We don't have much of a choice. We are in a playoff race and we don't have anyone better. No time for him to sit out...he's got to suck it up and get right back out there. Everyone does.
Always the same move, Vinny. How about elevating the puck for a change? After all those penalty shot fails with that very move he should have known better.
Well I already had my rant on Tanguay... Overall anything has already been said in the last few GDTs. Again brutal defense (Foster, Walker, Hedman, in particular, Ohlund in OT), mediocre goaltending at best (it's rather worse than that), no signs of Malone, Chewy, Bochenski. Thompson and Vielleux were OK, I think. As usual strong performances by the Stammer/Marty/Downie-line and Vinny (who needs a lot more support by his linemates but then again his line only consists of two forwards plus Tanguay). All in all another disappointing game, this young Leafs team which is ranked 29th in the NHL was the better team. That says a lot.
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Mathematically..yes, but this team isn't going anywhere this year.
This team is done for the playoffs. It's just awful how a team that didn't have many Olympians can come out and play like crap for the most part in the games they've played since the break. I don't know what happened after the Canucks game, but they've mailed it in essentially since then. No goaltending, no defense, no secondary scoring.
Nevermind, we're only 4 points out of the playoffs, not 6. Really, if this team can dig down deep and pull it together down the stretch...this is doable. Especially since we play Boston again.
I'm unrealistically optimistic. But I guess when I think about where we were last season compared to where we are now, I'm still excited about the progress.
Edit: Nevermind again, we are apparently 6 points out. NHL.com still has the Bruins at 70 points but has updated us with 66 points. But I still stand by what I said.
Toc benched him because he thought he was costing us. He just hasn't been the same this year. He's lost his killer instinct. Without it, he can't be that game changer he was. Eh, you can bench anyone and put in Smaby but I don't think it will change the outcome.
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Originally Posted by Hockeyfan02
Mathematically..yes, but this team isn't going anywhere this year.
This team is done for the playoffs. It's just awful how a team that didn't have many Olympians can come out and play like crap for the most part in the games they've played since the break. I don't know what happened after the Canucks game, but they've mailed it in essentially since then. No goaltending, no defense, no secondary scoring.
I knew someone would quote about that. Until we are officially out of it, we just have to hope in some miraculous way we turn it around, go on a hot streak like before and squeeze in. It looks very very bleak, but we aren't out until we're out.
Just did some number crunching. Warning, im a stat nerd, so I went in, and double checked everything. Just how I roll
Since Smith's injury against the Caps, he's played in 7 games, some in relief, some started (including tonight)
He has the following.
GAA - 3.56
Save % - .879
Goals allowed - 19
Total time played - 320:27 (equal to 5 games and an extra period)
This breaks down to roughly allowing 3.5 goals per game during that stretch. Technically, he's allowing 2.71 goals per game over the last 7 games he played, but since some of those came in relief, the GAA stat helped me even out the numbers to more accurately depict his performance.
3.5 is near the worst in the league (as a team) when considering team's average goals per game.
On top of that, this team just isn't finding ways to get it done. They worked hard and had some fight, but ... it's just not looking good. Just not at all. We've won 1 out of the past 8 games... and the f'ing CANES are about to tie us. That's the most depressing thing of this whole thing to me, that a team who we once led by 23 points is now 2 points behind us.
On top of that, this team just isn't finding ways to get it done. They worked hard and had some fight, but ... it's just not looking good. Just not at all. We've won 1 out of the past 8 games... and the f'ing CANES are about to tie us. That's the most depressing thing of this whole thing to me, that a team who we once led by 23 points is now 2 points behind us.
Out of this horrible soap opera of a season I somehow managed to not hear anything else quite so depressing. Thanks alot
Out of this horrible soap opera of a season I somehow managed to not hear anything else quite so depressing. Thanks alot
Sorry Carolina is my most hated team, so it sickens me to no end myself.
It's just really sad, I don't understand why this team cannot find ways to win more consistently than they do. I just don't see it. There's zero reason this team should struggle like this, yet they continue to do it.
Nevermind, we're only 4 points out of the playoffs, not 6. Really, if this team can dig down deep and pull it together down the stretch...this is doable. Especially since we play Boston again.
I'm unrealistically optimistic. But I guess when I think about where we were last season compared to where we are now, I'm still excited about the progress.
Edit: Nevermind again, we are apparently 6 points out. NHL.com still has the Bruins at 70 points but has updated us with 66 points. But I still stand by what I said.
Sorry but I think you're more like medically optimistic! (I'm kidding here....)
If Marc Denis loses us another..........oh thats Mike Smith?
There really was no excuse to lose this game. The Walker/Hedman pairing needs to be split up. Most of their errors are caused by miscommunication.
Am I the only one who doesnt get excited when I see its Tanguay with a possible scoring chance? I mean it looks good and then I see its #13 so I start watching to make sure that we don't get caught with an odd man rush once he overpasses or turns the puck over.
They must not have been offered anything for him before the deadline, otherwise why would he still be here?
If Marc Denis loses us another..........oh thats Mike Smith?
There really was no excuse to lose this game. The Walker/Hedman pairing needs to be split up. Most of their errors are caused by miscommunication.
Am I the only one who doesnt get excited when I see its Tanguay with a possible scoring chance? I mean it looks good and then I see its #13 so I start watching to make sure that we don't get caught with an odd man rush once he overpasses or turns the puck over.
They must not have been offered anything for him before the deadline, otherwise why would he still be here?
Glad to see Vinny playing well... I hope those shoulder and wrist injuries are now far behind him... He was looking a lot more like the Vinny of old. Purcell looks really good on his line, Tanguay on the other hand is a waste of space. To the person who said Vinny can't play D, you know nothing
