Preseason GDT 1: Leafs vs Sens W4-2

[Propellertop]

a fight?? Really?

Seems like a good check with the kid reaching for the puck..not sure what he got the penalty for although cowan has to get the instigator by coming in and going after Phaneuf.

 

[Arn]

Did he say Mike Hoffman playing for the Senators?

Wonder if that's the Hoffman who played in Belfast, Northern Ireland last year.. He's decent.

Nope, apparently a different one!

 

[lamajama]

a fight?? Really?

A penalty to Dion? Really?

Edit: not really...

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Is it me, or do the Leafs look quicker than they did last season?

No, it's just Gardiner. He's so fast he makes the whole team look faster.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of those kinds of penalties this season.

Or not....

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Might we actually see the fabled instigator penalty?

 

[pnjunction]

Man every year I start off thinking "Maybe I'll pay for Leafs TV this year, it was a steaming pile last year but they must've fixed it by now!"

And then it takes 10 tries and 10 minutes to load the login page.

Then it rejects the postal code of my condo building and I have to use a different one.

Then the info page freezes up when I click to check my user name.  Still waiting for it to reload.

Thanks for nothing Leafs TV, off to find other streams I go.

 

[donkeyy0]

Wow, Gardiner...nice!

 

[bustaheims]

I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of those kinds of penalties this season.

Refs are already in mid-season form. That's as questionable an elbowing call as I can remember from last season.

 

[L K]

Kadri says 'hello NHL', and what a nice pass by Gardiner.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

woooo

The Good Guys with the opener!  (uh oh, am I missing Bear?)

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Is that the new post-goal music they're going to play?  :-X

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Wow, Gardiner...nice!

I don't think it's going to be too long before he's playing full time for the Leafs..

 

[bustaheims]

woooo

The Good Guys with the opener!  (uh oh, am I missing Bear?)

You're probably going to want to make a 43 . . . ;D

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

nope, got this one!

First smiling bear of the season:

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

woooo

The Good Guys with the opener!  (uh oh, am I missing Bear?)

You're probably going to want to make a 43 . . . ;D

if that's KadriBear, already on deck......

 

[donkeyy0]

Wow, Gardiner...nice!

I don't think it's going to be too long before he's playing full time for the Leafs..

Ya, I caught a couple games at Ricoh when he came to the Marlies...kid is really really talented. It seems like physically he's a step above most at that level, he just needs to get acclimated to the pro game. He's gonna be really good imo.

 

[riff raff]

A little late with this but I can't help but think that a preseason game isn't the place to have your memorial to lost friends. The first game of the season, when there is a full crowd and television audience seems more appropriate.

 

[bustaheims]

I don't think it's going to be too long before he's playing full time for the Leafs..

I wouldn't expect it to happen until next season - a full season as a pro will be a big help - but, I don't think it'll be much longer than that.

 

[L K]

It wasn't a high pressure situation there but Gustavsson wasn't flopping all over the crease there, he was coming out to play angles and wasn't going down early.