Toronto Maple Leafs Thread

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Well here's news that every Tucker hater will be glad to hear

Leafs' Tucker sidelined indefinitely


TSN.ca Staff

10/22/2007 1:15:28 PM

Maple Leafs forward Darcy Tucker will be sidelined indefinitely after sustaining a knee injury in Saturday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Tucker suffered ligament damage to his right knee during a collision early in the third period of Saturday's 6-4 loss.

Tucker has one goal and four assist in seven games this season.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=221162&hubname=

Haha, you beat me too it.
You (and they) spelled his name wrong too. It's 'F', not 'T'.

kenshunt

Well Darcy Fucker is out for awhile with a knee injury, he hasn't been his Fucker self this season anyway's.

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Well Darcy Fucker is out for awhile with a knee injury, he hasn't been his Fucker self this season anyway's.

Good fuckin' riddance!

kenshunt

Thrashers down Maple Leafs in shoot out
Ilya Kovalchuk

The Canadian Press

10/24/2007 2:47:25 AM

TORONTO - If there was ever a game the Toronto Maple Leafs could turn their season around with, this was it.

But they simply couldn't make it happen.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored the winner in a shootout on Tuesday night to lift the last-place Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-4 victory over the Maple Leafs.

Toronto did well just to earn a point after Alex Ponikarovsky tied the game with 10 seconds left in regulation, but it was of little consolation to a team that is now 3-4-3 despite playing eight of the first 10 games on home ice.

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"It's all about the wins right now and we didn't win today," said Leafs forward Alex Steen. "One point is not good enough for us."





Not only did the Thrashers enter the game with the NHL's worst record, they were also playing without injured starting goalie Kari Lehtonen and were only a couple games removed from the firing of coach Bob Hartley.

But Toronto played tentatively in front of 19,210 jittery fans at Air Canada Centre and was again victimized by a few defensive lapses. A neutral-zone turnover in the third period allowed Todd White to score the goal that put Atlanta ahead 4-3.

Even though the Maple Leafs managed to tie it, they were in tough in the shootout against an Atlanta team that had Slava Kozlov, Marian Hossa and Kovalchuk waiting to take a turn.

"That's the team you don't want to get in a shootout with," said Leafs coach Paul Maurice.

Tobias Enstrom, with his first NHL goal, Kovalchuk, Eric Perrin and Todd White scored in regulation for the Thrashers (2-7-0).

They are now 2-1 since GM Don Waddell took over an interim basis for Hartley. The Thrashers were just happy to get out of Toronto with a victory in the second game of a seven-game road trip. They next play at Nashville on Thursday.

"It's just nice to get a win and help ourselves get over the hump," said defenceman Ken Klee, a former Maple Leaf. "We really needed this. It wasn't pretty by any means, but we'll take this and try to build on it on this road trip."

Mats Sundin, Hal Gill, Nik Antropov and Ponikarovsky scored in regulation for Toronto, which plays in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

It would be hard to imagine where the Leafs might be without Sundin, their 36-year-old captain. He added two assists to move into a tie for first in league scoring with Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg at 17 points.

"He is just losing years every game," said Maurice. "He's fantastic. You've just got to marvel at him."

The Leafs started the game strong and Sundin opened the scoring just 13 seconds into the first period. Moments after Atlanta had botched a breakout chance, Sundin came out from behind the goal and squeezed a wraparound by the pad of Johan Hedberg.

Kovalchuk displayed his speed a little over four minutes later to help the Thrashers tie it 1-1. He drew a Maple Leafs defender into the corner on a rush before flipping the puck to Enstrom, who beat Toskala under the arm.

Toronto looked fragile as the period wore on, seemingly afraid to make a mistake. It's been a reoccurring theme this season.

"We're (only) playing great in spurts," said Leafs forward Jason Blake. "I don't know why that is. I don't know how we fix it."

Kovalchuk made it 2-1 with 33 seconds to play in the first period when he skated right into the middle of the offensive zone and beat Toskala with a nice wrist shot. The Maple Leafs goalie could hardly be faulted as he was screened by both Antropov and defenceman Pavel Kubina.

Gill drew the Maple Leafs even with his first goal of the season early in the second period. The lumbering defenceman intercepted the pass in the neutral zone and skated over the blue-line before wiring a shot by Hedberg at 1:12.

The Maple Leafs had a glorious chance to take the lead later in the period, but Ponikarovsky missed a wide empty net with a backhand shot. He then promptly took a high-sticking penalty on Darren Haydar. The Thrashers capitalized at 14:12 when Perrin one-timed a shot over the shoulder of a screened Toskala as Ponikarovsky's penalty expired.

But Toronto again climbed back as Antropov followed Blake on a rush and flipped a rebound over Hedberg at 16:19 on a Leafs power play. After exchanging goals in the third, Atlanta pulled it out in the shootout and sent Maple Leafs fans home unhappy.

Toronto plays six of its next seven games away from Air Canada Centre and is going to need to be much better if it hopes to make good on Maurice's pre-season promise that the team will make the playoffs.

"We've got to be darn good on the road now," said the Leafs coach. ". but it doesn't matter where you're successful - you've just got to be successful somewhere."

Notes: Shots were tied 36-36 . Atlanta won three of the four meetings between the teams a year ago . Leafs defenceman Anton Stralman made his NHL debut and wore No. 36. He replaced healthy scratch Andy Wozniewski . Tony Salmelainen has left Toronto's AHL team and returned to Finland. The forward isn't expected to return and has been suspended.



http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=221274&hubname=

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Blah blah blah...

10 games in and the season is doomed?
Bahahaha, I wish the Canadian press, CBC, and sometimes TSN would follow Fucker and tuck off.

kenshunt

Well u tell me the game reviews on http://www.mapleleafs.com are more leafs biased, so i went to a different source, but it's either not as bad as it seems or it's an out right disaster depending were the info is coming from lol.

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Well u tell me the game reviews on http://www.mapleleafs.com are more leafs biased, so i went to a different source, but it's either not as bad as it seems or it's an out right disaster depending were the info is coming from lol.

It is ALWAYS the best or worst case scenario with the Leafs, never the middle of the road..
Toronto sun: "The pressure of the Leafs' staggering 3-4-3 start continues to snowball..." ...that is staggering? Why the heck didn't they mention Atlanta's 1-7 (as of pre-game time last night) record. THAT is staggering.

"Despite Maurice's constant pleas to stay out of the penalty box, the message is falling on deaf ears. In the past two games, opponents have had 12 power plays to Toronto's four."

Yes, 6 penalties a game is outrageous, fire them all.

I guess bias in favor of the team is less annoying than the opposite. Although I'm sure even the favorable sites will rip them a new one when the losses double the wins.

Rygar

On the other hand, all this doomsday stuff will have JFJ shipped out soon if it keeps up, so that will please the Johnny haters.

kenshunt

Well if JFJ gets fired=good thing

Hawkshore

kenshunt wrote:

Well if JFJ gets fired=good thing

Ken it looks like we agree on a hockey matter!!!

Hawkshore wrote:

Hey Ken there is always next year in leaf land

..............and besides another shitty year is a small price to pay to seal the fate of JFJ!

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Well if JFJ gets fired=good thing

Hence, "On the other hand..." :P
I obviously cannot root for your team Ken, so I hope he stays.

even flow?

With 10 seconds left, against the worst team in the league, the Laughs gave the home crowd something to get excited about as they tied the game. Well this reporter says, if that is something to get excited about, then it is going to be a long season.

Hitting the road for six games will give the Laughs a chance to play some loose hockey and not have to worry about reading the home press.

I don't know why Sundin stays around. This reporter says he could be on a Stanley Cup contender by the time the Laughs are out of the playoff run with about 15 to 20 games left in the season.

Tucker didn't play last night and it looked like the previous games with him in the lineup. Nobody noticed!



Nothing like being a die hard (and fast) fan, eh Kenny?

Rygar

even flow? wrote:

With 10 seconds left, against the worst team in the league, the Laughs gave the home crowd something to get excited about as they tied the game. Well this reporter says, if that is something to get excited about, then it is going to be a long season.

Hitting the road for six games will give the Laughs a chance to play some loose hockey and not have to worry about reading the home press.

I don't know why Sundin stays around. This reporter says he could be on a Stanley Cup contender by the time the Laughs are out of the playoff run with about 15 to 20 games left in the season.

Tucker didn't play last night and it looked like the previous games with him in the lineup. Nobody noticed!



Nothing like being a die hard (and fast) fan, eh Kenny?

Zing!

Rygar

Playoff bound!!!!!!!!! Wooo hooo!!!!



I'm sure there's an article in Toronto, Onterrible reviewing the win last night that suggests the above sentiment.

even flow?

Rygar wrote:

Playoff bound!!!!!!!!! Wooo hooo!!!!



I'm sure there's an article in Toronto, Onterrible reviewing the win last night that suggests the above sentiment.

I don't know about playoff bound, but, it is good to see young guys who get a chance and who don't have a big contract come out and play hockey.

Rygar

even flow? wrote:

I don't know about playoff bound, but, it is good to see young guys who get a chance and who don't have a big contract come out and play hockey.

Playoff bound, obviously, was meant in sarcasm directed a particular way (we all know how much I love Toronto-based media).

Good call on the rookie though, 1 NHL game, 2 NHL goals.

kenshunt

Tlusty leads Maple Leafs past Penguins


The Canadian Press

10/25/2007 11:27:04 PM

PITTSBURGH - During a confusing season in which neither the Maple Leafs nor the Penguins know what they will get from night to night, Jiri Tlusty gave Toronto far more than possibly could be expected in his first NHL game.

Tlusty, called up the day before, scored two goals 35 seconds apart during a four-goal flurry in the third period and the Maple Leafs shook off an early season slump for a 5-2 victory Thursday night that ended Pittsburgh's three-game winning streak.

"The NHL was my dream, now I've played in my first game and in my first game I scored my first two goals," said the 19-year-old Tlusty, a native of the Czech Republic and the No. 13 overall pick in 2006. "It's great."

Alexander Steen scored Toronto's first goal and had two assists and Mats Sundin added an assist while being largely responsible for shifting the momentum the Maple Leafs' way after the Penguins kept a 1-0 lead for half the game.





"We made some mistakes, and every mistake we made was in our net," Crosby said.

The Maple Leafs, the league's worst defensive team after giving up 42 goals in eight games, tied it 1-1 midway through the second when Steen scored his second goal. Not long before, the Maple Leafs survived nearly four continuous minutes of Penguins power-play time.

Tlusty, who was playing for Toronto's Marlies farm club, made it 2-1 by setting up in front of goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and deflecting Steen's 35-footer over Fleury's left shoulder 1:45 into the third. Steen was initially credited with the goal.

As a result, Tlusty thought he had scored his first career goal 35 seconds later with a strong wrist shot from the left faceoff circle. Pavel Kubina assisted on both of Tlusty's goals.

"I closed my eyes and took the shot and said, `We'll see,' and it went in," Tlusty said of his second goal, which he thought was his first.

The Maple Leafs kept the puck from that goal, thinking it was his first, but apparently did not retrieve the puck from what became his first goal. Tlusty had one goal in five Marlies games.

"Jiri had a great game for us," Steen said. "He used his speed, got to the puck quickly and as soon as we got open it felt like he would find us. He played a great hockey game defensively as well. He'll be flying after this."

He already was.

Tlusty was so excited when general manager John Ferguson called at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to tell him to report to the Maple Leafs' practice that day, he never went back to sleep. The third player called up by the Leafs this week, Tlusty made an immediate impact on a team that had allowed 22 goals in its four most recent losses.

"I was nervous before the game, but after the first period my nerves calmed down," Tlusty said. "After the second period, I felt real good."

Toronto, previously 0-4-1 against Pittsburgh the last two seasons, again scored twice barely 30 seconds apart later in the third with Tomas Kaberle and Boyd Devereaux getting goals. Previously, Toronto had been outscored 17-9 in the third period.

"We had some fun, they were talking to each other and there was no tension," Toronto coach Paul Maurice said. "I was happy for them. They've been tight for a while and that was a great breakthrough."

Fleury had turned aside 66 of 67 shots in winning his last two starts, only to give up five goals on 27 shots during a ragged performance. Toronto goalie Vesa Toskala made 23 saves.

"We weren't concentrating when we came out (in the third) and we gave them chances pretty much and they capitalized on it," Gonchar said.

Penguins coach Michel Therrien was perplexed with a team that was coming off three consecutive one-goal victories.

"I was really surprised," he said. "We didn't compete. We didn't execute. When you don't executive, you create turnovers."

Notes: Penguins C Maxime Talbot left with a neck injury after being rammed face-first into the boards in the Toronto end while trying to deliver a check on Ian White late in the first. The Penguins disclosed no other details. .. Pittsburgh was 1-for-6 on the power play. .. Therrien switched up his lines, with last season's rookie of the year, Evgeni Malkin, playing with Crosby for the first time. .. Toronto won for the first time in three road games (1-1-1). The Maple Leafs began a stretch of six of seven on the road.



http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=221423&hubname=

kenshunt

Bring on the broadway blue shirts

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Bring on the broadway blue shirts

Tonight, or tomorrow?

Did you like my joke?

Price against Pittsburgh again. They're going to be playing well after getting stomped though...

kenshunt

Rygar wrote:

Tonight, or tomorrow?

Did you like my joke?

Price against Pittsburgh again. They're going to be playing well after getting stomped though...

Hockey Night In Canada(Saturday)but there in the Big Apple tomorrow, well u know im watching Price closely cause the Leafs wanted him in that draft and ended up with Rask who later got traded for Raycroft:(