Potter and Barker were godawful. Instead of spreading around the suck and negating the play of any of our actual NHL d-man, why not do what other teams with questionable depth on the back end do? Have an ok 1st and 2nd pairing with very limited minutes for the 3rd pairing?
Gilbert - Smid
Whitney - Petry
whoever.
Really sucks about RNH. He obviously shouldn't have been cleared to play.
MacLean on SportsNet thought there should have been some penalties. Also agrees that the Lupul goal should have been called back on a penalty and the Smyth goal should have counted. I definitely agree with #2, maybe #1.
Funny line: "even in the NBA, that would have been travelling..."
I think Millard said that.
I think Lupul held it for too long and did pivot and took a stride but it's debatable.
After Nuge, Eberle, Gagner, Hall, and Petry, There is nothing coming up the pipeline that has me convinced we will be a playoff team next year. Our Defense, Forward Depth, and Goaltending are embarrasing.
One year more of suck after this year then we can start talking about the hope of playoffs.
Wow, and I thought we had a fast team. The Leafs are younger, faster and way more talented. They made us look like we were skating in cement. Too bad about Nuge, but he was having a bad game. The Leafs have tremendous talent and speed in Grabo, Kulimen, McArthur and Bozak, not even mentioning their top two superstars. I'd kill to have any of those.
The defence was exposed tonight... big time. You can also tell that Toronto is a very well coached team, and that they have a tremendous amount of speed. A lot different than the Leaf teams from the early 2000s.
Lots of offensive chances, but couldn't convert. RNH injured again, which probably goes to show that he was rushed back into the line-up because you need to be able to take hits like that without having to go on the IR.
I can't really blame anything on Dubnyk, really. Yeah, he probably didn't have his best game, but the defence wasn't helping him at all tonight.
Lots of speed, lots of chances, but damn. You gotta put some of those pucks away, and you have to be defensively responsible.
No they aren't. Krueger played right into their hands by using a run-and-gun gameplan. Our D were constantly going deep and Dubnyk was hung out to dry when the puck was turned over. It also didn't help that Potter and Barker were fking terrible in their own zone.
Wow, and I thought we had a fast team. The Leafs are younger, faster and way more talented. They made us look like we were skating in cement. Too bad about Nuge, but he was having a bad game. The Leafs have tremendous talent and speed in Grabo, Kulimen, McArthur and Bozak, not even mentioning their top two superstars. I'd kill to have any of those.
They'll still miss the playoffs.
The freaking New York Islanders put our awful defence in its place in December.
Everyone complaining about getting beat defensively because of speed tonight remember that half of our defenseman are coming off leg injuries and none of them can skate right now.
Whitney Gilbert and Barker are all adjusting and working their way back in - none of them are skating like they can right now.
Potter is horrible defensively but we all knew that. Smid and Petry looked good.
Barker sucked tonight don't know why I still like the guy though. Potter experiment over? I think so. Horcoff,Belanger,Smyth, Hemsky, jones haven't played very well in some time. Dubby average again tonight. Khabby plays Detroit and RNH hurt again. I have crashed back to earth
Wow, and I thought we had a fast team. The Leafs are younger, faster and way more talented. They made us look like we were skating in cement. Too bad about Nuge, but he was having a bad game. The Leafs have tremendous talent and speed in Grabo, Kulimen, McArthur and Bozak, not even mentioning their top two superstars. I'd kill to have any of those.
Agreed wholeheartedly.
The Leafs are younger, faster, and better defensively, offensively and in net.
Burke has schooled Tambo and Lowe on how to rebuild a team.
Wow, and I thought we had a fast team. The Leafs are younger, faster and way more talented. They made us look like we were skating in cement. Too bad about Nuge, but he was having a bad game. The Leafs have tremendous talent and speed in Grabo, Kulimen, McArthur and Bozak, not even mentioning their top two superstars. I'd kill to have any of those.
Is Stoneman writing for the Toronto Media now? I puked a bit in my mouth when I read that
Wow, and I thought we had a fast team. The Leafs are younger, faster and way more talented. They made us look like we were skating in cement. Too bad about Nuge, but he was having a bad game. The Leafs have tremendous talent and speed in Grabo, Kulimen, McArthur and Bozak, not even mentioning their top two superstars. I'd kill to have any of those.
Unreal, a team that boasts HALL HOPKINS EBERLE GAGNER up front would kill for these guys? WOW!! Obviously coaching, goaltending and defence are our current issues. NOT speed and skill in our top 6.
How is Damien Cox even employed? If it was up to him the NHL would have no fighting, goals would only have 1 assist, and everyone would have the same chance to get the 1st overall pick.
I didn't think that it was a bad game. The Oilers had just as many if not more chances but the Leafs capitalized on theirs plus the Smyth goal should have counted and the Lupul shouldn't have counted. The defense got exposed badly namely Barker and Potter but that was expected against a fast, hungry team like the Leafs playing at home.
The RNH injury sucks, i REALLY hope that he's not just another injury prone player for us.
Wow, and I thought we had a fast team. The Leafs are younger, faster and way more talented. They made us look like we were skating in cement. Too bad about Nuge, but he was having a bad game. The Leafs have tremendous talent and speed in Grabo, Kulimen, McArthur and Bozak, not even mentioning their top two superstars. I'd kill to have any of those.
Jeff Petry had a great game tonight. Dubnyk kept this one from going into double figures, His defence in front of him was non-existent, except for Smid and Petry. Gilbert looked like a guy coming back from a long layoff. Potter looked slow. And Barker looked like a guy some team bought out to get rid of him.
Wow...
