LaPlante94
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Leafs scapegoat this season?
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blue82
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im so use to blaming the goaltending but i cant as reimer has been very solid this year..i blame the lack of depth on defense
BonMorrison
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LeafOfBread
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Agreed, Kostka's been getting whipped hard. He's actually been decent too, it's just the fact that he's on the PP and first pairing which is driving people crazy.
Gobias Industries
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If it's possible to scapegoat a forward, a sniper who has been held goalless seems as good a target as any.
blue82
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Brewsky
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It's Mike Kostka...then Dion Phaneuf...then Phil Kessel...then everyone else.
BUT KOSTKA, everytime he ****s up I yell
HE KOSTKA'd US THE GAME
BUT KOSTKA, everytime he ****s up I yell
HE KOSTKA'd US THE GAME
frankthetank91
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Exactly.
Kostka would be great on the 2nd or 3rd pair, he really isn't bad at all. These days it's Leafs lose=Kostkas fault. So annoying.
Kostka is better than (improved) Komisarek IMO and especially at his price tag. Definitely deserves a spot on the team.
LaPlante94
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I like Kostka and think he has been playing very well. But like a lot of new guys they get forced to play more then they should. I'd prefer Franson on the 1st PP unit with Phaneuf so we have 2 guys who can shoot the puck hard and 1 who can hit it. Kessel has been a huge dissapointment for me so far. He has made some decent defensive plays so far which have surprised me but he's just gonna end up being another Ovi because he is just to predictable and afraid to go to the dirty areas.
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I think it has to be Carlyle for using Kostka, and not giving enough ice time to Kadri and Frattin, and Bozak for Kessel skating around and shooting like Jason, and Grabovski for not being a 6'3", Canadian.
MakeTheIronSing
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Id say there's a difference between a scapegoat and a whipping boy, one you can pin everything on, the other just gets trashed a lot
The scapegoat is a wagon led by Kessel and Phaneuf.
While neither has really earned the title, id say, Phaneuf would be an easier target because of the C and he's on defense.
There is a +/- thread about Phaneuf, so that's gotta tell you something
The scapegoat is a wagon led by Kessel and Phaneuf.
While neither has really earned the title, id say, Phaneuf would be an easier target because of the C and he's on defense.
There is a +/- thread about Phaneuf, so that's gotta tell you something
paulster2626
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Scapegoat? The Leafs are hovering around 7-11th place, exactly where we all thought they'd be. Little early for this crap.
The fans....for making something out of nothing.
There's not one Leaf fan who can honestly say, "we're playing worse than I thought we would be." If anything we're playing better than expected.
Scapegoat? You use a scapegoat as an out when something doesn't go as planned. Everything's been going swimmingly if you ask me.
There's not one Leaf fan who can honestly say, "we're playing worse than I thought we would be." If anything we're playing better than expected.
Scapegoat? You use a scapegoat as an out when something doesn't go as planned. Everything's been going swimmingly if you ask me.
Stephen
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Kostka - is kind of crappy but I think he'd thrive being partnered up with a smarter defenseman and playing less minutes.
MacArthur is a personal whipping boy of mine. He just seems to fancy himself a much better player that he doesn't have to work especially hard doing anything.
Grabovski - shows a bit of hustle every three games and scores a goal and people love him. But he's completely unreliable as a five million dollar man.
Kessel - is a big target for not bringing the one major thing he's supposed to deliver. That said, I generally like him, though it is frustrating to see him spend so much energy out there flying around without being able to adapt to game situations by using his head, instead of that Ovechkin-like instinct, which is really letting him down.
Reimer - no complaints from me this year, he's really come in and worked at his game, although I will say he clearly isn't a "backbone" type goalie who will steal wins, but very few goalies should be expected to do that.
Liles - beyond useless.
Phaneuf - I guess he's just a really limited player who can't play the minutes he does. How he doesn't make adjustments to his shot is beyond me. He neutralizes his own effectiveness with his lack of brain.
MacArthur is a personal whipping boy of mine. He just seems to fancy himself a much better player that he doesn't have to work especially hard doing anything.
Grabovski - shows a bit of hustle every three games and scores a goal and people love him. But he's completely unreliable as a five million dollar man.
Kessel - is a big target for not bringing the one major thing he's supposed to deliver. That said, I generally like him, though it is frustrating to see him spend so much energy out there flying around without being able to adapt to game situations by using his head, instead of that Ovechkin-like instinct, which is really letting him down.
Reimer - no complaints from me this year, he's really come in and worked at his game, although I will say he clearly isn't a "backbone" type goalie who will steal wins, but very few goalies should be expected to do that.
Liles - beyond useless.
Phaneuf - I guess he's just a really limited player who can't play the minutes he does. How he doesn't make adjustments to his shot is beyond me. He neutralizes his own effectiveness with his lack of brain.
Stephen
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Not being 6'3" and Canadian is the least of Grabovski's problems. He should get a schedule and try showing up to more than half of Leaf games.
Unless your name is JVR, Kadri, Komarov, Kulemin, McClement or Reimer, you have a reasonable chance of being a scapegoat at this point in time - should probably be important to point out that the season is only 9 games old for the team. Leafs fans have magical powers. At this rate, even this shortened season is going to seem VERY long.
So far, it's been nice not having to worry about goaltending but why the hell can't it all just click together for once?
So far, it's been nice not having to worry about goaltending but why the hell can't it all just click together for once?
7even
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Kostka is unfairly being blamed by fans.
He's been good as far as I can tell. So what if he's not an offensive dynamo on the PP. He's playing a lot better than the other D.
The real blame should be on some of our new contracts:
Liles - I have no idea why we signed a guy like him when we have so many other players like him in the system (not including Rielly).
Grabo - Streaky. Half of the time he takes a night off. So frustrating.
Then there's the guy who's set us back 5 years:
Kessel
He's been good as far as I can tell. So what if he's not an offensive dynamo on the PP. He's playing a lot better than the other D.
The real blame should be on some of our new contracts:
Liles - I have no idea why we signed a guy like him when we have so many other players like him in the system (not including Rielly).
Grabo - Streaky. Half of the time he takes a night off. So frustrating.
Then there's the guy who's set us back 5 years:
Kessel
Suntouchable13
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How is Kostka the scapegoat? 
He sucks on the PP...but he is still very good in his zone...that Skinner goal was saved because of him (granted the Ref didn't call a penalty shot) and he saved a 100% breakaway chance to Semin by noticing that Semin was open and slide to block that puck.
He sucks on the PP...but he is still very good in his zone...that Skinner goal was saved because of him (granted the Ref didn't call a penalty shot) and he saved a 100% breakaway chance to Semin by noticing that Semin was open and slide to block that puck.
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