tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post7072928158549471657..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: The Leafs will go 41 seasons before they try this againsagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-3972849403119349102008-10-23T02:01:00.000-04:002008-10-23T02:01:00.000-04:00Putting a 41 year old goaltender into a shootout a...Putting a 41 year old goaltender into a shootout after sitting on the bench for the better part of 3 hours is dumb for another obvious reason...risk of injury.<BR/>Cujo could have easily pulled or even tore his groin making the splits on a save.<BR/>Fortunately for him his reflexes were too slow for that.<BR/>Wilson had better come up with a better idea the next time because a trapping, offensively challenged team like the Leafs will will be participating in a fair number of shootouts this year, if they're lucky enough to get to OT, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-66428032659242092202008-10-22T12:18:00.000-04:002008-10-22T12:18:00.000-04:00That's why it was No. 11.Is it too soon to start t...That's why it was No. 11.<BR/><BR/>Is it too soon to start talking about "Tank for Taylor?"sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-88074656543735937832008-10-22T11:40:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:40:00.000-04:00We're only 6 games into the season and I am alread...We're only 6 games into the season and I am already deathly sick of hearing "Tank for Tavares."Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-54975056329607673182008-10-22T08:04:00.000-04:002008-10-22T08:04:00.000-04:00Joseph looked exactly like you would expect a cold...Joseph looked exactly like you would expect a cold goalie to look - slow and timid. I loved Pierre Maguire's complete 180, though - he went from praising the move one minute to subtly dissing it 60 seconds later, talking about Joseph's first shot of the game being Selanne on a breakaway. As the kids would say, "Duh!" My son is a goalie, and the absolute worst is when he has to go in cold, half way through a game, and get a breakaway as his first shot. You can often outsmart yourself as a coach, which is precisely what Wilson did here.Dennis Prousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117649570711228161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-20193591093610314292008-10-22T01:32:00.000-04:002008-10-22T01:32:00.000-04:00Loved the top-10 list. For #12, how about, "Puttin...Loved the top-10 list. For #12, how about, "Putting in a cold goalie for the shootout worked so well in D2: The Mighty Ducks"? Of course, maybe that only works if the goalie is female...Andrew Bucholtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156615450275929751noreply@blogger.com