Tonight, they lose and it was brutal. It was bizarre too. More bizarre than brutal.
Guess the bounces - bounced the other way tonight.
On that first goal against, a cheap penalty that probably was not a penalty, shit, they do worst to Kadri and they don't call it, a drifting point shot with no one in front and a deflection off Bolland's stick. Then the tying goal bounces right off Gunarrson right on to the stick of Stall right in the slot. Then the third goal against. All I can think of is Bernie tried to do his best Johnathan Quick impersonation.
This hybrid icing rule stinks. Let them play!
On the positive side. The Leafs had another team on the ropes, but a string of flukey bounces cost them the game, along will loose defensive play. Tonight, it really was more about bad bounces than anything else. Carolina had a few good chances. They did not score on any of them, but score like that. Then Kadri hits the post with the goalie out.
Lupul, may be your best forward. The way he is playing, and the points he is putting up, that's may be just as good as Mats Sundin did for the Leafs.
Morgan Riley is improving every single game. Every game he is better than the last one. When Don Cherry said, they had to keep the kid up here, I thought he was dead wrong. A few games later, the coach is right.
What the Leafs need is a couple of depth players, and by that I think they need a couple of grinders with speed, who can forecheck. Do the recent call ups from the farm fit the bill. Maybe.
Well, the Leafs won't win every game, but they have had leads in every single game they have played except one. Playing time with a lead probably correlates more to winning than shots on goal.
Lets see what the next game brings. The Leafs should be pissed that they let one slip away.
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