their speed has been what gets them turnovers and good chances not their slow defensive style.

Fooled yah huh?
- IPushFatKids

I cringed

Yep for those first five mins after you made the account
- Yeti1181

Meant the comment you dork.

Meant the comment you dork.
- IPushFatKids

I realized after bahahahahaha it's almost sleep time give me a break. I got murdered at work today holy poop busy. You should go into bartending.

Their speed has been what gets them turnovers and good chances not their slow defensive style.
- Yeti1181

Yup, and that same speed should serve them well defensively, but the forwards are flying the zone too early and just not playing good D.

Their speed has been what gets them turnovers and good chances not their slow defensive style.
- Yeti1181

Exactly. There's a time to use your speed and a time to settle things down a bit. They need to figure out when's best to do so.

Yup, and that same speed should serve them well defensively, but the forwards are flying the zone too early and just not playing good D.
- burn

Also if the d could make a nice outlet pass that would give it a boost. Our d needs to compete harder in our zone.

Also if the d could make a nice outlet pass that would give it a boost. Our d needs to compete harder in our zone.
- Yeti1181

yup.

yup.
- burn

I ll get murder for this but Ranger actually has very nice outlet pass as does Phaneuf. Gards and Reilly can skate it out. Gunnar meh and franson, well I'm not sure what he doing lately.

yup.
- burn

Yeah, this is really what's puzzling to me: they've got Rielly, Gardiner, Phaneuf, and Gunnersson back there, all capable of skating it out or making that first pass, but they just can't execute out of their zone.

First pass has been just terrible last 5-6 games.

RC didn't like patches goal celebration. Solution stop giving up so many (frank)ing goals!!!!

I ll get murder for this but Ranger actually has very nice outlet pass as does Phaneuf. Gards and Reilly can skate it out. Gunnar meh and franson, well I'm not sure what he doing lately.
- Yeti1181

Habs forecheck caused them fits last night... couldnt move it fast enough

Habs forecheck caused them fits last night... couldnt move it fast enough
- robin_steele264

Every game lately been ing having similar problems.

Meh, if we score the easy tap ins we win, just one of those games.

I thought we looked a lot better and oh yeah that piece of Shyte goal against us on the pp

This years calls and non-calls are embarrassing to the officials and to the league. Officials SHOULD NOT affect the momentum of a game with borderline calls, or non-calls on zero tolerance things like head shots and checking from behind. Zero tolerance for the players should mean zero tolerance for the officials and their screw ups as well. Too bad they can't be benched and replaced for being inept just like the players are. Who's policing the police ? It's not like they're missing calls, they're making brutal, game changing BAD judgement calls.

You can see the frustration in the (Leafs anyways) players faces. I'd love to see a player skate over to a ref, hand him his stick, pull out a white flag, skate back to the bench, and put a soother in his mouth.

This years calls and non-calls are embarrassing to the officials and to the league. Officials SHOULD NOT affect the momentum of a game with borderline calls, or non-calls on zero tolerance things like head shots and checking from behind. Zero tolerance for the players should mean zero tolerance for the officials and their screw ups as well. Too bad they can't be benched and replaced for being inept just like the players are. Who's policing the police ? It's not like they're missing calls, they're making brutal, game changing BAD judgement calls.

You can see the frustration in the (Leafs anyways) players faces. I'd love to see a player skate over to a ref, hand him his stick, pull out a white flag, skate back to the bench, and put a soother in his mouth.
- LakesideBlues

Gotta play through bad calls, they happen to every team.

Refs are human and screw up too. And Im pretty sure if they do in fact display gross negligence or incompetence there are consequences to punish them.

I remember Mick Megoo went from a SCF ref to out of the league pretty quickly due to his bombastic style.

Gotta play through bad calls, they happen to every team.

Refs are human and screw up too. And Im pretty sure if they do in fact display gross negligence or incompetence there are consequences to punish them.

I remember Mick Megoo went from a SCF ref to out of the league pretty quickly due to his bombastic style.
- robin_steele264

Game after game of game changers

It's quite like figure skating - the winner is predecided - always fun to watch


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Gotta play through bad calls, they happen to every team.

Refs are human and screw up too. And Im pretty sure if they do in fact display gross negligence or incompetence there are consequences to punish them.

I remember Mick Megoo went from a SCF ref to out of the league pretty quickly due to his bombastic style.
- robin_steele264

I ve noticed the last couple years has been especially bad. More so the suspension. Take seidnberg hit on ryan sticks his elbow clearly out makes contact with head. No hearing and no reason why. It's about as deliberate a head shot. John Scott was less deliberate and he got 7 games.

Game after game of game changers

It's quite like figure skating - the winner is predecided - always fun to watch


Źzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- Garnie

They say that it all evens out in the end.... can't wait for things to start evening out.


Leafs competitors can push the goalie out of the way for a goal, but the leafs get goals called back for not touching the goalie.

it's gotta start soon.

Game after game of game changers

It's quite like figure skating - the winner is predecided - always fun to watch


Źzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- Garnie

I always figured you to be a figure skating fan.

I ve noticed the last couple years has been especially bad. More so the suspension. Take seidnberg hit on ryan sticks his elbow clearly out makes contact with head. No hearing and no reason why.
- Yeti1181

that was a joke.

I always figured you to be a figure skating fan.
- Yeti1181

*crickets*





















You bastard

that was a joke.
- burn

Lost respect on that one. We always say so and so gets better treatment. That's what we do as fans that was the first time I really thought poop it's not a joke anymore.

Game after game of game changers

It's quite like figure skating - the winner is predecided - always fun to watch


Źzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- Garnie

This.

*crickets*





















You bastard
- Garnie

You should get that infestation checked out, can't be good.