The Leafs scored 4 goals in 4:42 in the second period. Boner! Two of those were powerplay goals, which were badly needed to give confidence to the Leafs' 29th ranked powerplay. Because of the two PPG, the Leafs' PP moved up a spot to 28th. Nothing huge, obviously, but it's making moves. Speaking of making moves...
A lot is being made of Brad Richards' leg injury. He slid into the boards with Tomas Kaberle on top of him and looked to have slammed his left knee into the boards without padding helping him out. It would have fucking hurt, if you ask me. The reality, however, is that it was 4-1 after the second, and bringing Richards back into a game that is basically out of reach is asinine. Why would he bother to come back? Why not rest him until the next game? It makes absolutely no sense to put him back into the lineup for an (almost) sure loss. Don't panic yet, Lightning fans; I'm not convinced he'll be out long.
Random Game Notes:
- Tomas Kaberle's pass that sent Sundin in on a breakaway (Sundin scored) was something only a select few defenseman can do.
- Media folks, both newspaper and television, have been pointing out that Nik Antropov has been quietly slowing down since his quick start. They're calling it a power outage; I really don't understand this term. It's fucking cliché and garbage. To them, I give this: Antropov has 6G in his last 5 games, and is on pace for 40. Moreover, he has 7 powerplay goals, good for 9th place in the league, only 2 behind league co-leaders Alex Ovechkin and Tomas Holmstrom. He is 2nd in team scoring to Mats Sundin's career year and actually averages the most icetime of any Leafs forward. Power Outage? More like a Power Onage! Meuh!
- Methinks its time that Darcy Tucker is made a healthy scratch. Any typical Leafs fan will tell you that Tucker is the heart and soul of the team, bleeds blue and white, should be captain, blah blah fucking blah. The only excuse for his play is that he's apparently playing hurt. Honestly though, he has done nothing all year, and is floundering out there, almost every shift. When I was typing 'shift', my fingers typed 'shit'. Freudian slip, I am sure. Even my subconscious thinks Tucker has to improve.
- Mats Sundin went 17-3 in faceoffs last night against very competent Lightning centres. You won't see numbers like that for the rest of the season.
3 comments:
people dont come to this site to see totally irrelevant pictures of retards hitting on 70 year old ladies and its not related to anything. why dont you replace that with a picture of one of the leafs goals or a disappointed tortorella.
also. 1) i havent heard of this antropov power outage from the media, stop making shit up mr. bone
2)thats two posts know that you have come up with nothing to write about so you just starting writing what you are doing (typing routine too much, and shit instead of shift)
3) HOW DO YOU MISS HAL GILL'S MONSTEROUS GAME? HE SHUT DOWN LECAVALIER AND ST.LOUIS THE WHOLE GAME!!
You must have missed the game and only watched the highlights.
Wow you correct somebody's typing skills and then type an entire line in caps. Impressive way to convey your point. Next time throw in a few more exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!1111one
If I know anything about this blog its that nothing is made up, including the part about you being a total loser douchebag that refused to even sign his name on his complaint (paraphrasing, sorry bone). Why don't you go back to reading your Damien Cox articles and pretending you know something about hockey, pal. Next time you have something to write make it a little more constructive, and sign it with your name or e-mail: gillfan1@dicklessfags.com
Whoa! a little argey bargey on The Blue & White comment forums!
I appreciate the support from Scott - but I don't want Anonymous to be afraid to voice his/her opinion...after all, this whole site is based mostly just my opinion.
I love the participation!! Keep it up!
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