General Leafs Talk

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andystricklandAndy Strickland
Hitchcock calls the #Torontomapleleafs the most dangerous attack team off the rush in the #NHL agree?

Isn't it great to be buttered up before you're made to look like a bunch of turkeys?

Could be interesting. Two coaches facing each other who have stifled their offence in the past to improve their defence.

If it were me, I'd cut the Leafs waterbugs loose and run & gun them like crazy. Even if they get lit up, they'll get some scoring confidence back. I guess that's to counter my fear of a deer in the headlights attempt at a defensive game trying to protect their iffy goaltending which plays into Hitchcock's strengths.

 

[applecheeks]

andystricklandAndy Strickland
Hitchcock calls the #Torontomapleleafs the most dangerous attack team off the rush in the #NHL agree?

Isn't it great to be buttered up before you're made to look like a bunch of turkeys?

Could be interesting. Two coaches facing each other who have stifled their offence in the past to improve their defence.

If it were me, I'd cut the Leafs waterbugs loose and run & gun them like crazy. Even if they get lit up, they'll get some scoring confidence back. I guess that's to counter my fear of a deer in the headlights attempt at a defensive game trying to protect their iffy goaltending which plays into Hitchcock's strengths.

I like the way you think. RELEASE THE WATERBUGS.  pretty sure it would be more entertaining, fo sure.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

andystricklandAndy Strickland
Hitchcock calls the #Torontomapleleafs the most dangerous attack team off the rush in the #NHL agree?

Isn't it great to be buttered up before you're made to look like a bunch of turkeys?

That statement is riddled with secret meanings.

 

[Madferret]

andystricklandAndy Strickland
Hitchcock calls the #Torontomapleleafs the most dangerous attack team off the rush in the #NHL agree?

Isn't it great to be buttered up before you're made to look like a bunch of turkeys?

That statement is riddled with secret meanings.

"Someone is going to make that team eat some buttered turkey"

 

[bustaheims]

andystricklandAndy Strickland
Hitchcock calls the #Torontomapleleafs the most dangerous attack team off the rush in the #NHL agree?

Isn't it great to be buttered up before you're made to look like a bunch of turkeys?

That statement is riddled with secret meanings.

Little known fact: Ken Hitchcock's birth name was, in fact, Edward Nigma.

 

[Madferret]

Classic Hitch though eh. Second game back and he's already at it with the mind tricks.

 

[Corn Flake]

What wasn't quoted is his next statement: "We will be sure to get in Ed Belfour's kitchen too".

 

[Damian]

Seems like Tim Connolly is just as promised... made of crackers.... holy crap... now that salary buys a lot of triscuits...

We haven't even heard an update from Reimer and our goaltending is burying us and yet we focus on Tim Connolly. We knew he had a history of injury and we bought him for nothing. I don't understand the hate here, since he was pretty much the only option left during free agency. I'd rather have him play 50 games than 0.

Hate? What hate? I dint say I hate him. I stated facts. 1) He's a brittle as a cracker, and 2)$4M buys a lot of Triscuits.... I wish he could play more than 50.... and who said "we" anyway? Its me... as in "I".... facts man... just the facts

 

[Fanatic]

Another win that they did not deserve. Hey, I am all for getting 2 points here and there while learning to play as a team, but the Leafs simply suck in the past several games. Tonight was a joke and they have one man alone to thank.

If Gus was in net the Leafs would have lost. Unquestionable I think.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

And Theodore played great and if we had some routine saves in the Florida game maybe it's a different result.

 

[maplesyrup]

Another win that they did not deserve. Hey, I am all for getting 2 points here and there while learning to play as a team, but the Leafs simply suck in the past several games. Tonight was a joke and they have one man alone to thank.

If Gus was in net the Leafs would have lost. Unquestionable I think.

I really think the Blues swarmed us like bees because we were dripping with pollen in the form of bad officiating... You just can't build any momentum when it's call after call after call...

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Another win that they did not deserve. Hey, I am all for getting 2 points here and there while learning to play as a team, but the Leafs simply suck in the past several games. Tonight was a joke and they have one man alone to thank.

If Gus was in net the Leafs would have lost. Unquestionable I think.

I didn't think the game was a joke at all. The Blues were all over us and we got some good goaltending, but I think you're stretching it. Leafs had their legs tonight and created lots of chances IMO.

 

[Mikhail Bloodnovsky]

Another win that they did not deserve. Hey, I am all for getting 2 points here and there while learning to play as a team, but the Leafs simply suck in the past several games. Tonight was a joke and they have one man alone to thank.

If Gus was in net the Leafs would have lost. Unquestionable I think.

I didn't think the game was a joke at all. The Blues were all over us and we got some good goaltending, but I think you're stretching it. Leafs had their legs tonight and created lots of chances IMO.

Yeah I think people are forgetting Curtis Joseph's first season with us. What happened tonite was pretty much every game occurance.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Yeah I think people are forgetting Curtis Joseph's first season with us. What happened tonite was pretty much every game occurance.

I really enjoyed this game and I think even if we lost in overtime or the shootout, I still would have enjoyed it. A much better effort on defense tonight.

 

[Bender]

Man, we really have to watch out for the Eastern teams... everyone's winning right now, and the fact that we've played one or two more games than the others REALLY doesn't bode well. I can't believe how close the standings are right now.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

HennyTweets Paul Hendrick
Jason arnott chops away. Steckel and komisarek are the recipients. Steckel is fine, komisarek will be x-rayed tomorrow.

No penalties though! 

 

[4th Liner]

HennyTweets Paul Hendrick
Jason arnott chops away. Steckel and komisarek are the recipients. Steckel is fine, komisarek will be x-rayed tomorrow.

No penalties though! 

Of course not, it's not like he broke their sticks or anything serious like that.

 

[Zee]

3-3 in the second stretch of 10 games so far this season.  4 more games left to have a successful first 20.

First 10: 7-2-1
Second 10: 3-3

Next 4 games:
Ottawa
Phoenix
@Nashville
Washington

I'd be over the moon with a 3-1 record over the next 4, although I suspect 2-2.  We'll see.

 

[Mikhail Bloodnovsky]

HennyTweets Paul Hendrick
Jason arnott chops away. Steckel and komisarek are the recipients. Steckel is fine, komisarek will be x-rayed tomorrow.

No penalties though! 

He looked like Paul Bunyan out there.

 

[Bullfrog]

andystricklandAndy Strickland
Hitchcock calls the #Torontomapleleafs the most dangerous attack team off the rush in the #NHL agree?

Isn't it great to be buttered up before you're made to look like a bunch of turkeys?

That statement is riddled with secret meanings.

...such as...?