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This is total horseshit. Martinook breaks his stick slashing Matthews. Buddy just blatantly pushes the net off right in front of the ref.
Seriously. They’re not even pretending anymore.
That’s trash defense – the Leafs absolutely suck tonight – but Stolarz has let in at least 2 very soft goals and that third was poor down low coverage on his part. When Stollie is on, he’s down hard to the ice – not all spidery and leaving gaps everywhere.
Stolarz has been pretty weak to start this season. I’d expect any NHL goalie on their game to make both of those stops.
Let’s face a truth here. His current pace is to start 65 games. Before this season the most he has started was 34. He might just be playing too much.
It’s his 12th start in a month, so I can see some of that, but he’s just been inconsistent overall. Like take his games this year on a game-by-game basis and look at his GSAx in each game:
Montreal (W, 5-2): +1.95 (+1.71 at 5v5)
Red Wings (L, 6-3): -2.2 (-0.5 at 5v5)
Red Wings (L, 3-2): -0.6 (-1 at 5v5)
Rangers (W, 2-1): +2.4 (+0.84 at 5v5)
Seattle (L, 4-3): -1.9 (-0.6 at 5v5)
Jersey (L, 5-2): -1.4 (-1.2 at 5v5)
Buffalo (L, 5-3): -2.5 (-2.2 at 5v5)
Calgary (W, 4-3): +0.72 (-0.2 at 5v5)
Flyers (W, 5-2): +1.78 (+1.08 at 5v5)
Penguins (W, 4-3): +0.33 (+0.17 at 5v5)
Utah (W, 5-3): -1.3 (-1.7 at 5v5)Lots of hockey left tonight, but so far he’s -0.86.
He’s just very up and down and moment to moment is inconsistent. The numbers are there because they back up how I _feel_ in general when I’ve been watching him.
Stolarz has been pretty weak to start this season. I’d expect any NHL goalie on their game to make both of those stops.
So this site still has problems with you quote something quoted and you still need to edit your post before you can post or it just mysteriously vanishes?
Have there been any fixes over the summer? Are people still just . . .dealing with this and posting here because this at this point it’s not particularly impressive for a message board to have this many bugs.
I wonder how many people were upset that OJ was never put back on the NFL broadcasts after he was acquitted.
If he can come in and solidify the 4th line, then, by all means. Size and toughness is required to get through Florida. Some may say, the Leafs are ignoring other Atlantic Division contenders and think it’s foolish. Florida has been to the Finals 3 years in a row and they aren’t slowing down. It’s imperative that the Leafs lock down home ice in the first round. Florida, Tampa, Montreal, and Ottawa are all tough teams to play against. The Leafs could finish first again, with less points and still be a better team than last year.
its just 3.25 for a 4th liner? if thats what he is
thats wack
If he stays as a 4th liner, then he’s overpaid – but he works his way to the 3rd line where he was headed, it’s a decent salary for what he can provide – 15 goals, 250 hits, draws more penalties than he takes and plays in dirty areas. If we get the player he was last year after the surgery then it’s a disaster. I’d take the gamble on the trade.
Joshua to the Leafs
no idea if thats goodDon’t think this moves the needle much, wasn’t Laughton shaping up to be our 4C?
Edit: Actually, this might work out fairly well. If he can return to form from a few years ago, he can provide some depth scoring. Seems to me like the Leafs are moving away from being overly top heavy on the scoring side to spreading things out across four lines. He plays a physical game, no? Big boy for sure.
Note that Joshua missed all of training camp last year while he was recovering from surgery to remove a tumour. He’s a decent sized guy who likes to play physical and wins battles. This is the type of guy you want in your bottom-6. He’s not really moving the offensive needle much, even if he returns entirely to form – but he’s making the team harder to play against and I like that.
