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Leafs vs Eichel

That was a fun game. All the Leafs games this year have been fun, win or lose they have played some good hockey.
 
Volcanologist said:
Phaneuf gets carved open like a pumpkin and Kane doesn't even get 2 minutes. ****ing clownshow.
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Not to mention, the moment the caveman stepped back on the ice after the Leaf trainers stopped the leak in his face, he gets whistled for high sticking. Anyway, too bad they couldn't hang on. I'm hoping for a win every time I watch them, but at least there's a silver lining to every hard-fought, close game that they lose.
 
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LeafOfFaith said:
Five of the six guys who took face offs last night were 38% or lower. And when I made the comment it was much worse than that.
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Even after last night's poor performance, they are still 6th. So improvement. Not that I particularly care as FO% is generally overstated in it's impact, but it's something.
 
I admit, I had no idea that they were over 50% overall. I've missed the last two games and only followed along online during or after. Last night was awful. When I looked, Kadri was 2 for 12, and the rest were terrible too.

But the games that I have watched, it seemed we got pretty beat up in the faceoff circle. And it's so important to start off with the puck, if you ask me. Especially in the defensive zone obviously.
 
It's okay, LOF. I actually thought the same thing because they posted an in-game statistical graphic that showed Buffalo at 68% and the Leafs at 32% in the circle at some point in the second period.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I admit, I had no idea that they were over 50% overall. I've missed the last two games and only followed along online during or after. Last night was awful. When I looked, Kadri was 2 for 12, and the rest were terrible too.

But the games that I have watched, it seemed we got pretty beat up in the faceoff circle. And it's so important to start off with the puck, if you ask me. Especially in the defensive zone obviously.
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Yeah i agree, especially when you play for Babcock and the fact he wants his team to control the play as much as possible. Last night there were quite a few occasions when we needed to win the faceoff and we just kept losing.

Arcobello was the only one that looked very poor last night(and he hasn't really done anything impressive this whole time). Works hard but that's about it. Doesn't it feel like every year(no matter who the coach is) we always have at least one player that for some reason coach loves and nobody can explain why? With Spaling he's at least somewhat useful(4th line duty role and all) but can't figure out what Arcobello brings. Number of times he falls, loses the puck with easy checks, screws up simple passes, etc, i lost count.
 
While it's satisfying and all to see the team playing hard and really only losing one game by more than one goal (against Detroit; Montreal's EN doesn't count)...it's still pretty unsatisfying to know that all but 5 or 6 of these guys have a place in our future.

I really can't wait for the deadline to come so that we can dump some of this dead weight. Though I honestly don't know if PA, Boyes, Grabner and the rest can build enough value to amount to anything much, and who knows if Phaneuf, Lupul, and Bozak will be tradeable at that time. For now, I am actually pleased with Phaneuf and Lupul's performance - if they can keep it up, we may well find a taker this year.
 
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