GDT: Arizona Coyotes @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 10/26/15 | 4:30 PM AZ

[Jakey53]

I know I will be in the minority here, but to all the Chip haters, he does more good than he does bad. He also isnt completely useless skill wise. He has a nice set of hands and has some good vision. Does he belong on the top two lines, no, but he is also not completely when he does fill that roll.

I'm with you.

 

[Jakey53]

Where would this team be without Chipchura. Everyone here needs to cut him some slack and treat him as a human being.

I agree, but that would be too hard for some of the posters here.

 

[Jakey53]

Sometimes your +/- is just bad luck, but tonight Michalek really earned his.

Z has been awful tonight.

He had a tough game.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Z is the new Chip.

 

[Jakey53]

Toronto got beat by a shallow team missing two centers. They had one win heading into this game for a reason. I don't think this game was particularly good from a Coyotes perspective. Still waiting to see the team of the first 3 games.

It was a pretty good road game. I wouldn't complain. We made it hard on ourselves, but we won.

I thought you didn't like the way we played the first three games?

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

We have so many complaints for being in first place in the division.

"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves. Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?"

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Let's all just agree that Mike Smith's 5-hole was big enough to drive the Maersk Alabama through it and that he seems to have a pathological aversion to his stick.

 

[Jakey53]

Chip- 1 goal, 1 assist and 9/11 on face offs. He's a pretty damn good 4th liner.

So far this year he has been. Hope he can keep it up. He played good even though he played out of his comfort zone by playing in Hanzal's place.

 

[Blubba Jenkins]

Chipchura had a hell of a game. I understand the need to feel validated about him being terrible, but I will gladly accept more of that from him and eat my crow.

 

[Jakey53]

He had a decent game, I will admit, but no, he's really not.

That may be your opinion, but he is a decent fourth liner.

 

[CC96]

That may be your opinion, but he is a decent fourth liner.

Name one playoff team that Chip would be a REGULAR fourth line CENTER on.

 

[Jakey53]

Yeah, but get prepared for the "I told you so" posts. Chip has a couple of good games a season and that's apparently enough to justify him being totally **** in the other 80 games.

Chip gets in trouble when he has to play a top six role, but when asked, he can do a pretty good job for a short period of time most of the time. I have said it before and I will say it again that every team has and needs this type of player.

 

[Mosby]

12 pages and no GIF of Dahlbeck's gunslinger celebration? Disappointed!

 

[cobra427]

I thought Gaudet played well tonight. I also think Dahlback is starting to get better. All you guys that hate on Chip, keep hating, its good luck! 2 great games for Chip, say what you want but he is playing well.

Z made 2 mistakes that wound up in our net. I can't remember that ever happening, so pretty rare. Downie took another dumb penalty, has to piss off Tip. Richardson took a dumb penalty that lead to the last goal. Our PK was good and our PP was better, so progress.

 

[cobra427]

Name one playoff team that Chip would be a REGULAR fourth line CENTER on.

Coyotes

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Hanzal is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Sad that that could be construed as good news, but I don't think anywhere on the back is considered lower body.

 

[Jakey53]

I thought Gaudet played well tonight. I also think Dahlback is starting to get better. All you guys that hate on Chip, keep hating, its good luck! 2 great games for Chip, say what you want but he is playing well.

Z made 2 mistakes that wound up in our net. I can't remember that ever happening, so pretty rare. Downie took another dumb penalty, has to piss off Tip. Richardson took a dumb penalty that lead to the last goal. Our PK was good and our PP was better, so progress.

I thought Gaudet got better as the game went on. Martinook also played a solid game but I have never seen a player since Turris so lousy on his skates. He falls down so easily.

 

[Jakey53]

Coyotes

That is funny.

 

[Jakey53]

Hanzal is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Sad that that could be construed as good news, but I don't think anywhere on the back is considered lower body.

Thankfully it's not his back.

 

[snizzbone*]

Slow too and really bad puck possession. Again, like us last year. I can see fans wearing bags on their heads if it's like this all year.

Leafs are one of the top puck possession teams this year. It's their lack of any goal scoring talent that hurts em. And special teams.

Good news is a few years from now we'll have the same system + goal scorers.

 

[Mosby]

Hanzal is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Sad that that could be construed as good news, but I don't think anywhere on the back is considered lower body.

I would think the waist is the "separation" for upper and lower body. Thankfully it's not his back then. Now, hopefully it isn't his groin either...

 

[ck26]

Watching the replay on Gamecenter.

If TSN would put $1 into escrow every time their TV crews referred to an NHL player as, "a Winkler, Manitoba native" or a "former Hamilton Red Wing" or mentioned that "he played for the Soo Greyhounds back when such-and-such was GM," we would not be a salary floor team. This **** is ****ing annoying.

 

[Summer Rose]

Coyotes

Didn't Langkow center that line though?

 

[CC96]

Coyotes

He's not even a regular 4th. line center on THIS team, when everyone's healthy.

 

[CC96]

Didn't Langkow center that line though?

Hanzal
Vermette
Gordon
Langkow