Ducks @ Leafs - Feb. 7th, 7:00pm - SNO, TSN 1050
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Keefe now 4-2 since the break, I would say that Campbell is a slight, but significant upgrade over Hutch. Ducks looked very good, but we were better. Matthews was a power, we missed Willie, if he had been in in don't think it would have been as close.
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Fragile team tight now. Big win.. Doesn't matter how just that they wonZanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
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excellent Herman.herman said:
I wonder what my Dad would have said at this team today after screaming at Ron Ellis and Norm Ullman all those years in the 70's when we watched the Leafs every Wednesday and Saturday night. As a guy who immigrated from Scotland to Toronto after the war and stood in the standing room only for years, he would have said today "my God, what is this I am watching"?
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Bender said:
I don't think you fully understand what I mean. Ya they won that's great but blew 3-1 lead and 4-3 lead in the 3rd. That's not good and we are great at doing it. My point is it never should have gotten to overtime in the first place. If we were playing a team in our division or conference your giving valuable points away. That's my point.
Teach these guys how to defend. Brutal with Babcock for years and although the record is much better with Keefe we are still doing it.
You know what I think the problem is. Too many guys who think about padding their stats. Two ends to the ice. Play smarter and limit the breakdowns.
Everyone complains about our D including me and have for years but they aren't the whole problem.
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I agree with you the O men have to come back better and help the D. However I felt without CC the D was better overall against a not bad team, coached by none other than ex Marlies coach Dallas Eakins, who I always though was a very good coach. Got a Bums rush in Edmonton.
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Zee said:
FWIW I've watched some Ducks games recently and tonight they were different in two somewhat significant ways:
- Getzlaf was in beast mode, looking more like he did 4-5 years ago...he's a very tough guy to contain when he's feeling it...kind of the way you'd hope Matthews will be throughout his career...most games this season he's looked like a tired aging center who misses his long-time line-mate Perry and is no longer up to carrying his team
- Ryan Miller was looking a lot more like the Sabres' Miller who kept beating the Leafs with his stellar goaltending...this wasn't a normal night since the Ducks have been atrocious this year between the pipes
Still doesn't really excuse the Leafs for letting a 2-goal 3rd period lead get away from them but the Ducks were playing better than their 27th ranking would make you expect.
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As has been true for a lot of Leafs victories under Keefe, they outscored their problems. They haven't fixed them. That's not a sustainable model
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He was never one to Duck a situation.herman said: