Maple Leafs 2018 - 19

Darts said:
Missing Person Report
William Nylander
Missing since October 2018
Claims he is a professional hockey player
Might be carrying a huge suitcase full of cash
Do not approach if you see him
Call MLSE

https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/n...aple-leafs-poses-for-his-news-photo/859925578
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Maybe the first two months but he is mostly back and should be reunited with Matthews. Matthews needs a playmaker and I suspect it’s only a matter of time. Johnsson and Kapanen are not playmakers. Kapanen will carry it into the zone but hogs it or loses the puck while Johnsson is Hyman along the boards but with better hands.

Keep Johnsson and move Kapy down to third.

Darts said:
Marchand is 5'9" 181 lbs and plays like he is 6'3" 220 lbs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Marchand

Our center is 6'3" 220 lbs and plays like he is 5'9" 181 lbs.
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My thoughts exactly when the trade talks were happening. It’s play style and heart. Even Zaitsev can play hard. I thought the bias against shorter players were gone?

Gauthier doesn’t play to his size. I am fine with testing things out but Babcock better make up his mind 15 games from now.
 
superstar_88 said:
Kirk, can I call you Kirk? On the winning goal 3 players converge on Marchand along the boards, Marchand protects the puck backhand pass to Bergeron in the slot wide open shot goal. That duo is unstoppable. Add Pasternak and forget about it. And Bergeron is also a master defender.

Of course Petan is more skilled than Gauthier. But he's also 8 inches shorter and probably 50 lbs lighter. If it was purely about skill certainly put Petan in there. But having 3 small guys on the same line is hard to watch. Especially in their own end.
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Call me KD. I misspoke when I said Petan was more physical than Gauthier, which he clearly isn't. But for his size Gauthier isn't nearly as physical as he should be. The Petan-Ennis-Moore line was playing well they shouldn't have been separated. Babcock is starting to piss me off.
 
But he's doing something right. When they have the lead going into the 3rd period they know how to hold a lead aside from that one game vs Vancouver. That is truly impressive. With what many consider a weak defensive core. Muzzin has been playing much better last few games. Hainsey is under-rated. You don't lead the league in plus minus by being terrible. They should be fine once Gardner and Dermott is back and ready for the playoffs.
 
Muzzin was obviously brought in for a reason. Hainsey and Muzzin have won it all. Their experience should help. Gardner choked. You could say Andersen choked also. There's no bigger pressure than game 7 final period of a tight game.
 
Another major f--kup to-night. Here's the problem.

The Leafs can't physically knock the other guy off the pick.

The other guy seem to almost always knock the Leafs off the puck.
 
Well, Glamphotog would rather have Oz and Marincin and Holl.

TB always finds someone to pass to. They are an amazing team.
 
Goodoer said:
What a shit game. I miss Gardner.
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superstar_88 said:
Well, Glamphotog would rather have Oz and Marincin and Holl.
TB always finds someone to pass to. They are an amazing team.
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If the Leafs pony up to keep Marner and Johnsson on the team then we're getting a pretty good preview of what the defense is going to look like next year.

Tampa is amazing and the score could have been worse. Good thing they've secured a playoff spot and are on cruise control.
 
Morgan Rielly under investigation by the league for using a homophobic slur directed at one of the refs from last nights game.
 
saxon said:
Morgan Rielly under investigation by the league for using a homophobic slur directed at one of the refs from last nights game.
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What exactly did he say? I heard "rag the puck".

"Rag-the-puck dictionary definition | rag-the-puck defined
https://www.yourdictionary.com/rag-the-puck
(third-person singular simple present rags the puck, present participle ragging the puck, simple past and past participle ragged the puck) (ice hockey) To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic ..."
 
saxon said:
Morgan Rielly under investigation by the league for using a homophobic slur directed at one of the refs from last nights game.
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Investigation over already. League decided no slur was used. Makes you wonder why they even announced an investigation in the first place.
 
shack said:
He should be permanently banned from the league.
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get over yourself man. not a leafs fan by any stretch, but in the heat of the moment give reilly some slack. worked out for 'bobby clarke' ok back in 76 against the leafs no less.
 
bullitt said:
get over yourself man. not a leafs fan by any stretch, but in the heat of the moment give reilly some slack. worked out for 'bobby clarke' ok back in 76 against the leafs no less.
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I may not ever get over myself but I was mocking the political correctness of current times. Nobody can say or do anything, especially related to homophobia, without major repercussions nowadays.
 
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