darkmanx

Mrazek has been great all year. He does let in soft goals from time to time, that seems to be his Achilles heel, but he is a big reason they've gotten so far - with 4 shutouts this post season.

I agree that he's not NHL ready, but at this rate he'll be a great successor to Howard.

This isn't the '80s anymore.  With the salary cap and the way the game is played now, there just isn't room on a roster for one dimensional players.  As someone else mentioned earlier in the thread, Tootoo isn't exactly a figher or an enforcer, he's more of a pest.  But he needs to bring more to the table than that.  He needs to score more, be good defensively, a good penalty killer, dominate on faceoffs, just something else.  Taking penalties at inopportune times doesn't help any either. 

 

I don't remember him taking any more dumb penalties than Smith, Quincey or Abdelkader.  What are these penalties that Tootoo took this season?  I don't remember him costing us too many games.  

 

He's not one-dimensional either.  Look at his career numbers and then look at Tony Twist's or Stu Grimson's.  How is Tootoo one-dimensional?  He fights and he lays good bodychecks.  Scores as many points as most 4th liners in the league.  What is he not doing right?  

 

I feel like there's too many posters here who look at all 4th line fighters as being in the same basket.  Too much stereotyping.  

 

 

It gives one of the best coaches in the game some time to work his magic.

Doesn't matter how much magic Babcock has if his players aren't willing to put forth the effort needed.  Hold the 1 goal lead.  You have a top 5 goalie behind you for f***'s sake.  Give the guy a hand.

So I didn't get to watch the game (except for the last few minutes).  Anybody want to give me a summer...without blaming the refs?

 

Brendan Smith on defense.

 

Invisible play from our top players on offense.

To Detroit:

Steve Downie
Chuck Kobasew
Shane O'Brien

To Colorado:

Gustav Nyquist
Cory Emmerton
Jakub Kindl

Gus is playing himself into "untouchable" territory me thinks.

To Detroit:

Steve Downie
Chuck Kobasew
Shane O'Brien

To Colorado:

Gustav Nyquist
Cory Emmerton
Jakub Kindl

You forgot the sarcasm tag at the end.  Please tell me you forgot the /sarcasm.

Smith and Aki Berg are the same person.

 

Cut bait with this guy.  Ericsson was never half this bad.  

Ian White should be playing instead of Smith.

 

And not because I think Ian White is good.  

Who do you put in for Smith?

 

Smith is not overripe.

 

He's rotten!

Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi

Filppula - Franzen - Samuelsson

Nyquist - Andersson - Brunner

Cleary - Abdelkader - Eaves

 

= W X 2

Ovechkin with the amazing backcheck last night:

Not gonna lie, I liked Big Bert out there tonight

And the leafs lost...Woooooo!!!