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Doyle Hargraves wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:00 pm Fiwst wink bwoken

Maple leaves head into all-star break on a wave of boos, jeers and ridicule after thumping by Blackhawks

MARTY KLINKENBERG, theglobeandmail.com

The Toronto Maple leaves headed into the all-star break on Saturday night amid boos and jeers and ridicule. It is not the way any team with postseason aspirations wants to enter its bye week.

Toronto played dreadfully in a 6-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, and the crowd assembled at Scotiabank Arena voiced its dislike. Catcalls accompanied the players as they filed down the tunnel during the intermissions. In the second period, when Frederik Andersen stopped an easy shot, the crowd cheered to mock him.

“I think it's time now for everyone here to look in the mirror, myself included,” Andersen said. “It's not a time to point fingers or anything like that.

“[We have] to use this week to reflect, and make sure we come with more intensity and more purpose after the break.”

Toronto lost two of three games last week and has only one victory in its past six. Thanks to this clunker, it no longer holds down a playoff position.

“I didn’t have that vibe going into it, but clearly from the drop of the puck we just didn’t have a lot of life,” said Toronto head coach Sheldon Keefe. “Then we’re down, we’re down early and it’s a tough game.

“It’s frustrating. I think when you go through these types of things … it’s a sign of where you are and that you’re not where you want to be. We’re not performing or playing with any level of discipline or consistency. We were an immature team here today.”

Afterward, players exhibited the same hangdog look as when they stumbled out of the gate to start the season. They talked about a lack of attention to details and being unprepared to play. They seemed puzzled by their lack of energy and ineptitude.

That is a bad sign 49 games into an 82-game regular season.

As per usual on Saturday, they were outhit and had more shots blocked by an opponent than they did themselves. They were outworked and Andersen failed to come up with a big save when it was needed.

While the all-stars are in St. Louis, the remaining players will be resting and girding themselves for the gruelling task of securing a spot in the playoffs. By no means is it guaranteed, and that would be a terrible disappointment for this team.

“I think we just hit the reset button and have a nice week to rest and recharge,” Matthews said Saturday night. “Hopefully guys that have been out with injury can get themselves back and ready to play, but there’s really no excuse for how we played tonight.

"It doesn’t really matter who we’re missing or what guys are out. The way we played wasn’t really good enough. I don’t really know what else to say.”

That has been said too many times this season.

BigTuna wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:39 am

The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:45 am

BigTuna wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:52 am Oh boy Willy will get 80+ points easy and ...

...and still go out in the 1st round

Against the florida Panthers with Home ice advantage? HAHA. Leaves are getting lucky this year.

Oh and don't expect Auston Matthews chained to the bench in a game 7 with Keefe in charge.

mr perfect wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:14 pm

BigTuna wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:39 am

The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:45 am

BigTuna wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:52 am Oh boy Willy will get 80+ points easy and ...

...and still go out in the 1st round

Against the florida Panthers with Home ice advantage? HAHA. Leaves are getting lucky this year.

Oh and don't expect Auston Matthews chained to the bench in a game 7 with Keefe in charge.

Something something Panthers will be easy argle bargle home ice advantage, Yadda yadda playoffs are a given.

That 8-4 loss to the Panthers was pretty easy.

Leaves on the outside looking in. No Flounder to gloat.

Since UDL has gone brown, RD went to cooking school and Blob became Irish, when does the Flounder rebrand as Big Chickenshit?

Doyle Hargraves wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:42 am

mr perfect wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:14 pm

BigTuna wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:39 am

The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:45 am

BigTuna wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:52 am Oh boy Willy will get 80+ points easy and ...

...and still go out in the 1st round

Against the florida Panthers with Home ice advantage? HAHA. Leaves are getting lucky this year.

Oh and don't expect Auston Matthews chained to the bench in a game 7 with Keefe in charge.
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I didn't specify which cooking school he went to, it might have been at the fire in the barrel in Pigeon Park.

Something something Panthers will be easy argle bargle home ice advantage, Yadda yadda playoffs are a given.

That 8-4 loss to the Panthers was pretty easy.

Leaves on the outside looking in. No Flounder to gloat.

Since UDL has gone brown, RD went to cooking school and Blob became Irish, when does the Flounder rebrand as Big Chickenshit?

Cooking School? RD’s idea of spaghetti is boxed noodles with ketchup and velveeta slices melted on top.

The school was in Pigeon Park, you know the one where they cook over the fire in the old oil drum.

Hank wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:05 pm Tuna is a Tkachukturtle.

Hang on tight and take your beating, ya fuckin' coward.