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Another nice, solid win for the Leafs tonight, expanding their lead in the division. I'm not impressed with Montreal - not sure how they are/were the highest scoring team in the league but I guess having 11 goals from the defense is a big help. Still early, but Leafs sure look like the class of the Canadian division and with all their injuries their depth is showing.
Who's up for a Leafs/Flyers Stanley Cup final!!!
Oskar Lindblom, the left winger who beat a rare bone cancer last year, and center Scott Laughton were added to the Flyers’ COVID-19 protocol list released by the NHL Friday evening.
The Flyers now have seven players on the list, including Justin Braun, Morgan Frost, Claude Giroux, Travis Sanheim, and Jake Voracek.
Better now than when the playoffs arrive.Bummer...
I saw the highlight, they won 1 - 0. Isles faced the Sabres who are short guys due to Covid. Typical grinder but Buffalo had nothing left in the 3rd, no shots on goal including most of a power play. Nice 3-1 victory for Trotz!My Yotes finally finish their 7 game series with the Blues. Jesus.
Tough games my behind. Play in the east, no easy games. Boston feeling the loss of Chara & Krug. Smoked on consecutive days by the Isles and Rangers. First time since 89 Isles have scored 5 in a period against them. First time since I think 2007 since the Ranges beat them by 4 or more.A lot can change in a week in the new divisions. Montreal looked poised to challenge the Leafs for first and now they're looking for a new coach as they fall out of the playoff picture.
Tough week for the Leafs coming up - three straight in Edmonton then two more in Vancouver, all while they don't have their number one or number two goalies and other key injuries slowing them down. Good thing they've built up a cushion with good play in the first third of the season.
And what's going on in the East? Seems like playoff seeding is going to be key in the East - so many of the teams have a nemesis they can't seem to beat. Winner of the East will be the lucky one who avoids the team that kills them regularly.
What are you talking about? Boston hasn't had Chara and Krug all season and has led the East from start until now - feeling their loss? nonsense - if so, they wouldn't be leading the division. Like most teams every year, they're just having a mini slump. Is Rask injured? Their top defenseman injured? Their top forward? All at the same time?Tough games my behind. Play in the east, no easy games. Boston feeling the loss of Chara & Krug. Smoked on consecutive days by the Isles and Rangers. First time since 89 Isles have scored 5 in a period against them. First time since I think 2007 since the Ranges beat them by 4 or more.
That is an extremely dopey and bitter post from someone who hasn't seen their team win a cup in over 50 years. The "Barn" rocks and was filled to capacity for many games and now they have a brand new stadium in a better location with some public transportation. If the leafs were playing the Isles, Flyers, Caps, Pens and Bruins every night you guys would be crying.Big advantage the Islanders have this year - with no fans allowed in the stands, Islanders feel like every game is a home game.
Not "bent out of shape" at all by anything you said - I posted a comment and you made an idiotic response to it that ignored the gist of the comment - if anyone is all bent out of shape, it would be you. Leafs haven't won a Cup in 54 years but the team has sold out every game in those 54 years and the Leafs have a fan base that spans this entire country and parts of yours as well. Might be the only team in the league that made money in the pandemic year because of that fan base. The biggest thing keeping the Leafs from winning a Cup is the league's salary cap that keeps a rich and successful team like the Leafs tied down so that teams like the Islanders can survive and compete.That is an extremely dopey and bitter post from someone who hasn't seen their team win a cup in over 50 years. The "Barn" rocks and was filled to capacity for many games and now they have a brand new stadium in a better location with some public transportation. If the leafs were playing the Isles, Flyers, Caps, Pens and Bruins every night you guys would be crying.
All bent out of shape because I said the east was a lot tougher? What a thin skinned whinner. Enjoy the regular season. Can't wait until the loafs have to face a team other than those in Canada.
I didn't attack any of this and you are probably correct. I also didn't denigrate the leafs in any way shape or form in my original post nor did I mention Taveras. YOU are the one who brought up Taveras and took a swipe at the Isles. My thrust was that the competition is better in the east than the Canadian division. Yes they travel more but like you said have less Covid issues. In addition as has been pointed out there are 2 MLB teams, 2 NFL teams, 3 NHL teams, 2 NBA teams and 2 MLS teams in the NY Metro area. (and 3 horse race tracks). I know its sacrilege to Canadians but there is more to life than hockey. I went to 3 Isles games the last season of the Coliseum, the place was packed each time and was rockin, especially against the Rangers. Brooklyn was a poor choice for a team from the Island and a poor building for viewing hockey. Fortunately their home building next year will awesome!Not "bent out of shape" at all by anything you said - I posted a comment and you made an idiotic response to it that ignored the gist of the comment - if anyone is all bent out of shape, it would be you. Leafs haven't won a Cup in 54 years but the team has sold out every game in those 54 years and the Leafs have a fan base that spans this entire country and parts of yours as well. Might be the only team in the league that made money in the pandemic year because of that fan base. The biggest thing keeping the Leafs from winning a Cup is the league's salary cap that keeps a rich and successful team like the Leafs tied down so that teams like the Islanders can survive and compete.
Just to refresh - I made three points in my original post that you responded to - one, things change fast in this new division system where every game is critical in the standings - doesn't matter how "tough" one perceives the competition - two, the Leafs have a tough schedule this week, playing three straights games in Edmonton then two in Vancouver, all while having significant injuries and while Edmonton is/was on a roll and had moved into second place in the North division - and three, that the teams in the East all seem to have trouble beating one team and that the final standings will be critical to those teams success when the playoffs start - an example would be if the Flyers make it and have to play the Bruins, whom they haven't beaten all year. Islanders have trouble with the Penguins as another example and the Bruins having trouble with the Islanders another. All of those points are legitimate, fair comment, and you decided to attack them with some whiny ass complaints you have about the Islanders.
And as for every game in the East being "tough", having looked at the record, seems like the Islanders have had a majority of their wins against basically the Bruins and Buffalo - Sabres, other than on Long Island, aren't considered a league juggernaut.
I want to see a rematch after 2 ot losses. Nice 2 - 0 shut out of the pens with Sorokin in goal. 20 shots allowed. Should have won yesterday but it's fun to watch. Every game is a nail biter.Flyers.
Two games back to back against Sabres in Buffalo.
Two different goalies.
Two 3-0 shut-outs.
Good weekend.
We will see. Hard to declare a best team when you don't face 75% of the opposition.Pretty dominating series for the Leafs in Edmonton, outscoring the Oilers 13-1 in three games in their building, using three different goalies. Edmonton came into the series on an 11-2 win run and the Leafs pretty much shut out the league's two leading scorers.
It's still early, not yet half way through the season, but hard to argue against the Leafs as the best team in the league, to date, regardless of what you may think of the opposition. Number one offense, top five defense, 14 games over .500, best record on the road, number one power play on the road, winning record against every team in their division. Fun team to watch so far.
It's not hard at all, if you examine the facts. There isn't a professional sports league in North America that has a balanced schedule for all teams, and yet observers are able to view the available data and make such judgements. As many state, you can only take care of the games on your schedule, and how you handle them determines your relative ability and standing within the league. Playoffs, clearly, determine who is playing the best at the time it counts most, but playoff victories don't necessarily indicate which team is the best team, just which team is playing the best and many times luckiest, including health of the players, at that particular time.We will see. Hard to declare a best team when you don't face 75% of the opposition.
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