Thursday, October 25, 2007

Game Day Mixed Bag

Tonight the Leafs are in Pittsburgh to play the Penguins. The last time these teams played eachother, the Pens had 52 shots on goal. If that happens again, Toronto is looking at another loss, plain and simple. It is extremely difficult to win games when you allow 50+ shots, especially to a team with this amount of firepower.

For the first time in several games, the Leafs will face a #1 goaltender, as Marc Andre Fleury will play tonight. Fleury has looked pretty bad for most of the season, although he picked up a shutout last time out.

The Leafs have again called up players from the Marlies - this time Jiri Tlusty and Staffan Kronwall are up. Tlusty will definitely play tonight, and has been practicing with Nik Antropov and Boyd Devereaux. Kronwall may get a chance to play if Bryan McCabe can't. McCabe may not play tonight due to an ambiguous 'muscle strain'. I find it really hard to believe that there is anything wrong with Bryan McCabe - the only thing he has strained is his coach's patience.

This video is a nice analogy to the trainwreck that is the Leafs' season so far. Miss South Carolina's brilliant, Ricky-from-Trailer-Park-Boys answer at Miss Teen USA 2007:



Steve Simmons thinks JFJ should be fired...and his article about it isn't half bad.

Howard Berger thinks there is a chance Brian Burke will run the Leafs...but his article isn't nearly as good.

Bill Watters thinks the Leafs should trade Sundin...and it's tough to disagree with him. This team cannot and will not win the Stanley Cup this season, or next. Turning Mats into high-end prospects while he is still producing at a superstar's level only makes sense. This article is only really a recap of what Watters said on Leafs Lunch yesterday, so don't both to read it if you listen to the show.

James Duthie is about as funny as rape...James, you try too hard! You're not a bad reporter, but your blogs are so amazingly unfunny that I am actually embarassed for you. His latest entry is to comedy what malt liquor is to fine wine.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

came across this:

http://andyourkidstoo.blogspot.com/2007/10/john-ferguson-jr-maybe-not-complete.html