[Game Thread] Wings @ Leafs
by Casey Richey on Nov 7, 2009 5:08 PM CST
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PrintDetroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs, Nov 7, 2009 6:00 PM CST
The Toronto Maple Leafs come off a much needed win over the Carolina Hurricanes. The matchup was between the league's two worst teams, but that doesn't mean there's any reason to sleep on the Leafs. Detroit, however, is on a three game win streak and has gone 4-0-1 in the last 5 games.
This Original Six matchup will likely center around defense. Toronto is averaging only 2.43 goals a game and have a defenseman leading in the points column with Tomas Kaberle's 18.
What to look for: Lots of shooting from Detroit against a team that gives up the most goals in the league and has the worst penalty kill as well. Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Leino should be able to find seams in this defense and get shots to the net.
Puck drops at 7:00 p.m. ET and will air on CBC in Canada and NHL Network in the US
Pension Plan Puppets is the SB Nation Leafs affiliate.
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I want a SlapChop
In the worst way. And not just because Vince tells me I’ll love his nuts. We have a Bed Bath and Beyond version. Two slaps does not make a tuna less boring.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions
Over/Unders
Brad May fight :: 18 minutes of the 1st period
Darren Helm breakaway :: 9 minutes of the 1st period
First penalty :: 36 seconds
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:09 PM CST reply actions
First Leafs boo-ing?
AND WTF?? Maple Leafs are using Enter Sandman??? That’s Hokie tradition my friends…
These commentators...
on the top 10 goals countdown make me glad we have the guys at FS-D. Some of those dudes are ridiculous
I'll take that bet.
I remember when the Red Wings DIDN’T have Steve Yzerman. HA!
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
That would have been great.
Maybe we wouldn’t have sucked donkey nard for forty years. HA
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
i like
when Blackhawk fans go “oh yeah? i bet you weren’t a fan during the Dead Wings years were you?” and i always answer “yeah, been a fan since -23 dude”
Jim Hughson
Makes me feel like I’m playing NHL 2005.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:31 PM CST reply actions
For us non-HD peope
does the picture look absolutely terribe tonight or is it just me?
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
looks great on my set
and i dont have HD either. Contact your local cable or satellite provider for assistance haha
And don't forget to smash 0 repeatedly
To get a human being on the phone.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:36 PM CST up reply actions
it looks terrible tonight for me
and I thought it the picture had been getting gradually better the last couple games
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
Missed it...
Hope they show a replay.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
Did anyone think
Datsyuk was doing one of his crazy dekes when he dropped his stick. I did.
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
What a shift
If only Niklas Kronwall had taken that shot a little quicker.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:43 PM CST reply actions
And then that happens
Weak goal allowed by Chris “Weak Goal” Osgood
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
It's okay
I’m biased against Osgood.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
I should say...
I’m biased against terrible goaltending. I got no beef with Christopher, the man.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
same for Lebda
well…except for the expression he had on his face following the Havlat injury, not particularly cool in my book
I don't think I saw it.
But I’m sure I would have hated it, too. Some things have no place in hockey.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
"Osgood doesn't know where the puck is."
Momentary observation or career sum-up? HA
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:54 PM CST reply actions
holding penalty?
now it seems even more cheap
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
Better yet...
Called from CENTER ICE. Lame.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
Wonderful
Last minute goals are always confidence builders.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 7:02 PM CST reply actions
And Now
back to our regularly scheduled suck.
"Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me." -Dusty Baker on OBP
Phil Kessel scores first as a Maple Leaf
Kessel continues the path of Jason Blake’s shot (probably unnecessarily) to get his first goal as a Maple Leaf. Goal comes at 19:34 from Jason Blake and Ian White
it's the frickin maple leafs, treat 'em like the two win team they are
annoying to be down two goal to this team.
Granted, they are 1-1 since Kessel got back, so maybe it’s a new era or whatever for them? But still, what the heck?
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Wait a second....
Either the puck was loose, or a defenseman had it covered in the crease. one doesn’t deserve a whistle, and the other’s a penalty shot…
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 7:26 PM CST reply actions
Thats what I was thinking...
"Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me." -Dusty Baker on OBP
Furthermore...
Detroit has possession of the puck when they blew the whistle on this Maple Leafs penalty. I smell something afoot.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
Shorty against the worst team in the league.
FAIL
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 7:30 PM CST reply actions
Ugh
"Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me." -Dusty Baker on OBP
his right leg got caught
and he fell back on it at a weird angle. I’m guessing MCL or PCL strain at the least, tear at the worst…
Gustavsson looks good
I hate to admit it but he’s in perfect position almost every time…except his Dom Hasek moment.
He wanted the puck back
So he could immediately turn it back over.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
Helm's speed...
clutch with Rafalski missing on the pinch and leaving Stuart alone. Turned a 2 on 1 into an even rush.
SBN Godfather Mirtle talking smack on Twitter
Asking if “this is what Detroit looks like this season.” Heavy talk from the guy who covers the two-win Maple Leafs.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 7:59 PM CST reply actions
Way to go, NHL Network
Joining the third period in progress.
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 8:16 PM CST reply actions
Dan Cleary scores career goal 100
Both teams changing and Brian Rafalski makes a great pass to Dan Cleary who had only Gustavsson to beat.
Jason Williams suffered broken right leg
Per Khan, Mickey Redmond, Malik, and everyone else…
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 8:40 PM CST reply actions
Osgood with a chummy talk at the bench...
Nothing to get your panties in a bunch about, eh, Chris?
by Michael Petrella on Nov 7, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions
man good thing Ohio State won today
what the crap happened in Toronto geez lol
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
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