Rangers @ Leafs - Nov. 8th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[lamajama]

Dion and Clarkson. $12 million in salary and 50 cents in hockey sense

Clarkson saved a breakaway in the first with a good defensive play, and had a couple decent scoring chances.

Good for him but to earn his $5 mil I'd like to think he could be defensively aware all the time.

 

[Deebo]

I'll be shocked if 3 goals is enough to win tonight.

 

[mc]

how long before they tie it up?

 

[L K]

How is Girardi taking out Kadri's leg not a penalty?

 

[Bullfrog]

How did Phaneuf miss that!?

 

[barney_rebel]

We stink dudes...

 

[L K]

Robidas continues to be extremely underwhelming.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Robidas continues to be extremely underwhelming.

Yeah at first I thought Gardiner but Robidas really hung him out to dry with that pass.

 

[L K]

Robidas continues to be extremely underwhelming.

CBCs logic.  Gardner needs to skate to a spot so Robidas doesn't throw it in his skates.  Robidas had time to give a good pass.  He's just not very good at this point.

Yeah at first I thought Gardiner but Robidas really hung him out to dry with that pass.

 

[2badknees]

CBC is right. Gardiner has to stop playing the game like its friday night beer league. It means occasionally making the simple play, and learning positional hockey.

 

[2badknees]

Watching Phaneuf, clearly his worst game of the year.

 

[Stickytape]

how long before they tie it up?

Turns out about 15 mins.

 

[L K]

CBC is right. Gardiner has to stop playing the game like its friday night beer league. It means occasionally making the simple play, and learning positional hockey.

What part of beer league hockey does taking a pass in the skates imply exactly?  Gardiner was in the right position to start heading up ice with a pass.  Robidas threw it in his legs.

 

[2badknees]

CBC is right. Gardiner has to stop playing the game like its friday night beer league. It means occasionally making the simple play, and learning positional hockey.

What part of beer league hockey does taking a pass in the skates imply exactly?  Gardiner was in the right position to start heading up ice with a pass.  Robidas threw it in his legs.

Everything looks easy on the tv. He has to be at an angle to receive a pass cleanly. When there's a pressure forecheck, you can't depend on your partner to thread a perfect pass on the tape on a sharp angle. Its called making the safe, responsible play away from the puck.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Kudos to SN for resisting the temptation to put a hockey stick in Oates or Gretzyk's hands.

 

[L K]

CBC is right. Gardiner has to stop playing the game like its friday night beer league. It means occasionally making the simple play, and learning positional hockey.

What part of beer league hockey does taking a pass in the skates imply exactly?  Gardiner was in the right position to start heading up ice with a pass.  Robidas threw it in his legs.

Everything looks easy on the tv. He has to be at an angle to receive a pass cleanly. When there's a pressure forecheck, you can't depend on your partner to thread a perfect pass on the tape on a sharp angle. Its called making the safe, responsible play away from the puck.

I've re watched the play four times now.  There was plenty of space on the ice for Robidas to make that play.  It was a bad pass.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

CBC is right. Gardiner has to stop playing the game like its friday night beer league. It means occasionally making the simple play, and learning positional hockey.

What part of beer league hockey does taking a pass in the skates imply exactly?  Gardiner was in the right position to start heading up ice with a pass.  Robidas threw it in his legs.

Everything looks easy on the tv. He has to be at an angle to receive a pass cleanly. When there's a pressure forecheck, you can't depend on your partner to thread a perfect pass on the tape on a sharp angle. Its called making the safe, responsible play away from the puck.

If he doesn't go where he is then Robidas would have skated right at him because Robidas was going from his side to Gardiner's. Gardiner had to switch sides and Robidas could have continued on and either played it up the boards or made a pass to Gardiner. He made a pass and it wasn't good.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Only a matter of time really. Nash has been dominated all game.

 

[Damian]

PeeWee hockey at its finest.....terrible, just dismal

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Leafs blowing this one.