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Devils @ Leafs - Jan. 12th, 7:00pm - LeafsTV, SN 590

Have tried very hard to give Clarkson the benefit of the doubt but Lord he takes stupid penalties and seems to fall a lot.
 
lamajama said:
Have tried very hard to give Clarkson the benefit of the doubt but Lord he takes stupid penalties and seems to fall a lot.
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Don't forget the one-hand-on-the-stick coasting!

Clarkson and Kulemin both are in-front-of-the-net guys on lines where nobody is putting the puck in front of the net for them.  But Clarkson looks much, much more out of place where he is.
 
Stickytape said:
Clarkson and Kulemin both are in-front-of-the-net guys on lines where nobody is putting the puck in front of the net for them.  But Clarkson looks much, much more out of place where he is.
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Kulemin's much more versatile than that, and he has an excellent shot. Most of his goals are shots that flat out beat the goalie rather than banging home garbage. The problem is that there's no one on the ice with him that can create offence. Clarkson is a front of the net, garbage goal type that doesn't create offence on his own and McClement . . . well, that's well worn territory.
 
bustaheims said:
Stickytape said:
Clarkson and Kulemin both are in-front-of-the-net guys on lines where nobody is putting the puck in front of the net for them.  But Clarkson looks much, much more out of place where he is.
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Kulemin's much more versatile than that, and he has an excellent shot. Most of his goals are shots that flat out beat the goalie rather than banging home garbage. The problem is that there's no one on the ice with him that can create offence. Clarkson is a front of the net, garbage goal type that doesn't create offence on his own and McClement . . . well, that's well worn territory.
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Unfortunately, the guy that could do that for both those guys is playing either in the AHL, or has a lacerated tendon in his foot.
 
Has anyone actually seen Harry Neale?  I'm convinced it's just one of those soundboards and Joe and Greg press it whenever they want to catch their breath or cough.
 
bustaheims said:
Stickytape said:
Clarkson and Kulemin both are in-front-of-the-net guys on lines where nobody is putting the puck in front of the net for them.  But Clarkson looks much, much more out of place where he is.
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Kulemin's much more versatile than that, and he has an excellent shot. Most of his goals are shots that flat out beat the goalie rather than banging home garbage. The problem is that there's no one on the ice with him that can create offence. Clarkson is a front of the net, garbage goal type that doesn't create offence on his own and McClement . . . well, that's well worn territory.
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This is sort of what I meant, actually: that Kulemin can do more than just score ugly goals.  I think ideally he should be driving the net, (or hovering near it, rather than digging pucks out of the corners) but I like him even outside of that role.

Clarkson?  Not so much.
 
Stickytape said:
God, the MSG stream is just endless dumping on the Leafs.  The commentators aren't really wrong about any of it, but good lord, please spend SOME time commenting on the game while it's being played.

P.S. These two teams are tied in points.
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Lol, I've only got an MSG feed as well. What is hilarious is the colour guy referring to "one of the Leafs" instead of the player's name in all the replay.

I know he's a homer, but at least Joe Bowen knows players names on the opposition.
 
Potvin29 said:
Has anyone actually seen Harry Neale?  I'm convinced it's just one of those soundboards and Joe and Greg press it whenever they want to catch their breath or cough.
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He was on a CBC intermission a few weeks ago, talking with Ron MacLean.  So I saw him once. He looks like a big flat black board with a bunch of buttons and labels that say things like 'good goal', 'bad goal', and 'they need to play better in the neutral zone'.
 
That PP is terrible. Someone else said it recently, but why aren't the defensemen set up for one timers?
 
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Derk said:
That PP is terrible. Someone else said it recently, but why aren't the defensemen set up for one timers?
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Not just the lack of one-timers, but they are facing a very passive defensive system with the Devils...and they are just accepting it and passing casually around the....

awesome job keeping that momentum.
 
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