Commander Clueless

Call me a whiner, but the D needs work, the center spot needs a king (maybe Kadri?), and the goalie spot needs some experience. Is it possible by 2015? Sure. Personally, though, I think it might take a bit longer before our Leafers can be considered a cup contender.

Haha. That's an awesome mental picture you painted there. I can just see him yelling "Everybody hang on!" But hey, the blind driver sure has a passion for carriage driving!

I love a good doomsday parade as much as the next crazy person, but we're not even 10 games in yet....

Good to hear Gus is playing well. I was hoping he'd find his groove again. He always had flashes of brilliance in Toronto, but unfortunately they came with some pretty soft goals from time to time. Hopefully he can stay healthy and show us what he's got.

I think its a BIT early to be talking about rebuilds and such. Around trade deadline is when those talks should get serious if the Flyers are still in the same position. Bright side is if it does happen, the Flyers have some very nice young players to start at instead of a blank slate of utter barren crap like a team such as, say, the Leafs, started out as. You could do a lot worse than Giroux, the Schenns, Couturier, Laughton and Voracek as a starting block. If they do go "rebuild", I wouldn't be surprised to see it over quickly. But hey, lots of hockey yet to be played.

Total showboating. What a bad attitude. Get this guy outta the league. A show of skill like that should not be tolerated. Only acceptable goals are tip-ins and crashing the net. Some goon oughta punch him for that crap. What is this league coming to? He should be ashamed of himself for such an obvious display of talent! Sweet goal though. What a pick this guy is turning out to be early on.

Well, it only seems fair he should be riding the bus if bad penalties carries that price for Rinaldo. Rosie lives off of dumb penalties from what I remember...and if you can only trust him to play 2 minutes, well...

Ah the good ol' doghouse.

You should become a secondary Leafs fan! I mean, we practically have the same jerseys as Tampa! Sharks are looking fairly unstoppable right now. I'm sure they'll come back down to earth a bit eventually, but they are looking good this year no doubt.

Oh I totally agree. I meant Rinaldo should be getting more minutes. I was confused by his low totals. As for Rosehill, yeah...I liked Rosie while he was with the Leafs but to be honest he's an AHL goon. He was a stand in enforcer back then (because you know, we gotta have an enforcer), and to me that's what his role is. At 2 minutes a game....just get him out of there.

It's Rosie. Do you really want him out there for more than that? I know I know. Could be a much better utilized roster spot. Rinaldo's minutes on the other hand make zero sense in my mind.

He's admitted to being a Leafs fan. We've been in hiding for years now. You wouldn't know it because there are so many, but it's just a ruse to keep everyone from knowing how many of us there are. When we truly have something to celebrate, it will be like a zombie apocalypse movie....but with more blue. And beer. I didn't mean to imply it was a rash prediction. After 40 years, I'd call any prediction for the Leafs to win the cup bold. Oww my own feelings.....

Well, MLSE can do whatever they want with their own (our) money. The cap hit thing is what really matters, and that sucks. On top of that we also have another 3 games without Clarkson thanks to what passes for bravado in his head. The cap situation is a bit messy particularly with Liles not playing. I like Liles and I think that, while overpaid, he can still be an effective NHLer so it sucks to see him in his current situation - although if I was Nonis/Carlyle, I wouldn't play him over Rielly at the moment either. That said, I can't argue too much with the results thus far. It does, however, likely prevent the team from picking up a decent rental at the deadline should they be in a playoff position come deadline time. Thankfully, a good chunk of that clears up this coming offseason so they should be okay, although by no means sitting pretty.

Bold, bro. Bold. I like that the team is looking much better than they have been in the recent past, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. They've got a ways to go before becoming legit cup contenders methinks. That defensive coverage in particular needs some serious work - buuut they've been winning so I can't really complain. They'll also need their young guys to keep developing and a goalie to truly emerge, but I definitely like their progress thus far.

Sorry buddy, I had to look that one up. That was pretty funny but I can definitely understand your pain on that one. Luongo was taking a bit of a snooze on his way back to the net there. For some reason talking about own goals reminds me of the time Bryan McCabe scored on his own net. With a slapshot.... Poor Lu. Torts SMASH, I'm sure.

From what little I've seen of the Wings so far this season, I agree Kronwall has looked a little off from his usual self. Mild injury, maybe? Tatar and Nyquist full time. Make it happen! ^_^ See, I knew it! Everyone's always saying "silly Leafs fans" but it's true! Alfredsson is a fiend!

Mason's looked pretty good all around from what I've seen. I'm rooting for him. It'd be nice to see him "regain" his form from back when he was supposedly the best thing since sliced bread.

Ouch. Sharks really seem to have the Nucks' number lately. Santorelli has some pretty sweet stats this year so far. See? You guys didn't need Raymond! As for that early goalie pull, I think there was another coach (Eakins maybe?) talking about how it was under-utilized and should happen sooner? It certainly gives Torts more time with an extra man, but of course increased risk. It does make some sense I guess - particularily if you are down 2 goals.

In Rinne's defense, he let in 4 goals but he made some pretty awesome saves. I can't comment on King Henrik (didn't see the game). I agree though, Bernier's been really fun to watch. Very calm back there and controls the game around him well. Hopefully he keeps up the good work.

Very early in the year, but Bernie's certainly making his case. I really like what I've seen from him so far. Reimer's been quite good himself, but Bernier's definitely be the better goalie thus far. We probably won't be able to get a good feel for this until at least the halfway mark though.

They should just have a full speed headbutting contest, big horn style. First team to inflict a concussion gets the extra point. Tucking in your jersey or removing your helmet gets you an automatic suspension. Spin-o-rama headbutts are totally legal.

A good point, although I do think the player should have to keep moving and the spin-o-rama represents the player coming to a stop, if not the puck. However, this is within the rules and stands as a good shootout goal....and I'm not complaining about that. It's just my 2 cents.

Bernier gave a nice, long, intimate thank you to the crossbar after Michalek's shot. Way too early to say MegaJon stole anything from Optimus Reim, but Bernier has certainly looked like the goalie Kings' fans have been telling us about for a while now. I'm excited to see how he does. I like Reimer a lot but Bernier has outperformed him 3 games in. Now on to the next 79!

No, it probably shouldn't be allowed. Just like you shouldn't be able to skate up to the goalie, stop, deke, and then shoot. It should probably be a continuous motion with the player's legs and puck. But I think we're forgetting the real enemy here - the Ottawa Senators. Screw those guys. Also, this whole thing is somehow Daniel Alfredsson's fault. /end spite

I see what you did there. Sick burn! That's pretty harsh - kicking them while they are down! Anyway, let me start off by saying that I find the fighting entertaining. I admit it. Call me a brutal savage if you like, but I find it fun, including the random meaningless fights (although less so than more "meaningful" fights). However, I've always found that while fighting is a component of the game in a sense, it's more of a secondary thing that has little bearing on the actual game of hockey. While it is a part of the game and can certainly generate energy and momentum for one or both teams, I find that it's "true purpose" of enforcing the no cheap shot policy is overstated. If enforcers are required to keep a game from getting out of control and to keep players from cheap shotting each other, then to me that speaks more of the officiating (or lack thereof) in the game than it does about the necessity of fighting. Players shouldn't have to police themselves. I will be disappointed if fighting is removed from the game. I will not stop watching hockey, but I will be disappointed.