19 Nov 2014 19:10:58
. Those who say blowing up the Leafs is a gross over reaction are dead wrong!! JVR is a talented player, no doubt but he is lacksadaisical, almost lazy out there and shows littlle interest in defence. Kessel is a great goal scorer but again, is unwilling to put a decent effort on a night to night performance. Bozak shows up some nights but recently has been a ghost out there and lacks the compete level to be stacked up head to head against the top lines as Carlyle seems to like to do. But, Jake Gardiner is the poster boy of this inept Leaf team. I don`t get it, everyone gushes on how he is such a great skater but the guy can`t skate backwards and from what I have been led to believe is a huge part in playing defense. This core, and I haven`t even mentioned Phaneuf is not the stuff of champions and must be changed. Give me a player who gives maximum effort game in aand game out any day instead of these primadonnas.

1.) 20 Nov 2014
It sounds like maybe you should start cheering for the flames. That team is all heart out there and bring max effort every night.

2.) 20 Nov 2014
Your post is a good example of why blowing it up is a gross reaction - bc fan assessment can be grossly wrong.

I am not saying that JVR, Kessel and Bozak are excellent competitors night in and night out, they are not. But is that really a reason to blow the team up? Do You really think trading a 24 year old d-man is the answer to the Leafs problems? The Leafs have problems but getting rid of their core RIGHT NOW is the not the answer to the problem.

The Leafs only concern right now should be Tampa and then Detroit.

3.) 20 Nov 2014
19 Nov 2014 22:58:07
you saying gardiner can't skate takes all the credibilty out of your post.

the guy is an amazingly smotth player. you can question his decision making and defensive zone play, but you cannot question his skating ability.

also, you're describing the players as if they played like that every night. they've played that way 2 games and have lost by a combined 15-3 score, of course they played horribley. you don't play well and lose 9-2.

4.) 20 Nov 2014
I did not say Gardiner cannot skate. I said he cannot skate backwards!

5.) 20 Nov 2014
You mean he can not defend not skate.

6.) 21 Nov 2014
21 Nov 2014 00:18:55
last time I checked skating backwards was part of skating.

you're basing that statement off his bad read in the NAS game I bet, aren't you? yes, horrible play on his part, but that doesn't make him a horrible skater.