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34 Comments
Glad my team won but Samsonov was as much Buffalo’s MVP as anyone who scored. He. Was. AWFUL. And right from the get-go. Clearly his mind wasn’t in the game.
Samsonov with a .737 svp? That’s just ‘plane’ bad.
Ottawa is gonna run with Martin until the end of the season in all likelihood and that's great he's exactly the coach they need
What’s the matter,Turk Broda,Johnny Bower,Mike Palmeteer!
just read the book, “Save of My Life…” by Corey Hirsch, recommend for hockey lovers…deep dive into one goalie’s psyche.
There are no Roys, Belfours or Haseks in the league anymore.
Ottawa needs to hire Alex burrows as HC.
I would love to see sabres against the laughs in the playoffs 🎉
Jon Gruden hasn’t coached hockey but he did alright coaching football;)
Was not expecting Anaheim to be selecting top 10 in the draft for a sixth year in a row but here we are. Just hope the kids continue to grow and gain experience at this point. Gibson could potentially fetch a haul with goaltending around the league being what it is. Also need to sell Henrique, Lyubushkin, potentially Fowler and whatever you can get for Silfvy. Just another brutal year. I don’t blame coaching. Bad luck, ridiculous penalty differential (other teams not getting called whereas we do) and lack of scoring talent are absolutely crushing us. We deserve the penalties we take for the most part but the calls aren’t being made for us when they should. Verbeek needs to talk to Bettman.
I hope Carlsson won't be gone for long, he was developing so well.
Can you please pronounce samsanovs current pronunciation right? 😅
Smart not to be an absolutist when talking about most any opinion based topic. So many prognosticators look foolish when they make declarative statements such as “so and so team can’t make the playoffs,” or whatever.
I expect things to turn around for the Sens. They are too talented for this to keep up.
Shannon: Thank you for the chance to donate to the West Coast Kids Cancer Foundation before the soon approaching holidays.
Potvin was great as a young Leafs goalie. It was when he left that his career nosedived.
Not an Ottawa fan but from what i’ve seen and heard maybe Brady isn’t mature enough for the C. Do what the Canucks did and go without and see if anyone steps up
Rangers are in first based on PPG – which is how the other leagues rank.
Keep forgetting Shannon’s a Boston fan. Can’t believe one man can salvage an entire franchise in my eyes
I'd love the Senators to get Patrick Roy but I'm not crossing my fingers.
Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup champions 2024
The issue with Toronto's defense is the guys who make it bad are healthy and back in the lineup. Without Klingberg, Giordano, Brodie and Liljegrin the defense looked incredible and was a big reason they blanked Pittsburgh 7-0. Lagesson sat out against Buffalo so TJ Brodie could get back into the lineup and it showed, he looked completely lost out there. There was a couple shifts where he looked like he thought he was a winger, he was up at the leafs blue line waiting for a breakout pass meanwhile Buffalos getting aneasy tap in goal at the net. Lagesson has quietly been a solid defensively responsible and physical presence and along with Benoit looked like they made the leafs better defensively. The plus minus doesn't tell the whole story Benoit has been solid Timmins was the liability on that pairing but at least Timmins is generating offense, Brodie on the other hand is an offensive defender who hasn't scored a goal in a calender year.
Sharks have two decent healthy goaltenders to trade. LETS DO IT GET SOME PICKS BABY
Merry Christmas to Shannon, and all other Canuck fans, you guys enjoy your team being first – well earned!
The Leafs not having a top10 goalie the last 5 years hurts them. Because otherwise the problems with the skaters would have been adresssed already. As you said, its not only the goaltending. The overall defensive behaviour is still not good enough.
HOW ARE THE NUCKS FIRST OVERALL
Ottawa needs find a new "Hamburgler".
I agree that Samsonov needs to play, but I don't see a future for him in Toronto. They need a goalie who they can count on in the play-offs.
I see Keefes logic behind Sammy start. It’s Buffalo just get out there and play. But 9 against is concerning… Pray Woll comes back soon and starts where he left off. Jones a solid backup.
Never mind Alvin for GM of the year. Alvin for Time magazine's man of the year.
I'd like to see a video looking at defence vs goaltending when it comes to teams with high goals against averages
To quote keefe, there was a highway to the leafs net. I completely agree, the defense in front of samsonov has been poor. It could just be that the team is less confident in front of samsonov
I wonder how much the leafs goalie coach is to blame, if they have 1. And even with Woll, they're not that great defensively. It's been their undoing really so good luck come April if these are the pairings on their back end, a very mediocre D.