Only a preseason game, but losing with Marner, Tavares and your top 2 defensemen in the lineup to arguably the worst team in the league????

Lord the Leafs Defense may actually be worst than I thought....
- RedRevenge

That's why they should blow it up, trade Matthews to the Hawks for a conditional pick and demote Marner to the Marlies. It's the only way. Maybe keep Tavares for the sake of publicity, they can sell some jerseys that way, I dunno.

Only a preseason game, but losing with Marner, Tavares and your top 2 defensemen in the lineup to arguably the worst team in the league????

Lord the Leafs Defense may actually be worst than I thought....
- RedRevenge

........i have a message for you which you may have missed.... marner signed, so your whole prediction was wrong. No one signed offer sheets, we didn't have to blow up the team. So I can only conclude you are an idiot. As for the message
..SUCK IT RED REVENGE

That's why they should blow it up, trade Matthews to the Hawks for a conditional pick and demote Marner to the Marlies. It's the only way. Maybe keep Tavares for the sake of publicity, they can sell some jerseys that way, I dunno.
- 13sundin13

Wut?

No way the hawks take matthews without 50% retained. Have you seen the crap on their roster?

Only a preseason game, but losing with Marner, Tavares and your top 2 defensemen in the lineup to arguably the worst team in the league????

Lord the Leafs Defense may actually be worst than I thought....
- RedRevenge

Top 2 dmen?


Lol at making assumptions based off first preseason game

Sens didn't dress hainsey and zaitsev so,

Only a preseason game, but losing with Marner, Tavares and your top 2 defensemen in the lineup to arguably the worst team in the league????

Lord the Leafs Defense may actually be worst than I thought....
- RedRevenge

I know it's just preseason but troll.

I know it's just preseason but troll.
- Zezel

Everyone is in preseason form, even the trolls.

Everyone is in preseason form, even the trolls.
- burn

Tonight is a must-win.

Tonight is a must-win.
- Zezel

Agreed, Dubas must have his ass on the line by now.

Scouting Report from last night:

The Goat played well... but still can’t score.

Marincin looked like he was handling a Grenade at times.

Other then the horrid giveaway, Mitch was 11 million worth of Magic.

Korshkov looked like a tank out there and seems to have a nice ‘edge’ to his game...

Bonus:
Freddy with the ridiculous save on the first shot/breakaway of the game by Duclair.

Every time preseason starts I immediately reminisce back to the first season we signed Eddy the Eagle. I remember most of us were hesitant because of his age, but hopefully optimistic.

The first time we had a chance to watch him was the preseason. It might have been the worst preseason performance of all time by an NHL star. Eddy looked totally disinterested. Everything was going in. Could have been playing half in the bag for all we know. Lots of people were worried, it was that bad. Then the real season started and Eddy flipped the ‘caring’ switch and had a tremendous season.

I learned an important lesson that season my friends. For established NHL’s the preseason means nothing. They were jiz-zing all over Duclair last night, but that is meaningless. He was obviously givin’ her because of his career situation. Same with the goat.

In these games the only thing that concerns you is injuries to star players getting ran at. For example, I saw some kid on Ottawa running around last night, took a healthy run or 2 at Marner and a few others. Hate that. Makes me cringe...

Tonight is a must-win.
- Zezel

HUGE GAME TONIGHT

1967-WAFFLES-‘we won a friggin lotery’

Scouting Report from last night:

The Goat played well... but still can’t score.

Marincin looked like he was handling a Grenade at times.

Other then the horrid giveaway, Mitch was 11 million worth of Magic.

Korshkov looked like a tank out there and seems to have a nice ‘edge’ to his game...

Bonus:
Freddy with the ridiculous save on the first shot/breakaway of the game by Duclair.
- Hockey_Reverend

Agreed on the Goat. No finish to his game, but he was probably the most effective player in the game.

As much as it hurts me to say, I'd disagree on Marincin. I thought he was good yesterday. He was very effective on the PK, and he made some smart plays. In the battle for the 5/6/7 D-spots, Marincin, Holl, Schmaltz and Gravel all played last night, and I thought they performed in that order. Tonight it will be interesting to see the other D-guys in the mix (Sandin, Lilljegren, Harpur and Kivihalme).

I guess maybe I thought we'd see more out of Korshkov, but overall I wasn't super impressed. It's the first game for all of them, so the impression is what it is - maybe he was lacking chemistry or just wasn't "there" yet, but I didn't think he was competing all that hard.

Every time preseason starts I immediately reminisce back to the first season we sign Eddy the Eagle. I remember most of us were hesitant because of his age, but hopefully optimistic.

The first time we had a chance to watch him was the preseason. It might have been the worst preseason performance of all time by an NHL star. Eddy looked totally disinterested. Everything was going in. Could have been playing half in the bag for all we know. Lots of people were worried, it was that bad. Then the real season started and Eddy flipped the ‘caring’ switch and had a tremendous season.

I learned an important lesson that season my friends. For established NHL’s the preseason means nothing. They were jiz-zing all over Duclair last night, but that is meaningless. He was obviously givin’ her because of his career situation. Same with the goat.

In these games the only thing that concerns you is injuries to star players getting ran at. For example, I saw some kid on Ottawa running around last night, took a healthy run or 2 at Marner and a few others. Hate that. Makes me cringe...
- Hockey_Reverend

Funny, I have a similar - but more predictive memory. I remember going to see the final preseason game in 2000. My (now wife) and I had just finished moving into our condo in downtown, met up with our friends, and drove out to Copps to see the game. I was pretty excited because our "goalie of the future" Mikael Tellqvist was going to be in net.

After we were crushed 6-3, in an interview after the game, Tellqvist said, "They play differently over here. They one-time the puck quite a bit."

That's when I knew he wasn't the goalie of the future afterall.

TSN:

“Byfuglien believed to be weighing future“

Anyone else see the irony in this headline?

Lost to the Sens 🧐

#firebabcock

TSN:

“Byfuglien believed to be weighing future“

Anyone else see the irony in this headline?
- Hockey_Reverend

What’s wrong with Buff, battling addiction or mental issues?

Or maybe he says (frank) it, and has decide to take his millions and live on the lake eating bon bons and crushing pints.

Funny, I have a similar - but more predictive memory. I remember going to see the final preseason game in 2000. My (now wife) and I had just finished moving into our condo in downtown, met up with our friends, and drove out to Copps to see the game. I was pretty excited because our "goalie of the future" Mikael Tellqvist was going to be in net.

After we were crushed 6-3, in an interview after the game, Tellqvist said, "They play differently over here. They one-time the puck quite a bit."

That's when I knew he wasn't the goalie of the future afterall.
- Monkeypunk

Oh my god that is a sad story.

What’s wrong with Buff, battling addiction or mental issues?

Or maybe he says (frank) it, and has decide to take his millions and live on the lake eating bon bons and crushing pints.
- Garnie

Hopefully it’s nothing serious. Maybe he didn’t work out this summer and doesn’t want to get in shape for the season.

Either way wpg seems to be taking a step back this year.

Glad it was a preseason game cause that was boring as fack.

Preseason, glad when it starts, happier when it ends

Glad it was a preseason game cause that was boring as fack.

Preseason, glad when it starts, happier when it ends
- Fakepartofme

Tru dat.

I don't know why they have to play 8 games either. Start the season earlier, end it sooner or give them more days off in the schedule.

Tru dat.

I don't know why they have to play 8 games either. Start the season earlier, end it sooner or give them more days off in the schedule.
- gravyface

Next weeks rosters will be more interesting when the get down closer to the actual team.

Glad it was a preseason game cause that was boring as fack.

Preseason, glad when it starts, happier when it ends
- Fakepartofme

I didnt watch, really dont care about the pre-season games.
But its good to see the Trolls are waiting to pounce after 1 meaningless game

Tru dat.

I don't know why they have to play 8 games either. Start the season earlier, end it sooner or give them more days off in the schedule.
- gravyface

Agreed.
5 preseason games max.
But they have to milk it.

Tru dat.

I don't know why they have to play 8 games either. Start the season earlier, end it sooner or give them more days off in the schedule.
- gravyface

Preseason games sell, so they sell 8 of them.