Pre-Game Talk: Hello, Desert. Welcome to Frozen Tundra - Leafs & Arizona at 7:30pm 1-29-15

[Daisy Jane]

there's a game tonight.
tsn, I think, but not sure.

here's hoping a team scores a lot

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[thewave]

there's a game tonight.
tsn, I think, but not sure.

here's hoping a team scores a lot

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[ShaneFalco]

I think I'll watch Beachcomber re-runs instead

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I'm tuning for Petter Granberg.

This is what it has come to.

 

[Hugh Mongusbig]

Should be an easy 2 points for the Leafs.

 

[Gamble9]

Should be an easy 2 points for the Leafs.

you forgot the

 

[Leafidelity]

I think we're allowed to speak our minds in the pre-games, so...

lose please.

 

[Al14]

Will this be the 2015 breakout game?

Kessel with a hat trick?

 

[mcleex]

Is it even worth it to watch this team anymore? I mean there's no chance they make the playoffs. Until they ship out all the bums and start calling up the young guys is it really worth it.
It's like watching a fish in a fish tank, just redundant and pointless

 

[ACC1224]

Expecting they build off last night and win here.

Interesting watching Granberg, he's an Aki Berg clone.

 

[Mess]

Should be an easy 2 points for the Leafs.

Nov 4th Toronto @ Arizona L 2-3 .

Arizona won the previous one.

However based on last 10 games played this is #29 Leafs 1-8-1 verses #28 Arizona 2-6-2.

 

[TheOneArmedMan]

So many posters in the predictions for this game think the Leafs are going to win. We all know how it is going to be. The Cyotes are like the Canes.... bottom feed team but they can never beat them.

 

[Mess]

So many posters in the predictions for this game think the Leafs are going to win. We all know how it is going to be. The Cyotes are like the Canes.... bottom feed team but they can never beat them.

Arizona does have only 38 points and Leafs 48 points so Leafs are the favourites here.

 

[indigobuffalo]

I would actually say Leafs are heavy favourites.

In fact, of all the games going on tonight, the only team I would say is more likely to win than the Leafs would be Edmonton, who are playing the Sabres.

I'm pretty sure the Sabres are deliberately trying to lose games at this point.

Also, from a corsi/fenwick POV, the Leafs, in their last 4 weeks of home games, have a corsi for % of 54.8 (score within 1) at 5v5. Arizona has CF% of 44.7 for away games.

As a comparison, the Sabres have a corsi for % of 35.6 on the road over that span. So yeah, they're pretty much allowing on average 1:2 shots for/against.

Imagine if this was boxing and the Sabres were allowing their opponent to land two punches every time they tried to land one... yeesh...

 

[indigobuffalo]

Expecting they build off last night and win here.

Interesting watching Granberg, he's an Aki Berg clone.

We could really use those 30 goals, 40 assists and 100 points right about now...

 

[Suntouchable13]

Paging Phil Kessel. He has been very disappointing.

 

[hockeyes]

Is it even worth it to watch this team anymore? I mean there's no chance they make the playoffs. Until they ship out all the bums and start calling up the young guys is it really worth it.
It's like watching a fish in a fish tank, just redundant and pointless

Yea, it's very hard to care about the games at this point. Hope Granberg gets more than 9 minutes of ice time tonight, one of the few things of interest in the game.

 

[Al14]

Paging Phil Kessel. He has been very disappointing.

Hey, haven't you heard? Kessel IS TRYING!

 

[Liminality]

Will this be the 2015 breakout game?

Kessel with a hat trick?

It's definitely going to happen at some point. Might even have them going on a winning streak and shooting something like 25% during that time.

 

[Warden of the North]

I think we win big tonight. Phil with two

 

[Mess]

Paging Phil Kessel. He has been very disappointing.

In 2015 the Leafs are 1-9-1 in 11 games.

During that time Kessel has 1-2-3 points -10 (with 1-1-2 points on PP) and only 1 ES assist in 11 games.

You have to think Kessel is due.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

i think we lose a close one tonight. 2-1 yotes.

leafs have always been awful against teams that are lower than them.

 

[Hanta Yo]

Just lose.

 

[TL12]

Still quite a bit of hockey left in the season. I think if the Leafs can just squeak out ONE win, they can find a small groove and hopefully start a small winning streak.

To the people who want the team to tank, why even watch them play then? I'd rather this team at least have a small chance to make it to the post-season instead of just "tanking" every season and becoming the east coast Oilers.

Losing mentality creates losers. Leafs win 3-1, and the Leafs FINALLY start to get out of this hole.

 

[Trapper]

In 2015 the Leafs are 1-9-1 in 11 games.

During that time Kessel has 1-2-3 points -10 (with 1-1-2 points on PP) and only 1 ES assist in 11 games.

You have to think Kessel is due.

Perhaps but it's a day late and a dollar short.