Injury Report: Jake Gardiner, back spasms, day-to-day

[FlyingLeafus]

Wonder how much longer the spasms will keep him out. I'd be interested in seeing Dermott up against a stronger Caps team.

 

[Bomber0104]

As much of a disaster as Gardiner is, if the alternative is playing Marincin then I'll stick with Gardiner.

 

[Stephen]

The back end doesn’t seem as chaotic without him tonight, but we are obviously better with him than not.

Wonder if they sat him out because of the booing.

 

[dubplatepressure]

The back end doesn’t seem as chaotic without him tonight, but we are obviously better with him than not.

Wonder if they sat him out because of the booing.

That's not obvious at all. Seems like we are the same without him.

 

[Mats13]

Leafs win 5-1.

Solid prediction.

Gards is clearly the problem

 

[dubplatepressure]

Solid prediction.

Gards is clearly the problem

Never said he was, I just don't like him. Sucks to be wrong though - thought we'd see a bounce back but we just saw the exact same thing without Jake as we have with him. What's that mean?

 

[ORRFForever]

Jake is not a horrible D Man. He is just painfully unreliable and will not be resigned.

 

[LastOne2100]

Jake is not a horrible D Man. He is just painfully unreliable and will not be resigned.

While this is probably true, it won't be because of his play. I'll be because of what salary he will command considering how good he is, despite a few really visible gaffes from time to time.

We will not be a better team without him. Far from it.

 

[Kurtz]

Solid prediction.

Gards is clearly the problem

Surprised that you're picking on his prediction - did you not call for an easy Leafs win as well?

 

[Mats13]

Never said he was, I just don't like him. Sucks to be wrong though - thought we'd see a bounce back but we just saw the exact same thing without Jake as we have with him. What's that mean?

Well according to some, we lose games because of Gardiner and he was singled out for this.

Clearly that is not the case. It means we've got bigger problems and Gards is a convenient scapegoat.

 

[thewave]

This is turning into a good year for a good lesson to Dubas, Leafs fans and some of the players. I think it would be perfectly acceptable for Jake to request trade. I also think that the Nylander BS shows up well on Dubas. This team is not in a slump, it's a tailspin right now.

Trade Jake, Brown and Nylander in the off season. They aren't going to pull a 180 and have the grit and effort to win this year. They can maybe pull round 2 at best but thats it.

 

[LeafingTheWay]

This is turning into a good year for a good lesson to Dubas, Leafs fans and some of the players. I think it would be perfectly acceptable for Jake to request trade. I also think that the Nylander BS shows up well on Dubas. This team is not in a slump, it's a tailspin right now.

Trade Jake, Brown and Nylander in the off season. They aren't going to pull a 180 and have the grit and effort to win this year. They can maybe pull round 2 at best but thats it.

No, it's a slump. It was bound to happen. We were shooting a high pace.

We have cooled down to a reasonable 9.9 sh%. We were at 11-12% before our slump, which is kinda of unsustainable.

We'll be fine soon and out of the slump. We looked great tonight but didn't end up going our way.

 

[WickedPegJets]

We need some DMen that play a bit of D.

Diane Phaneuf of the Kings is available.