SoulOnIce
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- Sep 12, 2009
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Saturday and Tuesday (Chicago/Anaheim) should be a good early test of where this team is. The talent and depth seem to be there for a solid playoff run.
http://www.tsn.ca/toronto/blogs/jonas_siegel/?id=434312
http://www.tsn.ca/toronto/blogs/jonas_siegel/?id=434312
"6-1 is only a stat," he declared following an instructive Wednesday practice that lingered for upwards of an hour. "We really know the body of work has to improve. And yet we're happy to take 6-1, but there's a but."
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"It's a fine line," Jay McClement told the Leaf Report, with the Carolina Hurricanes set to visit the ACC on Thursday. "You don't want to reign on our record, but at the same time there's quite a few games that could've gone the other way and we have to look at that and judge our game accordingly, not just on the result."
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"I just think overall we're too loose in the three zones," Carlyle said Tuesday morning before the game against the Wild. "I think it's the ability to step inside and be first on pucks; talk about team toughness and all those things, it's willing to take a check to make a play; stop on pucks instead of circling away; win your share of 1-on-1 battles; start with the puck more on face-offs. All those things are factors that go into improving your team play."
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