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NHL March 2013 |OT| Black History Forever
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This is true, but they won't win anything without Karlsson. Still don't want to play them in the first round.
Edit: ^^^^ Hnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg
I can get behind this gif.
TemplaerDude
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I dunno why you do what do you but you do it well.
Its called playing sheltered minutes, against the other teams lesser line while Grabvoski and Bozak get each team's top lines, plus probably gets more offensive zone starts than defensive zone starts, and he probably doesn't get PK time while other centers do which inflates ice time for some.
For me the most impressive rookies this season are Brodin and Huberdeau, play against the other team's top lines and play in all situations, while still finding ways to produce.
For all the talk about Gaborik (and I'm ready to trade him now after tonight, fuck him, even with that goal), the REAL problem is Brad Richards. Unless he has some amazing turnaround either in this season's homestretch or next season, he is all but a guaranteed buyout as soon as the season ends next year.
KernelPanic
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Yes because tanking builds winners
He looked pretty damn terrible in the games against the Habs this year, slow, lazy and not making anything happen.
Drafting players like Druin, Jones, and Mackinnon builds winners, yes.
Brodin is kind of going under the radar imho, that kid is playing amazingly, given the role he's been given.
Kadri is getting the worst quality of competition and most off. zone starts of all Leafs C's, by far, so his numbers aren't all that surprising. It's Cody Hodgson all over.
KernelPanic
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Thrashers Panthers and Oilers should have lots of Cups by now.
We're winning without Karlsson already
Simon Belmont
Banned
Let's be honest though, a Leaf would have to score from the dressing room to impress you.
KernelPanic
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He should be back by the 2nd round if we somehow get that far.
He's been like that all year, and what's worse, Nash suddenly becomes ridiculously unselfish whenever he's on the ice with Richards, to the detriment of his game. It's like he's expecting Richards to be in positions that he isn't in or able to execute plays that he doesn't seem to be able to execute anymore, and he squanders amazing scoring chances because of it. It happened again tonight when Nash basically had a near 1-on-1 against Markstrom but instead decided to pull up and look for Richards, who was behind the play and had two Panthers with him. Needless to say the pass was broken up, and what was almost assuredly a golden scoring chance turned into nothing.
This has happened MANY times this season.
Compare that with how Nash plays when he's with Stepan, and it's like night and day.
SpectreFire
Member
What's another top nine forward injured?
Hitting someone with your glove hand takes a lot out of a person.
we now have 7 starting forwards out of the lineup :lol
Mike Smith I hope those goons didn't hurt yuo
He was totally hiding a bag of fake blood up his nose
Florida west.
:lol no he didn't.
I assumed it was a razor under the equipment like the wrestlers used to do!
Kadri isn't playing sheltered minutes lol
coach
"hey who has been leading the leafs in points since the beginning of the season? Kadri, is it?"
*ponders*
"fuck it, let's just defend against the grabovski line which has done fuck all and ignore Kadri - he'll just disappear"
coach
"hey who has been leading the leafs in points since the beginning of the season? Kadri, is it?"
*ponders*
"fuck it, let's just defend against the grabovski line which has done fuck all and ignore Kadri - he'll just disappear"
So adding a Druin to your team won't make a difference compared to getting knocked out of the first round? Right.
Big difference between now and playoff hockey.
Daniel Sedin is Ric Flair?
TemplaerDude
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i got it made i got it made fresh at subway fresh at FUCK YOU SUBWAY YOUR SHIT IS NEVER FRESH.
Please come back Daniel : (
Please come back Daniel : (
Ballard at the end there with the chokehold :lol that just looked great at normal speed.
so what actually happened. I saw Mike Smith being his normal Diva self, what happened to Daniel?
so what actually happened. I saw Mike Smith being his normal Diva self, what happened to Daniel?
SpectreFire
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Burrows-Sedin-Hansen
Raymond-Schroeder-Ballard
Gordon-Ebbett-Weise
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Raymond-Schroeder-Ballard
Gordon-Ebbett-Weise
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No, scoring in a shootout will do.
uh yes he is. He's getting the most off. starts of all Leafs C's, and has the weakest competition of all Leafs C's. I'd qualify that as sheltered minutes.
I'm scared to think who'd be our 2nd line RW if Hansen moves to the 1st and burrows to LW if Daniel stays out. Weise? Alberts? :lol
Mark Messier
TemplaerDude
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maybe he's getting those starts because he is *gasp* the leafs leading scorer?
*shocker*
Who?
Fuck you.
Or maybe he scores because... he's the only one not starting his shifts in the D-zone? *gasp* It's Cody Hodgson all over, I'm telling you.
Also, hopefully Nash doesn't get any discipline for that hit on Kopecky. We can't afford to lose him. I don't think he will, though. He did leave his feet, but it looked like he was more trying to dodge him than anything else, and it looks to me like he made contact basically right between the shoulder blades first and foremost.
SpectreFire
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http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...teamid=28&type=goal&sort=HARDQOC&sortdir=DESC
He plays against the most sheltered minutes for a top 9 forward on the Leafs, against the weakest forwards and defense pairings.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Hodgson has been playing against 1-2 lines this year and doing a pretty good job all things considered. 26 points or so and only a -2 rating. He'd be third in scoring if he were still with the Canucks, only behind the twins.
I just saw Kassian's stats - does he get used against other team's top lines?
Kadri's definitely being used in the right situations by Carlyle. To develop him, and because we have the benefit/curse of playing 3 defensively minded centres ahead of him.
I'm talking about pre-trade Cody Hodgson from last season, not this season.
:lol So butthurt over things you've only read about.
I agree. It's one of many problems, but it's a definitely a big part of it. Firstly I think Hagelin-Stepan-Nash should be kept together for like 10 games straight. They've been real hot at times, and I think they'd get over whatever lull in performance they may have, whereas everything Richards touches seems to just suck right now. Gaborik, I have no idea what he's doing. I still like him but any ideas of him flourishing with Richards, or being able to score more with Nash occupying top defenders... none of it has happened, Something needs to change.
Can't have this much talent and be a bubble playoff team that has no easy games. We can't have an easy game at home against a garbage team? We're going nowhere until something changes. I don't think they're just going to "snap out" of a funk. We're not 10 games in now, we're more than halfway through. I guess the one advantage is that in being such a big-market team with no money issues, you know something will be done to rectify the situation. Whether that works for next year or further down the line, at least we know it's gonna happen.
TemplaerDude
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Kyle Chipchura?