sbhatt

A friend of mine and I were talking about this a couple of days ago. I think PK would be a solid addition on a sensible 2 year deal: our powerplay needs a big shot threat from the blueline, and he's a reasonable middle/bottom pairing dman at this stage of his career. He'd be a placeholder until one of our young talents can out-compete him for the job.

That game was a lot of fun to watch.. Love the fight in these kids; they didn't fold when Tampa got up 3-1 like this team would have earlier this season. I like the effort and attitude in the current lineup...would be happy to never see Petry or Drouin out there again.

Agree. I think he has an attitude problem.

Always feels good to beat those scumbags....looked good on the greasy mustache that he coughed the puck up on the winning goal.

I hope this is the last time we see Lagesson on the blueline. Handles the puck like a hand grenade in his own end.

Normally I'm all about draft position, but this is the Leafs, so 2 points be damned...I hope they find a way to win. Matthews getting absolutely obliterated would give me warm and fuzzy feelings inside too (the look of that guy just annoys me).

Glad Anderson is back. Drouin...not so much.

Agreed. Gallagher produces at a 4th line clip anymore....he's terrible.

Agree 100%....I'm annoyed by the hire. Not only would I not hire Lecavalier, I wouldn't let him into the building unless he was a paying customer. F**k him.

A close loss where Caufield scores...perfect outcome.

Great...a Quebecois celebrity hire. If that's all this management group wanted as a placeholder with no coaching experience, why not think bigger? Hire A-list Quebecois celebrity Georges St. Pierre instead!

Petry clearly quit a long time ago, and needs to go. I'd give him a stint in the pressbox until I could move him, were it not for cap considerations.

There are two ways to deal with this. One would be to pressbox him. The other would be to throw him out there for 30 minutes every night to both punish him and maximize the tank effort. Hard minutes though...zero time on the powerplay. Either way, he's a bum and I want him gone...but until that can happen, make him pay.

God Bless you diehards for continuing to watch, especially with a WJC game on right now.

It was overdue. Especially happy with them finally flushing Timmins...we have drafted so poorly that it boggles the mind that he's lasted so long.

Don't blame me...I've hardly watched them the past couple of weeks. They are playing like s*!t all on their own, no jinx required.

Caps played earlier, so out of boredom while flicking through channels I fell on this game. I watched a bit...not even sure why, because they promptly gave up 2 terrible goals. They are the bums that I thought they would be.

Well, the playoffs are not a realistic outcome, so wins do nothing but hurt draft position. I'm completely comfortable hoping for regulation losses at this point...this team needs to draft top end talent to get competitive again.

I'd like to see Caufield score, and I'd like to see Ovi score 3 or 4. Other than that, a regulation loss is what serves the cause best...tank on.

Just tuned in to watch a few minutes...exactly what I expected. This team is heading for a lottery pick, no doubt about it.

Glad Caufield is back. That's not enough to get me to watch, but if he gets on a roll over the next few games, that will draw me back in.

Whatever it is, I hope the 30 day detox coupled with a great support structure around him means he's past it for good. I've been to the funeral of two friends who didn't even make it to their 40th birthdays because of substance abuse. I witnessed many relapses before they finally ran out of chances to get clean...it's horrific to see.

My gut told me it was an addiction to painkillers from the outset. He's had a bad knee (or is it both knees?) for awhile now, and probably put off this latest operation for awhile to keep on playing. The protestations that it wasn't a substance issue felt like a smokescreen, and now we know it was.

My guess is that they forgot how badly they need Shane Wright during that 1st period. I'm glad that someone reminded them at the intermission, and that they made the necissary adjustments. Tank on!

I just didn't expect him to be this slow and soft This. I never expected him to be a Weber replacement, but I did expect him to be solidly average at least. He's looked dowright bad so far.