I’m always concerned when a plucky underdog team like the leafs come to town.

The Canucks never take bottom feeders seriously. Ends up biting them later.

Good luck Tuesday.
- bloatedmosquito

Looking forward to the Leafs wiping their ass with Nucks.

Looking forward to the Leafs wiping their ass with Nucks.
- winsix

Leafs record the past 15 years isn’t good, you’ll need to bring your best to even have a chance against Benning’s powerhouse Canucks

I think 2016 was the first time the Leafs won in Vancouver in 13 years.

Leafs record the past 15 years isn’t good, you’ll need to bring your best to even have a chance against Benning’s powerhouse Canucks

I think 2016 was the first time the Leags won in Vancouver in 13 years.
- Pacificgem

Leafs are Shaking in their boots at the thought of playing against the likes of Loui Eriksson and Josh Leivo.

I’m always concerned when a plucky underdog team like the leafs come to town.

The Canucks never take bottom feeders seriously. Ends up biting them later.

Good luck Tuesday.
- bloatedmosquito

Bloatsie!

How you been dude. Your Canucks are trending the right way it seems

Mike can’t help himself. “Road weary Blues”
Can he not be positive even once without qualifying it?
- shack67

Well, they were road weary. He did say the Leafs came up big.

Well the last 3 years indicate you are wrong......

This season? With 50 games to go?

Yeah lets talk at the end of the season.
- Santo_44

from the last thread:

well what do you “call soft”? I’d call it star players, including the goalie getting laid out and injured, semi regularly over the last few seasons, and right after it happens, the rest of the team coasting around, bent over and avoiding eye contact because they’re little soft as slime pencil necks who are either too scared of the opponent, getting hurt or their coach to stick up for their teammates🤦‍♂️

I’d call it not finishing checks of any kind really🤦‍♂️

I’d call it not giving enough of a (frank) about the team or winning the game to back check 🤦‍♂️

either way, they have lacked moral and/or physical courage in that regard 🤦‍♂️

apparently, dermott is our policeman now as he got the first fighting major of the season, which is an embarrassment for North American hockey and must be some sort of record this far into the season unless they hold it from last year🤦‍♂️

what a (frank)ing joke 🤦‍♂️

The Rangers lead the NHL in fighting majors (11).
If we would have players like this, willing to stand up for each other, when we had a contending team - it's very likely we would have another Cup...

But we had a coach that wanted a speedy team and made everyone soft - pretty much like the Leafs this season... Vigneault was imo a f'n disgrace!

Could be.

Players have lives, they have the day off he could of easily flown home for something. JT has had to do it the last week I think? With his family issue.
- Santo_44

He was in one of my buddy's limo's the other day for that family issue. Small world.

Leafs record the past 15 years isn’t good, you’ll need to bring your best to even have a chance against Benning’s powerhouse Canucks

I think 2016 was the first time the Leafs won in Vancouver in 13 years.
- Pacificgem

Well, they were road weary. He did say the Leafs came up big.
- Zezel

I don’t think he would mention it if the leafs were the road weary team. IMO

Leafs are Shaking in their boots at the thought of playing against the likes of Loui Eriksson and Josh Leivo.

- winsix

Someone hasn't done their homework. LE is a healthy scratch now that Ferkland and Roussel are back. As for Leivo, didn't he score top shelf last time we played you guys? I can't remember...

Someone hasn't done their homework. LE is a healthy scratch now that Ferkland and Roussel are back. As for Leivo, didn't he score top shelf last time we played you guys? I can't remember...
- Bakwas

Ol' Loui Loui a $6M healthy scratch - ouch. What went wrong...?

I don’t think he would mention it if the leafs were the road weary team. IMO
- shack67

I don't blame commentators for not being effusive about the Leafs because they've been a travesty and a joke for 50 years and have underachieved pathetically for 30 games so far this year. No need to put lipstick on the pig for me.

The Rangers lead the NHL in fighting majors (11).
If we would have players like this, willing to stand up for each other, when we had a contending team - it's very likely we would have another Cup...

But we had a coach that wanted a speedy team and made everyone soft - pretty much like the Leafs this season... Vigneault was imo a f'n disgrace!
- Aerial Screw

Looking forward to the inevitable official banning of fighting in hockey. It's (frank)ed up and stupid, good riddance to it. If I want to watch combat there's MMA and boxing.

Looking forward to the inevitable official banning of fighting in hockey. It's (frank)ed up and stupid, good riddance to it. If I want to watch combat there's MMA and boxing.
- Zezel

It's not about the fighting at all. It's all about standing up for a teammate. As long as there is dirty players in the game, a contending team needs players willing to stand up or give back! Nothing worse than seeing the star player on a team taken down, and no one willing to punish that dirty player for it - imho

So the sky isn't falling today?

Leafs were posting terrible 5 on 5 shooting % under Keefe thus far. That won't continue. The playoffs are a lock
- RogerRoeper

Yep and Aho won’t sign an offer sheet with the Habs either 🤪

It's not about the fighting at all. It's all about standing up for a teammate. As long as there is dirty players in the game, a contending team needs players willing to stand up or give back! Nothing worse than seeing the star player on a team taken down, and no one willing to punish that dirty player for it - imho
- Aerial Screw

I agree about being willing to finish checks. I hate this thing where a guy gives a guy a clean check and guys go after him. I'd like to see open ice clean hitting but no head punches with what we know about concussions now.

I agree about being willing to finish checks. I hate this thing where a guy gives a guy a clean check and guys go after him. I'd like to see open ice clean hitting but no head punches with what we know about concussions now.
- Zezel

Agreed!

Yep and Aho won’t sign an offer sheet with the Habs either 🤪
- Garnie

https://twitter.com/THNMa...tatus/1146089555197644800

Marlies won 4-1. Woll played a really good game finally. 40 saves.

Clune first goal of the season and 3rd star of the game.

Looking forward to the inevitable official banning of fighting in hockey. It's (frank)ed up and stupid, good riddance to it. If I want to watch combat there's MMA and boxing.
- Zezel

I agree. I hope they don’t wait until someone gets killed. Bare knuckle fighting on skates, what could go wrong?

Mike Augello: Leafs come up lucky in win over Blues
- mikeinbuffalo

fixed

Looking forward to the inevitable official banning of fighting in hockey. It's (frank)ed up and stupid, good riddance to it. If I want to watch combat there's MMA and boxing.
- Zezel

ok boomer

I agree. I hope they don’t wait until someone gets killed. Bare knuckle fighting on skates, what could go wrong?
- shack67

Yep, I liked Probert and Domi back in the day but there's no need for this now, giving guys permanent brain damage when you can play the game without it.

Yep, I liked Probert and Domi back in the day but there's no need for this now, giving guys permanent brain damage when you can play the game without it.
- Zezel

and give them more money for less effort and sacrifice to.

makes for excellent exciting hockey.