Leafs @ Bruins - Jan. 14th, 7:00pm - SN, SN 590

[bustaheims]

Captain Phaneuf is a defenseman, last I checked.  But thanks for defending him, he needs it.

Defence is a team effort. Lupul started the issue. Phaneuf compounded it.

 

[drummond]

nice shot Gunnar, Bozak scores

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Bozak's Johnny-on-the-spot again. Jonas Hoglund would be proud.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

They got back in it quick, so there's that.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Nobody picked up the the trailer....

Nobody was Phaneuf there.

Maybe Captain Lupul could pretend like he tries defensively for once?  He didn't even try to get it when it was right beside him.

Captain Phaneuf is a defenseman, last I checked.  But thanks for defending him, he needs it.

No, this is a perfect example of what you were talking about earlier about some players getting excused and others not.  Well, you're doing it - you rag on Phaneuf for things, but give passes to Lupul.  I don't particularly care, we all have our preferences and biases, but it's no surprise you'd ignore Lupul's awful effort there (being mentioned all over Twitter too).  I thought Phaneuf was bad there too, but it was more than him and Lupul was just as much at fault for his lack of effort.

 

[Bonsixx]

Bozak's Johnny-on-the-spot again. Jonas Hoglund would be proud.

If he scores he's mocked, if he doesn't score he's mocked ...

 

[bustaheims]

Bozak's Johnny-on-the-spot again. Jonas Hoglund would be proud.

Another goal from the Familiar Four.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Nice turnover Gleason.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Full credit to Bozak this season.  Past seasons are what they are, but in the present, he's been very good and worth his contract.

 

[azzurri63]

Aaaaaaand ... can't get the puck out.  AGAIN.

They did it again... Luckily, a block by Gleason bailed them out...

Been an ongoing problem and that boils down to players not willing to take a hit, sacrifice their body whatever it takes to get the puck out. If the guys aren't willing to do what it takes then have them sit in the press box and get guys that will. One of the reasons why Reimer and Bernier face so many shots.

 

[bustaheims]

Full credit to Bozak this season.  Past seasons are what they are, but in the present, he's been very good and worth his contract.

He's been shooting the puck more in the last few games, which is nice, because he has a very good and very accurate shot.

 

[ZBBM]

Nobody picked up the the trailer....

Nobody was Phaneuf there.

Maybe Captain Lupul could pretend like he tries defensively for once?  He didn't even try to get it when it was right beside him.

Captain Phaneuf is a defenseman, last I checked.  But thanks for defending him, he needs it.

No, this is a perfect example of what you were talking about earlier about some players getting excused and others not.  Well, you're doing it - you rag on Phaneuf for things, but give passes to Lupul.  I don't particularly care, we all have our preferences and biases, but it's no surprise you'd ignore Lupul's awful effort there (being mentioned all over Twitter too).  I thought Phaneuf was bad there too, but it was more than him and Lupul was just as much at fault for his lack of effort.

If you don't particularly care then why do you bother responding to my robotic and inane criticisms, which are as predictable as the sun rising in the morning?

And yeah, Lupul at -14 needs to be better on defense.  Like the rest of this friggin' team if you haven't noticed.

 

[Arn]

McClement gets himself some extra ice time by icing the puck

 

[bustaheims]

Bernier's gotta be stronger on the post on that one.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Oh Bernier...

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Jam play for sure.

 

[ZBBM]

Any comments on that stellar piece of work Potvin?  :

 

[L K]

Stupid Reimer.  You keep letting in bad goals. 

 

[AvroArrow]

boils down to players not willing to take a hit, sacrifice their body whatever it takes to get the puck out

Very true. Too often I see a guy jump out of the way of the hit rather than moving the puck and taking it.  So many turnovers because of this.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Holland draws a penalty.