I can't believe I watched that whole game.
Predators @ Leafs - Nov. 18th, 7:30pm - TSN, TSN 1050
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herman
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Reimer with 12 goals against in 5 periods of work.
His rebounds combined with the Leafs reluctance to make opponents pay for touching the puck is why he sees so many SOGs.
Aside from a handful of players who manage to consistently have miscues, I can see the team having enough talent to at least compete for a tough 1-2 goal loss against the top teams in the league. But for some reason, no one is ready to actually play until we're 4-6 goals down.
His rebounds combined with the Leafs reluctance to make opponents pay for touching the puck is why he sees so many SOGs.
Aside from a handful of players who manage to consistently have miscues, I can see the team having enough talent to at least compete for a tough 1-2 goal loss against the top teams in the league. But for some reason, no one is ready to actually play until we're 4-6 goals down.
Captain Canuck
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It took Reimer 60 minutes Saturday to record a 6-2 loss, managed to get to 6-2 tonight in 40 minutes...way to be efficient! :
Britishbulldog
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CarltonTheBear said:
I am a pretty easy going, optimistic guy but this team is really struggling. It is VERY hard to watch as a hopeful Leaf fan.
bustaheims
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Deebo said:
Seriously. This isn't a reaction to the last 2 games. It's a reaction to the last 100+ games.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Best comedy on TV.
Stronger Than All
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It's funny that I know my phone vibrating a few minutes after a leaf game starts is going to be a notification of a go being score against.
Now, I don't want to look like I'm pro-Leafs players after the effort they put in tonight, but it's stupid questions like these that makes players like Kessel hate talking to the media.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Honestly, do they really expect any answer other than "no?" No player is ever going to admit to trying to get their coach fired. Just a completely asinine question.
bustaheims said:
It was Simmons who asked it, big surprise. Also asked Phaneuf the same question too.
Heroic Shrimp
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Deebo said:
But it's what you do to jerks, you knee them.
Where's Burke when you need him?
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brothert
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I know it would never happen but I would love to see these players have to play their next game in their practise jerseys. They don't deserve to wear the uniform
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
But, without questions like that, how can the players provide cliched, canned answers?
Kin
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CarltonTheBear said:
Sure, but nobody likes talking to the media outside of the occasional self-promoter like Roenick or Avery. The media will try to poke the bear in order to get candid responses and while Franson's doesn't provide much in narrative value it is what happened.
Derek Jeter didn't like talking to the media. In fact, it seems like his primary interest post-career is creating a portal so that players never have to talk to the media. He still did it though.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Phaneuf: "It all comes down to compete level."
*blows brains out*
*blows brains out*
Heroic Shrimp
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CarltonTheBear said:
Clearly, Simmons thinks he's edgy and controversial asking such questions, but really, these kinds of questions are just as useless as Paul Hendricks' softballs. They both set up easy, obvious answers that tell us nothing at all. Except when Hendricks does it, he's trying to make the Leafs look good, and when Simmons does it, he's just trying to make himself look good.