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Game 17 - Battle of Ontario - Sens @ Leafs - Nov 12th, 2011 - 19:00 EST - 5-2 L

The Leafs just suck... and the players are starting to realize it.

Changes need to be made before it's too late. 

Just like last year.. the year before that... Great start to the season, die in the middle and have a great end; but miss the playoffs again.  Getting tired of the same old rerun.
 
Guys, I have watched all but two games this year on TV and those two games I was in attendance.  I do not recall the television camera ever panning to Burke in the box.  Maybe I am just forgetting having seen him, tonight for instance they showed Murray after Toronto scored the second goal.  Has Burke been at the games?
 
Anyone else think the second line looks a step slower this year?

Grabs has been okay, at least he seems to be generating some chances but Mac and Kulemin have been pretty invisible the entire year save for a couple games here and there.

I know Grabs and Kule started slow last year, hopefully they can pick it up.  Otherwise none of em are hitting 20 goals Nevermind the ~30 they got last year.
 
leafplasma said:
Guys, I have watched all but two games this year on TV and those two games I was in attendance.  I do not recall the television camera ever panning to Burke in the box.  Maybe I am just forgetting having seen him, tonight for instance they showed Murray after Toronto scored the second goal.  Has Burke been at the games?
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They showed a glimpse of Burke trying to digest how awful our PP was at one point.
 
That's a B.S loss by the Leafs they played outside all night.
No checking.
This game was winnable if they wanted it.
 
The people that claim we need to relax, because it is early in the season and it's just one loss, are dead wrong. This team does not play good D. We are too easy and predictable to play against, let alone soft. Who would fear playing the leafs, especially on saturday night ( why saturdays are our kryptoite ?). Tonight should have been an easy 2 pts, playing a team that was on their 3 game in 4 nights. No energy, no urgency, no PP, no PK, no game plan, = no playoffs.
I don't think the lack of Armstrong has any bearing on this lack of effort that has crept into the leaf's play for the last 2 weeks. Quite frankly he was a no show to start the season. He had a great pre-season, but was not the reason we won early in the season, he was invisible from where I sit.
I think the reason we get so frustrated with these easy game losses, is because the effort and energy are not there. We kown when they play their good game, they can skate and compete with anybody. They are not showing that lately, WHY?
 
It's kinda funny listening to the announcer for the Calgary / Colorado game talk about J.S. and having your 'Stanley Cup and Vezina winning goalie sitting on the bench' after such a great last game.
 
pnjunction said:
1 win in the last 4 came against the worst team in the league.  Without Mason and Brodeur blowing up we'd only only have that 1 win in the 6 games this month.  The team has flat sucked in November and is going to sink fast if this keeps up.
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Thankyou
 
After watching this game the Leafs made Anderson look amazingly good, but that was because the Leafs wouldn't get into it in front of the net. Many passes and hey they were great, but nothing comes out of missed shots, and no one willing to get in front and cause chaos.
Mike Brown woke em up in the 2nd, but not enough to mount any serious attacks.
The Leafs led briefly then the bubble burst.

 
azzurri63 said:
pnjunction said:
1 win in the last 4 came against the worst team in the league.  Without Mason and Brodeur blowing up we'd only only have that 1 win in the 6 games this month.  The team has flat sucked in November and is going to sink fast if this keeps up.
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Thankyou
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I shall call this the November No-show until things improve.
 
Remember at the beginning of the year when we kept saying that our #2 line was actually our #1 line?  Yeah, so much for that.  Kulemin has been horrible all year, MacArthur hasn't been much better, and Grabovski has been okay. 

Lombardi -- I'm not going to rag on him because the fact he came back from missing an entire year from a serious injury is a feat in itself.  But he's been near invisible lately.  I honestly forget he is playing some times until I see the back of his jersey for a split second.

One of Schenn's better games tonight.  Hope this is a small step towards a turnaround.

Thank goodness for Kessel and Lupul.  Who knows where we'd be without them.  (Okay, we'd be near the bottom, but you know what I meant haha)

It just might be time that Burke brings a vet goalie -- we can't continue on much longer with this good game, bad game routine.  The good start could soon be all for naught.  (That goes without saying we still need an injection up front)

The grind-it-out 3rd and 4th lines, outside of Steckel, have been pretty bad as well.  We need some life from these guys.  Cycle, hit, bide 40 seconds...do something of us. 

Quick Sens note -- Karlsson is turning into an offensive beast on the back end for Ottawa.  I'm jealous.
 
The PK will eventually do Wilson in. I just don't understand how it can be so awful year after year.
 
Simple, they do not attack the puck, not on the boards, and definately not on the point. They never pressure the puck, they play that horrible box, and get burnt watching the puck.
 
pnjunction said:
1 win in the last 4 came against the worst team in the league.  Without Mason and Brodeur blowing up we'd only only have that 1 win in the 6 games this month.  The team has flat sucked in November and is going to sink fast if this keeps up.
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If you're going to talk about other teams goalies 'blowing up', you have to talk about the games our goalie 'blew up' and add them to should-have-been-wins if you're going to call those games should-have-been-losses.
 
Erndog said:
I don't know. The sens played last night.  They came out real sluggish, didn't press anything, looked lazy... Not sure how much that had to do with playing in Buffalo last night but I'm sure it played a part of it.
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We've seen teams come in after playing the night before and completely take advantage of the Leafs defensive game. Part of the reason the sens looked sluggish and lazy was because the Leafs didn't suck on the defensive side of the puck. I'm not saying they were great or anything, but, if tonight's defensive showing is the worst they produce for the rest of the season, the team is in pretty good shape - assuming the offence and special teams find a way to get going.
 
Ronco said:
After watching this game the Leafs made Anderson look amazingly good, but that was because the Leafs wouldn't get into it in front
of the net. Many passes and hey they were great, but nothing
comes out of missed shots, and no one willing to get in front and
cause chaos.

Mike Brown woke em up in the 2nd, but not enough to mount any
serious attacks.

The Leafs led briefly then the bubble burst.
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....and, when the bubble bursts, they invariably always
lose.  :-\
 
Good to see all those Hall-of-Famers -- Salming, Howe, Tretiak, et al, and the inductees -- Gilmour, Belfour, Niewendyck, and Gordie's son Mark.  The first three all were former Leafs (about the only thing to really cheer about tonight)!!  :D

P.S.  Eddie would have looked better in a suit!  ;D
 
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