Game 30: Hurricanes @ Leafs - Dec 13th, 2011 - 7pm EST W 2-1 (OT)

[Boston Leaf]

Id rather not see skinner in their line up.  :-X

He's expected to miss the game, I've already scratched him no worries!  There's no way Muller can play him now that I've taken him out of the game day lineup.

seet. good move Zee.... good move

 

[bustaheims]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

 

[ZBBM]

Very simple: this is a game that needs to be won. 

 

[freer]

After the crap that happen last week, they had better come out firing on all cylinders. I predict a 7 -1 win. Kessel has gotten his touch back.

 

[Optimus Reimer]

This is one of those games that on paper the Leafs should win.  It is also one of those games that the Leafs must win to stop the losing streak, to hopefully stop the PK from bleeding to death and to create some space between the Leafs and the lower teams in the standings.  A loss and it is probably 2 more losses against the Sabres and Canucks => that would more than likely put the Leafs out of the playoff picture.

 

[princedpw]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

ESPN seems to have recorded 6 goals and 5 assists in 31 games for Tlusty.

 

[Kin]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

And, somehow, he still plays poorly.

 

[maplesyrup]

I don't want to live in a world where Tlusty is my second best winger.

 

[bustaheims]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

ESPN seems to have recorded 6 goals and 5 assists in 31 games for Tlusty.

That's my prediction for tonight.

 

[bustaheims]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

And, somehow, he still plays poorly.

Well, the Leafs still win by a touchdown - 27-20. ;D

 

[ZBBM]

I don't want to live in a world where Tlusty is my second best winger.

Tlusty is an OK player.  He's like a lot of 1st-rounders: they go on to serviceable careers, but that's it.

I'd rank him a notch below, say, Alex Steen, who I think was drafted in the 20s rather than Tlusty's teens.

 

[maplesyrup]

I don't want to live in a world where Tlusty is my second best winger.

Tlusty is an OK player.  He's like a lot of 1st-rounders: they go on to serviceable careers, but that's it.

I'd rank him a notch below, say, Alex Steen, who I think was drafted in the 20s rather than Tlusty's teens.

He hasn't sucked this year... I'll give you that.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

How many goals off his ass?

 

[Tigger]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

How many goals off his ass?

9...

 

[Zee]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

How many goals off his ass?

He only has 6 goals and 5 assists, the original stat provided was wrong.  Of those I believe 5 were off his ass, and all the assists were deflections off his skate to another player.  Therefore he only legitimately has 1 goal, 0 assists.

 

[Deebo]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

How many goals off his ass?

He only has 6 goals and 5 assists, the original stat provided was wrong.  Of those I believe 5 were off his ass, and all the assists were deflections off his skate to another player.  Therefore he only legitimately has 1 goal, 0 assists.

It was Busta's prediction for Tlusty tonight.

 

[Zee]

Tlusty with 8 goals and 12 assists.

How many goals off his ass?

He only has 6 goals and 5 assists, the original stat provided was wrong.  Of those I believe 5 were off his ass, and all the assists were deflections off his skate to another player.  Therefore he only legitimately has 1 goal, 0 assists.

It was Busta's prediction for Tlusty tonight.

Darryl Sittler's record broken by Tlusty?  It'll be a cold day in hell when that happens. 

 

[Tigger]

Kulemin continues his best impression of Rickard Wallin and finds scoring overrated.

Canes 4-1

Yes, clearly Nik should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

 

[bustaheims]

Darryl Sittler's record broken by Tlusty?  It'll be a cold day in hell when that happens. 

Not only Sittler's record, but, Joe Malone's record for goals in one game (7) and the record Billy Taylor and Gretzky share for assists in one game (also 7). He's gonna have a break out night, I tell you what.

 

[Zee]

I know it's only game 30, but this is as close to a "must win" as they come.  The standings are tighter than my pants after Thanksgiving dinner, the Leafs have been playing poorly at home, Reimer without a win since coming back from injury.  If the team isn't fired up and playing like it's a playoff game tonight, I don't know what it will take. 

Just win.