No idea how this team keeps winning but it's sure fun to watch. I live in Western Canada though. Might be saying something different if I lived in a more easterly direction
I've seen enough already. Time to give Bernier the keys to the car.
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No idea how this team keeps winning but it's sure fun to watch. I live in Western Canada though. Might be saying something different if I lived in a more easterly direction
You do recall Reimer's record against the Sens before last Saturdays meltdown right?
To be honest its so refreshing to see Berniers style. It puts Reimer to shame as it exposes his glaring weaknesses.
And to add to Gilmour other then last night and alot of the Avs game Leafs have looked brutal for the most part.
If you're winning and playing bad.....thats good
Guys - what's the best Leafs blog online? Is there anything better than the official website?
I'm looking for a site that gets updated regularly with notes on practice, lines, injuries, etc. I've got a ton of leafs on my roster this year and need to keep a closer eye.
Looking for something similar to this, but for Leafs Nation: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capitals-insider/
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Cinderella is going to miss playoffs. No way they maintain wins playing such poor hockey.
I don't know if it's the best that you could want, but the one and only Leafs centric spot I go to is http://mapleleafshotstove.com/ .
Usually are very quick with game recaps, have a daily story up (usually a Morning Mashup with a few quick links after a short blurb). Usually has big updates within hours of them happening, and every week (I think Thursday's) they have a weekly "Leafs Notebook" that's really interestingly in depth about things that happened throughout the week.
Hope it helps, and I also like this stat :
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I have only watched 2 of their games, so I really can't say whether they can keep it up or not. However, they were crap last night and only won because they could score from anywhere on Dubnyk. I also do think there is something to some of the advanced stats out there, and the Leafs track very poorly there as well.
Who knows though, maybe this team bucks the trend over an entire season, but I really can't see that happening. Thankfully for them they are still winning and Clarkson isn't back yet and has the potential to improve some of the things the struggle with.
I've watched every second of every Leafs game so far this year and I can guarantee you that last night was BY FAR their worst game played.
A couple nights of outshooting the opponents and the shot differential could be a scratch so I'm calling any advanced stats projections at this point in the season too full of 'noise' to mean much of anything.
You could be correct. At any rate they have a lot of wins, and in hockey that's ALL that matters!
I must admit I was rather annoyed at watching that game last night end after a play like this ...
... after seeing all the chincy crap that they called on both teams last night.
Leafs fans have a lot to be excited about right now.
I think you're giving the Leafs an unfair shake based on their track record over the past decade. There's no "bucking the trend"... the trend was already "bucked" last season when they finished tied for fourth in the conference over an entire season. Not to mention they outplayed and pushed the eventual stanley cup finalists to the brink of elimination in the playoffs.
Right now they're tied for tops in the entire league in points and before last night's admittedly terrible game, they were 4th in the league in goals against.
Yet you still somehow take every chance you get to bash them, labeling them a "terrible" team, a "cinderella" team, talking about bucking non-existent trends, and you know you're really grasping when you start bringing in bullshit "advanced stats" as an argument... jeez, what do these guys have to do to get some respect from you?
I really suggest you watch more of their games to get a better feel for this team...
I agree that he isn't giving the Leafs as much respect as they deserve. They are probably a playoff team. That said, last year was not an entire season and we can't really say they pushed the Bruins to the brink of elimination when they had that series in the bag.
I do think they have had a very easy schedule to start the year and there will still be growing pains in net and on D.