i've come to the conclusion that Burke's failure is not the Kessel trade, but rather, keeping Ron Wilson as head coach. the reason for kessel's abysmal failure is that he's having issues with wilson. at this point, based on all the media coverage, a lot of people are getting the feeling that kessel and wilson are not looking eye-to-eye. furthermore, kadri's potential is being hindered by wilson. kadri is playing out of fear, the fear of fucking up. he refrains from scoring, due to the fear of fucking up. why? because of wilson. kadri was sat for the last 8 minutes of the tampa bay game, in lieu of bozak, who had more experience. but is that how you instill confidence in a young player? is that how you show you have confidence in the kid, and allowing the kid to play his game? the calls that were made by wilson are illogical and absolutely horrendous. johnny malkin? instead of hanson or caputi? why does he keep insisting to play a player who's hockey sense is so far up his ass, that he thinks he's as good as evgeni malkin? kessel is not the only one calling wilson out. schenn is calling him out as well. schenn, arguably our best and most consistent player, is also headbutting against the coach. name me one other coach that's having issues with his player? how do you coach a team, motivate a team, when you are having issues with your team? im sorry, but what's more important than getting brad richards, is to fire wilson. wilson has got to go. i firmly believe something is going to happen before christmas. either burke gets his head out of wilson's ass, or we trade for a great center. at the moment, i want to see wilson gone. the leafs would play like they have been at the end of last season. then, if we can get a brad richards type player, it's a double win. Fire Ron Wilson.
i think Colby Armstrong is playing tonight! & i think Giguere is backing up Wilson.. saying its not his fault. =.=. Burke.. do something. fuck!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CARL GUNNARSON KRIS VERSTEEG NAZEM KADRI PHIL KESSEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh, and a notable mention to Tim Thomas........... what a beast on that beauchemin shot..... i'm going to get a thomas jersey now.
When Beauchemin shot that.. i saw a Leafs player hand going up. Then down. That was my reaction too. My screamed YESS!.. then WTF?!!! Unbelievable night. Kadri got his shootout goal, Kessel too. & Versteeg game tying goal. Amaazing. Armstrong played really well too.. very physical.
yea that leafs player was armstrong i was watching this game at a party, pretty much everyone had the same reaction lmao yea armstrong played very well kessel played very well as a centerman, for someone who hasn't played center in a while... his faceoffs suck, but his playmaking is still there giguere with a nice glove save GREAT thinking of gunnarson, to go up when no one was there.... that was really smart of him, i had to replay that 10 times lol one thing i'd like to note, the reason why last year's KBK line (kulemin, bozak kessel) worked, was because you have a big guy (kulemin) go up to the net, a playmaker (bozak), and a sniper (kessel). the reason why the macarthur, grabovski and kulemin line works, is the same reason, kulemin the big guy, grabs the play maker, and macarthur, the shooter (although he's not known for it) if you take a look at any other top 6 lines of teams in the league, like caps, lightning, sharks, they all have lines with that combination. and tonight, when we had armstrong, kessel, versteeg, although they didn't score, they generated ample opportunities. armstrong the big guy, kessel the playmaker and versteeg the sniper, although in this line up, playmaking and sniping is shared between kessel and versteeg
I think the Leafs played great. It's just Tim Thomas was sooo amazingg..he's high 30's.. but he still performs really well. I was thinking.. "omg.. we're gonna lose another. We're not gonna score..".. then they actually scored after Kessel winning the draw. LOL.
Winning the draw is so important at those critical times, as it allows the players to actually perform their assignments.. a big reason why we won our first four games was due to mike zogomanis.. this kid sucks at everything else, but when it comes to faceoffs, nobody beats this guy.... i want him back...
what... lol seguin's goal was so ugly, giguere had to freeze to let the puck go in i don't see how seguin's luck goal on a frozen giguere is nicer.. kadri's goal was 1000 times nicer, he shows he can backhand, forehand, magic hands, ON TIM THOMAS. even a two year old can see that Kadri's was better lol Kadri's goal >> Seguin's goal by a long shot Seguin's horrible shot just got lucky that giguere froze Kadri backhanded top shelf on TIM THOMAS enuff said. here, i'll let you watch it again lol [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tCz0jeQKYQ"]YouTube - Leafs Bruins Shootout December 4[/ame]
