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Game 14, Carolina at Toronto 7PM Eastern, on Leafs TV and TSN radio

Alright Carlyle.  You don't get to hold practices anymore.  The team was good.  They got two days off and you got practice time...and now they are playing like crap.
 
It's hard to blame Scrivens on that goal, but watching it a few times I think he took too long resetting himself after making the first save.  I'm not going to go into what he's thinking but I think he might have focused a little too much on the save that he made rather than reading that the play was not likely over. 

The difference between a decent goaltender and an elite one is the ability to read the play and know where you kicked your rebound.  Scrivens didn't do that and was awkward in getting over to try and make the second save.

Ultimately that whole play has to go on Liles for a bad pinch.  MacArthur, sure, he fell down and lost the puck but I always have a bit of a hard time blaming players for falling on what is likely bad ice.
 
I seem to remember a few other games in Carolina like this - where the team played some of their worst games of the season in terms or giveaways, decision making, etc. They've been really bad tonight. Clearly, they can't brain today. They have the dumb.
 
I as listening to the Canes telecast, and they were talking about Scrivens' awkward glove positioning a couple of times.  It seems that it really isn't a good stance over the long haul.

But whether you can blame Scrivens for the 2nd or 3rd goal, it seems that the more Phaneuf is out there, the worse it gets for the Leafs.  He seems so out of shape, especially when he is trapped in his own end.  A lot of the Canes chances occur when he just doesn't skate, IMHO.  The Leafs might be better if they give more ice time to Fraser, instead of Phaneuf.
 
bustaheims said:
I seem to remember a few other games in Carolina like this - where the team played some of their worst games of the season in terms or giveaways, decision making, etc. They've been really bad tonight. Clearly, they can't brain today. They have the dumb.
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Must be something in the air down there.
 
God Scrivens sucks.  Why would you leave the net and fake making a play on the puck to confuse your defense.  The guy has absolutely no common sense in terms of playing the puck outside the crease.  Someone really needs to sit him down and tell him to stay in the crease.
 
20:00 Tim Brent: 2 Minutes for Roughing Dion Phaneuf
20:00 DION PHANEUF : ROUGHING  - 2 MIN  (TIM BRENT)

So no chance of a single point tonight for the leafs, eh?
 
Carlyle should be pealing the paint off the wall during this intermission.
They need to get their collective heads out of their butts.

I'm predicting we get the next goal.
 
Gardiner51 said:
20:00 Tim Brent: 2 Minutes for Roughing Dion Phaneuf
20:00 DION PHANEUF : ROUGHING  - 2 MIN  (TIM BRENT)

So no chance of a single point tonight for the leafs, eh?
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If they can remember how to play hockey in the 3rd, maybe they can salvage something. That, however, looks extremely unlikely.
 
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