General Leafs Talk

[Madferret]

What would Columbus's record be with better goaltending?

Something, deep down, tells me you understand the difference between "What if this player hadn't gotten hurt?" and "What if this team had better players?".

Qu'est-ce que sais "difference"?

 

[nutman]

I agree with much of this article. This team should have a better record than they do based on the injury to our #1 goalie (not to mention Armstrong, Grabbo, Mac, Lombardi etc.). If you put as much stock into the goaltending problem as I do, the loss of Reimer has substantially affected our overall record. To get a better read on where this team should/could be in the standings I would take 3 games from the loss column and move them to the win column.

So...

GP 21- W 11- L 8- OT 2- PTS 24

becomes

GP 21- W 14- L 5- OT 2- PTS 30

Give or take a point or two in either column, I think this is a pretty fair assessment of where this team could have been with better goaltending (and less significant injuries to key pieces like Armstrong and Connolly)

I agree and as they come back the leafs will climb. this is why i think we will finish top six.

 

[Arn]

So, eh, first in NHL scoring with 30 points is Phil Kessel.

But also, now second in NHL scoring with 26 points is Joffrey Lupul. (Tied with Giroux).

Anyone predict that would be the case 22 games into the season?

 

[Zee]

Anyone predict that would be the case 22 games into the season?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no, no one predicted it.

 

[Redleaf]

So, eh, first in NHL scoring with 30 points is Phil Kessel.

But also, now second in NHL scoring with 26 points is Joffrey Lupul. (Tied with Giroux).

Anyone predict that would be the case 22 games into the season?

Anyone care to predict where they'll be at the halfway mark?

 

[Bender]

At the same time, we're still in a very precarious position. We could be in 8th place just by virtue of every other EC teams having a bunch of games in hand.

 

[maplesyrup]

Anyone care to predict where they'll be at the halfway mark?

On top of the league, farting rainbows.

 

[Bender]

Anyone care to predict where they'll be at the halfway mark?

On top of the league, farting rainbows.

Sidney Crosby has that trademarked, according to Hal Gill.

 

[cw]

LeafsBB20 Brian Burke
Very proud that all of our players bought suite tickets for charity. Their generosity means 2200+ kids will see a Leafs game this season.
3 hours ago

 

[Tigger]

Anyone care to predict where they'll be at the halfway mark?

On top of the league, farting rainbows.

 

[TML fan]

LeafsBB20 Brian Burke
Very proud that all of our players bought suite tickets for charity. Their generosity means 2200+ kids will see a Leafs game this season.
3 hours ago

Why would they want to torture kids that way?! 

 

[princedpw]

At the same time, we're still in a very precarious position. We could be in 8th place just by virtue of every other EC teams having a bunch of games in hand.

In terms of percentage of points won, Toronto is currently in 8th in the East, the tiniest smidge above NJ who is 9th.  It is a shame NJ won last night.

 

[cw]

It's too early in the season for this: seven Leafs have a shooting% of 20% or better. Four of them playing 10 games or more. Some guys are truly sniping.

Toronto is 2nd in the league in blocked shots while 22nd in shots allowed.

Toronto is 7th in faceoffs

Toronto is 5th in giveaways and 9th in takeaways

 

[DK2]

everybody may know this, but somebody I know got
invited to the Richard Peddie retirement party,
so I guess he's leaving.
used to be rather hated around here. 

 

[Kin]

Just something I noticed while watching some out of market games. It used to be that when we talked about free agents signing in Toronto we'd say that there was potential for significant off-ice earnings because of the team's prominence in the market. Has that held up? I've noticed a lot of out of market broadcasts have commercials featuring the stars of their team for something or other but, I mean, aside from Reimer's clothing thing has anyone noticed any Leafs getting high profile endorsements? I think I saw Kessel on a billboard ad for canned tuna today but it was at high speed and I wasn't sure.

 

[Kessel Run]

everybody may know this, but somebody I know got
invited to the Richard Peddie retirement party,
so I guess he's leaving.
used to be rather hated around here. 

His retirement has been announced for months now. It was supposed to be by September or October if I remember correctly, but was delayed to December 31st due to the NBA lockout or something along those lines.

 

[cw]

everybody may know this, but somebody I know got
invited to the Richard Peddie retirement party,
so I guess he's leaving.
used to be rather hated around here. 

His retirement has been announced for months now. It was supposed to be by September or October if I remember correctly, but was delayed to December 31st due to the NBA lockout or something along those lines.

Dec 31 was announced a year ago. Prior to that, they had not picked a date.
Richard Peddie to retire from MLSE in one year

If the sale of MLSE had come off, he stood to make a major bonus - 8 digits I think.

With a pending sale, why would the Teachers hire a replacement when the new owners would want to hire their own exec?

Since the sale has fallen through, it wouldn't shock me if they have him hang around in some capacity until his replacement is in place unless they're promoting from within or going with an interim exec from within - which they could do promptly.

 

[Bender]

We're starting to build a bit of cushion, and we won't drop off out of the top 8 even if we lose the next couple of games. We can really start to build on developing a cushion. Unforunately, we're now in tough to be at the top of our division with Boston destroying it right now.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Just something I noticed while watching some out of market games. It used to be that when we talked about free agents signing in Toronto we'd say that there was potential for significant off-ice earnings because of the team's prominence in the market. Has that held up? I've noticed a lot of out of market broadcasts have commercials featuring the stars of their team for something or other but, I mean, aside from Reimer's clothing thing has anyone noticed any Leafs getting high profile endorsements? I think I saw Kessel on a billboard ad for canned tuna today but it was at high speed and I wasn't sure.

Dion Phaneuf for Citizen Eco-Drive watches.  Seen this advertisement on billboards and in magazines.

 

[Redleaf]

We're starting to build a bit of cushion, and we won't drop off out of the top 8 even if we lose the next couple of games. We can really start to build on developing a cushion. Unforunately, we're now in tough to be at the top of our division with Boston destroying it right now.

Not to mention the two upcoming matches against them.