Post-Game: ToskaLOL

Best article name ever.

After watching post game on 3 channels, no one seemed to blame Toskala. All fingers were pointed at Schenn which is ridiculous Toskala has to get more serious or hes gonna be gone. Finally, I think its time to replace Stempniak with Bell, is it just me or do you forget he exists 95% of the time.

So apparently Bill Watters (I know, I know) said that Toskala has been playing through hip/groin injuries all year. Has anyone heard this somewhere credible?

That title sums it up perfectly! I literally snickered after that OT goal – almost saying to myself “of course”. But hey, if the Leafs are going to lose, they need to lose to teams like Florida. I REALLY hope no one says anything to Schenn about that offensive move other than “nice try, next time just get it through”. Schenn has been trying to be more offensive lately and he has both confidence and skill; it’s a talent that needs to be encouraged in order to be developed fully. I’d be disappointed to see Schenn retreat back in to his defence only shell.

It’s not like we don’t have options, try Pogge, try Cujo, try anything, B. McCabe was so used to putting the puck in his own net when he was a leaf, this came natural to him. B. Burke better get off his arse and start doing something before he loses this whole team, when they finally start showing a little spunk as a team this type of goaltending will deflate them everytime.

gotta give props for the schenn-o-rama. that was awesome! if schenn takes away the passing lane on that 2 on 1, then its only the shot you have to worry about. schenn did that and yet toskala still has a hole in his armor. unbelieveable. i think bill watters is an idiot. the penalty to ponikarovsky was fractional at best. ponikarovsky doesnt hit anything without his purse so why this is a penalty was beyond me. but nonetheless he needs to have some balls and actually hit the guy if thats what he wants to do. otherwise, just play and stop trying to be somebody hes not ever going to be. blake and moore are the ones making this team go right now. ponikarovsky is just along for the ride. he scores a goal and skates away from the 2 guys that did all the work. he should be going right to them and saying ty. he really needs to go. also, stempniak is a flash in the pan apparently. he doesnt do anything worth talking about. if you blink you miss him. kind of like the ottawa senators these days. i agree with bringing up bell and giving him a go on that line. the last thing is john mitchell. this guy holds onto the puck entirely too long in the offensive zone and just wont pass. so if hes lucky enough to get a shot off the goalie stops 99% and otherwise he gives it up. i watched so many guys that were open and he wouldnt pass it. needs to get told about that kind of selfishness. the leafs did play well enough to take away the 2 points but got shafted by the goalie again. hopefully we fare better in buffalo.

The worst is that as a Leafs fan I was happy when that goal went in. The Leafs are so far from contending they need to draft high end talent. If Pogge plays as badly as he did against the Wild, maybe we’ll get a regulation loss tonight. Although I want the young talent on this team to evolve, I’m hoping for the loss column to become more populated.
I would say without a doubt if the Leafs get no quality offers for Toskala, I’d keep him. If Detroit wants him I’d take their sure to be late first rounder and G Jimmy Howard for Toskala. I think Vesa would do well with such a powerhouse in front of him. Then the Leafs can sign Emery to a 1 year deal and have him and Pogge fight for the starting job.

I don’t think we can get a first for Toskala, let alone a first and Howard. I think we’d be lucky to get Howard.

Schenn did what a d men is supposed to do in OT, it just didn’t work. What he DID do is HUSSLE back, so that there was no real 2 on 1 to speak of (kid moves pretty well, btw, for a big guy!).
At the end of the day, an un-screened, not-deflected slapper from the top of the circle beat our #1 (…cough…) goalie.
The thing that concerns me is that Tosser-kala’s typical blunder will cause some kind of schism in Schenn’s confidence – he needs to try those moves, needs to learn (remember – tha means trial AND error) to fully develop.
It was a sour loss all around, after such a promising start, and McCabe scoring the winner just made me want to wretch.