Originally Posted by
eyemissgilmour
Hopefully those of you who watched tonight's game will now understand why I've been so worried all season.
Folks, my beloved Leafs are a bad team. Your Leafs are a bad team.
BAD.
This fact has been distorted thus far by good special teams and great goaltending.
That won't last over 82 games. The cracks are showing, and the water is slowly slipping in...
Even tonight, a game in which they were absolutely dominated (by a good, not great, team) they only lost 4-0 when it should have been 8 or 9-0.
1) Dave Clarkson at 5 something million, is making the Grabovski buyout look more and more hilarious every day.
2) This myth about "outside shots" needs to stop. I was guilty of it too for awhile. No more. Bernier and Reimer are both seeing high quality shots and stopping more than they should.
3) Mason Raymond - AH - so there's the guy Nucks fans said we would eventually see. The stud from games 1 through 10 has sure looked ordinary.
4) Bolland - God bless him, he's a terrific heart and soul player, but the hockey gods have cursed certain players for some reason. Lupul seems to be one of them. Lecavalier too. I think Bolland needs to be in the conversation. With Bozak gone, and Grabo bought out, now Bolland gone probably long-term, the Leafs up the middle are absolutely pathetic now and they were not exactly super strong to begin with. Kadri can only play so much, and even he isn't a proven #1 yet.
5) As an extension of #4... Welcome to cap crunch world ass they try to fix their depleted center position. They are right up against it and didn't need to be. Reimer has been lights out this year, as he was last year for the most part (so I don't buy this whole Bernier competition media friendly story)
6) Seriously, how many times do they have to be BADLY outshot for people to see the light?
7) Just to throw in a couple positive notes... Morgan Rielly... oh man - this kid is something else. And JVR for Schenn. Yikes, thank you Burkie for that parting gift.
I don't disagree with anything you've put forward except the Grabbo/Clarkson stuff. The Clarkson signing had nothin to do with grabbo being bought out. If anything, it relates to Bozak being resigned at that term and dollars. Grabbo is also a center as I'm sure you'll recall. I'd take Grabbo over Bozak any day, but Grabbo was never going to be given the opportunity to succeed with Randy on the bench so the point is moot really. I hope he thrives anywhere else he plays but he would have had to wait out Carlyle for it to happen in Toronto.
F: P. Kane, Oshie, N. Foligno, Thorton, Coyle, Marleau, Pavelski, Dubinsky
Steen
D: seabrooke, Subban,wizniewski,garrison, Carle
G: Niemi, Fleury,
G/A-1 pt PIM- .25pts
Win-2pts Shutouts- 5pts(2+3)
Keep 10. Top 13 count (4 d, 1 g, 6 Frwd and next highest-any position)
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