Oh, no, it was a reference to one particular conversation that happened last night
- lumlums

Oh I know. With royalgardens.. I was kinda in the vicinity.

AssRipped got deleted...
- bixll

You smell like goat cheese
- Yeti1181

and hot italian sausage, new york style pepperoni

The only, or one of the toughness issues I have with the leafs and that is only my opinion is toughness along the boards any area of the ice. D zone or Ozone

Tough play on boards. Lack thereof
Hyman. Marleau
Brown Nylander
Johnson Ennis
Kapanen Goat
Kadri. Matthews. Lindholm
Reilly. Ozhiganov
Dermott. Gardiner. Hainsey
Tavares Marner Zaitsev


Supporting be two columns left tough play
On the right light weight
In the middle in between ie Matthews perhaps still hurt
- BreathLeafs2015

what even is 'toughness along the boards'. ability to win a puck battle? that's not toughness

what even is 'toughness along the boards'. ability to win a puck battle? that's not toughness
- BestRapperAlive

Apparently? Which makes no sense because he has Zaitsev as weak when he is probably the best defenceman on the team at breaking cycles on the boards, he just can't make a pass. Same with Nylander, he won't hit people on the boards but he steals so many pucks on the boards just like Matthews

what even is 'toughness along the boards'. ability to win a puck battle? that's not toughness
- BestRapperAlive

Puck battles along the boards is indeed physical play and if your nylander who shys away YOUR NOT tough. I know you don’t like agreeing SO
disagree. You’ll sleep better. Cycling puck along the boards brings a lot of physical interaction. Some leafs are good at it ie Tavares Hyman etc etc



Edit:
I actually find Tavares one of the best leafs along the boards vying for the puck as is Reilly

Puck battles along the boards is indeed physical play and if your nylander who shys away YOUR NOT tough. I know you don’t like agreeing SO
disagree. You’ll sleep better. Cycling puck along the boards brings a lot of physical interaction. Some leafs are good at it ie Tavares Hyman etc etc



Edit:
I actually find Tavares one of the best leafs along the boards vying for the puck as is Reilly
- BreathLeafs2015

You don’t have to be tough to win a puck battle in in the corners.
Matthews isn’t a “tough” player but he is strong on the puck. Always seems to come out of the corners with the puck because he does a great job of stick lifting and just stripping the puck.
Also nylander is very good at this also. I don’t buy into the toughness aspect. NHL is transitioning into pure skill and speed it seems and leafs are ahead of the curve.

You don’t have to be tough to win a puck battle in in the corners.
Matthews isn’t a “tough” player but he is strong on the puck. Always seems to come out of the corners with the puck because he does a great job of stick lifting and just stripping the puck.
Also nylander is very good at this also. I don’t buy into the toughness aspect. NHL is transitioning into pure skill and speed it seems and leafs are ahead of the curve.
- bryant

I think you’re absolutely right about Matthews although I believe he’s not 100% healthy. Nylander is good with the puck in wide open spaces in O zone but NOT in tight in a 2-3 man scrum in tight along the boards.

You don’t have to be tough to win a puck battle in in the corners.
Matthews isn’t a “tough” player but he is strong on the puck. Always seems to come out of the corners with the puck because he does a great job of stick lifting and just stripping the puck.
Also nylander is very good at this also. I don’t buy into the toughness aspect. NHL is transitioning into pure skill and speed it seems and leafs are ahead of the curve.
- bryant

Nylander sucks. trade the bum.
Leafs can't win a cup with him on the team.

Leafs have a great team, and I was one of the first approx. 2 years to say that Leafs should be competitive in playoffs soon.

However, I would disagree that Leafs are a top favorite to win the SC this season.
At least, I have Nashville, Tampa, Winnipeg, Washington as top4 teams right now (as for odds to win the SC).
Leafs are a good 5/6 team with Colorado there.

Anything can happen, and realistically Leafs would win at least 1 playoff round, maybe 2 or even 3. But seems like still a year too early to be the #1 contender.

- 21peter

That music and video are horrible Although perfectly fits the context haha well done

Nick Jenson would be a nice add.

He is playing against top competition on Detroit and playing decent against them. 20 mins average a night as well.

He’s not Tuff though....but toughness doesn’t matter.

new blog everyone

Twitter is eating up Marners dads quotes from that story in TheAthletic on Mitch this morning.
- ClarksonDavid

What did he say?

Sorry...but we are done with all things Toronto...we are looking through the windshield, not the rear view mirror...onward to Tampa...

Looks like Washington again for you guys...un oh...that didn't go so well last time..good luck though
- RippedFuel

Are you driving your car backwards? How are you looking though your rear view mirror at at team ahead of you?

Pay no attention to negative shtick. We’re glad to have you. Many cogs make a clock go tick tock. I always believe every human has something to contribute
- BreathLeafs2015

Yeah, he contributed terrible takes to this thread. And made people laugh. At him, not with him.