They play a 57 year old for 22 minutes a night because he's allowed to do whatever he wants to the opposing forwards. Elbow, cross-check, spear, drop-kick.. you name it, he is allowed to do it.
- PatC80

Well when he does cross-check a guy in the face, he has to pay 5000$

So yeah....

He'll probably think about doing that twice now!

...


And do it again.

“Just ok”

- Randy Carlyle
- Garnie

I had forgotten about that.

Geeze past week has been tough on the RRSPs.
- Aetherial

Same here man. Not good.

Guess it’s bound to happen during a pandemic.

Matthews needs to be much better! Freddy is a star who needs support!
- RogerRoeper

Is it because Rask is awesome? Or because of how well Boston is playing in front of him?

I feel it's mostly the latter. Rask is a good goaltender with a good team helping in front of him.
- Scabeh

That doesn’t fit Leafs Da Best.

Check his buddy Halak.
- AdamFrench

Check back with me when the 3 finalists are announced

Check his buddy Halak.
- AdamFrench

boston with 3 of the top 2 vezina goalies in the league.

~rojerowpper

Well when he does cross-check a guy in the face, he has to pay 5000$

So yeah....

He'll probably think about doing that twice now!

...


And do it again.
- Scabeh

Oh, and again..

The Bruins get special treatment.. They only lose games so that the league can try to make it 'look fair'

Is it because Rask is awesome? Or because of how well Boston is playing in front of him?

I feel it's mostly the latter. Rask is a good goaltender with a good team helping in front of him.
- Scabeh

.922 career save %

Check back with me when the 3 finalists are announced
- RogerRoeper

Of course he will, he’s got an awesome team in front of him that hasn’t been hammered by injuries to their D.

Freddie’s sv% was .897 vs TB - 3 good goals, just like most nights.

boston with 3 of the top 2 vezina goalies in the league.

~rojerowpper
- Tumbleweed

reminiscent of the Canucks circa 2012

Is it because Rask is awesome? Or because of how well Boston is playing in front of him?

I feel it's mostly the latter. Rask is a good goaltender with a good team helping in front of him.
- Scabeh

good point

Also a factor on the defensive side is the fear of receiving an uncalled crosscheck to the head or kidneys from Chara.

Of course he will, he’s got an awesome team in front of him that hasn’t been hammered by injuries to their D.

Freddie’s sv% was .897 vs TB - 3 good goals that sandin looked boy playing against men, just like most nights.
- Garnie

fixed

Freddy has been bad this year. Simple.

D has been bad this year. Simple.

Neither has been helping eachother out. Simple.

reminiscent of the Canucks circa 2012
- BestRapperAlive

that reference should become folklore that lives on for generations

.922 career save %
- RogerRoeper

He has always played for a defensively responsible team.

There is a very clear cause and effect between defensively responsible teams and the Vezina & Jennings trophies.

Occasionally you get a guy who just steals the show, but more often than not you have a good goalie who is being provided the opportunity to succeed.

This year Andersen has been below the expectations we have for him and those he has for himself - that is a given. But the team's inability to play defensively in front of him are so terribly obvious at times that it's hard to deny.

Now, I do contend that Andersen has been giving out more rebounds, stopping play less, not controlling pucks as well with his glove - which leads to more opportunities - but the defense gets hemmed in their zone and run around too often. They leave massive gaps too often. They allow a screen in front too often, and allow high tips too often. These are all things that a well run defense prevents far more often than the Leafs defense does. Some of these things are prevented when the goalie catches and freezes the puck or controls the rebound, but more often than not it ends up in the net with no chance for the goalie to control the placement of the puck or the pace of the play.

Freddy has been bad this year. Simple.

D has been bad this year. Simple.

Neither has been helping eachother out. Simple.
- Santo_44

Please stop with this insanity. Pick a side Radical Centrist!

Freddy has been bad this year. Simple.

D has been bad this year. Simple.

Neither has been helping eachother out. Simple.
- Santo_44

my issue - the defense is the first line of goal prevention.

it's difficult to judge freddy with so much bad play in front of him.

they need to get their poop together. need to figure out if freddy can be better behind a more disciplined team.

my issue - the defense is the first line of goal prevention.

it's difficult to judge freddy with so much bad play in front of him.

they need to get their poop together. need to figure out if freddy can be better behind a more disciplined team.
- Tumbleweed

The D is no worse than any other year. He's just been poop

The D is no worse than any other year. He's just been poop
- RogerRoeper

Ya it is

my issue - the defense is the first line of goal prevention.

it's difficult to judge freddy with so much bad play in front of him.

they need to get their poop together. need to figure out if freddy can be better behind a more disciplined team.
- Tumbleweed

1 leads to the other, healthy d playing sound would not allow all the chances

Common sense

The D is no worse than any other year. He's just been poop
- RogerRoeper

Our D IS worse...

When your idea of organizational depth on D is calling up a 19 year old and a 20 year old, you know it is bad... Rielly is great. Muzz is good... but after that its a huge drop off...

Barrie doesn't count because he is not a d-man...

Matthews needs to be much better! Freddy is a star who needs support!
- RogerRoeper

What

What
- bobbyisno1

Pardon?

bobrovsky sucks

there we go.